diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 968b3cc7..7bff16bc 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.9.3"
+    ".": "0.9.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5687901..22da6e66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.4](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/compare/v0.9.3...v0.9.4) (2026-01-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* checkout repo. before bumping lock ([#490](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/issues/490)) ([b2da2a8](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/commit/b2da2a858787853be43136fd526a0bd72baf78ef))
+* persist credentials for git repo ([#492](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/issues/492)) ([c674a9f](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/commit/c674a9fd4e0abbd51569870e4b38074d4a1de03c))
+
 ## [0.9.3](https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.3) (2026-01-10)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5326152f..878658d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6539,7 +6539,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-autumn"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "axum-macros",
@@ -6577,7 +6577,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-bonfire"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
  "async-std",
@@ -6608,7 +6608,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-coalesced"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "lru 0.16.3",
@@ -6617,7 +6617,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-config"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cached",
@@ -6634,7 +6634,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-crond"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "revolt-config",
@@ -6646,7 +6646,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-database"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "amqprs",
  "async-lock 2.8.0",
@@ -6696,7 +6696,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-delta"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "amqprs",
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
@@ -6746,7 +6746,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-files"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "aws-config",
@@ -6769,7 +6769,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-gifbox"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "axum-extra",
@@ -6791,7 +6791,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-january"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "axum",
@@ -6819,7 +6819,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-models"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "iso8601-timestamp",
@@ -6838,14 +6838,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-parser"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "logos",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-permissions"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-trait",
@@ -6860,7 +6860,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-presence"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "log",
@@ -6872,7 +6872,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-pushd"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "amqprs",
  "anyhow",
@@ -6900,7 +6900,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-ratelimits"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "authifier",
@@ -6917,7 +6917,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-result"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "log",
@@ -6933,7 +6933,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt-voice-ingress"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "amqprs",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/crates/bonfire/Cargo.toml b/crates/bonfire/Cargo.toml
index 861ed1da..ca0ce9bb 100644
--- a/crates/bonfire/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bonfire/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-bonfire"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
diff --git a/crates/core/coalesced/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/coalesced/Cargo.toml
index 8ceefb78..f267999b 100644
--- a/crates/core/coalesced/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/coalesced/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-coalesced"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>", "Zomatree <me@zomatree.live>"]
diff --git a/crates/core/config/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/config/Cargo.toml
index d18e5b8e..986f78a3 100644
--- a/crates/core/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-config"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ sentry = { version = "0.31.5", optional = true }
 sentry-anyhow = { version = "0.38.1", optional = true }
 
 # Core
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../result", optional = true }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../result", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/core/database/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/database/Cargo.toml
index de84f88a..593e906a 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/database/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-database"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ default = ["mongodb", "async-std-runtime", "tasks"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # Core
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../config", features = [
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../config", features = [
     "report-macros",
 ] }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../result" }
-revolt-models = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../models", features = [
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../result" }
+revolt-models = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../models", features = [
     "validator",
 ] }
-revolt-presence = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../presence" }
-revolt-permissions = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../permissions", features = [
+revolt-presence = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../presence" }
+revolt-permissions = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../permissions", features = [
     "serde",
     "bson",
 ] }
-revolt-parser = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../parser" }
+revolt-parser = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../parser" }
 
 # Utility
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/crates/core/files/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/files/Cargo.toml
index fa9e99d2..ad5f1768 100644
--- a/crates/core/files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/files/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-files"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ typenum = "1.17.0"
 aws-config = "1.5.5"
 aws-sdk-s3 = { version = "1.46.0", features = ["behavior-version-latest"] }
 
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../config", features = [
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../config", features = [
     "report-macros",
 ] }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../result" }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../result" }
 
 # image processing
 jxl-oxide = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/crates/core/models/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/models/Cargo.toml
index feda14ce..77721a14 100644
--- a/crates/core/models/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/models/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-models"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ default = ["serde", "partials", "rocket"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # Core
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../config" }
-revolt-permissions = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../permissions" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../config" }
+revolt-permissions = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../permissions" }
 
 # Utility
 regex = "1.11"
diff --git a/crates/core/parser/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/parser/Cargo.toml
index f6cb1940..8f287a59 100644
--- a/crates/core/parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-parser"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Zomatree <me@zomatree.live>", "Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
diff --git a/crates/core/permissions/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/permissions/Cargo.toml
index 26217db6..fb0cf0e8 100644
--- a/crates/core/permissions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/permissions/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-permissions"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async-std = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 
 [dependencies]
 # Core
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../result" }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../result" }
 
