liken 2026.08.26-001

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: 2026.08.26-001
    digest: sha256:a7cdf5325078bae73f7fcb3fd2a3e25bee5840c6d8f0ae8b36ed28157df959a9

The upgrade guide gives the rest of the steps. See release 2026.08.26-001 on GitHub.

What changed

Changes since 2026.08.19-001:

- Mark plans 55, 62, and 64 completed
- Remove the rfkill unblock from the wireless bring-up
- Add module parameters, wireless ciphers, and the two-pass boot
- Refresh each seed entry on its own instead of stopping at a failure
- Guard CRD seeding and pin BootNext against old-slot fallback
- Add wifi: a Machine joins the cluster over a wireless interface
- Read module firmware declarations serially in derive.sh
- Bump the brand theme to return the text face to the system stack
- Bump the brand theme for the 17px base and quiet sidebar links
- Bump the brand theme for the 18px base font size
- Bump the brand theme for the 17px base font size
- Bump the brand theme for Source Sans 3 and the steady gutter
- Bump the brand theme for the devlog nav entry
- Add the devlog repository, its Pages site, and its DNS record
- Consume crdref and linkcheck from brand
- Add kind, title, weight, and postamble flags to crdref
- Cover every extension operator on the concepts page
- Shorten two repository descriptions
- Manage the repositories' settings and Pages sites in terraform
- Rename hardware_operators to extension_operators, add media
- Add an open problem for the cluster operator singleton
- Move milestones 54, 60, and 61 to plans/completed
- Say that a claim can carry device parameters
- Record the -005 fixes in milestone 60's audio note
- Record the audio half of milestone 60 as landed
- Record the Bluetooth half of milestone 60 as landed
- Update plan 60 for the class ownership split
- Add the device enrichment plan

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