cc-watch only snapshots versions present in the upstream CHANGELOG. But the CC
binary/npm package can ship ahead of its published notes (seen 2026-06-13: binary 2.1.177,
changelog 2.1.176; and Fable the same day). Drag the three patch numbers and watch what
cc-release-watch.mjs emits. The NOTE is visibility only — never an issue, never the
staleness alarm.
NOTE (this PR, #2442): published > newest-changelogged → "binary outran its notes; adoption waits." stderr only, no GITHUB_OUTPUT, no issue.
STALE alarm (#2412, shipped): (changelog-head − latest_known) > 2 → files ONE deduped issue keyed on latest_known.
The two are independent: the gap can show a NOTE while the alarm stays quiet, exactly the 2.1.177 case.