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",
@@ -31,67 +32,67 @@
     "packages/cli": {
       "component": "@videojs/cli",
       "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/element": {
       "component": "@videojs/element",
       "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/media": {
       "component": "@videojs/media",
       "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/react": {
       "component": "@videojs/react",
       "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/store": {
       "component": "@videojs/store",
       "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"
     }
   }

.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/html/package.json').version === process.env.VERSION ? 0 : 1)"
+        run: |
+          node -e "process.exit(require('./packages/html/package.json').version === process.env.VERSION ? 0 : 1)"
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/html--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 🙏.
 

packages/cli/README.md

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

site/src/components/BetaPill.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ interface BetaPillProps {
   className?: string;
   style?: React.CSSProperties;
   compact?: boolean;
-  /** Replaces the default "v10 beta" text, e.g. with the documented package version. */
+  /** Replaces the default "v10 rc" text, e.g. with the documented package version. */
   label?: string;
 }
 
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ export default function BetaPill({ className, style, compact, label }: BetaPillP
       ) : compact ? (
         <>
           <span>v10</span>
-          <span className="hidden whitespace-pre uppercase sm:inline"> beta</span>
+          <span className="hidden whitespace-pre uppercase sm:inline"> rc</span>
         </>
       ) : (
         <>
-          v10<span className="whitespace-pre uppercase"> beta</span>
+          v10<span className="whitespace-pre uppercase"> rc</span>
         </>
       )}
     </span>

site/src/content/docs/concepts/browser-support.mdx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Support starts with an evergreen browser baseline and extends to the rendering e
 Video.js 10 currently targets **evergreen browsers**: the latest two stable versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
 
 <Aside type="note">
-  Video.js 10 is in beta. The browser support matrix may expand as we approach GA based on community feedback and usage data.
+  Video.js 10 is a release candidate. The browser support matrix may expand as we approach GA based on community feedback and usage data.
 </Aside>
 
 ### Why evergreen?
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ When we use a platform feature that hasn't landed in all supported browsers yet,
 
 A [WebView](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/WebView) is a browser engine embedded inside a native app. WebViews on iOS (WKWebView) and Android (Android WebView) can behave differently from the full browser; autoplay policies, fullscreen APIs, and hardware acceleration can vary.
 
-Video.js 10 beta targets standard browser environments. If you embed a player inside a native app, test it on each platform and WebView version you support.
+Video.js 10 targets standard browser environments. If you embed a player inside a native app, test it on each platform and WebView version you support.
 
 ### Progressive Web Apps
 

site/src/content/docs/how-to/installation.mdx

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import LLMCase from '@/components/docs/LLMCase.astro';
 import CopyMarkdownButton from '@/components/CopyMarkdownButton.tsx';
 import { TabsRoot, TabsList, TabsPanel, Tab } from '@/components/Tabs.tsx';
 
-<Aside type="caution" title="Beta Software">
-Video.js v10 is currently in _beta_. The API may evolve with [feedback&#x1F64F;](https://github.com/videojs/v10/issues). See the [Changelog](https://github.com/videojs/v10/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for recent updates and the <DocsLink slug="concepts/v10-roadmap">Roadmap</DocsLink> for more details on what's coming.
+<Aside type="caution" title="Release Candidate">
+Video.js v10 is a _release candidate_. The API may still change with [feedback&#x1F64F;](https://github.com/videojs/v10/issues) before the stable release. See the [Changelog](https://github.com/videojs/v10/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for recent updates and the <DocsLink slug="concepts/v10-roadmap">Roadmap</DocsLink> for more details on what's coming.
 </Aside>
 
 <FrameworkCase frameworks={["react"]}>