chore(release): v0.3.0 status wording, version bumps and CHANGELOG

.github/workflows/publish-edge.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: publish-edge
 
-# Continuously publish beta images to GHCR on every push to master, so testers
+# Continuously publish edge images to GHCR on every push to master, so testers
 # can track the latest build without waiting for a tagged release. Tagged
 # releases (release.yaml, triggered by v* tags) remain the recommended,
 # version-pinned install path; this is the rolling "edge" channel.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ reaches `1.0.0`. Pre-1.0 minor versions may contain breaking changes.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.3.0] — 2026-10-05
+
+The first Gameplane release without a pre-release suffix, a pre-v1 release. It
+contains every change made since v0.2.0-beta.8, including the changes first
+previewed in v0.3.0-rc.1 and the pre-release audit fixes summarized under
+0.3.0-rc.2 below. It does not claim v1 or production support; see
+[`docs/roadmap.md`](docs/roadmap.md).
+
 ### Upgrade Notes
 
 - **Network capture feature adds an emptyDir volume to every game pod:** The
@@ -350,11 +358,12 @@ reaches `1.0.0`. Pre-1.0 minor versions may contain breaking changes.
 - **gameaction:** hardened console action parameter validation against shell and RCON metacharacters.
 - **operator:** hardened tunnel credential handling: a credentials Secret not owned by its GameServer is now refused, the tunnel is scaled to zero, and TunnelReady=False (reason TunnelCredentialRefused) reports why.
 
-## [0.3.0-rc.2] — Unreleased
+## [0.3.0-rc.2] — not tagged
 
-The second release candidate for v0.3.0. It adds the changes merged since
+The second release candidate for v0.3.0 was not tagged separately; its changes
+shipped in [0.3.0](#030--2026-10-05). It covers the changes merged since
 v0.3.0-rc.1, mostly fixes from the v0.3 pre-release audit. They are listed
-under [Unreleased](#unreleased) above, which also holds the rc.1 changes;
+under [0.3.0](#030--2026-10-05) above, which also holds the rc.1 changes;
 the Highlights below summarize what is new since rc.1.
 
 ### Highlights
@@ -390,8 +399,8 @@ the Highlights below summarize what is new since rc.1.
 
 The first release candidate for v0.3.0, the first Gameplane release without a
 beta suffix. It contains the changes made since v0.2.0-beta.8 up to
-2026-09-23; the entries under Unreleased above that come from later PRs
-(the pre-release audit fixes) are in 0.3.0-rc.2, not in this release.
+2026-09-23; the entries under 0.3.0 above that come from later PRs
+(the pre-release audit fixes) are in 0.3.0, not in this release.
 Release candidates are for testing against diverse workloads and deployment
 topologies before the v1-ready v0.3.0 GA; pre-releases are
 published and listed in the GitHub releases page.
@@ -1077,8 +1086,9 @@ testing. Not yet recommended for unattended production workloads — see
   runner (retry + longer readiness window), eliminating a cascade of flaky
   API e2e failures.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.2.0-beta.8...HEAD
-[0.3.0-rc.2]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.3.0-rc.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.3.0...HEAD
+[0.3.0]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.3.0-rc.1...v0.3.0
+[0.3.0-rc.2]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.3.0-rc.1...v0.3.0
 [0.3.0-rc.1]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.2.0-beta.8...v0.3.0-rc.1
 [0.2.0-beta.8]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.2.0-beta.7...v0.2.0-beta.8
 [0.2.0-beta.7]: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/compare/v0.2.0-beta.6...v0.2.0-beta.7

CLAUDE.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Architecture, commands, and binding rules for AI agents. Humans: [`README.md`](README.md), [`docs/contributing.md`](docs/contributing.md).
 
-**Gameplane:** Kubernetes-native game server control panel (CubeCoders AMP alternative); identical on single-node k3s and multi-node clusters. **Status:** beta `v0.2.0-beta.8`; v1 scope feature-complete, stabilizing.
+**Gameplane:** Kubernetes-native game server control panel (CubeCoders AMP alternative); identical on single-node k3s and multi-node clusters. **Status:** Pre-v1 release (`v0.3.0`); v1 scope feature-complete, stabilizing.
 
 ## ⏳ Session start: blocked dependency upgrades (delete an entry once unblocked)
 

README.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ A Kubernetes-native game server control panel. Open-source alternative to
 Docker — scales from a single-node k3s homelab to multi-node production
 clusters without changing the operational model.
 
