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Pull request overview
Moves and updates the release process documentation so maintainers can follow a single, current set of release steps from CONTRIBUTING.md.
Changes:
- Updates the Release Process section to reference the markdown workflow source (
.github/workflows/release.md) and prerelease-to-stable promotion flow. - Documents the cross-repo handoff to
github/gh-aw-actionsvia thesync-actionsworkflow. - Clarifies prerelease “soak” expectations and Monday promotion to a stable release so
latestresolves correctly.
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| CONTRIBUTING.md | Consolidates and clarifies maintainer-only release steps, including the gh-aw-actions sync handoff and prerelease promotion guidance. |
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| > **For core team maintainers only.** Community members do not participate in releasing. | ||
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| Releases are triggered manually by a core team member using the GitHub Actions release workflow. | ||
| Releases are defined in `.github/workflows/release.md` and triggered from the compiled GitHub Actions workflow. |
| 2. **Complete the sync in `github/gh-aw-actions`** | ||
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| While the workflow is paused at the `gh-aw-actions-release` environment gate, complete the following steps in the [`github/gh-aw-actions`](https://github.com/github/gh-aw-actions) repository: | ||
| While the workflow is paused at the `gh-aw-actions-release` environment gate, complete the required handoff in [`github/gh-aw-actions`](https://github.com/github/gh-aw-actions/actions/workflows/sync-actions.yml): |
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Summary
CONTRIBUTING.mdRELEASES.mdfilegithub/gh-aw-actionsvia the sync workflow and completion flowlatestValidation
make build-docs(pass)make agent-report-progress(fails due pre-existing unrelated test failures inpkg/cli)secret_scanningon changed docs files (pass)parallel_validation(code review pass, CodeQL skipped as trivial docs-only)