Cut the first public pre-release tag for the Alice vNext preview without replacing the stable v0.5.1 public release line.
- preview tag:
v0.5.1-vnext-preview - target branch:
mainafter accepted vNext preview release-packaging merge - release type: GitHub pre-release
- stable release line:
v0.5.1
- passing vNext public release checklist:
docs/release/vnext-public-release-checklist.md - release notes:
docs/release/v0.5.1-vnext-preview-release-notes.md - changelog entry:
CHANGELOG.md - current build and review evidence:
BUILD_REPORT.mdandREVIEW_REPORT.md
- Confirm the vNext release checklist is complete.
- Confirm
maincontains the accepted vNext preview release-packaging merge. - Create the annotated tag:
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git tag -a v0.5.1-vnext-preview -m "Alice v0.5.1 vNext public preview"
git push origin v0.5.1-vnext-preview- Publish GitHub release notes as a pre-release without replacing the latest stable release:
gh release create v0.5.1-vnext-preview \
--repo samrusani/AliceBot \
--title "Alice v0.5.1 vNext Preview" \
--notes-file docs/release/v0.5.1-vnext-preview-release-notes.md \
--prerelease \
--latest=false \
--verify-tag- local-first vNext memory kernel
- vNext source capture, retrieval/context packs, queue/artifacts, brain workflows, graph/contradiction/belief/project/open-loop workflows
- deterministic connector payload ingestion for Telegram, browser clipper, PDF, DOCX, CSV, screenshot OCR, and voice transcripts
- fixture-backed
/vnextworkspace - deterministic synthetic eval harness and baseline metrics
- public-preview docs and release checklist
- hosted SLA or managed cloud launch
- live connector OAuth, polling, browser extension actions, OCR model execution, or transcription model execution
- automatic promotion of generated artifacts into trusted memory
- production scheduler for daily/weekly generation
- live-backed expansion of the
/vnextUI - model-backed or human-rated eval scoring
- Keep
v0.5.1as the stable public release line. - If the preview release must be withdrawn before immutable release protections apply, delete the GitHub pre-release and remote preview tag:
gh release delete v0.5.1-vnext-preview --repo samrusani/AliceBot --yes
git push origin :refs/tags/v0.5.1-vnext-preview
git tag -d v0.5.1-vnext-preview- For local runtime rollback, check out
v0.5.1and use a database snapshot or disposable preview database that predates20260510_0067_vnext_memory_kernel_schema.py.