[Iqranawaz-debug]

Description

Closes #314

• Added a manually maintained CHANGELOG.md covering all 42 published releases, from 1.3.0 through v2.22.0.
• Organized release highlights using Keep a Changelog conventions, including Added, Changed, Fixed, and Security categories where applicable.
• Linked each changelog version to its corresponding GitHub release.
• Added a link to CHANGELOG.md in the root README.md for easier discoverability.
• Included a maintenance note to keep the changelog updated with future releases.

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature (e-commerce site improvement)
• New vulnerability / flag
• Walkthrough / writeup
• Documentation update
• Other (please describe):

Testing done

• Ran npm run format successfully.
• Verified CHANGELOG.md with npx prettier CHANGELOG.md --check.
• Verified staged changes with git diff --cached --check.
• Confirmed that only CHANGELOG.md and README.md were included in the commit.

Checklist

• Documentation updated (if applicable)

If adding a new challenge

Not applicable — documentation-only contribution.

[github-actions]

Welcome @Iqranawaz-debug, and thanks for your first PR here!

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[kOaDT]

Thanks a lot @Iqranawaz-debug, merging this! 🎉

Heads-up: I'll follow up with a separate PR that regenerates the entries from the release notes. A few breaking changes and challenge names got lost in the summaries, and the compare links are still missing. The Keep a Changelog structure stays.

[github-actions]

Merged — and it's your first one here, @Iqranawaz-debug. Thank you!

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[Iqranawaz-debug]

Thank you so much for reviewing and merging my PR! I appreciate the feedback and the opportunity to contribute. Glad the changelog structure is useful!