Pulse/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md
rcourtman affc1c76ed Add rc.6 operator support pack and prerelease index pointers
Stages the doc-only subset of rc.6 packet prep work on top of
df7934936. Holds VERSION bump and the registry/contract governance
reconciliation back for a focused later pass since the IA revert
created broader subsystem-contract debt than the packet prep can
absorb.

- docs/releases/V6_RC6_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md: new 300-line
  operator support brief mirroring the rc.5 pack with rc.6 themes:
  pre-release for testing framing, platform-shaped frontend revert
  explanation, vSphere as a first-class platform, Machines surface,
  TrueNAS native detail UX, FilterBar adoption, Patrol capacity-
  forecast and PDM bridge, free-first self-hosted posture, install.sh
  smoke gate. Carries the rc.5 free-first paid-continuity wording
  through unchanged so the operator-support-pack policy test holds.
- docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC6_DRAFT.md,
  docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC6_DRAFT.md: fill in the SHA audit
  numbers (v6.0.0-rc.5..df7934936, 616 commits, 1379 files / 139185
  insertions / 67870 deletions). Add the licensing-continuity
  paragraph carrying the rc.5 Pulse Mobile pairing for handoff
  copy through unchanged so the discovered-packet policy test holds.
- docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md: link the rc.6 draft packet as current, push
  rc.5 to historical.
- docs/UPGRADE_v6.md: round out the prerelease packet pointer block
  with the rc.6 operator support pack path alongside the release
  notes and changelog already pointed at in df7934936.
- docs/releases/V6_PRERELEASE_RUNBOOK.md: add 6.0.0-rc.6 to the
  version-examples list and bump the RC_VERSION export shown in the
  RC release steps to rc.6.

Out of scope for this commit and intentionally held back until
governance reconciliation can land coherently:

- VERSION bump to 6.0.0-rc.6 (triggers deployment-installability
  shape-guard which cascades into registry/contract audits against
  72 dead-file references left over from the rc.6 IA revert).
- docs/release-control/v6/internal/status.json,
  docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/registry.json, and the
  10 subsystem contract .md files that need post-IA-revert cleanup.
- scripts/release_control test fixture refreshes.
- The rc-to-ga-promotion-readiness-blocked record regen (gated on
  VERSION bump landing).

Working copies of the held-back files are preserved at
/tmp/rc6-prep-backup-2026-05-27/ with a MANIFEST.md describing each.
2026-05-27 13:37:24 +01:00

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Release Notes

Pulse release notes live on GitHub: https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/releases

For historical v4 notes that previously lived in this repo, see: docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v4.md

For the current stable v6 release packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG.md
  • docs/UPGRADE_v6.md

For the historical shipped v6 rc.1 packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC1.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC1.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK.md

For the current in-repo v6 rc.6 draft packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC6_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC6_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC6_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md

For the historical in-repo v6 rc.5 draft packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC5_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC5_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC5_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md

For the historical in-repo v6 rc.4 draft packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC4_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC4_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC4_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md

For the historical in-repo v6 rc.3 draft packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC3_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC3_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC3_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md

For the historical in-repo v6 rc.2 draft packet, see:

  • docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6_RC2_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_RC2_DRAFT.md
  • docs/releases/V6_RC2_OPERATOR_SUPPORT_PACK_DRAFT.md