Release checklist
The pre-release checklist for documentation, validation, browser playback, generated artifacts, and draft-format review.
View authoritative sourceDevelopment release checklist
Before publishing a development release:
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update
CHANGELOG.md,STATUS.md, and any affected normative draft; -
run
./scripts/dev-check.sh; -
run
./scripts/build-site.shand inspect the generated site; -
regenerate conformance vectors when decoded semantics or syntax changed;
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verify the browser demo over HTTP Range requests;
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ensure no generated toolchain, target directory, secrets, or large private benchmark media are tracked;
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tag only after the source archive rebuilds from a clean directory.