From 5cb0f19e17ac24d11bd0152462fdffd61140df16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adrhill <adrian.hill@mailbox.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:59:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Return `Dual` on `float`, `widen`, `big`

---
 src/overloads/conversion.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/overloads/conversion.jl b/src/overloads/conversion.jl
index deee0655..fd7a8e7f 100644
--- a/src/overloads/conversion.jl
+++ b/src/overloads/conversion.jl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ end
 
 for f in (:big, :widen, :float)
     @eval Base.$f(::Type{T}) where {T <: AbstractTracer} = T
-    @eval Base.$f(::Type{D}) where {P, T, D <: Dual{P, T}} = $f(P) # only return primal type
+    @eval Base.$f(::Type{D}) where {P, T, D <: Dual{P, T}} = Dual{$f(P), T}
 end
 
 ##============================#

From 3f869dbc3d1476ae3390d8dc1ac5e14aec90e3fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adrhill <adrian.hill@mailbox.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:31:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update reference tests

---
 test/test_constructors.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/test_constructors.jl b/test/test_constructors.jl
index 274e80cd..5ceca432 100644
--- a/test/test_constructors.jl
+++ b/test/test_constructors.jl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end
 function test_type_conversion_functions(::Type{D}, f::Function) where {P, T, D <: Dual{P, T}}
     return @testset "Primal type $P_IN" for P_IN in (Int, Float32, Irrational)
         P_OUT = f(P_IN)
-        @test f(Dual{P_IN, T}) == P_OUT  # NOTE: this tests Dual{P_IN,T}, not Dual{P,T}
+        @test f(Dual{P_IN, T}) == Dual{P_OUT, T}
     end
 end
 

From 2f55a0231b3351cba8391c660565a2c1cf0d729f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adrhill <adrian.hill@mailbox.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:45:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update CHANGELOG

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 Project.toml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a547bbea..3e32a27e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # SparseConnectivityTracer.jl
 
+## Version `v1.1.2`
+* ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] Return `Dual` on `float`, `widen`, `big` ([#279])
+
 ## Version `v1.1.1`
 * ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] Fix type conversions of primal value in `Dual` ([#271])
 
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ This release is only breaking for users who touched unexported internals.
 [badge-maintenance]: https://img.shields.io/badge/maintenance-gray.svg
 [badge-docs]: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-orange.svg
 
+[#279]: https://github.com/adrhill/SparseConnectivityTracer.jl/pull/279
 [#271]: https://github.com/adrhill/SparseConnectivityTracer.jl/pull/271
 [#268]: https://github.com/adrhill/SparseConnectivityTracer.jl/pull/268
 [#267]: https://github.com/adrhill/SparseConnectivityTracer.jl/pull/267
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2237961d..fc23220c 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "SparseConnectivityTracer"
 uuid = "9f842d2f-2579-4b1d-911e-f412cf18a3f5"
 authors = ["Adrian Hill <gh@adrianhill.de>"]
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2-DEV"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"