Release 1.0.0-beta.2

.llm/BETA_2_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_FOUNDATION.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Beta.2 Runtime Resource Foundation Scope
 
 This file tracks the first post-`1.0.0-beta.1` runtime/resource foundation
-slice. It is main-branch work intended for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle.
+slice released as `1.0.0-beta.2`.
 
 ## Implemented In This Slice
 
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ slice. It is main-branch work intended for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle.
 - focused resource/host tests must pass
 - focused `std.fs` source facade tests must pass
 - promotion-gate std facade alignment must pass
-- full release gate must pass before tagging `1.0.0-beta.2`
+- full release gate passed before tagging `1.0.0-beta.2`

.llm/ROADMAP_TO_STABLE.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ implementation scope.
 1. Harden monorepo release tooling, install flow, and common build/run loops
    (`1.0.0-beta.1`).
 2. Define runtime resource and host-error policy before broad IO and
-   networking (in progress after `1.0.0-beta.1` with read-only text file
+   networking (released in `1.0.0-beta.2` with read-only text file
    handles plus narrow filesystem status and mutation calls).
 3. Stabilize `lib/std` module boundaries and document beta-vs-stable APIs.
 4. Improve language usability around entry points, `match`, aliases, and

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This repository is the canonical public monorepo for the language design,
 standard library source, compiler, runtime, examples, benchmarks, and technical
 documents.
 
-Current release: `1.0.0-beta.1`.
+Current release: `1.0.0-beta.2`.
 
 ## Repository Layout
 
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ scripts/        local release and document tooling
 
 ## Beta Scope
 
-`1.0.0-beta.1` keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language baseline and adds the first
+`1.0.0-beta.2` keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language baseline, includes the
-post-beta tooling/install hardening slice. The language baseline supports
+`1.0.0-beta.1` tooling/install hardening slice, and adds the first
-practical local command-line programs and libraries with:
+runtime/resource foundation bundle. The language baseline supports practical
+local command-line programs and libraries with:
 
 - modules, explicit imports, packages, and local workspaces
 - `new`, `check`, `fmt`, `test`, `doc`, and `build`
@@ -113,10 +114,9 @@ can still override standard-library search, `SLOVO_RUNTIME_C` or
 `GLAGOL_RUNTIME_C` can override the runtime C input, and `GLAGOL_CLANG` can
 select the Clang-compatible compiler.
 
-## Main Branch After 1.0.0-beta.1
+## 1.0.0-beta.2 Runtime Resource Foundation
 
-The main branch now contains unreleased runtime/resource foundation work for a
+The `1.0.0-beta.2` release adds beta-scoped runtime/resource foundation work:
-future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle:
 
 - `std.fs.open_text_read_result`
 - `std.fs.read_open_text_result`

compiler/Cargo.lock

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "glagol"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.1"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.2"

compiler/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "glagol"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.1"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Glagol, the first compiler for the Slovo language"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"

docs/POST_BETA_ROADMAP.md

@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Work:
 - add runtime conformance tests for cleanup paths
 - document that resource handles are beta values, not stable ABI promises
 
-Current main-branch progress after `1.0.0-beta.1`: read-only text file
+Released in `1.0.0-beta.2`: read-only text file resource handles are
-resource handles are implemented with `std.fs.open_text_read_result`,
+implemented with `std.fs.open_text_read_result`,
-`std.fs.read_open_text_result`, and `std.fs.close_result`. The same beta.2-pre
+`std.fs.read_open_text_result`, and `std.fs.close_result`. The same release
-line also includes narrow filesystem status and mutation calls:
+also includes narrow filesystem status and mutation calls:
 `std.fs.exists`, `std.fs.is_file`, `std.fs.is_dir`,
 `std.fs.remove_file_result`, and `std.fs.create_dir_result`. Matching
 `lib/std/fs.slo` facades and focused runtime tests are in place. Writable

docs/compiler/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@ integration/readiness release, not the first real beta.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-Main currently contains the first runtime/resource foundation slice intended
+No unreleased changes yet.
-for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle:
+
+## 1.0.0-beta.2
+
+Release label: `1.0.0-beta.2`
+
+Release date: 2026-05-22
+
+Release state: runtime/resource foundation beta update
+
+### Summary
+
+Glagol `1.0.0-beta.2` contains the first runtime/resource foundation slice:
 
 - Glagol recognizes `std.fs.open_text_read_result`,
   `std.fs.read_open_text_result`, `std.fs.close_result`, `std.fs.exists`,

docs/compiler/ROADMAP.md

@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ general-purpose beta release.
 
