diff --git a/src/content/changelog/account-and-auth-status.md b/src/content/changelog/account-and-auth-status.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0485c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/account-and-auth-status.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+title: See which credential the CLI is using
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: New
+docLink:
+  label: Check which credential is active
+  href: /account/cli/#check-which-credential-is-active
+---
+
+`shorebird auth status` shows which credential the CLI signed in with and who it
+acts as, and `shorebird auth token` prints the access token it sends.
+
+- The credential is an API key from `SHOREBIRD_TOKEN`, GitHub Actions OIDC, or
+  your `shorebird login`, tried in that order.
+- `shorebird account whoami` adds a `Credential` line, and `credential` in
+  `--json`.
+- Bare `shorebird account` now runs `shorebird account whoami`.
+- Treat the output of `shorebird auth token` as a secret. It's left out of the
+  run's log file.
+
+```sh
+shorebird auth status
+shorebird account
+```
diff --git a/src/content/changelog/account-apps-moved.md b/src/content/changelog/account-apps-moved.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a725b2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/account-apps-moved.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+title: Apps are listed with apps list, not account apps
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: Changed
+docLink:
+  label: List apps
+  href: /account/cli/#list-apps
+---
+
+`shorebird account apps` no longer lists apps. It prints `shorebird apps list`,
+which shows the same list, and exits with a usage error.
+
+- Scripts that call `shorebird account apps` need to switch to
+  `shorebird apps list`. Its output, including `--json`, is the same.
+
+```sh
+shorebird apps list
+```
diff --git a/src/content/changelog/account-update-and-notifications.md b/src/content/changelog/account-update-and-notifications.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8efe25c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/account-update-and-notifications.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+title: Change your display name and email settings from the CLI
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: New
+docLink:
+  label: Change your display name
+  href: /account/cli/#change-your-display-name
+---
+
+`shorebird account update --name` changes your display name, and
+`shorebird account notifications` shows or changes whether Shorebird emails you.
+
+- The emails Shorebird sends today warn that an app is near or over its plan's
+  patch install limit.
+- `--email on` and `--email off` change the setting. With `--json`, the output
+  includes `email` set to `true` or `false`.
+
+```sh
+shorebird account update --name "Jane Doe"
+shorebird account notifications --email off
+```
diff --git a/src/content/changelog/api-method-and-paginate.md b/src/content/changelog/api-method-and-paginate.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a71df311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/api-method-and-paginate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+title: The api command takes the method first and reads every page
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: New
+docLink:
+  label: Calling the API from the command line
+  href: /account/api/#calling-the-api-from-the-command-line
+---
+
+`shorebird api` accepts the HTTP method before the endpoint, and `--paginate`
+reads a whole paged list in one call.
+
+- The method can be GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, or HEAD, in any case. If you
+  also pass `-X`, it must name the same method.
+- `--paginate` follows `next_cursor` and prints the pages as one JSON object,
+  with list fields joined. `--jq` runs on the joined result.
+- `--paginate` works only with GET. A failed page stops the command with exit
+  status 1 instead of printing part of the list.
+
+```sh
+shorebird api GET /apps
+shorebird api /apps -f per_page=100 --paginate --jq '.apps[].app_id'
+```
diff --git a/src/content/changelog/channel-flag-alias.md b/src/content/changelog/channel-flag-alias.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2e11018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/channel-flag-alias.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+title: Use --channel wherever --track works
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: New
+docLink:
+  label: Publishing a patch to a track
+  href: /code-push/tracks/#publishing-a-patch-to-a-track
+---
+
+`--channel` is now another name for `--track`.
+
+- It works on `shorebird patch`, `shorebird preview`,
+  `shorebird patches set-track`, and `shorebird patches promote`.
+- The two flags mean the same thing, so existing scripts that use `--track` keep
+  working.
+
+```sh
+shorebird patch android --channel staging
+```
