Harper Files

What's Changed

• fix(core): false-positive after contraction by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3595
• fix(core): ignore the letter s when found in a parenthesis after a word by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3596
• feat(weir): add BoarderBorder rule to catch boarder/border word confusion by @jlaportebot in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3481
• feat: impressed of→impressed by/with by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3566
• fix(title_case): don't capitalize am/pm in time expressions by @jlaportebot in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3456
• fix: treat semicolons as chunk separators by @azmifarih in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3426
• feat: GOP party → GOP / Grand Old Party by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3232
• fix(desktop): make macOS accessibility activation work when AXEnhancedUserInterface is rejected by @markduan in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3600
• refactor: standardize on .to_owned() for message in linters by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3569
• feat: as how→as to how by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3629
• docs: add Indian English to web meta/description by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3626
• feat: a complain→a complaint by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3622
• fix: digged→dug by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3618
• feat: indian english "godown" is "warehouse" elsewhere by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3619
• feat: out (of) the window variant matching dialect by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3620
• feat: lmk→let me know by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3616
• feat: inspired from→inspired by by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3427
• feat: in the very least→at the very least by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3441
• feat: quiet switch for harper-cli lint by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3583
• feat: environmental variable→environment variable by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3537
• Capitalize off by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3521
• feat: now know as→now known as by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3609
• dictionary curation 2026-06-05 by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3598
• fix: don't flag when contraction comes after a form of be, only before by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3572
• build(deps): bump serde_json from 1.0.149 to 1.0.150 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3624

New Contributors

• @azmifarih made their first contribution in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3426
• @markduan made their first contribution in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/3600

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Automattic/harper/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0