Version every contract
The public cabinet protocol is v1.51, source revision dated 2025-07-30. The documentation release has its own version because corrections, navigation and machine-readable artifacts can change without changing cabinet wire behavior.
Version layers
| Layer | Example form | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation release | docs-2026.08 | Documentation owner |
| Public wire protocol | cabinet-v1.51 | Protocol and hardware owners |
| Partner integration profile | Assigned after approval | Integration owner |
| Hardware compatibility record | Model + firmware + test date | Hardware owner |
| Software capability record | Product release + tenant + role | Product owner |
Change classes
- Editorial: wording or navigation changes with no contract effect.
- Additive: optional field, enum or document added without changing existing meaning.
- Behavioral: retry, timing, lifecycle or validation behavior changes.
- Breaking: existing fields, meanings or required transitions change.
- Security: disclosure boundary, authentication or privileged behavior changes.
Release gate
- Content owner confirms accuracy and rights to publish.
- Security owner confirms that public files contain no operational access material.
- Engineering validates schemas and synthetic vectors.
- Product owner approves software capability wording and evidence state.
- Build and link checks pass.
- Public release receives a canonical URL, sitemap entry and dated changelog.
- Post-release browser and indexing evidence are recorded separately.