chore(master): release 2.6.0

[Alpaq92]

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2.6.0 (2026-08-04)

Features

• Bump the nuget-minor-and-patch group with 5 updates (e8cb4fd)

Bug Fixes

• deps: Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 3.0.0 to 4.1.1 (94c9558)
• deps: Bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 (60e8d89)
• deps: Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 5.4.0 to 6.0.0 (fd34f1f)
• deps: Bump github/codeql-action init+analyze from 4.36.3 to 4.37.5 (c461990)
• deps: Bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.36.3 to 4.37.4 (37febda)

Documentation

• correct analyzer-promotion, release trigger, and TPS003 references (8e06c60)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added release notes for version 2.6.0.
  • Clarified guidance for analyzer promotion, release triggering, and TPS003 references.
  • Documented dependency-related feature updates and bug fixes.

• Release

  • Updated the product version from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release manifest now declares version 2.6.0. The changelog includes the 2.6.0 release entry dated 2026-08-04, with feature, bug fix, and documentation updates.

Changes

Version 2.6.0 release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release version and changelog .release-please-manifest.json, CHANGELOG.md	The manifest version changed from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0. The changelog now documents the 2.6.0 release.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Alpaq92/TopSecret.ProtectedString#8: Both PRs update release metadata and add a matching changelog entry.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the release of version 2.6.0, which is the main change in the pull request.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 8-17: Update the 2.6.0 changelog structure by adding a
Dependencies section and moving the nuget-minor-and-patch and five GitHub
Actions update bullets into it. Remove these dependency bullets from Features
and Bug Fixes, preserving their existing text and links.

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• .release-please-manifest.json
• CHANGELOG.md

[Alpaq92]

🤖 Created releases:

• v2.6.0

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