release: v2.6.2-beta English and French interface

docs/release-notes.md

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 | `v2.4.0-beta` | v2.4.0-beta - Owner role, invite management & Settings page |
 | `v2.5.0-beta` | v2.5.0-beta - Media library & image picker |
 | `v2.6.0-beta` | v2.6.0-beta - Signed updates and browser restart |
+| `v2.6.2-beta` | v2.6.2-beta - English and French interface |

docs/releases/v2.6.2-beta.md

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+This release adds English and French throughout the SPA, with an instant language switch and a preference remembered on this browser.
+
+## New
+
+**English and French interface**
+
+- Choose English or Français from the Language control in the desktop or mobile profile submenu.
+- Switch interface language immediately while keeping your current page and unsaved work.
+- Keep your selected language after navigation, reload and logout, including on authentication screens.
+- See translated forms, validation, notifications, dialogs and accessibility labels, with localized dates, numbers and counts.
+
+## Improvements and fixes
+
+- Keep partial bulk-delete failure notifications available after retrying, including when switching languages.
+
+## Under the hood
+
+- Add translation catalog parity, fallback, persistence and SPA interaction tests.
+
+## Upgrading
+
+- Install the signed update through Settings on a prepared Linux/systemd installation, or replace the binary and restart the service.
+- No database migration or new environment variable is required.
+- English remains the default until a language is selected; the preference is stored locally in the browser.
+- User content, API data and transactional emails retain their existing language.
+
+## Known limitations
+
+- Visual parity checks for this feature were skipped under the accepted slice waiver.