Index: src/routes/changelog.js
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--- src/routes/changelog.js	(revision 834bcc3c41c52321679550863b74ca035538659f)
+++ src/routes/changelog.js	(revision 8ef8c3eac2476504a52ea0e74c93a6692330eecb)
@@ -3,9 +3,4 @@
  *
  * GET /changelog  -> renders CHANGELOG.md (the source of truth for releases).
- *
- * The app version (footer, package.json) is intentionally decoupled from the
- * circle federation proto (KLONKT_PROTO): a version bump is cosmetic and does not
- * affect federation. We show the proto here explicitly so that each release
- * makes visible which federation version this instance speaks (circles = lockstep per proto).
  */
 
@@ -16,5 +11,4 @@
 import { renderPage } from '../middleware/render.js';
 import { MarkdownService } from '../services/MarkdownService.js';
-import { KLONKT_PROTO } from '../services/CircleFederation.js';
 
 const router = express.Router();
@@ -33,5 +27,4 @@
     bodyClass: 'on-changelog',
     changelogHtml: html,
-    proto: KLONKT_PROTO,
   });
 });