diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6bc7b8f8..678d1851 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_float_eq",
  "bunsen",
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-arrow-dataloaders"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "burn",
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-bundled-silero"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "burn",
  "burn-onnx",
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-bundled-whisper"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "burn",
  "burn-onnx",
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-contracts-macros"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-firehose"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "burn",
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bunsen-firehose-image"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bunsen",
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "burn_bug_repro"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "burn",
@@ -8268,7 +8268,7 @@ checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "silero-bench"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "burn",
@@ -8279,7 +8279,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "silero-model-validation"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "bunsen-bundled-silero",
@@ -10132,7 +10132,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "whisper-cli"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "burn",
@@ -10141,7 +10141,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "whisper-dev"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "burn",
@@ -10150,7 +10150,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "whisper-model-validation"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bunsen",
  "bunsen-bundled-whisper",
@@ -11230,7 +11230,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zsl-data-cache"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "burn",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 672f1555..a696927b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.94.1"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen"
 license = "MIT or Apache-2.0"
 
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e27348f..68be42d3 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders-v0.30.1...bunsen-arrow-dataloaders-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- *(whisper)* the stream driver, all eleven phases, and whisper-cli ([#167](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/167))
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
+### Other
+
+- Crutcher/whisper rf ([#169](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/169))
+- Switch to `PerformanceBackend` and enhance testing configurations ([#164](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/164))
+
 ## [0.22.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-preview-chat-dataloader-v0.21.3...bunsen-preview-chat-dataloader-v0.22.0) - 2026-06-05
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/examples/dl-test/Cargo.toml b/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/examples/dl-test/Cargo.toml
index 70aa683a..5f26b607 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/examples/dl-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-arrow-dataloaders/examples/dl-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ burn = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
-humansize = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+humansize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-silero/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-silero/CHANGELOG.md
index f9991459..a93da74c 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-silero/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-silero/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-bundled-silero-v0.30.1...bunsen-bundled-silero-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- *(whisper)* the stream driver, all eleven phases, and whisper-cli ([#167](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/167))
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
+### Other
+
+- Refactor beam search decoder: rename variables for clarity, consolidate tail clipping, and optimize test structure. Update device handling to `PerformanceBackend`. ([#173](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/173))
+
 ## [0.29.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-bundled-silero-v0.28.0...bunsen-bundled-silero-v0.29.0) - 2026-07-17
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/CHANGELOG.md
index b11e10d2..da26881b 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-bundled-whisper-v0.30.1...bunsen-bundled-whisper-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- *(whisper)* the stream driver, all eleven phases, and whisper-cli ([#167](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/167))
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
+### Other
+
+- Refactor `MelFilterbank` into `MelFilterbankConfig` for improved configuration and validation. Rewrite tests for API updates and streamline related logic for cleaner organization. ([#165](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/165))
+
 ### Added
 
 - `vocab` fetches, digest-pins and caches Whisper's two `.tiktoken` rank
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/Cargo.toml b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/Cargo.toml
index cc56a613..3184dc93 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-bundled-whisper/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ vocab = []
 ## exists so `whisper-model-validation` has something with independent
 ## provenance to disagree with. Independent of `checkpoint` — they are
 ## different assets and neither implies the other.
-onnx_gen = ["dep:burn-onnx"]
\ No newline at end of file
+onnx_gen = ["dep:burn-onnx"]
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/CHANGELOG.md
index cdc7cfb5..04d43cce 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-firehose-image-v0.30.1...bunsen-firehose-image-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
 ## [0.22.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-firehose-image-v0.21.3...bunsen-firehose-image-v0.22.0) - 2026-06-05
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/Cargo.toml b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/Cargo.toml
index 6b189362..fe730ab7 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose-image/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 burn = { workspace = true, features = ["dataset", "vision"] }
-bunsen-firehose = { version = "0.30.1", path = "../bunsen-firehose" }
+bunsen-firehose = { version = "0.31.0", path = "../bunsen-firehose" }
 
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose/CHANGELOG.md
index 8510ed61..b4e6ba25 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen-firehose/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen-firehose/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-firehose-v0.30.1...bunsen-firehose-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
 ## [0.26.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-firehose-v0.25.0...bunsen-firehose-v0.26.0) - 2026-07-13
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/public/bunsen/CHANGELOG.md
index e52bbe84..c9569911 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres
 to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-v0.30.1...bunsen-v0.31.0) - 2026-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- *(whisper)* the stream driver, all eleven phases, and whisper-cli ([#167](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/167))
+- [**breaking**] Whisper reference parity, and split bundled assets from model validation ([#163](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/163))
+
+### Other
+
+- Refactor beam search decoder: rename variables for clarity, consolidate tail clipping, and optimize test structure. Update device handling to `PerformanceBackend`. ([#173](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/173))
+- Modularize LSTM components by relocating and reorganizing `fused_lstm` implementation. Integrate `fused_lstm` into core RNN module and refactor dependencies in `silero_vad` accordingly. ([#172](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/172))
+- More whisper refactoring. ([#171](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/171))
+- More whisper cleanup. ([#170](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/170))
+- Crutcher/whisper rf ([#169](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/169))
+- VAD filter cleanup, driver layout, and model-owned front end + token layout ([#168](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/168))
+- Add `window_padded` operation for zero-padded dimensional windowing with accompanying tests. Extend test coverage for `split_padded` and update module documentation to describe new functionality. ([#166](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/166))
+- Refactor `MelFilterbank` into `MelFilterbankConfig` for improved configuration and validation. Rewrite tests for API updates and streamline related logic for cleaner organization. ([#165](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/165))
+- Switch to `PerformanceBackend` and enhance testing configurations ([#164](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/pull/164))
+
 ## [0.30.1](https://github.com/zspacelabs/bunsen/compare/bunsen-v0.30.0...bunsen-v0.30.1) - 2026-07-24
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/public/bunsen/Cargo.toml b/crates/public/bunsen/Cargo.toml
index f50b4542..1a67e10e 100644
--- a/crates/public/bunsen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/public/bunsen/Cargo.toml
@@ -166,16 +166,14 @@ testing = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-bunsen-contracts-macros = { version = "0.30.1", path = "../bunsen-contracts-macros" }
+bunsen-contracts-macros = { version = "0.31.0", path = "../bunsen-contracts-macros" }
 
-bunsen-bundled-silero = {
-    version = "0.30.1",
+bunsen-bundled-silero = { version = "0.31.0",
     path = "../bunsen-bundled-silero",
     optional = true
 }
 
-bunsen-bundled-whisper = {
-    version = "0.30.1",
+bunsen-bundled-whisper = { version = "0.31.0",
     path = "../bunsen-bundled-whisper",
     optional = true
 }