diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e634d4..ff549e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.0-beta.1 (candidate, not published)
+## 0.1.0-beta.1
+
+Published on 1 November 2026 (Europe/Kyiv) to [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1)
+and as a [GitHub prerelease](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta.1).
+[Archive hashes and registry-consumer checks](docs/evidence/release-beta1.json).
 
 - Define the supported beta API, error precedence and migration boundary; retain Rust 1.88, no_std and zero dependencies.
 - Add downstream-style tests for minimal trait bounds and simultaneous conflicts. Runtime source is unchanged from alpha.5.
diff --git a/PACKAGE.md b/PACKAGE.md
index d00ee2f..b9655b7 100644
--- a/PACKAGE.md
+++ b/PACKAGE.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # edit-session
 
-**Beta candidate:** the checkout prepares `0.1.0-beta.1`; it is not published.
-The latest published package remains `0.1.0-alpha.5`. See the
-[compatibility boundary](docs/COMPATIBILITY.md) before upgrading.
+**Published beta:** `0.1.0-beta.1` is available on
+[crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1), verified 1 November 2026
+(Europe/Kyiv). Read the [compatibility boundary](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/blob/main/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md) before upgrading.
 
 A small, toolkit-independent Rust library for preview, validation and commit
 lifecycles. **`no_std`, zero runtime dependencies, Rust 1.88+.** MIT OR Apache-2.0.
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ Add a published copy of this prerelease to your dependencies:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-edit-session = "=0.1.0-alpha.5"
+edit-session = "=0.1.0-beta.1"
 ```
 
-This is an experimental alpha. Pin an exact version and keep `Cargo.lock` for
+This is an experimental beta. Pin an exact version and keep `Cargo.lock` for
 applications. Read the
-[compatibility policy](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/blob/main/docs/RELEASING.md#alpha-compatibility)
+[compatibility policy](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/blob/main/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md)
 before upgrading. For other distribution options and current publication status,
 see the [project README](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session#use-from-another-project).
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afcb5fe..7768f19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # edit-session
 
-**Beta candidate:** the checkout prepares `0.1.0-beta.1`; it is not published.
-The latest published package remains `0.1.0-alpha.5`. See the
-[compatibility boundary](docs/COMPATIBILITY.md) before upgrading.
+**Published beta:** `0.1.0-beta.1` is available on
+[crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1), verified 1 November 2026
+(Europe/Kyiv). Read the [compatibility boundary](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/blob/main/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md) before upgrading.
 
 Keep an editable draft separate from live data, then check that its document, target
 and revision are still current before the host applies a change. A standalone Rust
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ development tool is optional. Neither project depends on the other.
 
 ## Current prerelease
 
-**[0.1.0-alpha.5 on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-alpha.5) · published 27 October 2026 (Europe/Kyiv) · Rust 1.88+**
+**[0.1.0-beta.1 on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1) · published 1 November 2026 (Europe/Kyiv) · Rust 1.88+**
 
-**[GitHub prerelease and checksums](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/tag/v0.1.0-alpha.5)** · **[API documentation](https://docs.rs/edit-session/0.1.0-alpha.5/edit_session/)** · [Download the crate](https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-alpha.5/download) · [SHA-256 and installation evidence](docs/evidence/release-alpha5.json) · [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) · [Use as a dependency](#use-from-another-project)
+**[GitHub prerelease and checksums](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta.1)** · **[API documentation](https://docs.rs/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1/edit_session/)** · [Download the crate](https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1/download) · [SHA-256 and installation evidence](docs/evidence/release-beta1.json) · [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) · [Use as a dependency](#use-from-another-project)
 
 <details>
-<summary>Published package snapshot and verification</summary>
+<summary>Historical alpha.5 package snapshot and verification</summary>
 
 ![edit-session alpha 5, published on crates.io 27 October 2026: 0 runtime dependencies, 25 scoped checks and a 41.3 KiB source archive. Check live state, attempt the host command, retain fields and draft on rejection, and close on success.](docs/assets/release.svg)
 
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ remains available.
 
 </details>
 
-Trying the alpha? [Report a bug](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml)
-with your revision and a short sequence of calls, or read the [alpha compatibility policy](docs/RELEASING.md#alpha-compatibility).
+Trying the beta? [Report a bug](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml)
+with your revision and a short sequence of calls, or read the [beta compatibility policy](docs/COMPATIBILITY.md).
 
 ## Retry after a rejected command
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ correction, Cancel, preserved Redo and duplicate confirmation.
 From a checkout of this release:
 