diff --git a/src/content/changelog/patches-promote-shortcut.md b/src/content/changelog/patches-promote-shortcut.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6763a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/changelog/patches-promote-shortcut.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+title: The patches promote command is back as a set-track shortcut
+date: 2026-10-17
+version: 1.6.130
+area: CLI
+type: Changed
+docLink:
+  label: Promote a patch
+  href: /code-push/patch/#promote-a-patch
+---
+
+`shorebird patches promote` appears in help again and now runs
+`shorebird patches set-track` with the track defaulting to `stable`.
+
+- It takes the same options as `set-track`, including `--track` for a track
+  other than `stable`, `--app-id`, and `--json`.
+- A patch that's already on the track now succeeds instead of failing.
+- If the app has no `stable` channel yet, it offers to create it, as `set-track`
+  does.
+
+```sh
+shorebird patches promote --release-version 1.0.0+1 --patch-number 1
+```
diff --git a/src/content/docs/account/api.mdx b/src/content/docs/account/api.mdx
index 5fd89a63..e059be4f 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/account/api.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/account/api.mdx
@@ -46,7 +46,29 @@ output. Find endpoints in
 shorebird api /organizations/ORG_ID/users --jq '.users[].user.email'
 ```
 
-Run `shorebird api --help` for all options. For walking a paged list, see
+The HTTP method can go before the endpoint, or in `-X`. Without one, the request
+is a GET, or a POST when you pass fields with `-f` or `-F`:
+
+```sh
+shorebird api GET /apps
+shorebird api DELETE /apps/APP_ID/releases/RELEASE_ID
+```
+
+To read a whole paged list in one call, add `--paginate`. It keeps requesting
+the next page and prints the pages as one JSON object, with the list fields
+joined. It works only with GET, and on an endpoint that doesn't page it makes a
+single request:
+
+```sh
+shorebird api /apps -f per_page=100 --paginate --jq '.apps[].app_id'
+```
+
+Because `--paginate` always sends a GET, the `-f` fields here go in the query
+string.
+
+The method before the endpoint and `--paginate` need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
+
+Run `shorebird api --help` for all options. For how paging works, see
 [Pagination](#common-patterns) below.
 
 ## Base URL
@@ -116,9 +138,11 @@ parameter and response detail on each:
   `next_cursor` when there is another page; pass it as `cursor` to fetch the
   next one. Without `per_page` or `cursor`, these lists return every item. Some
   newer list endpoints page by default, with the same parameters.
+  `shorebird api --paginate` follows `next_cursor` for you.
 
-  This script prints every app ID, one page of 50 at a time, stops when a page
-  has no `next_cursor`, and exits with status 1 if a request fails:
+  On a CLI older than 1.6.130, this script prints every app ID, one page of 50
+  at a time, stops when a page has no `next_cursor`, and exits with status 1 if
+  a request fails:
 
   ```bash
   cursor=""
diff --git a/src/content/docs/account/cli.mdx b/src/content/docs/account/cli.mdx
index b2487473..55db1059 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/account/cli.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/account/cli.mdx
@@ -44,17 +44,56 @@ from your machine, run:
 shorebird logout
 ```
 
+### Check which credential is active
+
+The CLI signs in with the first credential it finds: an API key in
+`SHOREBIRD_TOKEN`, then GitHub Actions OIDC, then your `shorebird login`. To see
+which one it's using and who it acts as, run:
+
+```sh
+shorebird auth status
+```
+
+**Example output:**
+
+```
+Credential:  Login (shorebird login)
+Acting as:   user@example.com (ID 42)
+Expires:     2026-10-17T01:00:00.000Z
+```
+
+`Expires` is when the current access token expires. A login and GitHub Actions
+OIDC get a new token automatically. An API key has no access token to expire, so
+that line is left out. A personal API key and a service account key both show as
+`API key (SHOREBIRD_TOKEN)`; the `Acting as` line tells them apart.
+
+### Print an access token
+
+To call the Shorebird API from another tool with your current credentials, print
+the access token the CLI would send:
+
+```sh
+curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(shorebird auth token)" \
+  https://api.shorebird.dev/api/v1/users/me
+```
+
+The token may expire soon after you get it, so run `shorebird auth token` each
+time rather than storing the output. With an API key in `SHOREBIRD_TOKEN`, it
+prints the key. Treat the output as a secret.
+
+These `auth` commands need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
+
 ## Account management commands
 
-The `shorebird account` command provides several subcommands to inspect your
-account details, apps, and organizations.
+The `shorebird account` command shows who you're signed in as, and its
+subcommands list your organizations and change your account settings.
 
 ### Current account
 
 To see the currently authenticated user's details, run:
 
