From 855298ab79c9d6dc69885d477ddec49d9bbf02a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Snelling <david@soulcraft.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:27:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): 8.0.0-rc.6

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 9 +++++++++
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ac8907b..8084b45a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [8.0.0-rc.6](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.0-rc.5...v8.0.0-rc.6) (2026-06-29)
+
+- docs(8.0): RELEASES.md — rc.6 (perf + native-provider contract + test hygiene) (6daa70e)
+- feat(8.0): wire the two cor-confirmed metadata-provider contract additions (8b19122)
+- test(8.0): re-home orphaned test files into the gate + guard against recurrence (3f9f140)
+- perf(8.0): negation/absence where-operators via roaring-bitmap difference (5f974ab)
+- perf(8.0): HNSW removeItem is O(in-degree) via a reverse-adjacency index (72df557)
+
+
 ### [8.0.0-rc.5](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.0-rc.4...v8.0.0-rc.5) (2026-06-29)
 
 - docs(8.0): RELEASES.md — rc.5 hardening + the breaking operator removal (6c9a438)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1f96a635..8dbd3257 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.0-rc.5",
+  "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "8.0.0-rc.5",
+      "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd318a71..d1cc91fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.0-rc.5",
+  "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. Stage 3 CANONICAL: 42 nouns × 127 verbs covering 96-97% of all human knowledge.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",