diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c503c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^\.github$
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d19fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c207c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+#
+# See https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples#readme for
+# additional example workflows available for the R community.
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            r-version: oldrel
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            r-version: release
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            r-version: devel
+          - os: macos-latest
+            r-version: release
+          - os: windows-latest
+            r-version: release
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.r-version }}
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          working-directory: pkg
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          working-directory: pkg
+          args: 'c("--as-cran", "--no-manual")'
+          error-on: '"error"'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb36d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: test-coverage
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  test-coverage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: release
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          working-directory: pkg
+          extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
+          needs: coverage
+
+      - name: Generate coverage report (Cobertura)
+        run: |
+          cov <- covr::package_coverage(path = "pkg", quiet = FALSE)
+          print(cov)
+          covr::to_cobertura(cov, filename = "cobertura.xml")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Upload coverage to Coveralls
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          file: cobertura.xml
+          format: cobertura
+          base-path: pkg
+        env:
+          COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show testthat output
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
+          find "${{ runner.temp }}/package" -name "testthat.Rout*" -exec cat "{}" \; || true
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7267d5..83255b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 pkg.Rcheck
 .Rproj.user
 report.xml
+/logging.Rcheck/
+/logging_*.tar.gz
+/pkg/tests/testthat/_problems/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index acd858e..3021808 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-|       Travis       |   Total downloads   |      Downloads     |     CRAN version   |
-| :----------------: | :----------------: | :----------------: | :----------------: |
-| [![Travis build status](https://travis-ci.com/WLOGSolutions/r-logging.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/WLOGSolutions/r-logging) | [![CRAN total downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/logging)](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/logging)| [![CRAN downloads](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/logging)](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/logging)| [![CRAN version](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/logging)](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/logging)|
+|  R-CMD-check       |   Total downloads  |      Downloads     |     CRAN version   |    Coverage    |
+| :----------------: | :----------------: | :----------------: | :----------------: | :------------: |
+| [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/mfrasca/r-logging/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/mfrasca/r-logging/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml) | [![CRAN total downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/logging)](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/logging)| [![CRAN downloads](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/logging)](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/logging)| [![CRAN version](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/logging)](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/logging)|[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/mfrasca/r-logging/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/mfrasca/r-logging?branch=master)|
  
 r-logging
 =========
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@ on [r-forge] (http://r-forge.r-project.org/).
 
 installation
 ============
-Simply call
+For the last released package:
 ```
-devtools::install_github("WLOGSolutions/r-logging/pkg")
+install.packages("logging")
 ```
+
+if you want the latest from github, you could do:
+```
+devtools::install_github("mfrasca/r-logging/pkg")
+```
+
+if you have cloned the github repository while your working directory
+was `BASE`, you may want to use your local, possibly altered copy:
+```
+devtools::install_local("BASE/r-logging/pkg")
+```
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/DESCRIPTION b/pkg/DESCRIPTION
index 0667e0c..63ba21f 100644
--- a/pkg/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/pkg/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Package: logging
-Version: 0.10-108
+Version: 1.0-0
 Title: R Logging Package
 Authors@R: c(
-    person("Mario", "Frasca", email = "mariotomo@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),
-    person("Walerian", "Sokolowski", email = "r-logging@wlogsolutions.com", role = c("cre"))
+    person("Mario", "Frasca", email = "mariotomo@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
+    person("Walerian", "Sokolowski", email = "r-logging@wlogsolutions.com", role = c("aut"))
     )
 Description: Pure R implementation of the ubiquitous log4j package. It offers hierarchic 
   loggers, multiple handlers per logger, level based filtering, space handling in messages 
   and custom formatting.
-URL: https://github.com/WLOGSolutions/r-logging
+URL: https://github.com/mfrasca/r-logging
 BugReports: https://github.com/WLOGSolutions/r-logging/issues
 License: GPL-3
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/pkg/NEWS.md b/pkg/NEWS.md
index 06f08df..fce1f2b 100644
--- a/pkg/NEWS.md
+++ b/pkg/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# logging 1.0-0 (2026-05-25)
+  - Version 1.0 marks the package as stable; versioning henceforth follows
+    major.minor-patch where patch is for administrative/documentation fixes
+    and minor for bug fixes and new features
+  - Added GitHub Actions workflows for continuous integration.
+  - Published test coverage on coveralls.io
+
+# logging 0.10-111 (2026-05-21)
+  - Resumed maintainership (original author Mario Frasca)
+  - Fixed bug: non-character messages (e.g. Date) now log correctly
+
 # logging 0.10-108 (2019-07-14)
   * issue #4: logged do not raise exception if formatting message contains %F
     markers and not formatting arguments passed
@@ -27,4 +38,4 @@
     logReset.
   
