liken 2026.07.23-001

Catalog it

Add this entry to your cluster's spec.releases.catalog, then set spec.version to the same version. The digest is the sha256 of the release document's exact bytes, and the document gives the digest of every artifact below.

  - version: 2026.07.23-001
    digest: sha256:193cdf0439c4dc958bfad518d46cd270845e6790a38be3a0ce7b88bc43bf203b

The upgrade guide gives the rest of the steps. See release 2026.07.23-001 on GitHub.

What changed

Changes since v2026.07.22-002:

- The docs say who creates the GitHub release
- The rest of the repository catches up with the flux feature
- The manual teaches the GitOps loop, and milestone 14 closes
- The plan leaves prune protection to the repository
- The site verify's content checks get patience and names
- Retraction tears the engine down without firing its own prune
- The GitOps lab's state disk grows to 4G
- The GitOps lab gets a flux wrapper beside kubectl and stern
- The fleet syncs from git: the seed-once engine and the sync objects
- The site verify waits for the router, not just the rollout
- The flux feature declares GitOps, and the cluster mints its key
- The GitOps lab: a second deployment beside the dev cluster

Artifacts

release.yaml is the document that lists them. LICENSES.md carries the third-party notices, and the source mirror serves the corresponding source for the components that require it.

What is inside