In-app release notes

Each stable release has one directory named after the version without the leading v:

release-notes/
  0.19.0/
    en.md
    zh-Hans.md
    zh-Hant.md
    ja.md
    ko.md
    fr.md
    ru.md
    de.md
    es.md

The files contain the concise Markdown shown in the update dialog. en.md is also the authoritative GitHub Release body and Zenodo description, so it must be present before a stable tag is published.

en.md is required because it is the fallback for missing translations and the compatibility source for electron-updater feeds used by older clients. The eight translated files are optional; when one is missing, current clients identify the fallback and show English.

Mirror to website reads release-notes/<version>/ when it builds version.json. Its dry_run input executes the same local manifest and feed transformations with sparse installer placeholders, while skipping AWS credentials, historical blockmap backfill, and every S3 write.

For historical releases that predate this directory, the mirror workflow preserves the legacy path: it reads and condenses the GitHub Release body into English notes. A historical release therefore does not need a repository directory unless localized backfill is wanted.

Nightly release prerequisite

Nightly publishing reuses one long-lived GitHub prerelease and moves its nightly tag only after the replacement assets upload successfully. The release and tag must both exist before enabling .github/workflows/nightly-publish.yml; do not delete or recreate the release during routine operation. Creating a GitHub Release while the Zenodo integration is enabled can archive another nightly version permanently.

If only the tag is missing, restore it to the commit represented by the current nightly assets before rerunning the workflow. If the release is missing, disable the Zenodo integration before recreating the long-lived prerelease, verify that Zenodo did not archive it, and then re-enable the integration. The workflow intentionally fails closed in either case instead of attempting an unsafe automatic bootstrap.