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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.66-beta.1] - 2026-10-21
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+### Fixed
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+- **Document creation title deduplication** — `dws doc +create` removes a leading Markdown H1 that matches the document name, including names inferred from Markdown, before chunking and readback verification. Different headings, indented code blocks, and JSONML content remain unchanged; inline document content preserves its surrounding whitespace.
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 ## [1.0.65] - 2026-10-20
 
 This release promotes the sealed `v1.0.65-beta.2` contents to stable.