 A Glagol feature is done only when it has parser/lowerer support, checker behavior, diagnostics for invalid forms, backend behavior or explicit unsupported diagnostics, and tests.
 
-Current stage: `1.0.0-beta.1`, released on 2026-05-22 as the first post-beta
+Current stage: `1.0.0-beta.2`, released on 2026-05-22 as the first post-beta
-tooling hardening update. It keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language/compiler support
+runtime/resource foundation update. It keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language/compiler
-baseline, which integrates the completed unsigned `u32`/`u64` compiler and
+support baseline and includes the `1.0.0-beta.1` tooling hardening release plus
-stdlib breadth scope from `exp-125` with the already promoted project/package
+beta-scoped `std.fs` resource handles, filesystem status checks, file removal,
-workflow, explicit std-source imports, concrete vector families, fixed arrays,
+and single-directory creation.
-structs, enums, result/option, generated docs, formatter behavior, and
-structured diagnostics.
 
 The final experimental precursor scope is `exp-125`. Its unsigned direct-value
 flow, parse/format runtime lanes, and matching staged stdlib helper breadth

docs/language/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -8,14 +8,27 @@ Historical `exp-*` releases listed here are experimental maturity milestones.
 The pushed tag `v2.0.0-beta.1` is historical. It is now documented as an
 experimental integration/readiness release, not as a beta maturity claim.
 
-The current release is `1.0.0-beta.1`, published on 2026-05-22. It keeps the
+The current release is `1.0.0-beta.2`, published on 2026-05-22. It keeps the
-`1.0.0-beta` language surface and adds the first post-beta tooling/install
+`1.0.0-beta` language surface, includes the first post-beta tooling/install
-hardening bundle.
+hardening bundle from `1.0.0-beta.1`, and adds the first runtime/resource
+foundation bundle.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-Main currently contains the first runtime/resource foundation slice intended
+No unreleased changes yet.
-for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle:
+
+## 1.0.0-beta.2
+
+Release label: `1.0.0-beta.2`
+
+Release name: Runtime Resource Foundation Bundle
+
+Release date: 2026-05-22
+
+Status: released beta runtime/resource foundation update on the `1.0.0-beta`
+language baseline.
+
+`1.0.0-beta.2` contains the first runtime/resource foundation slice:
 
 - `std.fs.open_text_read_result : (string) -> (result i32 i32)` opens a
   read-only text file and returns an opaque positive `i32` handle
@@ -33,10 +46,10 @@ for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle:
   `read_text_via_handle_result`, `close_ok`, status helpers, and narrow
   file/directory mutation helpers
 
-This unreleased slice keeps handles beta-scoped. It does not add writable
+This release keeps handles beta-scoped. It does not add writable handles,
-handles, binary IO, directory handles, directory enumeration, recursive
+binary IO, directory handles, directory enumeration, recursive filesystem
-filesystem operations, process handles, sockets, async IO, platform error
+operations, process handles, sockets, async IO, platform error codes, rich
-codes, rich host-error ADTs, or stable handle ABI/layout promises.
+host-error ADTs, or stable handle ABI/layout promises.
 
 ## 1.0.0-beta.1
 

docs/language/ROADMAP.md

@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ Long-horizon planning lives in
 release train from the historical `v2.0.0-beta.1` tag toward and beyond the
 first real general-purpose beta Slovo contract.
 
-Current stage: `1.0.0-beta.1`, released on 2026-05-22 as the first post-beta
+Current stage: `1.0.0-beta.2`, released on 2026-05-22 as the first post-beta
-tooling hardening update. It keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language contract, which
+runtime/resource foundation update. It keeps the `1.0.0-beta` language
-integrates the completed unsigned `u32`/`u64` numeric and staged-stdlib breadth
+contract and includes the `1.0.0-beta.1` tooling hardening release plus
-scope from `exp-125` with the already promoted project/package workflow,
+beta-scoped `std.fs` resource handles, filesystem status checks, file removal,
-explicit std-source imports, concrete vector families, fixed arrays, structs,
+and single-directory creation.
-enums, result/option, generated docs, formatter behavior, and structured
-diagnostics.
 
