🚀 release: v1.6.0-rc.4

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Summary

Prepare v1.6.0-rc.4 from the latest main.

rc.4 delta over rc.3:

• 🐛 fix(ui): resolve #498 visual follow-ups #580 issue Alert: Pinned tag "1.5.2-rc.1" is compared by digest only. Set dd.tag.family=loose or add a dd.tag.include filter to allow semver version climbing. #498 visual follow-ups - informational pinned Major/Minor/Patch states, "Image update" vocabulary and explanation, Host-first constrained layout, explicit Software Version metadata, browser-managed grouping, docs, regression coverage, and desktop/mobile visual QA.
• 🧪 test(ci): harden Cucumber reliability #581 Cucumber reliability - complete retained-run audit, exact build-artifact reuse, six-fixture readiness manifest, scenario state restoration, structured reports/diagnostics, no blanket Cucumber/Playwright retries, fail-closed remote fixture seeding, and the targeted health-refresh product/race fixes.
• Release identity advanced across the changelog, README, website/demo, current docs, API examples, quickstart, and guard tests.

Verification

• 123/123 repository script tests
• 45/45 workflow invariant tests
• 44/44 website script tests
• Full pre-push gate: 100% app/UI coverage, type-check, Biome, Qlty, and app/UI builds
• Local prerelease precheck completed; its five unchecked "shipped in v1.6.0" Discussion follow-ups remain GA closeout actions and are not RC blockers

After merge: verify exact-main CI Verify and Playwright, then dispatch release-cut.yml with release_tag=v1.6.0-rc.4.

Changelog

🔧 Changed

• Prepared release identity for v1.6.0-rc.4 across README, website/demo mocks, API documentation, Portwing examples, quickstart materials, and release updates.
• Updated changelog comparison links and release identity guard tests for v1.6.0-rc.4.
• Added release-gated Cucumber E2E failure-reporting highlights to the updates page.

Concerns

• Verify exact CI Verify and Playwright workflows after merge.
• Post the five tracked Discussion replies against the published release candidate.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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📥 Commits

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• CHANGELOG.md is excluded by !CHANGELOG.md

📒 Files selected for processing (16)

• README.md
• apps/demo/src/mocks/data/agents.ts
• apps/demo/src/mocks/data/audit.ts
• apps/demo/src/mocks/data/containers.ts
• apps/demo/src/mocks/data/server.ts
• apps/demo/src/mocks/handlers/app.ts
• apps/web/src/lib/site-config.ts
• apps/web/src/lib/site-content.ts
• content/docs/current/api/agent.mdx
• content/docs/current/api/app.mdx
• content/docs/current/api/portwing.mdx
• content/docs/current/quickstart/index.mdx
• content/docs/current/updates/index.mdx
• scripts/changelog-links.test.mjs
• scripts/release-docs-identity.test.mjs
• scripts/release-identity.test.mjs

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release candidate identity is updated from v1.6.0-rc.3 to v1.6.0-rc.4 across README and web release surfaces, demo mock data and handlers, API and protocol documentation, and quickstart tags. Release highlights now use the dated rc.4 section and include release-gated E2E failure reporting. Changelog comparison-link expectations and release identity tests are updated for the new version, dates, surface values, routing, and exact RC matching.

Possibly related PRs

• CodesWhat/drydock#549: Performs the same release identity update across README, site configuration, mocks, API documentation, and identity tests.
• CodesWhat/drydock#571: Directly parallels this rc.3-to-rc.4 bump with the preceding release-candidate identity update.
• CodesWhat/drydock#515: Updates the same demo mock surfaces and release identity tests for an earlier release candidate.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches

📝 Generate docstrings

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch release/v1.6.0-rc.4

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Release identity and changelog are consistent with the verified rc.4 payload.

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Approved after release-prep verification and exact changelog review.