-> Status: **beta** (`v0.2.0-beta.8`). The operator, API, agent, and dashboard
+> Status: **pre-v1 release** (`v0.3.0`). The operator, API, agent, and dashboard
 > are feature-complete for the v1 scope and stabilized for external testing.
-> See [Beta status & known limitations](#beta-status--limitations) before
+> See [Pre-v1 status & known limitations](#pre-v1-status--limitations) before
 > running it for anything you can't afford to lose.
 
 **Website:** <https://valgulnecron.github.io/gameplane-website/> — features,
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Screenshots are captured against mocked data for consistency and reproducibility
 | ![Live console for a Minecraft server streaming startup, player join, and auto-save lines over WebSocket with Clear, Download, and Fullscreen controls](docs/img/server-console.jpg) | ![Admin Settings Mod registries section showing CurseForge and Steam Workshop configured and Nexus Mods not configured](docs/img/admin-mod-registries.jpg) |
 | Console — live output over WebSocket | Admin Settings — Mod registries |
 
-## Beta Status & Limitations
+## Pre-v1 Status & Limitations
 
-Gameplane is currently in **beta** (`v0.2.0-beta.8`). Core workflows — server deployment, live consoles, file management, backups/restores, game modules, multi-cluster management, and RBAC — work end-to-end and are verified by automated unit, integration, upgrade, and end-to-end test suites on every commit.
+Gameplane is a **pre-v1 release** (`v0.3.0`). Core workflows — server deployment, live consoles, file management, backups/restores, game modules, multi-cluster management, and RBAC — work end-to-end and are verified by automated unit, integration, upgrade, and end-to-end test suites on every commit.
 
 Here are a few items to keep in mind:
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and Agones (a Kubernetes operator library). While not direct competitors,
 Agones is included as a reference point for teams building on Kubernetes
 primitives.
 
-Status: **beta** (`v0.2.0-beta.8`). The operator, API, agent, and dashboard
+Status: **pre-v1 release** (`v0.3.0`). The operator, API, agent, and dashboard
 are feature-complete for the v1 scope and stabilized for external testing.
 
 | Dimension | Gameplane | Pterodactyl | CubeCoders AMP | Agones |
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ helm upgrade --install gameplane oci://ghcr.io/valgulnecron/charts/gameplane \
 ```
 
 The chart pins matching `ghcr.io/valgulnecron/gameplane/{operator,api,agent}`
-images by `appVersion`. To track the rolling beta instead of a tagged release,
+images by `appVersion`. To track the rolling edge build instead of a tagged release,
 add `--set image.tag=edge`. Then seed an admin user and log in — see
 [`docs/install.md`](docs/install.md) for the full flow, OIDC, Postgres, and
 values reference. For address pool configuration (pinning servers to specific

agent/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # agent — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/agent`
 
 ## Purpose

api/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # api — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/api
 
 ## Purpose

audit-syslog-bridge/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # audit-syslog-bridge — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/audit-syslog-bridge`
 
 ## Purpose

capture-sidecar/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # capture-sidecar — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8), Phase 2 Foundational (implementation complete)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0), Phase 2 Foundational (implementation complete)  
 **Module / command:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/capture-sidecar`  
 **Dependencies (current):** stdlib + external libraries for packet capture and filtering (github.com/gopacket/gopacket v1.7.2, github.com/packetcap/go-pcap, golang.org/x/net)
 

charts/gameplane/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: gameplane
 description: Kubernetes-native game server control panel (open-source alternative to CubeCoders AMP).
 type: application
-version: 0.2.0-beta.8
-appVersion: "0.2.0-beta.8"
+version: 0.3.0
+appVersion: "0.3.0"
 home: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane

charts/gameplane/values.yaml

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ defaultModuleSource:
     # own cluster). Bump this ref only in lockstep with a chart release that
     # was actually tested against the matching module-repo tag. Set to
     # "main" explicitly if you want the bleeding edge instead.
-    ref: v0.2.0-beta.6
+    ref: v0.3.0
     subPath: ""           # module directories live at the repo root
   oci:
     url: ghcr.io/valgulnecron/gameplane-modules

docs/comparison-sources.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ verified.
 **Source ID**: G-a  
 **Evidence**: README.md:8; operator/api/v1alpha1/gameserver_types.go:1–50  
 **Checked on**: 2026-09-02  
-**What was verified**: README status line confirms project is beta; GameServer CRD types and controller-runtime operator documented in operator module with support for k3s and multi-node clusters.  
+**What was verified**: README status line confirms project is a pre-v1 release (`v0.3.0`; status line re-checked 2026-10-05); GameServer CRD types and controller-runtime operator documented in operator module with support for k3s and multi-node clusters.  
 **Last-known URL**: https://github.com/ValgulNecron/Gameplane
 
 <a id="gameplane-row-b"></a>

docs/dependencies.md

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ to find call sites (or `go mod why -m <path>` from inside the module). For
 Toolchain versions come from `Makefile`, `.github/workflows/*.yaml`, and
 `.devcontainer/post-create.sh`.
 
-Accurate as of **2026-09-02**, repo state `v0.2.0-beta.8`; the `gameproto`,
+Accurate as of **2026-09-02**, repo state `v0.3.0`; the `gameproto`,
 `svcutil`, `sentinel`, `capture-sidecar`, `tunnel`, and `gp-module` sections
 were added and verified on **2026-09-26**.
 
-> **Note:** The dependency versions listed in the table below reflect the state at v0.2.0-beta.8. For the most current versions, refer to [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md).
+> **Note:** The dependency versions listed in the table below reflect the state at v0.3.0. For the most current versions, refer to [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## At a glance
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ package a game module before publishing it. Direct deps from
 ### web
 
 React 18 + TypeScript strict + Vite dashboard (`web/package.json` version
-`0.2.0-beta.8`, matching the repo version):
+`0.3.0`, matching the repo version):
 
 **Framework / core**
 - `react` `^19.2.8`, `react-dom` `^19.2.8` — base UI framework, rendered via `createRoot` in `src/main.tsx`, used throughout every component.

docs/install.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 The chart and its images are published to the GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)
 as OCI artifacts — no `helm repo add` needed. Install a tagged release straight
-from the registry (replace `<version>` with a release, e.g. `0.2.0-beta.8`):
+from the registry (replace `<version>` with a release, e.g. `0.3.0`):
 
