Release Governance

Versioning

Use semantic versioning when the project publishes artifacts:

• MAJOR: incompatible changes
• MINOR: backward-compatible features
• PATCH: backward-compatible fixes
• prerelease labels for alpha, beta, and release candidates

Release Checklist

Use templates/release-checklist.md for every release.

Required Evidence

• passing CI
• updated documentation
• known limitations
• rollback instructions
• security findings disposition
• release notes

Promotion

Promote through environments in order:

1. development
2. staging
3. production

Production promotion should be gated by reviewers.