Remove retired prerelease lifecycle contracts

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ blank_issues_enabled: false
 contact_links:
   - name: Durable Workflow documentation
     url: https://durable-workflow.com/docs/2.0/
-    about: Read the explicit prerelease documentation before filing product work.
+    about: Read the current documentation before filing product work.
   - name: Public platform conformance
     url: https://durable-workflow.com/docs/2.0/platform-conformance/
     about: Check public artifact contracts and retained compatibility evidence.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/cross_repository.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       value: |
         Open this in the repository that owns the shared decision, usually `durable-workflow/.github` for organization-level
-        release and recovery contracts. Link focused implementation issues in each affected public repository.
+        product contracts. Link focused implementation issues in each affected public repository.
 
   - type: dropdown
     id: owner
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ body:
     id: contract
     attributes:
       label: Shared public contract
-      description: Define exact API, artifact, protocol, release, or recovery behavior and identify its authority.
+      description: Define the exact API, artifact, protocol, release, or operational behavior shared by the repositories.
     validations:
       required: true
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/product_defect.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Exact version or source identity
       description: Published version, image digest, tag, or full public commit SHA where the defect is present.
-      placeholder: 2.0.0-beta.1 or a 40-character commit SHA
+      placeholder: 2.0.0 or a 40-character commit SHA
     validations:
       required: true
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test retained shared contracts
         run: >-
           python -m unittest
+          tests.test_qualification_policy
           tests.test_regression_corpus
           tests.test_regression_evidence_schema
+          tests.test_server_codec_counterfactual_schema
           tests.test_visual_evidence
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@249970729cb0ef3589644e2896645e5dc5ba9c38 # v6

AGENTS.md

@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ not post lease heartbeats, raw local logs, or vague status text.
 - `status:blocked` must name the external dependency and the exact action that
   clears it. "Blocked on maintainer review" is not valid; perform the review.
 - Close duplicates, completed work, and concerns that apply only to superseded
-  prereleases. Do not preserve prerelease compatibility cruft before stable 2.0.
+  prereleases. Released stable versions follow semantic versioning; historical
+  prereleases do not create compatibility obligations.
 - Dependabot-authored update text is preapproved for review. Process dependency
   and security updates promptly, then mark handled notifications done.
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ not post lease heartbeats, raw local logs, or vague status text.
   hand-roll a protocol primitive already provided by the ecosystem package.
 - Service-mode SDK payloads are Avro-only. Do not add JSON compatibility for
   historical 2.0 prereleases.
-- Avoid embedding current prerelease numbers in prose. Put exact versions in one
+- Avoid embedding current package versions in prose. Put exact versions in one
   machine-owned manifest or resolver and render them where needed.
 - Never commit credentials, customer data, private infrastructure details,
   local filesystem paths, or operator-specific information to public repos.
@@ -152,18 +153,18 @@ not post lease heartbeats, raw local logs, or vague status text.
 
 ## Releases
 
-- Never move or reuse a published tag. Advance prerelease versions.
+- Never move or reuse a published tag. Release new versions according to
+  semantic versioning.
 - Workflow and Waterline develop on `v2`; `master` is only for explicitly
-  approved 1.x maintenance.
+  approved 1.x maintenance until their tracked branch migrations make `main`
+  the stable 2.x branch and `1.x` the maintenance branch.
 - Server, CLI, AI, PHP SDK, Python SDK, and Rust SDK develop on `main`.
 - Each package repository owns ordinary semantic-version releases and
   publication through a small repository-local workflow. Sample App, Cloud,
   and the documentation site do not publish versioned packages.
 - A major release issue states the proposed versions, checks, conformance links,
   and human decision. Patch and minor releases follow repository policy and
   semantic versioning without a central cross-repository release controller.
-- Historical 2.0 prerelease plans, candidates, and authorization records are
-  immutable launch history, not current release authority.
 
 ## Documentation After Stable 2.0
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Agents and automated contributors must read the organization-wide
 [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) before starting work.
 
-Use the repository's focused tests and public qualification workflow for every
-change. Keep public examples and evidence free of credentials, customer data,
-and private deployment details.
+Use the repository's focused tests and GitHub Actions checks for every change.
+Keep public examples and evidence free of credentials, customer data, and
+private deployment details.
 
 ## Visible work
 

README.md

@@ -16,16 +16,14 @@ guidance is in [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Shared contracts
 
-- [`conformance/`](conformance/) describes the product experiments used to
-  qualify releases and important compatibility changes.
+- [`qualification/`](qualification/) defines the reviewed GitHub Actions and
+  workflow trust policy used by repository CI.
+- [`conformance/`](conformance/) describes product experiments used to qualify
+  releases and important compatibility changes.
 - [`regression-corpus/`](regression-corpus/) defines the shared evidence format
   for replay and payload-codec regressions.
-- [`product-train/`](product-train/) currently supplies the version authority
-  consumed by the documentation site while stable-version discovery is being
-  simplified.
 - [`visual-evidence/`](visual-evidence/) contains the bounded browser-evidence
   contract used by the Rust SDK documentation workflow.
 
-Historical prerelease tags and GitHub Releases remain available as immutable
-launch history. They are not active project state and no scheduled workflow
-advances or repairs them.
+Historical tags and GitHub Releases remain available as immutable release
+history. They are not active project state.