Adopt the updated release policy

docs/release.md

@@ -7,11 +7,32 @@ Woodpecker reports binary delivery separately.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Use Bash, Git, and Go 1.25.5 or newer. The authoritative remote is `origin`,
+Use Bash and Git. The authoritative remote is `origin`,
 which must point to `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita.git`; the
 primary branch is `main`. Source publication needs no delivery credential.
 Woodpecker uses the existing `GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN` secret for delivery.
 
+The source-build minimum is Go 1.25.5, declared in [go.mod](../go.mod).
+This patch minimum is required by the selected PromptKit dependency.
+Distributed executables do not require a Go installation. The selected release
+toolchain is Go 1.25.5, matching the current Woodpecker image and distributed
+runtime notices. Use that local installation for tool bootstrap, candidate
+validation, and release builds. Replace the installation path below with its
+actual directory:
+
+```sh
+export PATH="/path/to/go1.25.5/bin:$PATH"
+export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+go version
+```
+
+Record the reported toolchain with the validation results. The
+[release policy](policy/release.md#consumer-minimum-and-release-toolchain)
+governs the distinction between the consumer minimum and release toolchain,
+support across a Go series, and versioning of minimum increases. When selecting
+a different release toolchain, update the CI image and applicable runtime
+attribution together; a newer build patch alone need not raise the minimum.
+
 Prepare dependencies before offline candidate validation:
 
 ```sh