From 4f3d88afb70699ac28a4e3c4a6d5904c98822670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J-Dog <j-dog@j-dog.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:05:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(release): v0.26.3

Node patch release for the indexer-only v0.26.3 train.
---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 5 +++++
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8249dc1..5f76495 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.26.3] - 2026-10-23
+
+### Changed
+- The release manifest pins xchain-indexer v0.26.3, which re-pins six LTC testnet gate heights.
+
 ## [0.26.2] - 2026-10-21
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bd782a7..bc86d59 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-node",
-  "version": "0.26.2",
+  "version": "0.26.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "xchain-node",
-      "version": "0.26.2",
+      "version": "0.26.3",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "@dankest-llc/xchain-sdk": "^0.18.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5de39e6..45f4e33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-node",
-  "version": "0.26.2",
+  "version": "0.26.3",
   "private": true,
   "description": "xchain-node allows users to install, configure and run XChain platform nodes.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",

From 7cc17ec819a27ac8648227b0d7044455275984c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J-Dog <j-dog@j-dog.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:51:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Release v0.26.3 manifest

Generated from the signed tags: xchain-indexer moves to v0.26.3; every other component keeps its v0.26.2 manifest pin.
---
 src/release-manifest.json | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/release-manifest.json b/src/release-manifest.json
index c271c59..481f7e4 100644
--- a/src/release-manifest.json
+++ b/src/release-manifest.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "_comment": [
-        "Pinned component set for XChain Platform v0.26.2.",
+        "Pinned component set for XChain Platform v0.26.3.",
         "Generated by bin/write-release-manifest.js from the ACTUAL tagged master merge commits.",
         "xchain-node is the carrier and is not listed: checking out its tag IS this manifest.",
-        "A train tags only the repos it touches. This one moves xchain-vm, xchain-decoder, xchain-indexer, xchain-hub, xchain-sync, xchain-encoder, xchain-utxo-tracker, xchain-explorer and xchain-sdk.",
+        "A train tags only the repos it touches. This one moves xchain-indexer.",
         "Every other component is unchanged and keeps the tag it already carries, which is",
         "what section 4 means by a version being the platform version at which a component",
         "last changed. A gap is unchanged, not skipped.",
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
         "repo's origin/master, and is a GPG-signed annotated tag verifying against the",
         "platform release key (fingerprint 1DA7C4896F56EA22CF491EDF4361611A82F90B70)."
     ],
-    "platform_version": "0.26.2",
-    "released": "2026-10-22",
+    "platform_version": "0.26.3",
+    "released": "2026-10-23",
     "components": {
         "xchain-vm": {
             "tag": "v0.26.2",
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
             "commit": "e7938b84a9bf53ae2dbffe48fa4dbd53cd8f0af9"
         },
         "xchain-indexer": {
-            "tag": "v0.26.2",
-            "commit": "ad53551fc75ac7d72bbe7ced8567413041292aa4"
+            "tag": "v0.26.3",
+            "commit": "aee467626fd0aa9ee08f2939d454bdaaea9bfb2c"
         },
         "xchain-hub": {
             "tag": "v0.26.2",