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Summary

Prepare the documentation and formatted release notes for the pending v0.8.9-rc1 candidate. Companion package refresh: LibreChat-AI/LibreChat#17378. This PR must remain open until the maintainer approves merging. It does not publish a release.

• Add the categorized app changelog and publication-ready GitHub Markdown in release-notes/v0.8.9-rc1.md.
• Audit the exact v0.8.8..8c2ed7be08a43ec895053d98696e2671ff7c27f2 range. Preserve all 525 PR references, 37 direct commits, their authors and links, plus eight integration PRs identified by GitHub. The bundled coverage audit reports no missing PRs or direct commits in either notes surface.
• Add Config 1.3.18 without changing earlier changelogs. Add persistent upgrade guidance and reference sections for credential/backup-code rollback boundaries, audit policy, telemetry, admin config precedence/secrets, bounded history/tool previews, and attached-machine setup.
• Correct stale workspace protocol/scheduling defaults. Keep experimental/opt-in distinctions explicit.
• Synchronize current config examples and Node recommendations to 1.3.18 / 24.22.1. Translation changes are numeric substitutions only; archives and historical release pages are unchanged.

Testing

• Passed: MDX generation, tsc --noEmit, 20 focused tests (six config-version synchronization tests and 14 locale prerequisites), numeric-only translation audit, internal new-page link checks, heading checks, and git diff --check.
• Passed: explicit Prettier checks for all three new MDX pages and the formatted GitHub notes.
• Touched TypeScript lint passed. All 293 changed MDX bodies compile. All 148 added YAML example names and 25 environment names have persistent English documentation dispositions. Specialized PR Reviewer is unavailable because its worker fetches the wrong repository; a bounded independent source audit completed on final head c331b74cc56ea36e5e0cfaa5f8bb22f38cb00fce with no verified findings. It verified the full scope and unchanged prior-audit tree, source-backed runtime-limit claims, all 273 numeric-only translated updates, and the real 14-locale regression. This is a source audit, not specialized PR Reviewer approval. Final-head CI completed: all four check runs passed and the external Vercel status succeeded; no failures or pending checks. The all-locales E2E failure on the earlier head was fixed by numeric-only dictionary updates; its assertion was not weakened.

Release Boundary

Preparation only. Do not merge, create or restore v0.8.9-rc1, publish a GitHub release, publish packages, promote branches, or deploy images until explicitly authorized. The compare URL is pinned to an immutable candidate SHA because no release tag exists. Recheck late app merges before publication. In particular, LibreChat-AI/LibreChat#17228 landed after this frozen candidate; refresh the actual release cutoff and notes before an eventual tag.

Screenshots

Documentation content and numeric installation guidance only; no app layout or interaction change.

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Head: 5cbceeee10f02823c0a1b0c420c5051310748c99. Preparation only. Includes categorized rc1 and config 1.3.18 changelogs, persistent upgrade/reference docs, numeric-only translated example updates, and GitHub-ready Markdown. Both notes surfaces pass the bundled exact-range PR/direct-commit coverage audit. Local MDX, TypeScript, version-sync tests, touched TS lint, and formatting checks passed. Fresh independent review and CI are running. Do not merge or publish.

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Head: c41302e6cab132c2a9923a923ae4b259bfe05cae. Canonical bot profile links corrected in both notes surfaces. Exact-range coverage still passes. Local MDX generation, TypeScript, numeric-only translation checks, config-version checks/tests, and touched TS lint passed. Fresh independent review and CI cover this head; the prior review was incomplete because its worker fetched the wrong repository. Preparation only: no merge or publication.

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Head: a21555d3fa8f93fcb7442ad1164d8ddb064f491e. Adds the six remaining YAML control names to persistent references; lexical inventory now accounts for all 148 added example names and all 25 added environment names. Both notes surfaces still cover the exact frozen release range without omissions. All 293 changed MDX bodies compile. Prior bounded source audit found no verified issues at c41302e; a fresh source audit covers this final head. The specialized PR Reviewer remains unavailable for this repository, not clean. No merge or publication is authorized.

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Head: c331b74cc56ea36e5e0cfaa5f8bb22f38cb00fce. Corrected the Node version string in all 13 non-English install-card dictionaries. Added a 14-locale unit regression: it reproduced 13 failures before the fix and all 14 pass afterward. The debugger confirmed the German dictionary still returned the old prerequisite before the correction. Existing E2E assertions are unchanged. Fresh source audit and CI cover this head; no merge or publication is authorized.

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Audited head: c331b74cc56ea36e5e0cfaa5f8bb22f38cb00fce. Bounded independent source audit completed with no verified findings, none open or rejected. It confirmed the full 312-file scope, numeric-only translated changes, release-note parity, runtime-limit source evidence, and locale regression. Specialized PR Reviewer remains unavailable; no clean approval is claimed from it. Local types, lint, 20 focused tests, all 293 changed MDX bodies, config-version checks, and exact-range notes coverage pass. Final-head E2E/build/preview checks are still running. Both preparation PRs remain open; no tag or publication is authorized.

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Verified head: c331b74cc56ea36e5e0cfaa5f8bb22f38cb00fce. Final CI is green: End-to-end tests, Format/types/lint, analysis build, preview comment check, and external Vercel status passed. Bounded independent source audit found no verified findings; specialized PR Reviewer was unavailable, not clean. Local types/lint, 20 focused tests, 293 changed MDX body compilations, numeric-only translation checks, and exact-range notes coverage passed. Preparation complete for the pinned snapshot. This PR stays open: no merge, tag, package publication, or release is authorized.