[Sprint 21] Blog post: Release v1.7.1 recap (#455)

[mpaulosky]

Closes #451

Summary

• Add release recap post for v1.7.1 at docs/blog/2026-07-20-release-v1-7-1.md
• Update docs/blog/index.md with the new post at the top of Latest Posts
• Cover changelog scope v1.7.0...v1.7.1 with summary, updates, fixes, upgrade notes, stats, and next steps

Summary

Closes #

Type of Change

• 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• ✨ Feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• ♻️ Refactor (no behavior change, code cleanup/restructure)
• 🧪 Tests (new or updated tests only)
• 📝 Docs (README, XML docs, comments)
• ⚙️ Infra/CI (GitHub Actions, Aspire, NuGet, deployment)
• 🔒 Security (auth, permissions, secrets, headers)
• 💥 Breaking change (existing behavior changes)

Domain Affected

• 🏗️ Architecture / domain logic / CQRS → Aragorn required
• 🔧 Backend (handlers, repositories, API endpoints, MediatR) → Sam required
• ⚛️ Frontend (Blazor components, Razor pages, CSS, JS) → Legolas required
• 🧪 Unit / bUnit / integration tests → Gimli required
• 🧪 E2E / Playwright / Aspire integration tests → Pippin required
• ⚙️ CI/CD / GitHub Actions / NuGet / Aspire AppHost → Boromir required
• 🔒 Auth0 / authorization / security-relevant changes → Gandalf required
• 📝 Docs / README / XML docs → Frodo required

Self-Review Checklist

Code Quality

• I ran dotnet build MyBlog.slnx --configuration Release — 0 errors, 0 warnings
• I ran dotnet test MyBlog.slnx --configuration Release --no-build — all pass
• No TODO/FIXME left unless tracked in a follow-up issue (link it)
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed

Architecture

• New handlers follow the Command/Query/Handler/Validator naming conventions
• New handlers are sealed
• Domain layer has no references to Web or Persistence.* projects
• Result<T> / ResultErrorCode used for expected failures (no exception-driven control flow)
• DTOs are records in Domain.DTOs; Models are in Domain.Models
• No DTO types embedded in Model classes

Tests

• New code has corresponding unit tests
• Integration tests use domain-specific collections ([Collection("XxxIntegration")])
• No test compares two IssueDto.Empty / CommentDto.Empty instances directly

Security (check if security-relevant)

• New endpoints have appropriate RequireAuthorization / policy applied
• No MarkupString used with user-supplied content
• No user input reflected in MongoDB queries without sanitization

Merge Readiness

• Branch is up to date with main (no merge conflicts)
• CI checks are green (do not request review while checks are pending/failing)
• PR description is complete — reviewers should not have to ask what this does

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Notes for Reviewers

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR adds the v1.7.1 release recap post to the developer blog and updates the blog index so the new post appears at the top of the Latest Posts list.

Changes:

• Added docs/blog/2026-07-20-release-v1-7-1.md with a v1.7.1 release recap (summary, highlights, fixes, upgrade notes, stats, next steps).
• Updated docs/blog/index.md to include the new post at the top of the Latest Posts table.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
docs/blog/index.md	Adds the v1.7.1 post entry to the Latest Posts table.
docs/blog/2026-07-20-release-v1-7-1.md	Introduces the v1.7.1 release recap blog post content and metadata.

[github-actions]

Test Results Summary

556 tests  +556   518 ✅ +518   13s ⏱️ +13s
  6 suites +  6    38 💤 + 38 
  6 files   +  6     0 ❌ ±  0 

Results for commit 585a0ea. ± Comparison against base commit 54702e3.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 76.78%. Comparing base (54702e3) to head (585a0ea).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on main.

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