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Release Notes

Use this page when you need the public change narrative for the stack or for a specific product before planning an upgrade, rollout, or compatibility decision.

When to use this page​

  • You need to know what changed and why it matters.
  • You are preparing an upgrade or migration.
  • You need to cross-check whether a behavior shift is expected or surprising.

Prerequisites​

  • You know whether you need stack-wide notes or one product’s notes.
  • You are ready to pair narrative release notes with exact compatibility and verification pages.

Release-note model​

Release notes should explain:

  • what changed
  • what risks or breaking changes matter
  • what to verify next
  • where to find the exact product or compatibility depth

They should not replace:

  • exact compatibility matrices
  • product reference pages
  • post-upgrade verification runbooks

Architecture / Flow​

Step-by-step procedure​

1. Start with the relevant release scope​

  • stack-wide train notes:
    • when multiple products or docs layers move together
  • product notes:
    • when the change is already narrowed to one tool

2. Pair narrative with exact follow-up pages​

Use:

3. Treat missing release-note depth as a docs gap​

If a public change materially affects operation or integration but lacks release-note clarity, that is a documentation gap, not a reason to improvise from memory.

Verification​

This page is being applied correctly when:

  1. the reader can identify whether a change is stack-wide or product-local
  2. the next check goes to compatibility or upgrade verification
  3. release notes are not used as a substitute for exact technical truth

Common failure modes​

Reading release notes without checking compatibility​

Problem:

  • the narrative is understood, but upgrade risk stays unclear.

Better path:

  • pair release notes with compatibility and upgrade pages

Treating “no notes” as “no impact”​

Problem:

  • silent change risk is missed.

Better path:

  • flag the missing release-note depth as a documentation gap

Source Truth​

Next paths​