From 2f81aa41d010209953787deef379cd0a772ae641 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pulse-triage[bot]"
 <249995291+pulse-triage[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:40:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare v6.6.0-beta.1

Beta cut from main at f42b2d7e88bb. It carries every change merged since stable v6.5.0.

Contract-Neutral: Release-only v6.6.0-beta.1 version, release notes and distribution metadata; no public install or runtime contract changes.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer
---
 docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.6.0-beta.1.md | 2 +-
 docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v6.6.0-beta.1.md  | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.6.0-beta.1.md b/docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
index b26c3924ce..6f30a9f4f1 100644
--- a/docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
+++ b/docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This beta opens the `v6.6.0` candidate line after stable `v6.5.0`, which remains the rollback target.
 
-This beta carries 303 changes merged since stable `v6.5.0`.
+This beta carries 307 changes merged since stable `v6.5.0`.
 
 ## What's improved
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v6.6.0-beta.1.md b/docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
index 17b8d03557..13fcef19b4 100644
--- a/docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
+++ b/docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v6.6.0-beta.1.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This changelog describes the changes since `v6.5.0`. Stable `v6.5.0` remains the
 
 ## Changes since v6.5.0
 
+- Advance the Go toolchain to 1.26.9 and x/net to v0.60.0 (#2849)
+- Keep the phone backup indicator from taking over guest rows (#2850)
+- Wait for reporting hook loads instead of counting ticks (#2847)
+- Release v6.6.0-beta.1 (#2846)
 - Release v6.6.0-beta.1 (#2845)
 - Let the release metadata tests accept beta versions (#2844)
 - Update source-map-js in the Cloud portal lockfile to 1.2.2 (#2843)