release-process

Commit and push master, then create an annotated tag `git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "summary"` and push it with user approval. The tag push triggers the Release workflow, which builds all platform variants and creates a draft GitHub Release you verify and publish with `gh release edit --draft=false`.

Push a hyphenated tag like `vX.Y.Z-CI-Test`; it builds the full matrix but is excluded from changelog anchoring by the `--exclude '*-*'` filter. Afterward, delete the draft and tag with `gh release delete <tag> --cleanup-tag --yes` and `git tag -d <tag>`.

Nowhere — the git tag is the sole version source. The `package.json` version fields are stale and unused by the pipeline, and engine binaries embed the git short hash and commit date automatically via `version.cmake` at build time.

The master build cache is missing or stale, since GitHub Actions caches are ref-scoped and only default-branch caches are visible to tag runs. Re-warm it with `gh workflow run cache-warm.yml`, wait for completion, then delete and re-push the release tag.

A stray non-hyphenated tag was pushed between releases, and the changelog anchors to the previous tag via `git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exclude '*-*'`. Delete the stray tag and draft, then re-push the release tag to regenerate full notes.

The Windows runner was changed to `windows-latest` (windows-2025), whose MSVC version is rejected by CUDA 12.8/13.1 `nvcc`. Restore `runs-on: windows-2022` in release.yml; the runner image is also baked into the build cache key.