Talus Weekly Update - W34 2026 Stress-test everything, then ship 🧪 > Protocol Testnet is now on rc.7, upgraded through our new release ceremony: one manifest-driven procedure covering prepare, install, migrations, and activation. Then proven end to end with a full execution against the upgraded deployment. > Load & Resilience We built a scenario-driven stress test suite for the whole stack: ramp-to-knee load generation, burst absorption, slow tools, and fault injection with automatic knee detection. We find the limits before our users do. > Open Access Tool endpoints are now publicly reachable behind Cloudflare. Third-party leaders can invoke tools with signed-HTTP auth and per-tool exposure control. Another piece of the network opening up. > Mainnet v2 Launch timeline is locked with the team. Hours away, not days. Watch this space. > Brand & Content The new website moved from content into design, with updated branding in review. The Nexus v2 deep-dive article is in technical review, and a fresh content round went out. We stress-tested the whole machine so mainnet doesn't have to. See you at launch. 🧪