release 2.0.6 [no ci]

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ptrthomas

docs/RELEASING.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Steps to publish a new Karate release. Replace `X.Y.Z` with the version being re
 
 ## 1. Prepare the Release
 
-- [ ] Manually close or defer each open issue on the `X.Y.Z` milestone via the GitHub UI (issues labeled `fixed` typically just need to be closed)
 - [ ] Verify `main` is green on CI
 - [ ] Update version in `pom.xml` (remove any `-SNAPSHOT` or `.RC*` suffix):
   ```bash
@@ -35,10 +34,11 @@ Steps to publish a new Karate release. Replace `X.Y.Z` with the version being re
   - `cve-sbom-report.html`
 - [ ] See [v2.0.1](https://github.com/karatelabs/karate/releases/tag/v2.0.1) for reference
 
-## 4. Close Milestone
+## 4. Close Issues and Milestone
 
-- [ ] Close the GitHub milestone for `X.Y.Z`
+- [ ] Close each fixed issue on the `X.Y.Z` milestone via the GitHub UI, leaving a comment `vX.Y.Z released` on each (issues labeled `fixed` typically just need to be closed)
 - [ ] Move any remaining open issues to the next milestone
+- [ ] Close the GitHub milestone for `X.Y.Z`
 
 ## 5. Update karate.sh CLI Manifest
 

karate-core/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
         <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+        <version>2.0.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>karate-core</artifactId>

karate-gatling/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
         <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+        <version>2.0.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>karate-gatling</artifactId>

karate-js-test262/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
         <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+        <version>2.0.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>karate-js-test262</artifactId>

karate-js/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
         <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+        <version>2.0.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>karate-js</artifactId>

karate-junit6/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
         <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+        <version>2.0.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>karate-junit6</artifactId>

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.karatelabs</groupId>
     <artifactId>karate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.6.RC1</version>
+    <version>2.0.6</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>