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 # Status
 
-pre-1.0. No git tags. `main` is the stable branch and `next` the development
-branch, which every PR targets. The frontend and the Go backend ship as one
-Docker image, and the Gitea workflow `.gitea/workflows/check.yml` runs
-`script/cibuild` on every push, and cancels the older run on the same branch.
-Working toward 1.0.0.
+pre-1.0. Release candidates are tagged on `next`, the first being `v1.0.0-rc1`;
+`git tag --merged origin/next` lists them. `main` is the stable branch and
+`next` the development branch, which every PR targets. The frontend and the Go
+backend ship as one Docker image, and the Gitea workflow
+`.gitea/workflows/check.yml` runs `script/cibuild` on every push, and cancels
+the older run on the same branch. Working toward 1.0.0.
 
 # Next Step
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ Run `make frontend-viewport-test` in CI as its own step; it is not part of
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-19: Status names `v1.0.0-rc1`, the first release candidate, and says
+  release candidates are tagged on `next`, where it said there were no git tags
+  ([#157](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/issues/157)). The rest of Status
+  matches the tree
 - 2026-10-19: `netwatch-server` starts the server only when given no arguments
   ([#179](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/issues/179)). `check-cidr CIDR` and
   `prepare-data-dir DATA_DIR` behave as before; any other arguments, such as a