# v0.105.0: Qualification contract and release evidence

> **Status:** Released (2026-09-11)
> **Scope:** Medium
> **User promise:** *"Every qualification result identifies the build it tested."*
> **Blocked by:** [v0.104.0](v0.104.0.md)
> **Series:** [v0.105.x](v0.105.x.md)

## Theme

Create the qualification contract for the frozen v0.104.0 public surface.
Make release evidence candidate-bound and make the runtime conformance suite a
required release check.

## Work

- Add `tests/release/v0.105.0-qualification.json` with exact suite commands,
  artifact requirements, performance budgets, and evidence states.
- Add a v0.105.0 release gate that rejects wildcard versions, missing required
  suites, stale evidence, and unqualified artifacts.
- Wire packaged Graph V1 and Delta V1 conformance into the release workflow.
- Include the exact candidate commit, artifact digest, PostgreSQL version,
  suite version, workload, and retained logs in release evidence.
- Reconcile the v0.104.0 exit checklist with the evidence that actually ran.
- Add the package, archive, version, changelog, and upgrade artifacts required
  for a real v0.105.0 release.

## Exit criteria

- [ ] The v0.105.0 qualification contract and gate pass.
- [ ] Runtime Graph V1 and Delta V1 conformance runs against the packaged
      candidate in CI.
- [ ] Release evidence cannot report `passed` when a required suite is
      missing, skipped, unavailable, stale, or failed.
- [ ] Every result identifies the candidate commit and shipped artifact.
- [ ] The frozen v0.104.0 contract has one authoritative evidence record.
- [ ] No 72-hour soak or longevity run is required by this release.

## Scope control

Do not add SQL features, capabilities, integrations, or release-candidate
work. If this release finds a correctness or security blocker, fix it here and
restart the affected qualification checks.

## Delivered

- Added the exact v0.105.0 qualification contract and release gate.
- Ran the packaged Graph V1 and Delta V1 suites in release CI.
- Bound release evidence to the candidate commit, artifact digests, PostgreSQL
  version, suite version, workload, and retained logs.
- Added the v0.104.0 historical evidence record and v0.105.0 package and
  upgrade metadata.