 ```sh
-shorebird account whoami
+shorebird account
 ```
 
 **Example output:**
@@ -65,19 +104,55 @@ Email:          user@example.com
 Display name:   Example User
 Plan:           pro
 Overage limit:  10000
+Credential:     Login (shorebird login)
 ```
 
 This command is useful for verifying which account you are logged into and
-checking your plan level and your patch overage limit.
+checking your plan level and your patch overage limit. `Credential` is how the
+command signed in; see
+[Check which credential is active](#check-which-credential-is-active).
+
+`shorebird account whoami` prints the same thing. Bare `shorebird account` and
+the `Credential` line need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
+
+### Change your display name
+
+To change the name on your account, run:
+
+```sh
+shorebird account update --name "Jane Doe"
+```
+
+### Turn email notifications on or off
+
+The emails Shorebird sends today warn you when an app is near or over its plan's
+patch install limit. To see whether they're on, run:
+
+```sh
+shorebird account notifications
+```
+
+To turn them off, or back on:
+
+```sh
+shorebird account notifications --email off
+shorebird account notifications --email on
+```
+
+`account update` and `account notifications` need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
 
 ### List apps
 
 To list all the Shorebird apps that your current account has access to, run:
 
 ```sh
-shorebird account apps
+shorebird apps list
 ```
 
+On Shorebird 1.6.129 and older, `shorebird account apps` prints the same list.
+From 1.6.130 it prints the `shorebird apps list` command instead and exits with
+an error.
+
 **Example output:**
 
 ```
@@ -111,8 +186,8 @@ of, but where you collaborate on one of its apps, shows the role `none`.
 ## App management commands
 
 As of Shorebird 1.6.121, the `shorebird apps` commands list, rename, delete, and
-transfer your apps. `shorebird apps list` shows the same output as
-[`shorebird account apps`](#list-apps).
+transfer your apps. `shorebird apps list` is covered under
+[List apps](#list-apps).
 
 `rename`, `delete`, and `transfer` act on the app in `shorebird.yaml` in the
 current directory. Pass `--app-id` to pick a different app or to run the command
@@ -201,7 +276,6 @@ flag, making them easy to integrate into scripts and automation workflows.
 
 ```sh
 shorebird account whoami --json
-shorebird account apps --json
 shorebird account orgs --json
 shorebird apps list --json
 ```
diff --git a/src/content/docs/code-push/ci/scripting.mdx b/src/content/docs/code-push/ci/scripting.mdx
index 6e6850af..46f387b5 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/code-push/ci/scripting.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/code-push/ci/scripting.mdx
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ These commands return structured JSON:
 
 | Group                                                                  | Commands                                                                                                             |
 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [`shorebird account`](/account/cli#account-management-commands)        | `whoami`, `apps`, `orgs`                                                                                             |
+| [`shorebird account`](/account/cli#account-management-commands)        | `whoami`, `update`, `notifications`, `orgs`                                                                          |
+| [`shorebird auth`](/account/cli#check-which-credential-is-active)      | `status`, `token`                                                                                                    |
 | [`shorebird apps`](/account/cli#app-management-commands)               | `list`, `rename`, `delete`, `transfer`                                                                               |
 | [`shorebird channels`](/code-push/tracks#managing-tracks-from-the-cli) | `list`, `create`, `delete`                                                                                           |
-| [`shorebird patches`](/code-push/patch#manage-patches)                 | `list`, `info`, `set-track`, `rollback`, `rollforward`                                                               |
+| [`shorebird patches`](/code-push/patch#manage-patches)                 | `list`, `info`, `set-track`, `promote`, `rollback`, `rollforward`                                                    |
 | [`shorebird releases`](/code-push/release)                             | `list`, `info`, `delete`                                                                                             |
 | `shorebird metrics`                                                    | `active-hours`, `adoption`, `downloads`, `heatmap`, `installs`, `new-devices`, `users`, `versions`                   |
 | Other                                                                  | `shorebird release`, `shorebird patch`, `shorebird doctor`, `shorebird flutter versions list`, `shorebird --version` |
diff --git a/src/content/docs/code-push/patch.mdx b/src/content/docs/code-push/patch.mdx
index 63adbf6d..e77a9036 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/code-push/patch.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/code-push/patch.mdx
@@ -230,11 +230,12 @@ If you published a patch to a staging track (e.g., `staging`) and verified it
 works correctly, you can promote it directly to the `stable` track using:
 
