docs: add v0.0.93 release changelog

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Summary

Adds the canonical dated ## v0.0.93 release entry to docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx.
The entry records user-visible behavior, release validation, and documentation controls merged after v0.0.92, while preserving the pending DGX OS 7.6.x Station Express qualification caveat.

Changes

• Adds the parser-safe dated release entry with a summary, grouped details, and published-route links.
• Reconciles the v0.0.92..origin/main commit range with merged v0.0.93 PRs.
• Records that no-OTA DGX OS 7.6.x passed bounded host preflight, while full Station Express end-to-end qualification remains pending.
• Leaves existing product pages unchanged because the source PRs already document their supported behavior.

Source summary

• fix(installer): hand off existing Station vLLM #7285 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records the existing-vLLM ownership choice and resumable Station handoff.
• feat(installer): support DGX OS 7.6 on Station #7419 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records bounded no-OTA DGX OS 7.6.x recognition and its pending end-to-end qualification.
• feat(vllm): guide authenticated Hugging Face downloads #7268 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records optional Hugging Face authentication, output sanitization, and resumable HTTP 429 recovery.
• fix(onboarding): suppress credential prompt interrupt stack #7442 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records clean SIGINT handling at hidden credential prompts.
• fix(installer): fast-fail on Intel Mac before any download (#7297) #7299 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records Intel macOS rejection before ref resolution or network work.
• fix(onboard): auto-select managed vLLM non-interactively on DGX Spark (#7293) #7296 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records the DGX Spark non-interactive local-vLLM selection order.
• ci(e2e): delegate protected gate approvals #7342 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records delegated protected E2E approvals in the grouped release-validation bullet.
• ci(e2e): gate final-main fanout on base-image publication #7373 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records base-image publication gating before final-main fanout.
• ci(e2e): publish phase runtime summary #7388 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records semantic phase runtime summaries.
• test(e2e): harden progress coverage boundaries #7397 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records progress coverage hardening.
• ci(e2e): centralize larger runner routing #7391 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records centralized larger-runner routing.
• fix(ci): retry confirmed hosted runner loss once #7423 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records one retry for confirmed hosted-runner loss.
• ci(e2e): record runner comparison telemetry #7399 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records runner-comparison telemetry.
• ci(e2e): test staging Brev Launchable #7270 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records staging Brev Launchable validation.
• fix(ci): ignore irrelevant base-image run history #7426 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records filtering of irrelevant base-image run history.
• docs: align Quickstart platform guidance #7333 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records aligned Quickstart platform guidance.
• ci(docs): collect documentation writer review data #7343 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records documentation-writer receipt collection.
• feat: require writer receipts for docs-only PRs #7400 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records the documentation-writer receipt requirement for docs-only PRs.
• fix: remove redundant receipt PR number #7413 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records removal of redundant receipt PR metadata.
• docs: correct inference CLI references #7405 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records corrected inference CLI references.
• docs: complete v0.0.91 audit follow-ups #7389 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx: Records completion of the v0.0.91 documentation audit.

#7384 is an internal refactor with no intended runtime behavior change.
#7401 updates internal CodeQL Actions dependencies.
#7376 is already contained in v0.0.92, so it is outside the release-entry scan range despite its retained planning label.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification: test/changelog-docs.test.ts validates dated changelog structure, SPDX syntax, and version headings.
• Tests not applicable — justification:
• Docs updated for user-facing behavior changes
• Docs not applicable — justification:
• Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
• Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification:
• Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

Documentation Writer Review

• Documentation writer subagent reviewed the completed changes
• Result: docs-updated
• Evidence: Reviewed docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx against WRITING.md, docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/.docs-skip, docs/index.yml, the six user-visible source PRs, and the remaining grouped release commits. The review corrected an ambiguous qualification claim, confirmed all published routes, preserved the DGX OS 7.6.x caveat, and found no remaining action.
• Agent: Codex Desktop

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

• Tested on DGX Station
• Tested commit: Not applicable. This PR does not change scripts/prepare-dgx-station-host.sh.
• Station profile/scenario: Not applicable.
• Result: Not applicable.
• Supporting evidence: Not applicable.

Verification

• PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
• Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run check:diff passed when hooks were skipped or unavailable
• Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — npx vitest run test/changelog-docs.test.ts: 1 file and 6 tests passed.
• Applicable broad gate passed — Not applicable to one native changelog file.
• Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only) — completed with 0 errors and 2 existing Fern warnings.
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only) — not applicable because native changelog entries use a parser-safe MDX SPDX comment without frontmatter.

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Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela cvillela@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added the v0.0.93 changelog covering onboarding and validation improvements.
  • Documented support for additional DGX Station Express workstation releases and clearer handling of existing vLLM workloads.
  • Added guidance for optional Hugging Face authentication, resumable rate-limit recovery, and DGX Spark provider selection.
  • Clarified installer behavior on Intel macOS, release validation requirements, hosted-runner retries, documentation checks, and supported CLI quickstart paths.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds a v0.0.93 changelog entry documenting DGX onboarding, managed vLLM, installer rejection and interruption handling, release validation, and documentation verification updates.

Changes

v0.0.93 release documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document v0.0.93 changes docs/changelog/2026-07-23.mdx	Adds release notes covering DGX Station and Spark onboarding, managed vLLM authentication and recovery, Intel macOS rejection, release-validation orchestration, and docs-only PR checks.

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

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/NemoClaw#7334: Covers related DGX Station OTA metadata fallback and station preparation qualification updates.

Suggested labels: platform: dgx-station

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