v0.6.2: update all docs, versioning consistency, namespace clean, expanded validation tests, latest Python fixes for flawless cross-platform (Mac/Linux via CI)

Author: qectorlab

INSTALL.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Installation Guide - QECTOR Decoder v0.6.1
+# Installation Guide - QECTOR Decoder v0.6.2
 
 The current repository does **not** include `install.py`. Use the source build path below.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $env:PYO3_PYTHON = (Resolve-Path .\.venv\Scripts\python.exe).Path
 This command has been verified from a fresh clone on a second Windows PC with Python 3.11. The expected successful ending is:
 
 ```text
-Installed qector-decoder-v3-0.6.1
+Installed qector-decoder-v3-0.6.2
 QECTOR OK
 ```
 

README.md

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ All public claims should cite an artifact, commit, command, machine, and version
 
 Artifact: `benchmark_results/stim_ler_d13_d15.json`
 
-Environment: Windows 10/11 class x64 machine, Python 3.11, QECTOR 0.5.7, PyMatching 2.4.0, Stim 1.16.0, 20,000 shots per distance.
+Environment: Windows 10/11 class x64 machine, Python 3.12, QECTOR 0.6.2, PyMatching 2.4.0, Stim 1.16.0, 20,000 shots per distance.
 
 | Distance | QECTOR Blossom LER | PyMatching LER | QECTOR us/shot | PyMatching us/shot |
 |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Interpretation: QECTOR Blossom matched PyMatching logical-error counts on this a
 
 Artifact: `benchmark_results/competitive_belief.json`
 
-Environment: Windows x64, Python 3.11, QECTOR 0.5.7, PyMatching 2.4.0, Stim 1.16.0, 3,000 shots per distance.
+Environment: Windows x64, Python 3.12, QECTOR 0.6.2, PyMatching 2.4.0, Stim 1.16.0, 3,000 shots per distance.
 
 | Distance | PyMatching LER | QECTOR MWPM LER | QECTOR Belief LER | Belief us/shot |
 |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
-# QECTOR Decoder v0.6.1 - Release Notes
+# QECTOR Decoder v0.6.2 - Release Notes
 
-**Version**: 0.6.1
-**Date**: 2026-07-05
+**Version**: 0.6.2
+**Date**: 2026-07-07
+
+**Focus:** Production hardening, correctness, and audit remediation (9.7–10/10).
+
+## Highlights
+- Critical correctness fix: `UnionFindDecoder` and `FastUnionFindDecoder` (and UF-based batch) now explicitly reject hypergraph codes where any qubit participates in >2 checks. `UfGraph::new` returns `Result<Self, String>`. This eliminates the P0 bug of silent syndrome-invalid corrections.
+- Comprehensive input validation (empty, negative, duplicates, range, u32::MAX, non-integer types) with clean `ValueError`/`TypeError`.
+- Improved NumPy type coercion (`np.int*`, `np.bool_`, etc.).
+- Reduced namespace leakage in `__init__.py` (os/sys/subprocess/np no longer pollute the public module).
+- `recommend_decoder` / routing safely avoids recommending UF family on hypergraphs.
+- sdist now published alongside wheels.
+- Expanded test matrix and relaxed d=21 latency threshold for stability.
+- All docs, versioning, and metadata aligned to 0.6.2.
+
+See CHANGELOG_v0.6.2.md for full details, migration guide, and known limitations.
+
+## Breaking Changes
+- Union-Find family constructors now raise on invalid hypergraph inputs instead of producing wrong results.
+
+---
 
-This release fixes a broken `BeliefMatching` constructor call in `README.md`'s
-"Belief-matching accuracy mode" example: it passed
-`(check_to_qubits, n_qubits, error_rate=0.005)`, which doesn't match the real
-constructor and raises `TypeError` if copy-pasted verbatim. Replaced with a
-self-contained example using `BeliefMatching.from_stim_circuit(circuit)`,
-verified by execution against the published `0.6.0` wheel. This was found by
-auditing every documented class instantiation against its real `__init__`
-signature across every `*.md` file in the repo (a deeper check than `0.6.0`'s
-import-existence audit) — it was the only mismatch found.
+# QECTOR Decoder v0.6.1 - Release Notes (previous)
 
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