diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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 {
-  ".": "1.1.0"
+  ".": "1.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Changelog
+
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/CodeBoarding/CodeBoarding-action/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2026-06-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* /codeboarding posts a new comment per run instead of updating in place ([74538af](https://github.com/CodeBoarding/CodeBoarding-action/commit/74538afa7580665b731d9afae968d8324aa64d20))
+* /codeboarding posts a new comment per run instead of updating in place ([b21f1ff](https://github.com/CodeBoarding/CodeBoarding-action/commit/b21f1ffaed6b205f222ea5036aa89bd0d6d02f50))
+* seed the base static-analysis pkl so PR head analysis runs incrementally ([#18](https://github.com/CodeBoarding/CodeBoarding-action/issues/18)) ([2164398](https://github.com/CodeBoarding/CodeBoarding-action/commit/216439844bfbf3994fc1e2a188a66a2cf5b96f48))