From c286e982128b4123310c37c927bec90b96f26339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:36:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove mandatory Unreleased section requirement from
 changelog validation

Co-authored-by: jmiller-moko <230051081+jmiller-moko@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 scripts/validate/changelog.sh | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/validate/changelog.sh b/scripts/validate/changelog.sh
index c7eae46..f9fc6ef 100755
--- a/scripts/validate/changelog.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate/changelog.sh
@@ -124,18 +124,8 @@ fi
 
 # Core structural checks
 # - Must contain at least one H2 heading with a bracketed version
-# - Must contain an Unreleased section
 # - Must contain a section for the resolved version
 
-unreleased_ok=false
-if grep -Eq '^## \[Unreleased\]' CHANGELOG.md; then
-	unreleased_ok=true
-fi
-
-if [ "${unreleased_ok}" != "true" ]; then
-	fail "CHANGELOG.md missing '## [Unreleased]' section"
-fi
-
 if ! grep -Eq '^## \[[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\]' CHANGELOG.md; then
 	fail "CHANGELOG.md has no version sections (expected headings like: ## [x.y.z])"
 fi