"Release automation now rebuilds the Rust backend after bumping the version and before hashing release artifacts, preventing OTA manifests from pointing at a stale backend binary.",
"This corrected release carries the Nginx Proxy Manager stale-port repair in an updated backend binary, so nodes running `1.7.61-alpha` can actually receive and execute the fix.",
"Validation confirmed the previously published `v1.7.62-alpha` backend artifact still contained `1.7.61-alpha`, explaining why nodes did not advance after applying that update."