 The final experimental precursor scope is `exp-125`, defined in
 `.llm/EXP_125_UNSIGNED_U32_U64_NUMERIC_AND_STDLIB_BREADTH_ALPHA.md`. Its

docs/language/SPEC-v1.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Slovo v1 Specification
 
 Status: living beta contract for `1.0.0-beta`, with the post-beta
-`1.0.0-beta.1` tooling/install update. The language contract integrates
+`1.0.0-beta.1` tooling/install update and `1.0.0-beta.2` runtime/resource
+foundation update. The language contract integrates
 promoted language slices through `exp-125` and the historical publication
 baseline through `exp-123`. `1.0.0-beta` is the first real general-purpose
 beta release. `exp-125` completed the unsigned numeric and stdlib breadth
@@ -971,9 +972,8 @@ runtime C input for native builds.
 
 ### 4.4.2 Runtime Resource Foundation Additions
 
-Post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main adds the first beta resource-handle foundation for
+`1.0.0-beta.2` adds the first beta resource-handle foundation for
-read-only text files. This is intended for a future `1.0.0-beta.2` bundle and
+read-only text files. It does not change source syntax.
-does not change source syntax.
 
 `std.fs.open_text_read_result <path>` has signature
 `(string) -> (result i32 i32)`. Success returns `ok handle`, where `handle` is
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ handle and returns `ok text`. Invalid, closed, or failed reads return `err 1`.
 `(i32) -> (result i32 i32)`. Success closes the handle and returns `ok 0`.
 Invalid, already closed, or failed close operations return `err 1`.
 
