From 9c9745077721fb5c3b3044e0d6380b7a5601795c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuqiang Wang <10815391+schchit@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:24:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Release conformance tooling 0.7.8

---
 README.md                     |  2 +-
 RELEASE-NOTES.md              | 14 ++++++++++++++
 VERSION                       |  2 +-
 docs/BYOI-CONFORMANCE.md      |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml                |  2 +-
 reference-validator/README.md |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e197e4d..2f6a273 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Use Python 3.10 or later in a fresh environment. These commands work without a
 repository checkout, account, hosted API or another SDK:
 
 ```sh
-python -m pip install jep-core-conformance==0.7.7
+python -m pip install jep-core-conformance==0.7.8
 jep-byoi export jep-example
 jep-validate validate jep-example/vectors/J-basic.json --keys jep-example/keys.json
 ```
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index fa6ecaa..0bc0b1f 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Software 0.7.8: external implementation lifecycle and candidate checks
+
+- Add optional `jep-byoi run --state-setup` for adapters that require isolated
+  acceptance state before each test case.
+- Provide a JEP-owned bridge for the pinned independent Probity implementation;
+  its native BYOI run passes all 37 selected cases without modifying reader code.
+- Add candidate checks against the frozen agreed suite, current suite and pinned
+  reader, including deliberate source faults and changed-expectation controls.
+- Document the bridge boundary, reproducible commands and retained evidence.
+
+This is a software/tooling release. Core 0.7, frozen publications, signed vectors
+and BYOI suite bytes are unchanged. Fixture results do not imply certification
+or evidence of a real deployment.
+
 # Software 0.7.7: a direct first-use path
 
 - Start with a packaged signed sample and a four-step implementation/report path.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 879be8a..e7c7d3c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.7
+0.7.8
diff --git a/docs/BYOI-CONFORMANCE.md b/docs/BYOI-CONFORMANCE.md
index d5758a5..63a4c49 100644
--- a/docs/BYOI-CONFORMANCE.md
+++ b/docs/BYOI-CONFORMANCE.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ or clarification requests, not permission to silently redefine Core.
 Use Python 3.10 or later in a fresh environment.
 
 ```sh
-python -m pip install jep-core-conformance==0.7.7
+python -m pip install jep-core-conformance==0.7.8
 jep-byoi export jep-example
 jep-validate validate jep-example/vectors/J-basic.json --keys jep-example/keys.json
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e41b469..c400139 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "jep-core-conformance"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 license-files = ["LICENSE", "LICENSING.md", "licenses/*.txt"]
diff --git a/reference-validator/README.md b/reference-validator/README.md
index 5f94807..03f0734 100644
--- a/reference-validator/README.md
+++ b/reference-validator/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Current: JEP Core 0.7
 
-After installing `jep-core-conformance==0.7.7`, follow the
+After installing `jep-core-conformance==0.7.8`, follow the
 [packaged first-event example](../README.md#verify-your-first-event). For a full
 reference exchange, run `jep-byoi demo --report byoi-reference-report.json`.