v0.9.0 — Deployment packaging (Milestone N)

Meridian v0.9.0

Milestone N — deployment packaging for enterprise PoCs and air-gapped installs.

Highlights

• Helm chart: deploy/helm/meridian/
• Air-gap: scripts/package_airgap.sh + docs/AIRGAP.md
• Ops: docs/DEPLOY.md (TLS, backup, sizing, key rotation)
• Key hot-reload: auth.keys_file + SIGHUP or POST /meridian/reload (ops_admin)
• Full history: docs/MILESTONES.md

Images

• ghcr.io/imv-in/meridian:0.9.0 / :latest (via release workflow)

Not 1.0 yet

Product completion continues on 0.9.x. v1.0 remains a later verification gate after the product is complete for design partners.