-The same beta.2-pre runtime foundation adds narrow filesystem status and
+The same `1.0.0-beta.2` runtime foundation adds narrow filesystem status and
 mutation calls:
 
 ```text

docs/language/STANDARD_RUNTIME.md

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ does not add source syntax, runtime APIs, standard library functions, manifest
 schema versions, ABI/layout promises, runtime headers/libraries, or beta
 maturity.
 
-Post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main-branch work adds the first runtime resource
+`1.0.0-beta.2` adds the first runtime resource foundation calls for read-only
-foundation calls for read-only text file handles. These calls use the existing
+text file handles and narrow filesystem status/mutation operations. These calls
-concrete `result` families and are intended for a future `1.0.0-beta.2`
+use the existing concrete `result` families where host failures need to be
-bundle. Handles are positive opaque `i32` process-local tokens, not stable
+observable. Handles are positive opaque `i32` process-local tokens, not stable
 file descriptors or ABI values.
 
 The exp-era catalog is closed to names promoted through exp-101. exp-29,
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ source-level result helper names are the `std.result.*` names cataloged below.
 | `std.env.get_result` | `(string) -> (result string i32)` | exp-10 | `examples/supported/host-io-result.slo` | Returns `ok` with environment value when present, or `err 1` when missing. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no exp-10-specific schema field. | Rich host error ADTs, env mutation/enumeration, platform codes. |
 | `std.fs.read_text_result` | `(string) -> (result string i32)` | exp-10 | `examples/supported/host-io-result.slo` | Returns `ok` with file contents on success, or `err 1` on ordinary host read failure. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no exp-10-specific schema field. | Binary, directory, streaming, async APIs, rich host error ADTs. |
 | `std.fs.write_text_result` | `(string, string) -> (result i32 i32)` | exp-10 | `examples/supported/host-io-result.slo` | Returns `ok 0` on success, or `err 1` on ordinary host write failure. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no exp-10-specific schema field. | Binary, directory, streaming, async APIs, rich host error ADTs. |
-| `std.fs.exists` | `(string) -> bool` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when host metadata lookup succeeds for the path, otherwise `false`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Rich host errors, symlink policy, permissions detail, stable platform metadata model. |
+| `std.fs.exists` | `(string) -> bool` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when host metadata lookup succeeds for the path, otherwise `false`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Rich host errors, symlink policy, permissions detail, stable platform metadata model. |
-| `std.fs.is_file` | `(string) -> bool` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when the path exists and host metadata classifies it as a regular file. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Rich metadata, symlink policy, stable platform file-kind model. |
+| `std.fs.is_file` | `(string) -> bool` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when the path exists and host metadata classifies it as a regular file. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Rich metadata, symlink policy, stable platform file-kind model. |
-| `std.fs.is_dir` | `(string) -> bool` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when the path exists and host metadata classifies it as a directory. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Directory handles, enumeration, recursive traversal, symlink policy, stable platform file-kind model. |
+| `std.fs.is_dir` | `(string) -> bool` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Returns `true` when the path exists and host metadata classifies it as a directory. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Directory handles, enumeration, recursive traversal, symlink policy, stable platform file-kind model. |
-| `std.fs.remove_file_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Removes one file; success returns `ok 0`, while ordinary host failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Recursive removal, directory removal, rich host errors, platform-specific error codes. |
+| `std.fs.remove_file_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Removes one file; success returns `ok 0`, while ordinary host failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Recursive removal, directory removal, rich host errors, platform-specific error codes. |
-| `std.fs.create_dir_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Creates one directory; success returns `ok 0`, while existing paths or ordinary host failure return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Recursive creation, permissions/mode policy, directory handles, rich host errors, platform-specific error codes. |
+| `std.fs.create_dir_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Creates one directory; success returns `ok 0`, while existing paths or ordinary host failure return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Recursive creation, permissions/mode policy, directory handles, rich host errors, platform-specific error codes. |
-| `std.fs.open_text_read_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Opens a text file for read-only resource-handle flow; success returns `ok handle` where `handle` is a positive opaque process-local `i32`, and ordinary open or handle-table failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Writable handles, binary IO, directory handles, process handles, sockets, async IO, platform-specific error codes, stable handle ABI/layout. |
