chore(release)!: enter RC pre-mode and anchor the train as the v17 major

.changeset/apimethod-enum-shrink.md

@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 feat(spec)!: shrink the `ApiMethod` enum to the six primitives — legacy values are stripped at parse, never honored (#3543, P2 of #3391)
 
-**BREAKING** (ships as `minor` per the lockstep launch-window policy — every
-package versions together, so a `major` here would promote the entire
-monorepo; the `!` marker and this changeset are the breaking-change record):
+**BREAKING** (the `!` marker and this changeset are the breaking-change
+record; the train ships as the v17 major — see the `v17-rc-anchor` changeset):
 the authored `enable.apiMethods` enum is now exactly the six
 primitives (`get`, `list`, `create`, `update`, `delete`, `bulk`). The eight
 legacy values (`upsert`, `aggregate`, `history`, `search`, `restore`, `purge`,

.changeset/pre.json

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
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+  "tag": "rc",
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+}

.changeset/v17-rc-anchor.md

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+---
+"@objectstack/spec": major
+---
+
+release!: promote the accumulated launch-window train to v17.0.0 (RC cycle)
+
+Anchor changeset for the v17 major. The lockstep group applies the highest
+bump across all pending changesets to every package, so this single `major`
+promotes the whole train — every other pending changeset keeps its own
+`minor`/`patch` declaration and its own narrative.
+
+**Why a major, when the launch-window policy ships breaking changes as
+`minor`:** this train's breaking density is the highest since the policy was
+adopted — the `ApiMethod` enum shrink (#3543, compile-time breaking for TS
+authors), the GraphQL surface removal, the ADR-0104 field value-shape write
+cutover, and the retirement of several dead spec clusters all ride together.
+Publishing that set as a bare minor would auto-upgrade every `^16.x` consumer
+into it on their next install. A major puts the version-number signal back:
+caret ranges hold at 16.x until a consumer opts in.
+
+**RC cycle:** this lands inside Changesets pre-mode (`rc` tag), so the train
+publishes as `17.0.0-rc.N` — nothing reaches `latest` until `changeset pre
+exit`. Downstream validation during the RC window: cloud / objectui /
+examples upgrade against the RC, the dogfood gate and the third-party
+consumer gate (#2035) run against it, and legacy `apiMethods` strip warnings
+are watched for the deny-all cliff.
+
+Migration: each breaking change's own changeset carries its FROM → TO guide
+(grep the CHANGELOG for `!:` entries); the ApiMethod shrink additionally
+ships a reporter codemod (`scripts/codemod/apimethods-legacy-to-primitives.mjs`).