release v2.18.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to Ergo will be documented in this file.
 
-## [2.18.0-rc1] - 2026-03-15
+## [2.18.0] - 2026-03-22
 
-We're pleased to be publishing the release candidate for v2.18.0 (the official release should follow within a week or so). This release adds support for PostgreSQL and SQLite as history backends, expands the HTTP API, and includes bug fixes and minor improvements.
+We're pleased to be publishing the v2.18.0, a new stable release. This release adds support for PostgreSQL and SQLite as history backends, expands the HTTP API, and includes bug fixes and minor improvements.
 
 This release includes changes to the config file format, all of which are fully backwards-compatible and do not require updating the file before upgrading. It includes no changes to the database file format.
 
-Due to the additional database drivers included in the default build, the size of the Ergo executable binary has increased since v2.17.0 (for example, the Linux binary for x86-64 has increased from 16.2 MiB to 26.1 MiB). See [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/BUILD.md) if you need to build a smaller binary. Conversely, if you were already building from source, you may need to adjust your build commands in order to maintain parity; consult that file for details.
+Due to the additional database drivers included in the default build, the size of the Ergo executable binary has increased since v2.17.0 (for example, the Linux binary for x86-64 has increased from 16.2 MiB to 26.1 MiB). See [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/stable/docs/BUILD.md) if you need to build a smaller binary. Conversely, if you were already building from source, you may need to adjust your build commands in order to maintain parity; consult that file for details.
 
 Many thanks to [@clbm87](https://github.com/clbm87), [@emersion](https://github.com/emersion), [@felix](https://github.com/felix), flurry, [@furudean](https://github.com/furudean), [@k4ct0](https://github.com/k4ct0), [@mauropcorrea](https://github.com/mauropcorrea), [@NyaaaWhatsUpDoc](https://github.com/NyaaaWhatsUpDoc), [@poVoq](https://github.com/poVoq), [@progval](https://github.com/progval), [@rys](https://github.com/rys), Stryker, and th0th for helpful discussions, contributing patches, reporting issues, and helping test.
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Many thanks to [@clbm87](https://github.com/clbm87), [@emersion](https://github.
 * Reduced the deadline for `proxy: true` listeners to read the PROXY protocol header from 1 minute to 5 seconds (#2334)
 
 ### Internal
-* Added build tags to control which optional features are built; see [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/BUILD.md) for details (#2356)
+* Added build tags to control which optional features are built; see [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/stable/docs/BUILD.md) for details (#2356)
 * Official release builds use Go 1.26.1 (#2330)
 
 ## [2.17.0] - 2025-12-22

README.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ You can also clone this repository and build from source. A quick start guide:
 1. `make`
 1. You should now have a binary named `ergo` in the working directory.
 
-Ergo vendors all its dependencies, so you will not need to fetch any dependencies remotely. For more information, including on build customization, see [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/BUILD.md).
+Ergo vendors all its dependencies, so you will not need to fetch any dependencies remotely. For more information, including on build customization, see [docs/BUILD.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/stable/docs/BUILD.md).
 
 For information on contributing to Ergo, see [DEVELOPING.md](https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/DEVELOPING.md).
 

irc/version.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import "fmt"
 
 const (
 	// SemVer is the semantic version of Ergo.
-	SemVer = "2.18.0-rc1"
+	SemVer = "2.18.0"
 )
 
 var (