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+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { RELEASE_NOTES } from "./releaseNotes";
+
+// DX-6: the app version is hand-maintained in two places that MUST agree — the repo-root VERSION file
+// (the single source baked into the image + served at /api/version) and the newest RELEASE_NOTES entry
+// (what the in-app "What's new" shows). A release that bumps one but forgets the other ships a wrong
+// changelog or a mismatched banner. This locks them together so the gate catches the drift.
+describe("release version consistency", () => {
+  it("RELEASE_NOTES[0].version matches the VERSION file", () => {
+    const version = readFileSync(new URL("../../../VERSION", import.meta.url), "utf-8").trim();
+    expect(RELEASE_NOTES[0]?.version).toBe(version);
+  });
+
+  it("release notes are ordered newest-first with unique versions", () => {
+    const versions = RELEASE_NOTES.map((r) => r.version);
+    expect(new Set(versions).size).toBe(versions.length); // no duplicate version entries
+  });
+});