From a4246c4fe6cbbd2858c15cd95a7ff0accdda40e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: saubyk <39208279+saubyk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:30:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Link the release notes folder from the README

---
 .github/README.md                     | 2 +-
 release-notes/Release-notes-0.15.9.md | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index 89be0034..e478d9b6 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <a href="https://snyk.io/test/github/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL"><img src="https://snyk.io/test/github/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/badge.svg" alt="Known Vulnerabilities" data-canonical-src="https://snyk.io/test/github/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL" style="max-width:100%;"></a>
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/DAVFoundation/captain-n3m0.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/DAVFoundation/captain-n3m0/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
-**Intro** -- [Application Features](./docs/Application_features.md) -- [Road Map](./docs/Roadmap.md) -- [Application Configurations](./docs/Application_configurations.md) -- [Core Lightning](./docs/Core_lightning_setup.md) -- [Eclair](./docs/Eclair_setup.md) -- [Contribution](./docs/Contributing.md)
+**Intro** -- [Application Features](./docs/Application_features.md) -- [Road Map](./docs/Roadmap.md) -- [Application Configurations](./docs/Application_configurations.md) -- [Core Lightning](./docs/Core_lightning_setup.md) -- [Eclair](./docs/Eclair_setup.md) -- [Contribution](./docs/Contributing.md) -- [Release Notes](../release-notes)
 
 * [Introduction](#intro)
 * [Architecture](#arch)
diff --git a/release-notes/Release-notes-0.15.9.md b/release-notes/Release-notes-0.15.9.md
index 0723ea1f..6c6024df 100644
--- a/release-notes/Release-notes-0.15.9.md
+++ b/release-notes/Release-notes-0.15.9.md
@@ -256,6 +256,14 @@ this release should add its entry under the appropriate section below.
 
 ## Developer Tooling
 
+- **Link the release notes from the README for discoverability**
+  ([#TBD](https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/pull/TBD)).
+  The `release-notes/` folder was not referenced anywhere — no README link, workflow, or
+  script — so it was effectively undiscoverable. The README's intro navigation now links to
+  it (`[Release Notes](../release-notes)`, alongside the existing docs links), so the
+  per-release notes are reachable from the repo homepage. The folder stays at the repo root
+  (release history is content, not `.github/` repo-meta).
+
 - **Documented the Dependabot / dependency-update process in CONTRIBUTING.md**
   ([#1636](https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/pull/1636)).
   Dependabot's security PRs target `master` and are never merged individually — they are