release-checklist.md

Release Checklist

Use this checklist before publishing elderheim artifacts.

1. Confirm Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, CHANGELOG.md, and the matching release-notes/RELEASE_NOTES_*.md agree on the version.
2. Run scripts/checks.sh.
3. Run scripts/release_checks.sh.
4. Run cargo deny check and cargo audit.
5. Generate SBOM files with scripts/generate-sbom.sh.
6. Build release binaries with scripts/build_release_binary.py --ref vX.Y.Z from a signed tag and use --expected-commit to pin the tag target.
7. Record source archive checksums, binary checksums, and SBOM checksums in the release notes.
8. Tag the release from a clean tree.

Do not publish a release if unsupported codegen paths can silently produce an incorrect binary.

For the required tag-by-tag stop gates before 1.0.0, see Tag Stop Plan.