[d-init-d]

Aleph 2.5 introduces evidence-linked causal drafts with explicit reviewer approval, atomic model publication verified by the disk compiler and replay, eligible direct linear SCC solving, and multi-round strategic roleplay bound to the model, configuration, actions, and receipts. Missing measurements remain gaps, engine failures cannot become payoffs, and existing workspaces and traces are preserved.

The bundled D Research runtime is pinned to the signed, published v3.6.0-rc.2 tag. Upstream source identity, the 241-file runtime projection, transforms, and downloaded release assets have been verified. Local candidate checks remain a separate policy and cannot impersonate upstream provenance.

The release pipeline recognizes annotated RC tags, builds the manifest-exact full and runtime ZIPs twice, attests the assets, and publishes a prerelease without replacing stable 2.4.3. Release notes cover installation, compatibility, security and reproducibility changes, verification commands, and empirical/host limits.

Validation:

• Local unit/integration suite: 602 tests, 599 passed and three platform/asset skips; no failures or errors.
• Local acceptance and all 18 release gates passed; critical proposal, roleplay, transport, and provenance regressions passed.
• Previous complete CI for the final implementation: all 19 jobs passed, including strict typing, lint, coverage, Python 3.10–3.13 across Linux/macOS/Windows, Node 18/20/22 without a browser, and real Chromium.
• CI for the final documentation and manifest commit: all 19 jobs passed. The tag-triggered release workflow independently repeats the verification matrix before publication.