chore: prepare release 1.2.1

Author: wphillipmoore

CHANGELOG.md

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 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2026-03-02
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- reorder publish workflow to tag before registry publish (#210)
+- use job-level env for Maven Central secret gate (#211)
+- correct relative links to mapping-pipeline in api/ensure and api/sync (#219)
+- LTPA cookie extraction uses prefix matching for suffixed cookie names (#233)
+
+### CI
+
+- remove SonarCloud and Code Climate workflows (#196)
+- implement three-tier CI architecture (#198)
+- add concurrency group to ci-push workflow (#240)
+
+### Documentation
+
+- replace stale script references with st-* commands (#195)
+- fix index page mismatches and restructure nav for LHS sidebar (#215)
+- merge ensure and sync documentation into single pages (#217)
+- add cross-repo documentation links to docs site (#235)
+- document local MQ environment scripts for AI agents (#241)
+
+### Features
+
+- port 6 runnable examples and add integration tests (#226)
+- auto-generate all MQSC command methods from mapping-data.json (#230)
+
+### Refactoring
+
+- rename 3 abbreviated and single-char variables to descriptive names (#224)
+- move examples to examples/ directory and include in build (#228)
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-02-24
 
 ### Bug fixes

releases/v1.2.1.md

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+
+# Release 1.2.0 (2026-02-24)
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- **add type-specific queue delete methods and remove integration test workarounds (#190)**
+Add deleteQlocal, deleteQremote, deleteQalias, and deleteQmodel methods to MqRestSession. Replace all raw mqscCommand() workarounds in integration tests with the new public API methods, achieving parity with the Python, Go, and Ruby SDKs.
+
+
+## CI
+
+- **add SonarCloud quality analysis to CI (#180)**
+- **add SonarCloud post-merge workflow (#181)**
+Runs SonarCloud analysis on push to develop so the project dashboard reflects the latest merged code.
+
+- **add Code Climate (Qlty) coverage upload (#183)**
+Add codeclimate job to ci.yml and codeclimate.yml post-merge workflow for Qlty Cloud coverage tracking via OIDC.
+
+- **assign unique REST API ports per integration test matrix entry (#186)**
+* ci: assign unique REST API ports per integration test matrix entry
+
+
+## Features
+
+- **run integration tests with same Java version matrix as unit tests (#184)**
+Integration tests now run against Java 17, 21, and 25-ea instead of only 17, matching the unit test matrix for consistent coverage.
+
+
+## Testing
+
+- **add LTPA auth integration test (#188)**
+Adds LTPA authentication test to match Python, Go, and Ruby integration test coverage. Uses Assumptions.abort() to gracefully skip on MQ developer containers that do not return LtpaToken2 cookies.