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Update release notes for 1.7.6#2804

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Summary

  • Replace auto-generated PR dump with curated, user-facing release notes for 1.7.6
  • Notes cover changes since v1.7.5, excluding items behind feature flags and internal/CI changes

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  • Review release notes in RELEASE-NOTES.txt for accuracy and completeness

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The release notes look good to me. I didn't catch any missing feature that is not behind a feature flag. I added a couple of suggestions.

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* Improved deeplink connection speed #2375
* Fixed site processes opening terminals on Windows #2794
* Fixed removing sites when site folder is already removed #2705
* Fixed Open in… IDE to respect user's preferred editor #2730
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* Fixed Open in… IDE to respect user's preferred editor #2730
* Fixed Open file in IDE to respect user's preferred editor #2730

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Thanks for the suggestion, applied as part of ac38bac

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* Replaced pm2 with a homegrown process manager daemon #2712
* Replaced pm2-axon with a homegrown solution #2690
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I suggest removing these from the release notes, or at least unify them in a single line.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I have unified them as part of ac38bac

@epeicher epeicher merged commit 64a78b3 into release/1.7.6 Mar 16, 2026
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@epeicher epeicher deleted the update/release-notes branch March 16, 2026 17:48
epeicher added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 16, 2026
* [skip ci] Code freeze: Update translatable strings for 1.7.6

* [skip ci] Code freeze: Add draft release notes for 1.7.6

* [skip ci] Update translations

* [skip ci] Bump version to 1.7.6-beta1

* [skip ci] Bump version to 1.7.6-beta2

* Fix: site processes open terminal windows on Windows (#2794) (#2801)

Co-authored-by: Fredrik Rombach Ekelund <fredrik@f26d.dev>

* [skip ci] Update translations

* [skip ci] Bump version to 1.7.6-beta3

* Update release notes for 1.7.6 (#2804)

* Update release notes for 1.7.6

* Apply review suggestions

* [skip ci] Bump version to 1.7.6

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Co-authored-by: Roberto Aranda <roberto.aranda@automattic.com>
Co-authored-by: Fredrik Rombach Ekelund <fredrik@f26d.dev>
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