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+# BLADE v1.0.0 Release Notes
+
+This release summarizes all changes since **v0.9.0**.
+
+> Note: the local repository snapshot does not currently include a `v0.9.0`
+> git tag. The change range used here is based on commits after
+> `7d8bf1a` (`New version (#97)`), which appears to be the v0.9.0 release
+> commit in history.
+
+## Highlights
+
+- **Benchmark module refactor and namespace cleanup**
+  - Migrated public benchmark modules from `iohblade/problems` to
+    `iohblade/benchmarks`, including BBOB, AutoML, KernelTuner,
+    and Photonics paths.
+  - Updated examples and tests to the new import locations.
+  - Related pull request: **#98**.
+
+- **AutoML integration refreshed**
+  - Updated the LLaMEA/AutoML integration to track the latest BLADE API.
+  - Related pull request: **#81**.
+
+- **Significant benchmark documentation expansion**
+  - Added and expanded benchmark-specific documentation and READMEs for
+    BBOB, combinatorics, geometry, logistics, packing, photonics,
+    and KernelTuner.
+  - Improved benchmark coverage and navigation in docs index pages.
+  - Related pull requests: **#100**, **#101**, **#102**, **#104**.
+
+- **Documentation publishing improvements**
+  - Updated docs deployment workflow to publish on releases.
+  - Default docs versioning now resolves to the latest tag.
+  - Related pull request: **#103**.
+
+## Pull Requests included
+
+- #81 — Integrate LLaMEA / AutoML updates.
+- #98 — Benchmark refactor merge (`iohblade/problems` → `iohblade/benchmarks`).
+- #100 — AutoML benchmark documentation details.
+- #101 — KernelTuner category/documentation update.
+- #102 — Feature coverage and docs navigation improvements.
+- #103 — Docs deployment on release + latest-tag default version.
+- #104 — Docs index benchmark coverage + version-selector navigation fix.
+
+## Upgrade notes
+
+- **Potentially breaking import-path change**:
+  consumers importing from `iohblade.problems` should migrate to
+  `iohblade.benchmarks` namespaces.
+- If you host documentation, align your deployment with the updated
+  release-triggered workflow introduced in #103.
+
+## Contributor-facing changelog summary
+
+Between 2026-02-16 and 2026-03-07, this release delivered:
+
+- 17 commits after the prior version commit (`#97`),
+- one large benchmark refactor merge,
+- one AutoML integration update,
+- and multiple documentation/navigation/deployment improvements.