 ```sh
-git clone --branch v0.1.0-alpha.5 --depth 1 https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session.git
+git clone --branch v0.1.0-beta.1 --depth 1 https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session.git
 cd edit-session
 cargo run --locked --example retry_command
 cargo test --locked --example retry_command
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ cargo test --locked --example retry_command
 
 This uses the existing API; the host owns atomic command rejection and UI state.
 These model tests do not substitute for consumer UI regressions. [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
-and [release preparation](docs/RELEASING.md) describe the published alpha and its package checks.
+and [release preparation](docs/RELEASING.md) describe the published beta and its package checks.
 
 ## Evidence and trade-offs
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dated measurements. Each figure has a source and a defined scope.
 | Proposal/check loop | **999 pairs; 0 additional clones** | [Instrumented test](tests/lifecycle.rs); one clone at construction, one more on Reset; caller work excluded |
 | Integration cost | **+217 production UI lines** | [267 added / 50 removed](docs/ADOPTION.md#count-the-cost-as-well); no total-code or speed improvement is claimed |
 
-**Experimental, 0.1.0-alpha.5.** Maintained by [PerchAnton](https://github.com/PerchAnton).
+**Experimental beta, 0.1.0-beta.1.** Maintained by [PerchAnton](https://github.com/PerchAnton).
 Available on crates.io and as a Git dependency. PhotoCraft and PdfCraft
 integrations are proposed and await upstream approval.
 
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ sequence and shared report help your consumer. The [API contracts](src/lib.rs) a
 Add this exact prerelease to your crate's `[dependencies]`:
 
 ```toml
-edit-session = "=0.1.0-alpha.5"
+edit-session = "=0.1.0-beta.1"
 ```
 
 Commit the resulting `Cargo.lock`. For a Git dependency, the same release is pinned
-at revision `6bbf13256a8240076ec4d6f8c4ea13477a7c5876`.
+at revision `e3da338fdfa15190f98111cb57f9b3f25c1c2f2f`.
 The companion
 [interaction-check](https://github.com/PerchAnton/interaction-check) project replays semantic
 scenarios against adapters using this library.
diff --git a/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md b/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md
index f3d5004..aef004d 100644
--- a/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md
+++ b/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Beta compatibility boundary
 
-`0.1.0-beta.1` is a release candidate, not a published or stable release. The last
-published version is `0.1.0-alpha.5`. No runtime implementation changes are needed
-for this candidate; the added checks make the intended consumer contract explicit.
+`0.1.0-beta.1` was published on 1 November 2026 (Europe/Kyiv); it remains a
+prerelease, not a stable 1.0 release. Runtime implementation is unchanged from
+`0.1.0-alpha.5`; the added checks make the intended consumer contract explicit.
+[Publication and registry checks](evidence/release-beta1.json).
 
 ## Supported surface
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ lock. An `Rc<RefCell<_>>` clone is not an independent snapshot.
 
 ## Upgrading and evidence
 
-Pin the exact prerelease (`=0.1.0-beta.1` once published). Re-run the host's native
+Pin the exact prerelease (`=0.1.0-beta.1`). Re-run the host's native
 regressions before changing the pin. The beta adds no fields to stored documents:
 sessions are in-memory state, not a serialization format. Error variants are for
 branching; Display/Debug prose and memory layout are not a machine protocol.
diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md
index 0f683ad..54dad27 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASING.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASING.md
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-# Releases and alpha compatibility
+# Releases and compatibility
 
