From 8a9cf1bd5179b078f999f93eb07c886a2ebfed9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Snelling <david@soulcraft.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 13:33:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): 3.26.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 12 ++++++++++++
 package-lock.json |  4 ++--
 package.json      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 196151fa..8078b41d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [3.26.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v3.25.2...v3.26.0) (2025-10-08)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Requires data migration for existing S3/GCS/R2/OpFS deployments.
+See .strategy/UNIFIED-UUID-SHARDING.md for migration guidance.
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* implement unified UUID-based sharding for metadata across all storage adapters ([2f33571](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/commit/2f3357132d06c70cd74532d22cbfbf6abb92903a))
+
 ### [3.25.2](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v3.25.1...v3.25.2) (2025-10-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2d760fc5..c85036bd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "3.25.2",
+  "version": "3.26.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "3.25.2",
+      "version": "3.26.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7c76f37..c2df075a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "3.25.2",
+  "version": "3.26.0",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. 31 nouns × 40 verbs for infinite expressiveness.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",