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+# Sofiia Console v1.0 — Technical Release Announcement
+
+Sofiia Console v1 переходить у production-controlled стан: релізний процес відтворюваний, операційні перевірки формалізовані, ключові ризики закриті технічними контролями.
+
+## 1) Scope of This Release
+
+- Redis-backed idempotent send (multi-instance safe).
+- Per-chat and per-operator rate limiting.
+- Structured audit trail (write + query endpoint).
+- Strict authentication for `/api/audit`.
+- Cursor pagination hardening (tie-breaker safe).
+- Structured JSON logging.
+- `/metrics` endpoint for operational visibility.
+- Audit retention (default 90 days) + pruning script.
+- Preflight checks + release runbook + release evidence generator.
+
+## 2) New Guarantees (What is now true)
+
+### Reliability
+
+- Duplicate `send` requests are safe across instances.
+- Pagination remains stable even with identical timestamps.
+- Multi-node routing is verified by E2E tests.
+
+### Security
+
+- `/api/audit` requires explicit API key (no localhost bypass).
+- Rate limits are enforced both per chat and per operator.
+- Operator actions are captured in structured audit trail.
+
+### Operational Control
+
+- Release process is reproducible via runbook and scripts.
+- Preflight checks catch key misconfigurations before deploy.
+- Audit DB growth is controlled through retention + pruning.
+
+## 3) What Changes for Operators
+
+- `/api/audit` now requires API key even on localhost.
+- Excessive sends may return `429 rate_limited`.
+- Audit trail is queryable for incident investigations.
+- Retention pruning should be scheduled (cron recommended).
+
+## 4) Known Limitations
+
+- Chat index remains local (not Redis-backed yet).
+- Rate-limit backend defaults to inmemory unless Redis is enabled.
+- No automatic alerting dashboards yet (manual metric review required).
+- Audit DB is SQLite (single-node storage model).
+
+## 5) Release-Day Expectations (On-Call)
+
+During first release window:
+
+- Run preflight with strict mode:
+  - `STRICT=1 bash ops/preflight_sofiia_console.sh`
+- Execute full smoke:
+  - health and metrics checks
+  - Redis idempotency A/B smoke
+- Verify:
+  - audit write and read paths
+  - rate-limit counters increment as expected
+- Monitor first 5-10 minutes for:
+  - 5xx error spikes
+  - unexpected rate-limit spikes
+  - replay spikes
+
+Rollback procedure:
+- `docs/runbook/release-runbook-sofiia-console.md`
+
+> Sofiia Console v1 is production-controlled and operationally reproducible.