Operator Notes
- Treat major releases as planned maintenance, not casual upgrades.
- Read the release notes before moving a routing, merchant, or archival node.
- Verify binaries and signatures through the official release process.
- Review deprecated options and RPC changes before upgrading automation.
Desk Take
Major Core releases tend to carry policy, RPC, wallet, build, and network behavior changes that matter downstream. The right move is boring: read the notes, test on non-critical infrastructure, then schedule the upgrade.