 ```sh
 helm upgrade --install gameplane oci://ghcr.io/valgulnecron/charts/gameplane \
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ belong to is enabled (and, for `sentinel` and `capture-sidecar`, only for
 GameServers that opt in). See each component's values block for its enable
 flag.
 
-### Edge channel (latest beta)
+### Edge channel (latest edge build)
 
 Every push to `master` publishes rolling `:edge` images. To track them, install
 the chart and point images at the edge tag:
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ GameServers intact.
 `helm` instead of skipping existing CRDs, so a `helm install` over leftover
 CRDs updates them itself (stamp included) and the hook stays pre-upgrade
 only. The hook applies under the same `helm` field manager so that apply
-never conflicts with it. Releases up to `0.2.0-beta.8` applied under
+never conflicts with it. Releases up to and including `0.2.0-beta.8` applied under <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 kubectl's default manager (`kubectl`); if CRDs such a release upgraded were
 left behind, a Helm 4 `helm install` stops with `conflict with "kubectl" …
 .spec.versions`. Re-run it with `--force-conflicts` to take them over:

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Roadmap to v1
 
-Gameplane is currently **`v0.2.0-beta.8`**. The CRDs, operator, API, agent, and
+Gameplane is currently **`v0.3.0`**. The CRDs, operator, API, agent, and
 dashboard are feature-complete for the v1 scope and stabilized for external
 testing, but the project is not yet recommended for unattended production. This
-page tracks what stands between beta and a v1 GA release.
+page tracks what stands between v0.3 and a v1 GA release.
 
 It is a living document: items move out of it as they ship, and anything
 discovered along the way gets added. For what already works today, see
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ remaining gap and is a candidate future hardening, not yet implemented.
 
 Threat-model context lives in [`security.md`](security.md#audit-log-integrity).
 
-### Upgrade testing (`e2e upgrade` bucket) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8)
+### Upgrade testing (`e2e upgrade` bucket) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8) <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 
 `helm upgrade` was the most dangerous operation a user performs and the only
 one CI never exercised. It now runs on every PR, on both amd64 and arm64:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ while, but [`install.md`](install.md#helm-crd-caveat) still told users to run
 
 Not yet covered: upgrades skipping several releases at once, and Postgres [experimental].
 
-### Idle auto-sleep (backend PR #180, dashboard PR #182) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8)
+### Idle auto-sleep (backend PR #180, dashboard PR #182) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8) <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 
 Opt-in per server (`spec.idle`): the operator scales a GameServer to zero once
 it has reported no online players for `afterMinutes`, and brings it back on a
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ browser would duplicate scheduling semantics the operator owns (rule 10).
 Persisting it on status is the right fix, and is a CRD change rather than a
 dashboard one.
 
-### Wake-on-connect for idle auto-sleep (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8)
+### Wake-on-connect for idle auto-sleep (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8) <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 
 A sentinel [optional] component holds advertised ports while a server is asleep and wakes
 it on a genuine connection attempt. Opt-in per server via `spec.idle.wakeOnConnect`
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ A new optional component [optional] (distroless Docker image, Helm toggle) expos
 "Propose a fix" returns suggested YAML or `kubectl` invocations as text — no
 create/update/delete/patch tool exists. See [`mcp-server/README.md`](../mcp-server/README.md).
 