 ```sh
-shorebird patches set-track --release-version 1.0.0+1 --patch-number 1 --track stable
+shorebird patches promote --release-version 1.0.0+1 --patch-number 1
 ```
 
-This command needs Shorebird 1.6.128 or newer. See
-[Set patch track](#set-patch-track) for older CLIs.
+`promote` is `set-track` with the track defaulting to `stable`. Older CLIs run
+the same command but print a deprecation warning, and its `--track`,
+`--channel`, `--app-id`, and `--json` flags need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
 
 ### Set patch track
 
diff --git a/src/content/docs/code-push/tracks.mdx b/src/content/docs/code-push/tracks.mdx
index 803280ff..e458c519 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/code-push/tracks.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/code-push/tracks.mdx
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ built-in names, so those tracks can't be deleted.
 />
 
 Pass the `--track` flag to any `shorebird patch` command. If you omit the flag,
-the patch is published to `stable` by default.
+the patch is published to `stable` by default. With Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer,
+`--channel` works as another name for `--track` here and on `shorebird preview`,
+`shorebird patches set-track`, and `shorebird patches promote`.
 
 <CodeTabs>
 
@@ -113,14 +115,6 @@ applying the latest patch available on the specified track.
 Once you've validated a patch on a staging track, you can promote it to `stable`
 without rebuilding. This pushes the patch to all production users.
 
-:::note
-
-`shorebird patches promote` is deprecated. Use
-`shorebird patches set-track --track stable` instead. Existing scripts that call
-`promote` still work.
-
-:::
-
 ### Via the Shorebird console
 
 Navigate to the release details page, click the **⋮** context menu next to the
@@ -130,19 +124,18 @@ the same way.
 
 ### Via the CLI
 
-The `--release-version` and `--patch-number` flags of `set-track` need Shorebird
-1.6.128 or newer. On an older CLI, use `--release` and `--patch` instead, or run
-`shorebird upgrade` first.
-
 Promote a patch directly to `stable`:
 
 ```bash
-shorebird patches set-track \
+shorebird patches promote \
   --release-version 1.0.0+1 \
-  --patch-number 1 \
-  --track stable
+  --patch-number 1
 ```
 
+`promote` is `set-track` with the track defaulting to `stable`. Older CLIs run
+the same command but print a deprecation warning, and its `--track`,
+`--channel`, `--app-id`, and `--json` flags need Shorebird 1.6.130 or newer.
+
 To move a patch to any other track, pass that track's name to `--track`:
 
 ```bash
@@ -152,6 +145,10 @@ shorebird patches set-track \
   --track beta
 ```
 
+The `--release-version` and `--patch-number` flags of `set-track` need Shorebird
+1.6.128 or newer. On an older CLI, use `--release` and `--patch` instead, or run
+`shorebird upgrade` first.
+
 ## Subscribing a device to a track
 
 By default, devices always subscribe to the `stable` track. To have a device