diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f58b956e..7a48e52a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.11.1"
+  ".": "2.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c180a357..cbda37c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ Released entries are appended automatically from Conventional Commits when the
 "chore: release" pull request is merged. The project follows
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.12.0](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/compare/v2.11.1...v2.12.0) (2026-08-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **app:** opt-in debug logging mode and safer, richer diagnostic bundles ([#314](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/314)) ([33c281c](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/33c281c8be56e19cabb20d44575c499baacb7b95))
+* **core:** allow nested backup sources when the parent excludes the child ([#294](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/294)) ([0b62df9](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/0b62df9dc771a4b8c05cd3b14950d586447f1826))
+* **core:** live exclusion pickup and a visible pending-work queue ([#313](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/313)) ([e6427c7](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/e6427c7faea0b2d4f7f5afd24ad84ecb08a47d83))
+* live bottleneck indicator on the Activity dashboard ([#311](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/311)) ([2d9d763](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/2d9d763b40320dbb841cac46497c054b2aa2eabc))
+* **ui:** folder picker sort/filter/create/rename and exclusions size rollups ([#315](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/315)) ([7e87341](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/7e8734120b6c16f99f072d31fc0861b116c01a8a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **app:** never freeze on tray quit during a backup; quitting tray state; honest recovery status ([#312](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/312)) ([f951cde](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/f951cde9e89692e311f4b96183658807bf6d6ed0))
+* clear the attention banner after a passing run and make source removal backend-aware ([#310](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/310)) ([6d8e1ab](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/6d8e1ab2bd9cd5a6cae616f23c1d852bdb6451ce))
+* **s3:** honest per-source versioning across backends and multipart-upload leak sweep ([#316](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/issues/316)) ([d462592](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/commit/d462592713f70121ffb1af67ccca9e9c8e796bc6))
+
 ## [2.11.1](https://github.com/pmaxhogan/driven/compare/v2.11.0...v2.11.1) (2026-08-15)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51daa0b4..92b75dcf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-apfs"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "driven-vss",
  "libc",
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-app"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-backend"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "driven-drive",
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-bench"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-chaos"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-cli"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-core"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-crypto"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base32",
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-diskstat"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-drive"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-e2e"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-localfs"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-net"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-power"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-rclone"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "driven-remote",
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-remote"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-s3"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-sftp"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-test-fixtures"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-tls"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "boa_engine",
  "lru",
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-vss"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "driven-vss-helper"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "driven-vss",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 289c6467..d40c21e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 authors = ["Driven contributors"]
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 03fe5260..76efe531 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Driven",
-  "version": "2.11.1",
+  "version": "2.12.0",
   "identifier": "app.driven",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../ui/dist",
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 24cdacb9..4522971e 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "driven-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.11.1",
+  "version": "2.12.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",