document-release: CHANGELOG-preservation and VERSION-ask rules at normal volume (s10 M4, M5; UC2, eval-gated)

document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl

@@ -81,12 +81,9 @@ Apply approved changes immediately after each answer.
 
 ## Step 5: CHANGELOG Voice Polish
 
-**CRITICAL — NEVER CLOBBER CHANGELOG ENTRIES.**
-
-This step polishes voice. It does NOT rewrite, replace, or regenerate CHANGELOG content.
-
-A real incident occurred where an agent replaced existing CHANGELOG entries when it should have
-preserved them. This skill must NEVER do that.
+This step polishes voice only. It does not rewrite, replace, or regenerate CHANGELOG
+content: the entries are the release record, and a replaced entry loses facts nobody
+notices until after the release.
 
 **Rules:**
 1. Read the entire CHANGELOG.md first. Understand what is already there.
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@ If TODOS.md does not exist, skip this step.
 
 ## Step 8: VERSION Bump Question
 
-**CRITICAL — NEVER BUMP VERSION WITHOUT ASKING.**
+**Ask before changing VERSION** — the version number is the user's release decision.
 
 1. **If VERSION does not exist:** Skip silently.
 

test/ship-document-release-dispatch.test.ts

@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ describe('pre-publication documentation lifecycle', () => {
       'Ship-owned documentation mode', 'standalone branch gate']) expect(skill).toContain(text);
     const body = read('document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl');
     for (const text of ['never `git add -A`', 'Never regenerate a CHANGELOG entry',
-      'body-original.md', 'UNTRUSTED TRACKER CONTENT', 'gstack-redact --from-file',
-      'NEVER BUMP VERSION WITHOUT ASKING']) expect(body).toContain(text);
+      'body-original.md', 'UNTRUSTED TRACKER CONTENT', 'gstack-redact --from-file']) expect(body).toContain(text);
+    const versionStep = body.slice(body.indexOf('## Step 8'), body.indexOf('\n## ', body.indexOf('## Step 8') + 1));
+    expect(versionStep).toMatch(/ask[^\n]*before[^\n]*VERSION/i);
+    expect(body).toMatch(/does not rewrite, replace, or regenerate CHANGELOG/i);
   });
 });