# OCT Release Notes v1.0 Candidate v0.1
Date: 2026-04-19Target version: `v1.0-preprint-candidate`
## Release summary
This release consolidates the OCT foundational work in a preprint candidate form,aligned to the formal freeze v1.0 candidate baseline and unified decision matrix.
## New major artifacts
1. `OCT_FOUNDATIONAL_OPERA_DRAFT_v0_9.md`2. `OCT_FOUNDATIONAL_OPERA_PREPRINT_CANDIDATE_v1_0.md`3. `OCT_EDITORIAL_PASSLOG_v0_9.md`4. `OCT_PUBLICATION_PACKAGE_CHECKLIST_v0_1.md`5. `OCT_PREPRINT_METADATA_TEMPLATE_v0_1.md`6. `OCT_PREPRINT_METADATA_FILLED_v0_1.md`7. `OCT_PREPRINT_METADATA_FINAL_v1_0.md`
## Major updates
1. Closing step 5 (final editing) with preprint-ready review.2. Explanation in the manuscript of the cycle 1-4 validation status.3. Insertion of methodological roadmap from `revise` to `validated`.4. Post tracker fix (freeze sub-step duplication resolved).
## Scientific status declared
- Theoretical core in scope: `revise` (baseline 2026-04-19).- No theorems in scope in state `reject`.- No in-scope theorems yet in final `validated` state.
## Next operational block
1. Prepare public release candidates and version tags.2. Possible Zenodo/OSF filing for DOI.3. Start the next extended claim validation cycle `revise`.