+| `std.fs.open_text_read_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Opens a text file for read-only resource-handle flow; success returns `ok handle` where `handle` is a positive opaque process-local `i32`, and ordinary open or handle-table failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Writable handles, binary IO, directory handles, process handles, sockets, async IO, platform-specific error codes, stable handle ABI/layout. |
-| `std.fs.read_open_text_result` | `(i32) -> (result string i32)` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Reads remaining text from an open read handle; success returns `ok text`, while invalid, closed, or failed reads return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Chunked reads, seek, buffering controls, binary IO, async IO, platform-specific error codes, stable handle ABI/layout. |
+| `std.fs.read_open_text_result` | `(i32) -> (result string i32)` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Reads remaining text from an open read handle; success returns `ok text`, while invalid, closed, or failed reads return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Chunked reads, seek, buffering controls, binary IO, async IO, platform-specific error codes, stable handle ABI/layout. |
-| `std.fs.close_result` | `(i32) -> (result i32 i32)` | post-`1.0.0-beta.1` main | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Closes an open resource handle; success returns `ok 0`, while invalid, closed, or failed close operations return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Finalizers, destructors, affine ownership, automatic cleanup, stable handle ABI/layout. |
+| `std.fs.close_result` | `(i32) -> (result i32 i32)` | `1.0.0-beta.2` | `examples/projects/std-layout-local-fs` | Closes an open resource handle; success returns `ok 0`, while invalid, closed, or failed close operations return `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no schema change. | Finalizers, destructors, affine ownership, automatic cleanup, stable handle ABI/layout. |
 | `std.random.i32` | `() -> i32` | exp-11 | `examples/supported/random.slo` | Returns a non-negative implementation-owned random `i32`; unavailable randomness traps as `slovo runtime error: random i32 unavailable`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no randomness-specific schema field. | Seed APIs, crypto/security promises, ranges, bytes, floats, UUIDs, stable RNG ABI/layout. |
 | `std.io.read_stdin_result` | `() -> (result string i32)` | exp-12 | `examples/supported/stdin-result.slo` | Reads remaining stdin as text; success returns `ok` text, ordinary EOF with no bytes returns `ok ""`, ordinary host/input failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no stdin-specific schema field. | Trap stdin, line APIs, prompts, terminal mode, binary/streaming/async stdin. |
 | `std.string.parse_i32_result` | `(string) -> (result i32 i32)` | exp-13 | `examples/supported/string-parse-i32-result.slo` | Parses an entire ASCII decimal signed `i32`; success returns `ok` value, ordinary parse failure returns `err 1`. | Uses existing standard-runtime usage recording if present; no parse-specific schema field. | Trap parse, floats/bools/bytes, trimming, locale/radix/underscore/plus parsing, rich parse errors, Unicode digits, slicing/indexing. |

docs/language/examples/README.md

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Examples are split by current compiler support.
 Entries in this section are current compiler support under the matching
 release notes. The current compiler-supported language baseline is
 `1.0.0-beta`; `1.0.0-beta.1` adds tooling/install hardening without changing
-these source-language fixtures. The language baseline absorbs the final
+these source-language fixtures. `1.0.0-beta.2` adds beta-scoped
-exp-125 unsigned precursor scope alongside the already promoted
+runtime/resource foundation APIs. The language baseline absorbs the final
-project/package, stdlib-source, collection, composite-data, formatter, and
+exp-125 unsigned precursor scope alongside the already promoted project/package,
-diagnostics surface.
+stdlib-source, collection, composite-data, formatter, and diagnostics surface.
 
 `supported/add.slo` is the current executable promotion fixture. Glagol can parse it,
 lower it, type-check it, emit LLVM for it, and cover that output with an automated

docs/papers/GLAGOL_WHITEPAPER.md

@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 Sanjin Gumbarevic<br>
 hermeticum_lab@protonmail.com
 
-Publication release: `1.0.0-beta.1`
+Publication release: `1.0.0-beta.2`
 
 Technical behavior baseline: compiler and language support through
-`1.0.0-beta`; tooling and install workflow through `1.0.0-beta.1`
+`1.0.0-beta`; tooling and install workflow through `1.0.0-beta.1`;
+runtime/resource foundation through `1.0.0-beta.2`
 
 Date: 2026-05-22
 
 Evidence source: paired local Slovo/Glagol monorepo verification and benchmark
-reruns from a local checkout; beta.1 release-gate verification from the public
+reruns from a local checkout; beta.2 release-gate verification from the public
 monorepo
 
 Maturity: beta
@@ -25,14 +26,16 @@ Slovo. It exists to make the language support boundary inspectable: tokens,
 S-expression tree, AST, typed AST, LLVM IR, hosted native executable, tests,
 diagnostics, and release documents should agree.
 
-The current publication release, `1.0.0-beta.1`, keeps the first real
+The current publication release, `1.0.0-beta.2`, keeps the first real
 general-purpose beta toolchain baseline from `1.0.0-beta` and records the
-first post-beta tooling/install hardening update. The beta baseline includes
