From 2c3ab7d4166ee1b3c11bd3f5b2e4621ecbf2fd0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Davenport <35202271+hd152@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:22:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Release 2.2.6

Real GPU-hardware measurement (--use-gpu currently a net loss on a
4GB card, root-caused and partially mitigated), the native Gaussian
blur kernel extended to per-channel (H,W,C) blurs, DBE's entropy
filter and regression-surface upsample fused/optimized, and --auto's
robust_pca auto-upgrade ceiling widened from N=10 to N=25 frames.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++
 VERSION      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2117da3..e8f4cf1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ match the `VERSION` file and `v*` git tags.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.2.6] - 2026-09-22
+
 ### Changed
 
 - **`--use-gpu` real-hardware finding: currently a net loss on a 4GB card for real sessions, not just a
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 21bb5e1..bda8fbe 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.5
+2.2.6