Update version to alpha

[NipunaMadhushan]

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• Linked to an issue
• Updated the changelog
• Added tests

Summary

This pull request updates the observe module versions from development/snapshot versions to alpha versions in preparation for release.

Changes

• Version bump: Package version updated from 1.7.1-SNAPSHOT to 1.7.1-alpha across multiple configuration files (gradle.properties, Ballerina.toml, Dependencies.toml)
• Native dependency: Platform Java 21 dependency updated from observe-native-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar to observe-native-1.7.1-alpha.jar
• Distribution metadata:
  • Distribution field in build-config resources bumped from 2201.13.0 to 2201.13.2
  • Distribution version string in Dependencies.toml updated to include build timestamp information

All changes are configuration and dependency version updates with no alterations to exported or public API declarations.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Package version bumped from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1-alpha across configuration files, with corresponding updates to distribution version and observe-native jar path references.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Version Bumps ballerina/Ballerina.toml, gradle.properties	Version updated from 1.7.0/1.7.1-SNAPSHOT to 1.7.1-alpha.
Distribution and Dependency Updates ballerina/Dependencies.toml, build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml	Distribution version updated to 2201.13.2-20260220-093800-c76b62a5; observe package version updated to 1.7.1-alpha.
Native Dependency Path ballerina/Ballerina.toml	Java 21 platform dependency jar path updated from observe-native-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar to observe-native-1.7.1-alpha.jar.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Update lang version #155: Both PRs update Ballerina distribution version strings (to 2201.13.2-20260220-093800-c76b62a5) and observe package versions across project configuration files.

Suggested reviewers

• chathurace
• keizer619

Poem

🐰 A version hop, a hop, a hop,
From snapshot to alpha, we don't stop!
Dependencies dance in harmony,
Configuration files align with glee,
1.7.1-alpha shines bright! 🌟

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'Update version to alpha' accurately reflects the main change across all modified files—bumping versions from release/snapshot to alpha variants (1.7.1-SNAPSHOT → 1.7.1-alpha, 1.7.1 → 1.7.1-alpha, etc.).
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@gradle.properties`:
- Line 18: The ballerinaLangVersion property is set to a nightly snapshot
(ballerinaLangVersion) while the distribution entries in Ballerina.toml (in both
ballerina/ and build-config/resources/) declare the stable version; update
ballerinaLangVersion to match the stable distribution version "2201.13.2" or, if
you intend to build against the nightly, update the distribution fields in
Ballerina.toml to the same nightly identifier so all three places
(ballerinaLangVersion and the two distribution entries) are consistent before
publishing to Ballerina Central.

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 8a928c6 and 9bb3657.

📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• ballerina/Ballerina.toml
• ballerina/Dependencies.toml
• build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
• gradle.properties