v3.0.0

# ODS V3 Pre-Release

ODS V3 is in **public testing and refinement ahead of the official V3 launch**. Try it, share feedback, and help us improve the experience before launch.

The existing `v3.0.0` source tag and numeric product versions are unchanged. The GitHub Latest label supports existing update discovery; it does not mark the official V3 launch.

This release is pinned to `bec0c42e7c9885a5aecd419a166a6a81e0d37236`.

## Highlights

- ODS product, package, installer, CLI, and dashboard version metadata aligned to 3.0.0.
- Hermes opens without an owner card on default installs. Administrators can opt into the owner-card gate; internal API and WebSocket authentication remain in place.
- The dashboard OS logo uses a wallpaper-adaptive frosted finish, with stronger contrast in compact navigation.
- Pixel/Portal preview inspection, runtime installation, and upgrade cleanup fixes developed during the current six-machine qualification campaign.

## Qualification status

Fleet qualification is still in progress. This release does not claim full fleet green or completed UI/model-switching qualification. The laptop, Strixy, Tower1, Tower2, Tower3, and Mac Mini are being tested with fresh installs and extensive Pixel/Portal user journeys. Complex generated apps and event research still have known acceptance failures; later UI/model-switching phases remain gated until those user journeys pass across the fleet.

CI and focused checks passed for the merged changes, including the final upgrade-dispatch fix. That evidence is separate from complete installed-user acceptance on all six machines.

The source tag remains fixed. Further qualification fixes will continue on main and be released separately; default main-based installs may therefore receive changes beyond this tag.

[Changes since ODS 2.6.0](https://github.com/Osmantic/ODS/compare/v2.6.0...v3.0.0)