+first post-beta tooling/install hardening update plus the first
+runtime/resource foundation update. The beta baseline includes
 the completed `u32` / `u64` unsigned compiler and stdlib breadth scope
 alongside the current nine-kernel benchmark suite. This paper records the
 current beta implementation surface, the benchmark method and results, the
-distinction between Glagol and Lisp-family implementations, the beta.1
+distinction between Glagol and Lisp-family implementations, the beta.1 tooling
-tooling update, and the compiler path from beta to stable.
+update, the beta.2 runtime/resource foundation, and the compiler path from beta
+to stable.
 
 ## 1. Compiler Thesis
 
@@ -116,8 +119,9 @@ At the current technical behavior beta baseline, Glagol supports:
 - benchmark scaffolds for Slovo, C, Rust, Python, Clojure, and Common
   Lisp/SBCL, with `cold-process` and `hot-loop` timing modes
 
-The current release, `1.0.0-beta.1`, is a beta tooling update on the first
+The current release, `1.0.0-beta.2`, is a beta runtime/resource foundation
-release that may honestly use beta maturity language for this toolchain.
+update on the first release line that may honestly use beta maturity language
+for this toolchain.
 
 ## 4. Diagnostics And Support Discipline
 
@@ -273,8 +277,9 @@ python3 benchmarks/vec-string-eq-loop/run.py --mode cold-process --repeats 3 --w
 ## 7. Benchmark Results
 
 The benchmark rows below remain the full-suite `1.0.0-beta` publication
-baseline. `1.0.0-beta.1` changes tooling and install workflow only; it does
+baseline. `1.0.0-beta.1` changes tooling and install workflow, and
-not claim changed benchmark performance.
+`1.0.0-beta.2` adds runtime/resource APIs; neither release claims changed
+benchmark performance.
 
 The exp-123 publication baseline widened the paired same-machine result set
 from seven rows to nine by adding two owned-vector kernels:
@@ -362,10 +367,11 @@ coverage and compatibility:
 - package behavior becoming stable before dependency, manifest, and versioning
   rules are precise
 
-## 9. Path Beyond `1.0.0-beta.1`
+## 9. Path Beyond `1.0.0-beta.2`
 
-Glagol now implements the first real beta Slovo contract and has a first
+Glagol now implements the first real beta Slovo contract, the first
-post-beta tooling/install hardening release. The remaining path is from beta
+post-beta tooling/install hardening release, and the first runtime/resource
+foundation release. The remaining path is from beta
 to stable.
 
 Recommended compiler sequence:

docs/papers/SLOVO_WHITEPAPER.md

@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 Sanjin Gumbarevic<br>
 hermeticum_lab@protonmail.com
 
-Publication release: `1.0.0-beta.1`
+Publication release: `1.0.0-beta.2`
 
 Technical behavior baseline: language surface through `1.0.0-beta`; tooling
-and install workflow through `1.0.0-beta.1`
+and install workflow through `1.0.0-beta.1`; runtime/resource foundation through
+`1.0.0-beta.2`
 
 Date: 2026-05-22
 
 Evidence source: paired local Slovo/Glagol monorepo verification and benchmark
-reruns from a local checkout; beta.1 release-gate verification from the public
+reruns from a local checkout; beta.2 release-gate verification from the public
 monorepo
 
 Maturity: beta
@@ -28,14 +29,16 @@ explicit types, explicit failure through `option` and `result`, lexical
 `unsafe`, and native compilation through the Glagol compiler to LLVM IR and
 hosted executables.
 
-The current publication release, `1.0.0-beta.1`, keeps the first real
+The current publication release, `1.0.0-beta.2`, keeps the first real
 general-purpose beta language baseline from `1.0.0-beta` and records the first
-post-beta tooling/install hardening update. The beta baseline includes the
+post-beta tooling/install hardening update plus the first runtime/resource
+foundation update. The beta baseline includes the
 completed `u32` / `u64` unsigned scope, the staged stdlib breadth that makes
 ordinary command-line programs practical, and the current nine-kernel
 benchmark suite. This paper records the current beta technical state, the
 difference between Slovo and Lisp-family languages, the benchmark methodology,
-the beta.1 tooling update, and the remaining path from beta to stable.
+the beta.1 tooling update, the beta.2 runtime/resource foundation, and the
+remaining path from beta to stable.
 
 ## 1. Scope
 
@@ -351,8 +354,9 @@ python3 benchmarks/vec-string-eq-loop/run.py --mode cold-process --repeats 3 --w
 ## 7. Benchmark Results
 
 The benchmark rows below remain the full-suite `1.0.0-beta` publication
-baseline. `1.0.0-beta.1` changes tooling and install workflow only; it does
+baseline. `1.0.0-beta.1` changes tooling and install workflow, and
-not claim changed benchmark performance.
+`1.0.0-beta.2` adds runtime/resource APIs; neither release claims changed
+benchmark performance.
 
 The exp-123 publication baseline widened the paired same-machine result set
 from seven rows to nine by adding two owned-vector kernels:
@@ -473,11 +477,12 @@ Major remaining gaps before `1.0.0`:
 - semantic versioning and deprecation policy
 - a clear separation between stable and experimental features
 
-## 10. Path Beyond `1.0.0-beta.1`
+## 10. Path Beyond `1.0.0-beta.2`
 
 The beta threshold is now real. The next work should treat `1.0.0-beta` as
-the language compatibility-governed baseline, and `1.0.0-beta.1` as the first
+the language compatibility-governed baseline, `1.0.0-beta.1` as the first
-tooling/install hardening point, then move deliberately toward stable
+tooling/install hardening point, and `1.0.0-beta.2` as the first
+runtime/resource foundation point, then move deliberately toward stable
 general-purpose status.
 
 Recommended sequence: