diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
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+name-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
+tag-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
+
+categories:
+  - type: 'pre-exclude'
+    when:
+      label: 'skip-changelog'
+
+  - title: '🚀 Added'
+    when:
+      labels:
+        - 'feature'
+        - 'enhancement'
+
+  - title: '🔄 Changed'
+    when:
+      label: 'changed'
+
+  - title: '🐛 Fixed'
+    when:
+      labels:
+        - 'bug'
+        - 'fix'
+
+  - title: '📚 Documentation'
+    when:
+      label: 'documentation'
+
+  - title: '🧰 Internal'
+    when:
+      labels:
+        - 'internal'
+        - 'chore'
+        - 'dependencies'
+
+  - type: 'version-resolver'
+    semver-increment: 'major'
+    when:
+      label: 'major'
+
+  - type: 'version-resolver'
+    semver-increment: 'minor'
+    when:
+      labels:
+        - 'feature'
+        - 'enhancement'
+
+  - type: 'version-resolver'
+    semver-increment: 'patch'
+    when:
+      labels:
+        - 'fix'
+        - 'bug'
+        - 'changed'
+        - 'chore'
+        - 'internal'
+        - 'dependencies'
+        - 'documentation'
+
+autolabeler:
+  - label: 'feature'
+    title:
+      - '/^feat(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+  - label: 'fix'
+    title:
+      - '/^fix(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+  - label: 'changed'
+    title:
+      - '/^refactor(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+  - label: 'documentation'
+    title:
+      - '/^docs(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+  - label: 'dependencies'
+    title:
+      - '/^chore\(deps\)(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+  - label: 'internal'
+    title:
+      - '/^(chore|ci|test|build)(\(.+\))?!?:/i'
+
+category-template: '### $TITLE'
+change-template: '- $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR'
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&'
+
+version-resolver:
+  default: patch
+
+template: |
+  $CHANGES
diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_changelog.py b/.github/scripts/update_changelog.py
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+"""Prepend a published GitHub release's notes to CHANGELOG.md.
+
+Run by .github/workflows/changelog.yaml on the `release: published` event.
+Drops the leading `## Unreleased` section, if present, since it's
+superseded by the version being inserted, then adds a `## [tag] - date`
+section built from the release body right after the `# Changelog` title.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+CHANGELOG = Path("CHANGELOG.md")
+UNRELEASED_HEADING = "## Unreleased"
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    tag = os.environ["RELEASE_TAG"]
+    date = os.environ["RELEASE_DATE"][:10]  # YYYY-MM-DD from an ISO 8601 timestamp
+    body = os.environ["RELEASE_BODY"].strip()
+
+    lines = CHANGELOG.read_text().splitlines(keepends=True)
+    if lines[0].strip() != "# Changelog":
+        msg = f"unexpected first line: {lines[0]!r}"
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    # Skip blank lines right after the title.
+    start = 1
+    while start < len(lines) and not lines[start].strip():
+        start += 1
+
+    # Drop a leading "## Unreleased" section: its content is superseded by
+    # the version we're about to insert.
+    end = start
+    if start < len(lines) and lines[start].strip() == UNRELEASED_HEADING:
+        end = start + 1
+        while end < len(lines) and not lines[end].startswith("## "):
+            end += 1
+
+    section = f"## [{tag}] - {date}\n\n{body}\n"
+    new_lines = [*lines[:1], "\n", section, "\n", *lines[end:]]
+    CHANGELOG.write_text("".join(new_lines))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yaml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yaml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yaml
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+name: Changelog
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  update-changelog:
+    name: Update CHANGELOG.md
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for the create-pull-request branch push
+      pull-requests: write  # to open the PR
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Update CHANGELOG.md from the current draft release
+        id: draft
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          draft="$(gh api "repos/${GH_REPO}/releases" --jq '[.[] | select(.draft == true)] | first')"
+          if [ -z "$draft" ] || [ "$draft" = "null" ]; then
+            echo "::error::No draft release found. Push to main first so release-drafter creates one."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          tag="$(jq -r '.tag_name' <<< "$draft")"
+          url="$(jq -r '.html_url' <<< "$draft")"
+          echo "tag=$tag" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "url=$url" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          RELEASE_TAG="$tag" \
+          RELEASE_DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)" \
+          RELEASE_BODY="$(jq -r '.body' <<< "$draft")" \
+          python3 .github/scripts/update_changelog.py
+
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1
+        # zizmor: ignore[superfluous-actions]
+        with:
+          commit-message: "docs: Update changelog for ${{ steps.draft.outputs.tag }}"
+          title: "docs: Update changelog for ${{ steps.draft.outputs.tag }}"
+          body: >-
+            Automated update of `CHANGELOG.md` ahead of publishing
+            [${{ steps.draft.outputs.tag }}](${{ steps.draft.outputs.url }}).
+            Merge this before publishing the release so the tag includes
+            the updated changelog.
+          branch: changelog/${{ steps.draft.outputs.tag }}
+          add-paths: CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yaml
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+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    name: Update release draft
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # to create/update the draft release
+      pull-requests: write  # to autolabel PRs
+    steps:
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@34d80673e067bdc0c24568d3af899c216adcfaa9 # v7.7.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}