-The next candidate is `0.1.0-beta.1`. [Its compatibility contract](COMPATIBILITY.md)
-adds consumer tests without changing the runtime. Do not describe it as published
-until the existing exact-tag/archive and registry read-back gates below pass.
-The alpha history below describes already published versions.
+## Published beta
 
-## Published prerelease
+**[0.1.0-beta.1 on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1)**
+was published on **1 November 2026 (Europe/Kyiv)** through
+[Trusted Publishing](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/actions/runs/41309450079).
+The [GitHub prerelease](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta.1)
+attaches the exact checked archive and checksum. Registry and GitHub downloads
+match; a fresh no_std registry consumer passed 3 contract and 16 lifecycle tests.
+[Receipt](evidence/release-beta1.json) and [beta contract](COMPATIBILITY.md).
+Runtime source remains unchanged from alpha.5. Do not upload this version again.
+
+## Previous published prerelease: alpha.5
 
 **[0.1.0-alpha.5 on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/edit-session/0.1.0-alpha.5)**
 was published on **27 October 2026 (Europe/Kyiv)** through Trusted Publishing.
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ Do not present an alpha release as the latest stable release.
 
 ## Registry publication
 
-### Published version
+### Earlier publication: alpha.5
 
 `0.1.0-alpha.5` is **published on crates.io** through
 [workflow 40463972786](https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/actions/runs/40463972786).
@@ -137,11 +143,11 @@ Use a fresh consumer project and the exact prerelease dependency:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-edit-session = "=0.1.0-alpha.5"
+edit-session = "=0.1.0-beta.1"
 ```
 
 Run `cargo check`, confirm `Cargo.lock` names the crates.io source (not a path/Git
-override), and check the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/edit-session/0.1.0-alpha.5/).
+override), and check the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/edit-session/0.1.0-beta.1/).
 Only then mark the README/changelog as published. Never
 overwrite a published version; fixes require a new version.
 
diff --git a/docs/evidence/release-beta1.json b/docs/evidence/release-beta1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9483a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/release-beta1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  "checked_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:32.735656+02:00",
+  "version": "0.1.0-beta.1",
+  "commit": "e3da338fdfa15190f98111cb57f9b3f25c1c2f2f",
+  "tag": "v0.1.0-beta.1",
+  "registry": {
+    "version": "0.1.0-beta.1",
+    "sha256": "728d31d355327c086c172ac8927d9822375dae606b198b4784f7c05b80d0455e",
+    "url": "https://static.crates.io/crates/edit-session/edit-session-0.1.0-beta.1.crate",
+    "workflow_match": true,
+    "consumer_lock": {
+      "name": "edit-session",
+      "version": "0.1.0-beta.1",
+      "source": "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index",
+      "checksum": "728d31d355327c086c172ac8927d9822375dae606b198b4784f7c05b80d0455e"
+    }
+  },
+  "github_release": "https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta.1",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "workflow": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/actions/runs/41309450079",
+    "conclusion": "success",
+    "head_sha": "e3da338fdfa15190f98111cb57f9b3f25c1c2f2f"
+  },
+  "github_assets": [
+    {
+      "name": "edit-session-0.1.0-beta.1.crate",
+      "sha256": "728d31d355327c086c172ac8927d9822375dae606b198b4784f7c05b80d0455e",
+      "bytes": 44723,
+      "url": "https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/download/v0.1.0-beta.1/edit-session-0.1.0-beta.1.crate"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "SHA256SUMS",
+      "sha256": "bca6a218ef4ec2fa9b84bed3b86c94731693f42a557526d60db13d85b2dde8fd",
+      "bytes": 98,
+      "url": "https://github.com/PerchAnton/edit-session/releases/download/v0.1.0-beta.1/SHA256SUMS"
+    }
+  ],
+  "installed_checks": {
+    "toolchain": "Rust 1.88.0",
+    "source": "crates.io exact dependency, no path override",
+    "no_std_consumer": true,
+    "contract_tests": 3,
+    "lifecycle_tests": 16,
+    "result": "passed"
+  },
+  "limitations": "These checks validate the published package and documented examples, not external adoption or consumer source-policy approval. Release archives and tags remain immutable; this receipt is recorded after publication."
+}