-### Module signing: active for official bundles (ECDSA P-256, Rekor-logged) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8)
+### Module signing: active for official bundles (ECDSA P-256, Rekor-logged) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8) <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 
 The keyed-cosign signing mechanism is implemented and e2e-proven, and
 `ModuleSource.spec.verify` can require a valid signature. It is now **active**
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fail-closed when the key is absent. The operator's verify path remains
 offline/keyed, preserving air-gapped functionality. See
 [Signing official bundles](module-authoring.md#signing-official-bundles).
 
-### Hermetic module images (gameplane-module#35, docs in #178) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8)
+### Hermetic module images (gameplane-module#35, docs in #178) (shipped v0.2.0-beta.8) <!-- doc-versions: historical -->
 
 Every shipped module's default image is now pinned by digest, so a server
 binary can no longer change underneath a user on pod restart with no version
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ opt-out), and a monthly workflow refreshes the pins. Authoring rules live in
 
 ## Blocking v1
 
-Nothing hard-blocks v1 anymore. What stands between beta and a v1 GA is the
+Nothing hard-blocks v1 anymore. What stands between v0.3 and a v1 GA is the
 production-readiness hardening below — tracked items, not code gaps.
 
 ---

gameaction/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # gameaction — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/gameaction`  
 **Dependencies:** stdlib only (Go 1.26+)
 

gameproto/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # gameproto — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/gameproto`  
 **Dependencies:** stdlib only (Go 1.26+)
 

hack/check-links.sh

@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@
 #      (in document order), append -1, -2, ... to disambiguate, matching
 #      GitHub's own de-duplication behavior.
 #
-#   Worked example: "## Beta Status & Limitations"
-#     -> strip marker:           "Beta Status & Limitations"
+#   Worked example: "## Pre-v1 Status & Limitations"
+#     -> strip marker:           "Pre-v1 Status & Limitations"
 #     -> no markdown link, no backticks
 #     -> remove '&' (its surrounding spaces are untouched by the removal,
 #        since only the '&' character itself is deleted):
-#                                 "Beta Status  Limitations"   (two spaces)
-#     -> lowercase:               "beta status  limitations"
-#     -> spaces -> hyphens:       "beta-status--limitations"   (two hyphens)
+#                                 "Pre-v1 Status  Limitations"   (two spaces)
+#     -> lowercase:               "pre-v1 status  limitations"
+#     -> spaces -> hyphens:       "pre-v1-status--limitations"   (two hyphens)
 #
 #   Explicit HTML anchors `<a id="x">` / `<a name="x">` (case-insensitive tag
 #   and attribute name; single or double quoted value) are also valid anchor
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ self_test() {
     # Regression: existing ASCII behavior (worked example in the header
     # comment) must not change.
     _assert_slug "ASCII punctuation (regression)" \
-        "Beta Status & Limitations" "beta-status--limitations"
+        "Pre-v1 Status & Limitations" "pre-v1-status--limitations"
 
     # Unicode arrow: only the arrow itself is dropped, surrounding spaces
     # are untouched (so two spaces -> two hyphens), matching GitHub.

mcp-server/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # mcp-server — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/mcp-server`
 
 ## Purpose

netguard/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # netguard — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/netguard
 
 ## Purpose

operator/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # operator — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / package:** github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/operator  
 **Go version:** 1.26.0
 

sentinel/specs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # sentinel — Specification
 
-**Status:** beta (v0.2.0-beta.8)  
+**Status:** pre-v1 (v0.3.0)  
 **Module / command:** `github.com/ValgulNecron/gameplane/sentinel`  
 **Dependencies:** Kubernetes `client-go` (dynamic client, in-cluster config), `k8s.io/apimachinery`, gameproto
 

telemetry-receiver/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ a day when the admin has enabled **Admin Settings → Telemetry → Send
 anonymous usage metrics**:
 
 ```json
-{ "version": "0.2.0-beta.8", "servers": 3, "templates": 7 }
+{ "version": "0.3.0", "servers": 3, "templates": 7 }
 ```
 
 No names, namespaces, hostnames, or identifiers of any kind — the
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ are never stored.
 Metrics:
 
 ```
-gameplane_telemetry_reports_total{version="0.2.0-beta.8"}  # reports by reported version
+gameplane_telemetry_reports_total{version="0.3.0"}  # reports by reported version
 gameplane_telemetry_servers                                 # histogram of GameServer counts
 gameplane_telemetry_templates                               # histogram of GameTemplate counts
 ```