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9.0.0-alpha.1 (2026-10-29)

Features

• Add a shared file data reloader, poller, and watcher (#361) (4eed241)
• Add the file-based override source (#367) (b834131)
• Add the override marker to the flag and segment models and mark evaluations (#363) (21f666a)
• Add the override store, overlay, source interfaces, and data system wiring (#364) (e1748a1)
• Mark evaluation events as override-affected (#366) (7c873a0)
• Split summary counters by overrideAffected and suppress individual events for marked evaluations (#365) (c9b327b)
• Support the flag-overrides capability in the contract test service (#368) (b80d6aa)

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Overview
This is a Release Please cut that publishes LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk 9.0.0-alpha.1. The diff only updates release metadata: .release-please-manifest.json, LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj <Version>, PROVENANCE.md verification example, and a new 9.0.0-alpha.1 section in CHANGELOG.md.

The changelog entry documents what ships in this alpha (already merged elsewhere): local flag overrides via override store/overlay/source wiring and a file-based override source with shared file reloader/poller/watcher; override markers on flag/segment models and evaluations; analytics changes that mark override-affected evaluations, split summary counters by overrideAffected, and suppress individual events when appropriate; plus contract-test support for the flag-overrides capability.

Reviewers can treat this as a versioning and release-notes sanity check—no application logic changes appear in the diff itself.

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