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 The Gitea workflow verifies Go formatting, runs `golangci-lint`, and builds
 the Docker image with the SSH-client smoke test on pushes and pull requests.
-
-## Release status
-
-The CLI and Docker workflows are documented, but the current repository is
-not ready for a `v1.0.0` release yet. See the release checklist below.
-
-### v1.0.0 release checklist
-
-- Confirm that the Go and Docker CI jobs pass for the release commit.
-- Publish the versioned Go module tag and Docker image, then verify the
-  installation instructions from a clean environment.
-- Publish a tag such as `v1.0.0` only after the checklist is complete and the
-  public CLI/configuration contract is considered stable.