Dot release docs for v11.8.1 and v11.7.4

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Closes #9045

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Pull request overview

Updates Mattermost documentation to reflect the v11.8.1 feature-release patch and the v11.7.4 ESR patch across install guides and release documentation.

Changes:

• Bumps “latest” and “current ESR” download URLs to 11.8.1 and 11.7.4 in the Linux deployment guides.
• Adds v11.8.1 and v11.7.4 entries to the v11 changelog (security-fix patch release notes).
• Updates the server releases page and version archive links/SBOM references to point at the new patch artifacts.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
source/product-overview/version-archive.rst	Updates Enterprise/Team archive entries to 11.8.1 and 11.7.4 (with new download/SBOM/signature links).
source/product-overview/mattermost-v11-changelog.md	Adds patch release entries for 11.8.1 and 11.7.4 under their respective release trains.
source/product-overview/mattermost-server-releases.md	Updates latest download/SBOM links for v11.8 and v11.7 to the newest patch artifacts.
source/deployment-guide/server/linux/deploy-tar.rst	Updates wget commands for “Latest release” and “Current ESR” tarball installs.
source/deployment-guide/server/linux/deploy-rhel.rst	Updates wget commands for “Latest release” and “Current ESR” tarball installs on RHEL.

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• source/product-overview/mattermost-v11-changelog.md
• source/product-overview/version-archive.rst

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Documentation is updated across five files to reflect two new Mattermost server patch releases: v11.8.1 and v11.7.4, both released 2026-06-16. Changes include new changelog entries, updated download/SBOM links in the server releases table, bumped wget URLs in the RHEL and tarball deployment guides, and replaced version archive entries with SHA-256 checksum placeholders pending final values.

Changes

Dot release documentation: v11.8.1 and v11.7.4

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Changelog and release table updates source/product-overview/mattermost-v11-changelog.md, source/product-overview/mattermost-server-releases.md	Inserts v11.8.1 and v11.7.4 patch release entries (security fixes, no DB or functional changes) into the v11 changelog, and updates the "Latest releases" table download and SBOM link URLs.
Deployment guide wget URL bumps source/deployment-guide/server/linux/deploy-rhel.rst, source/deployment-guide/server/linux/deploy-tar.rst	Updates "Latest release" and "Current ESR" wget URLs from 11.8.0→11.8.1 and 11.7.3→11.7.4 in both the RHEL and tarball deployment guides.
Version archive entry replacement source/product-overview/version-archive.rst	Replaces v11.8.0 and v11.7.3 entries with v11.8.1 and v11.7.4 (ESR) in both the Enterprise and Team edition archives; download, GPG, and SBOM links are updated, and SHA-256 checksums are set to "to be added" placeholders.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related issues

• #9045 (Dot release docs for server v11.8.1, v11.7.4): This PR directly implements the documentation updates requested in that issue across all listed files.

Possibly related PRs

• mattermost/docs#9005: Updates the same deployment guide and product-overview download references by bumping Mattermost patch/ESR version numbers, directly parallel to this PR's changes.
• mattermost/docs#8998: Updates the same versioned download/SBOM/GPG URL fields and checksum placeholders in the version archive for a prior dot release.
• mattermost/docs#8992: Modifies the same deploy-rhel.rst, deploy-tar.rst, changelog, and version archive surfaces to swap in newer patch versions, matching this PR's pattern.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The PR addresses the requirements from issue #9045 by updating deployment guides, server releases reference, v11 changelog, and version archive for both editions. However, the v10 changelog listed in the issue was not modified.	Verify whether the v10 changelog update for issue #9045 was intentionally omitted or should be included in this PR. Update the mattermost-v10-changelog.md file if required by the issue scope.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: dot release documentation updates for Mattermost versions v11.8.1 and v11.7.4.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description references the closed issue #9045 and tool used, relating to the dot release documentation updates in the changeset.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are documentation updates for v11.8.1 and v11.7.4 release information across deployment guides, product overview, and version archives, which align with issue #9045 requirements.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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