 # logging 0.8-104 (2018-11-29)
-  * Maintener changed to Walerian Sokolowski
+  * Maintainer changed to Walerian Sokolowski
diff --git a/pkg/R/logger.R b/pkg/R/logger.R
index 49ad5e3..29fe81c 100644
--- a/pkg/R/logger.R
+++ b/pkg/R/logger.R
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ levellog <- function(level, msg, ..., logger = "") {
 #' Set defaults and get the named logger.
 #'
 #' Make sure a logger with a specific name exists and return it as a
-#' \var{Logger} S4 object.  if not yet present, the logger will be created and
+#' \var{Logger} object.  If not yet present, the logger will be created and
 #' given the values specified in the \dots arguments.
 #'
 #' @param name The name of the logger
diff --git a/pkg/R/utils.R b/pkg/R/utils.R
index ba5ddb0..b4ec308 100644
--- a/pkg/R/utils.R
+++ b/pkg/R/utils.R
@@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ defaultMsgCompose <- function(msg, ...) {
     !(matched_call_names %in% c(setdiff(formal_names, "...")))
 
   label <- lapply(matched_call[is_output_param], deparse)
-  msg <- sprintf("%s: %s", label, c(msg, optargs))
+  msg <- sprintf("%s: %s", label, c(as.character(msg), optargs))
   return(msg)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/man/logging-package.Rd b/pkg/man/logging-package.Rd
index 5cb6eee..d585fa6 100644
--- a/pkg/man/logging-package.Rd
+++ b/pkg/man/logging-package.Rd
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The web pages for this package on r-forge are kept decently up to date
 and contain a usable tutorial. Check the references.
 }
 \references{
-the python logging module: \url{http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html}\cr
+the python logging module: \url{https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html}\cr
 this package at github: \url{https://github.com/WLOGSolutions/r-logging/}
 }
 \keyword{package}
diff --git a/pkg/tests/testthat/test.handlers.R b/pkg/tests/testthat/test.handlers.R
index 66c4ac2..4475d2b 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/testthat/test.handlers.R
+++ b/pkg/tests/testthat/test.handlers.R
@@ -165,10 +165,13 @@ test_that("loggingToConsole", {
   logReset()
   basicConfig()
 
-  logdebug("test %d", 2)
-  loginfo("test %d", 2)
+  output <- capture.output({
+      logdebug("test %d", 2)
+      loginfo("test %d", 2)
+  })
 
-  succeed()
+  expect_true(any(grepl("test 2", output)))
+  expect_false(any(grepl("DEBUG", output)))
 })
 
 test_that("loggingToFile", {
@@ -211,3 +214,29 @@ test_that("loggingToFile.oo", {
 
   succeed()
 })
+
+test_that("writeToConsole initializes color_msg as identity when color_output=FALSE", {
+    logReset()
+    basicConfig()
+    addHandler(writeToConsole, color_output = FALSE)
+    handler <- getHandler("writeToConsole")
+    expect_equal(handler$color_msg("test", "INFO"), "test")
+    expect_equal(handler$color_msg("test", "ERROR"), "test")
+})
+
+test_that("writeToConsole initializes color_msg with level-dependent coloring by default", {
+    skip_if_not_installed("crayon")
+    withr::with_options(list(crayon.enabled = TRUE), {
+        logReset()
+        basicConfig()
+        addHandler(writeToConsole)
+        handler <- getHandler("writeToConsole")
+        info_msg <- handler$color_msg("test", "INFO")
+        error_msg <- handler$color_msg("test", "ERROR")
+        expect_true(grepl("test", info_msg))
+        expect_true(grepl("test", error_msg))
+        expect_true(grepl("\033[", info_msg, fixed = TRUE))
+        expect_true(grepl("\033[", error_msg, fixed = TRUE))
+        expect_false(identical(info_msg, error_msg))
+    })
+})
diff --git a/pkg/tests/testthat/test.msg-composer.R b/pkg/tests/testthat/test.msg-composer.R
index a038568..bbffaf8 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/testthat/test.msg-composer.R
+++ b/pkg/tests/testthat/test.msg-composer.R
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@ test_that("msgcomposer/composer_signature_validation_directly", {
   })
 })
 
+test_that("loginfo handles Date objects without error", {
+    expect_no_error(loginfo(as.Date("2022-01-01")))
+})