Release Changelog 1.8.0

Added

• Added a provider-neutral, authenticated release intake contract alongside GitHub Releases, with protected source fields, immutable idempotency keys, and retry-safe edited-release handling.
• Added AI quickstart guidance for rolling the release workflow into an existing product repository and for scaffolding editable changelog layouts.
• Added optional, consented Product Intelligence diagnostics with a bounded, versioned aggregate-only contract and explicit disclosure of every collected value.

Changed

• Moved release content identifiers to product-neutral release_entry, release_product, and release_change_type names with an incremental upgrade path.
• Updated release automation to Node 24-compatible action runtimes.

Fixed

• Kept existing usage-tracking consent active when the approved metric contract changes, while notifying administrators to review the new contract.
• Validated Product Intelligence client transport types and package linting before release.