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release-plz generates the changelogs from conventional commit messages via git-cliff (cliff.toml) when it opens the release PR. Since 0.7.0, PRs have also been hand-writing entries under ## [Unreleased], which causes two problems:

This PR adds a ### Changelog rule to CLAUDE.md (don't edit any CHANGELOG.md in a PR; put user-facing and migration detail in the commit body and breaking changes in a BREAKING CHANGE: footer), and empties the hand-written [Unreleased] section. Every removed entry's PR (#937, #960, #968, #973, #979, #985, #993, #995) is a conventional commit on main, so release-plz will generate its entry; #868 refreshes on merge.

git-cliff's current template renders only each commit's subject line, so the longer prose from the removed entries won't appear in the generated changelog. If we want that detail in release notes, the fix belongs in the cliff.toml template (e.g. rendering commit.breaking_description), not in hand edits.

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  • [Unreleased] is back to the empty heading layout release-plz produced at 0.7.0.
  • Docs-only change; pre-commit ci-fmt/ci-lint pass.

Risk: Command output: none. unsafe: none; CLAUDE.md allowlist update: none. Memory bounds, queue capacity, and thread/backpressure policy: none.

Fix: Reserve CHANGELOG.md for release-plz. Add contributor guidance in CLAUDE.md to put release notes in conventional commit bodies and use BREAKING CHANGE: footers for breaking changes.

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CLAUDE.md adds changelog contribution guidance. The cliff.toml template renders a distinct breaking-change description as a nested bullet.

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Changelog contribution guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Document changelog contribution rules
CLAUDE.md, cliff.toml
CLAUDE.md describes generated changelogs, squash-commit subjects, and breaking-change notation. cliff.toml conditionally adds a nested bullet when the breaking-change description differs from the commit message; it trims the description and replaces newlines with spaces.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to baf1b

The release template renders breaking-change descriptions with the configured toolchain. A reported blank-line formatting issue in the contributor guidance is localized and does not affect generated release notes.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required Conventional Commit format and accurately describes the change to reserve CHANGELOG.md for release-plz.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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- Line 106: Add a blank line immediately after the “Changelog” heading in the
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release-plz generates the changelogs from conventional commit messages
via git-cliff when it opens the release PR. PRs that also hand-write
entries under [Unreleased] conflict with each other, and at release the
hand-written entries end up below the generated section's git-cliff
footer, duplicating the generated bullets (as #812 and #826 were in
0.7.0).

Add a CLAUDE.md rule against editing CHANGELOG.md in a PR, pointing
user-facing and migration detail at the commit body and BREAKING CHANGE
footer instead, and empty the hand-written [Unreleased] section. Every
removed entry's PR is a conventional commit on main, so release-plz
will generate its entry.
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