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feat(ci/release): author release notes in-repo + announce stable releases to Discord
Release notes now live in the repo at docs/releases/vX.Y.Z.md, authored during the
version bump (before the tag). ensure_release (gitea-release.sh + .ps1 twin) seeds the
Gitea release body from that file in the create POST, so the release is born WITH its
notes instead of being created empty and PATCHed afterward. canary/rc have no file ->
empty body, unchanged.

New manual `announce` workflow (workflow_dispatch, tag input) re-syncs the notes file
over the live release and posts a violet embed (title, notes lead-in, release-page link)
to the Discord #releases channel via the DISCORD_RELEASE_WEBHOOK secret. Stable-only:
a -rc tag is refused unless allow_prerelease=true. Pressing "go" is the quality gate, so
a half-built or failed release is never announced.

docs/releases/README.md documents the ritual; TEMPLATE.md is the skeleton.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 16:43:18 +02:00

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# Release notes
One file per **stable** release: `docs/releases/vX.Y.Z.md`. Its contents become the Gitea release
body **verbatim** and are the source of the Discord `#releases` announcement.
## Why this exists
Releases used to be created by CI with an **empty body**; the notes were pasted in by hand
afterward. That left a window where the release — and anything announcing it — carried no notes.
Now the notes are authored **before the tag is pushed**, as part of the version bump, so the
release is born complete and the announcement always has something to say.
## The flow
1. **Write the notes.** Add `docs/releases/vX.Y.Z.md` in the same commit (or PR) as the version
bump. Copy `TEMPLATE.md` and fill it in. This file is the single source of truth for the body.
2. **Tag & push.** `git tag -a vX.Y.Z … && git push origin vX.Y.Z` fans out to the build
workflows. Whichever one wins the create race seeds the release body from this file
(`scripts/ci/gitea-release.sh``ensure_release`, and its PowerShell twin). The release page
shows the notes immediately.
3. **Wait for green.** Let every platform's CI finish and go green.
4. **Announce.** Dispatch the `announce` workflow (`.gitea/workflows/announce.yml`) with the tag.
It re-asserts this file over the live release (so any late edit wins) and posts an embed to
Discord `#releases`. Pressing "go" is the quality gate — a half-built release is never
announced. Stable-only; a `-rc` tag is refused unless `allow_prerelease=true`.
Editing the notes after the tag is fine: update this file, then re-run step 4 (or PATCH the body
via the API) — the announce step always re-syncs from the file, so the file stays authoritative
even across a tag re-point.
Canary / `-rc` builds have **no** file here on purpose: they get no curated body and are not
announced.
## Format
Match the house style (see any recent `vX.Y.Z.md`):
- Open with a **wire-compatibility** line — *"Wire-compatible with X.Y.x — existing pairings and
clients keep working."* — plus a one-sentence fallback/negotiation note. This lead-in (all text
before the first `##` header) is what the Discord embed shows, so make it a real summary.
- Then `## Section` headers grouping the changes, with **bold lead-in** bullets.
- Be concrete: env vars, ABI/protocol versions, on-glass-verified hardware, platform scope.
The short annotated-**tag** message stays separate and short (a headline + a paragraph); it is the
tag object's message, not this file.