chore(cd): prepare the 10.0.0-rc.1 release

.github/release-please/release-please-config.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "tag-separator": "@",
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "release-as": "10.0.0-rc.1",
   "plugins": [
     {
       "type": "node-workspace",
@@ -47,163 +48,163 @@
     "packages/cdn": {
       "component": "@videojs/cdn",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/cli": {
       "component": "@videojs/cli",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/cloudflare-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/cloudflare-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/core": {
       "component": "@videojs/core",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/dash-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/dash-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/element": {
       "component": "@videojs/element",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/google-cast": {
       "component": "@videojs/google-cast",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/hlsjs-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/hlsjs-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/html": {
       "component": "@videojs/html",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/icons": {
       "component": "@videojs/icons",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/media": {
       "component": "@videojs/media",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/mux-audio": {
       "component": "@videojs/mux-audio",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/mux-data": {
       "component": "@videojs/mux-data",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/mux-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/mux-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/native-hls-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/native-hls-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/react": {
       "component": "@videojs/react",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/shaka-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/shaka-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/skins": {
       "component": "@videojs/skins",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/spf": {
       "component": "@videojs/spf",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/spotify-audio": {
       "component": "@videojs/spotify-audio",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/store": {
       "component": "@videojs/store",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/tiktok-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/tiktok-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/twitch-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/twitch-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/utils": {
       "component": "@videojs/utils",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/vimeo-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/vimeo-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/wistia-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/wistia-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     },
     "packages/youtube-video": {
       "component": "@videojs/youtube-video",
       "prerelease": true,
-      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "prerelease-type": "rc",
       "versioning": "prerelease"
     }
   }

.github/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: production
+    outputs:
+      released: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      version: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/html--version'] }}
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -61,7 +64,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify release checkout
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
-        run: node -e "process.exit(require('./packages/cdn/package.json').version === process.env.VERSION ? 0 : 1)"
+        run: |
+          node -e "process.exit(require('./packages/cdn/package.json').version === process.env.VERSION ? 0 : 1)"
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/cdn--version'] }}
 
@@ -138,3 +142,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update site/v10 branch
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         run: git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/site/v10 --force
+
+  # `pnpm publish` above tags each release `latest`; keep `next` on the same
+  # version so both install channels resolve to the newest release.
+  dist-tag:
+    needs: release
+    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.released == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-dist-tag.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+      tag: next
+    secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/npm-dist-tag.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: npm dist-tag
+
+# Moves one npm dist-tag onto an already published version of every public
+# workspace package. `pnpm publish` in cd.yml only sets `latest`, so this keeps
+# `next` in step with it after each release and gives maintainers a way to
+# repoint a tag by hand (the `next` tag sat on 10.0.0-alpha.11 for the whole
+# beta channel because nothing moved it).
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Published version to tag (e.g. 10.0.0-rc.1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        description: 'dist-tag to move'
+        required: true
+        default: next
+        type: string
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      # Private workspace packages (icons, skins, vjsc) are never published, so
+      # they have nothing to tag.
+      - name: Move dist-tag on every public package
+        run: |
+          for manifest in packages/*/package.json; do
+            if [ "$(jq -r '.private // false' "$manifest")" = "true" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            name=$(jq -r '.name' "$manifest")
+            npm dist-tag add "${name}@${VERSION}" "$TAG"
+          done
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Modern, modular, and composable media player framework for Web and React.
 
-🚧 Beta - close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects. 🚧
+🚧 Release candidate - close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged. 🚧
 
 Video.js v10 is close to stable. Try it out in real projects and share your feedback 🙏.
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Video.js v10 is close to stable. Try it out in real projects and share your feed
 - **Technical Preview (Complete):** Initial showcase for Demuxed.
 - **Alpha (Complete):** [See milestone](https://github.com/videojs/v10/milestone/3)
 - **Beta (Complete):** [See milestone](https://github.com/videojs/v10/milestone/1)
-- **GA (Mid 2026):** [See milestone](https://github.com/videojs/v10/milestone/6) ← WIP
+- **Release Candidate (Complete):** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
+- **GA (Fall 2026):** [See milestone](https://github.com/videojs/v10/milestone/6) ← WIP
 - **Video.js (End of 2026):** Video.js core/contrib parity and supported plugins migrated.
 
 ## Documentation

packages/cli/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 The Video.js 10 CLI. Read documentation from your terminal and generate installation snippets tailored to your setup (framework, preset, skin, media engine, package manager).
 

packages/core/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Overview
 

packages/element/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 A lightweight reactive custom element base class for Video.js. Type-aligned with [Lit's ReactiveElement](https://github.com/lit/lit/tree/main/packages/reactive-element) but stripped down to only what we use.
 

packages/html/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Overview
 

packages/media/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Overview
 

packages/react/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Overview
 

packages/spf/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Overview
 

packages/store/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 A reactive store for managing state owned by external systems. Built for media players, streaming libraries, and real-time systems where you don't own the state.
 

packages/utils/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![package-badge]][package]
 
-> **⚠️ Beta** Close to stable. Experimental adoption in real projects.
+> **⚠️ Release candidate** Close to stable. Adoption in real projects encouraged.
 
 ## Community