Publish verified hardening release

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Publish versioned release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths: [VERSION, '.github/workflows/release.yml']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.repository }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+jobs:
+  release:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '24'
+      - run: npm ci && npm test
+      - run: git diff --exit-code -- dist
+      - run: mkdir -p dist && npm pack --pack-destination dist
+      - name: Validate release version
+        run: |
+          python -c "import pathlib,re; v=pathlib.Path('VERSION').read_text().strip(); assert re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?:a[0-9]+)?',v)"
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: distributions
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Publish versioned GitHub release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          version=$(cat VERSION)
+          if gh release view "v$version" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo 'This version already has a release; refusing to overwrite it.'
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          gh release create "v$version" --target "$GITHUB_SHA" --title "v$version" --notes-file RELEASE-NOTES.md dist/*

RELEASE-NOTES.md

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+# Release 0.6.1
+
+Includes the reviewed September 2026 integrity, replay, persistence, async-lifecycle and compatibility repairs applicable to this repository. Wire/profile versions are unchanged unless explicitly described in the repository hardening notes.
+
+See HARDENING.md for supported verification scopes and migration boundaries. Registry publication and service deployment are reported by their workflows; a source merge alone is not a published package.

VERSION

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+0.6.1

package.json

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 {
   "name": "jep-github-action",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "description": "GitHub Action seed for generating JEP v0.6 event artifacts",
   "main": "dist/index.mjs",
   "type": "commonjs",