 # Utility
 auto_ops = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/core/presence/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/presence/Cargo.toml
index d73b188d..de443e3f 100644
--- a/crates/core/presence/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/presence/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-presence"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ redis-is-patched = []
 async-std = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 
 # Config for loading Redis URI
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../config" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../config" }
 
 [dependencies]
 # Utility
diff --git a/crates/core/ratelimits/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/ratelimits/Cargo.toml
index e2302b54..da0aad74 100644
--- a/crates/core/ratelimits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/ratelimits/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-ratelimits"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [features]
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ axum = ["dep:axum", "revolt-database/axum-impl"]
 default = ["rocket", "axum"]
 
 [dependencies]
-revolt-database = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../database"}
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../result" }
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../config" }
+revolt-database = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../database"}
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../result" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../config" }
 
 rocket = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true }
 revolt_rocket_okapi = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/core/result/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/result/Cargo.toml
index 3c29470d..66c6132a 100644
--- a/crates/core/result/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/result/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-result"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
diff --git a/crates/daemons/crond/Cargo.toml b/crates/daemons/crond/Cargo.toml
index 04560126..762ce469 100644
--- a/crates/daemons/crond/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/daemons/crond/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-crond"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <me@insrt.uk>"]
 edition = "2021"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1" }
 
 # Core
-revolt-database = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/database" }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/result" }
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/config" }
-revolt-files = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/files" }
+revolt-database = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/database" }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/result" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/config" }
+revolt-files = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/files" }
diff --git a/crates/daemons/pushd/Cargo.toml b/crates/daemons/pushd/Cargo.toml
index abe74a5c..59e2b1c7 100644
--- a/crates/daemons/pushd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/daemons/pushd/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-pushd"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/result" }
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/config", features = [
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/result" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/config", features = [
     "report-macros",
     "anyhow"
 ] }
-revolt-database = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/database" }
-revolt-models = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/models", features = [
+revolt-database = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/database" }
+revolt-models = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/models", features = [
     "validator",
 ] }
-revolt-presence = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/presence", features = [
+revolt-presence = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/presence", features = [
     "redis-is-patched",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/crates/daemons/voice-ingress/Cargo.toml b/crates/daemons/voice-ingress/Cargo.toml
index 06b30cf9..6e60f765 100644
--- a/crates/daemons/voice-ingress/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/daemons/voice-ingress/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-voice-ingress"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
diff --git a/crates/delta/Cargo.toml b/crates/delta/Cargo.toml
index 5057d315..895815aa 100644
--- a/crates/delta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/delta/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-delta"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <paulmakles@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml b/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
index d082b6d0..7d8eb27f 100644
--- a/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-autumn"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 publish = false
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 # Core crates
-revolt-files = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/files" }
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/config" }
-revolt-database = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/database", features = [
+revolt-files = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/files" }
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/config" }
+revolt-database = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/database", features = [
     "axum-impl",
 ] }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/result", features = [
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/result", features = [
     "utoipa",
     "axum",
 ] }
-revolt-ratelimits = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/ratelimits", features = ["axum"] }
+revolt-ratelimits = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/ratelimits", features = ["axum"] }
 
 # Axum / web server
 tempfile = "3.12.0"
diff --git a/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml b/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
index 0684fcbd..fade557c 100644
--- a/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/services/gifbox/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-gifbox"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 publish = false
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
 
 # Core crates
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/config" }
-revolt-models = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/models" }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/result", features = [
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/config" }
+revolt-models = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/models" }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/result", features = [
     "utoipa",
     "axum",
 ] }
-revolt-coalesced = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/coalesced", features = [
+revolt-coalesced = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/coalesced", features = [
     "queue",
 ] }
-revolt-database = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/database", features = [
+revolt-database = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/database", features = [
     "axum-impl",
 ] }
-revolt-ratelimits = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/ratelimits", features = [
+revolt-ratelimits = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/ratelimits", features = [
     "axum",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/crates/services/january/Cargo.toml b/crates/services/january/Cargo.toml
index f12ba6b8..acbba6fc 100644
--- a/crates/services/january/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/services/january/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt-january"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 publish = false
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 # Core crates
-revolt-config = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/config" }
-revolt-models = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/models" }
-revolt-result = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/result", features = [
+revolt-config = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/config" }
+revolt-models = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/models" }
+revolt-result = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/result", features = [
     "utoipa",
     "axum",
 ] }
-revolt-files = { version = "0.9.3", path = "../../core/files" }
+revolt-files = { version = "0.9.4", path = "../../core/files" }
 
 # Axum / web server
 axum = { version = "0.7.5" }
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 965065db..a602fc9e 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.3
+0.9.4