release: prepare CLI 1.6.0 and verify new packaged installs

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The production promotion advertises four components that npm payload-components@1.5.0 does not contain. Prepare 1.6.0 so the CLI release can accompany #554's site deployment.

• Bump the package to 1.6.0; the dependency lockfile has no root version field and needs no dependency changes.
• Extend the packed-artifact gate to install and reinstall Collection Query, Contact Form Basic, Post Hero, and Author Card using the isolated tarball's plain-Node CLI. Check unique page wiring, installed state and files, and unchanged hosts/no generators for file-only article components. Keep the existing Hero Basic demo-seed test and package immutability check.
• Document the release sequence: promotion to main, an exact-version GitHub release on the reviewed production commit, successful package publishing, and clean installs against the published version plus live registry verification before announcing completion.

Validation: pnpm test:pack passed (35.85 seconds, all five components); formatting, targeted ESLint, Fumadocs generation, TypeScript, and git diff --check passed. The required full GitHub release gate must pass before integration.

This preparation does not merge #554 or publish npm. New PRs #564–#567 and unfinished local audit work are outside this narrowly scoped release preparation.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for four components: collection-query, contact-form-basic, post-hero, and author-card.
  • Published package version 1.6.0.

• Documentation

  • Expanded the public registry release checklist with guidance for CLI package publishing, production verification, and testing newly released commands.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated
payload-components	Ready	Preview	Sep 7, 2026 3:46pm UTC
payload-components-97bf	Ready	Preview	Sep 7, 2026 3:46pm UTC

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The package version changes to 1.6.0. Packed-artifact integration tests cover four additional components and repeated installation. The operations documentation adds a coordinated CLI release checklist.

Changes

CLI release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Package version and packed-artifact validation package.json, tests/int/payload-components-pack.int.spec.ts	The package version changes from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0. Integration tests cover four additional components, repeated add commands, file-only behavior, shipped files, and installation state.
Coordinated release checklist content/docs/operations.mdx	The release checklist documents package versioning, pnpm test:pack, GitHub release tagging, Package Publish workflow checks, registry verification, and testing from the exact published version.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a162a

This updates the CLI to version 1.6.0, expands packaged-install coverage for additional components, and documents the release sequence. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description provides a useful summary, validation results, registry-release sequence, and scope notes. However, it does not use the required template sections and does not include the required `pn…	Restructure the description using ## Summary, ## Verification, ## Registry Checklist, and ## Notes. Add the pnpm test:release checkbox and address each required registry checklist item explicitly, including whether it is complete …

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the CLI 1.6.0 release preparation and packaged-install verification, which are the main changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description provides a useful summary, validation results, registry-release sequence, and scope notes. However, it does not use the required template sections and does not include the required pnpm test:release verification item or the three Registry Checklist items.

Resolution

Restructure the description using ## Summary, ## Verification, ## Registry Checklist, and ## Notes. Add the pnpm test:release checkbox and address each required registry checklist item explicitly, including whether it is complete or remains pending.

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