Updated README release badge

- Replaced The Generated Literal Release Line With A Dynamic Latest-Release Badge
- Kept The README Status Block Synced From VERSION, CHANGELOG.md, And ROADMAP.md

Author: byteshiftlabs

README.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ A lightweight RISC-V operating system for educational use, providing a clean fou
 ## Current Status
 
 <!-- BEGIN GENERATED RELEASE STATUS -->
-**Version 0.10.0 - "System Control"** 🎯 Released!
+**Latest public release:** [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/byteshiftlabs/thunderos?display_name=tag)](https://github.com/byteshiftlabs/thunderos/releases/latest)
 
-- ✅ Release tag: `v0.10.0`
+- ✅ Codename: `System Control`
 - ✅ Release date: `09/04/2026`
 - ✅ Summary: System control release adding graceful shutdown and reboot support from user space, along with the release hardening, documentation cleanup, and security automation needed for the public ThunderOS release.
 - 🚧 Next milestone: `v0.11.0` - `Networking`

scripts/sync_release_metadata.py

@@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ def parse_next_milestone(roadmap_text: str, current_version: str) -> tuple[str,
 
 
 def render_readme_block(version: str, codename: str, release_date: str, summary: str, next_version: str, next_codename: str) -> str:
+    latest_release_badge = (
+        "[![Latest Release]"
+        "(https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/byteshiftlabs/thunderos?display_name=tag)]"
+        "(https://github.com/byteshiftlabs/thunderos/releases/latest)"
+    )
+
     return (
         f"{README_START}\n"
-        f"**Version {version} - \"{codename}\"** 🎯 Released!\n\n"
-        f"- ✅ Release tag: `v{version}`\n"
+        f"**Latest public release:** {latest_release_badge}\n\n"
+        f"- ✅ Codename: `{codename}`\n"
         f"- ✅ Release date: `{release_date}`\n"
         f"- ✅ Summary: {summary}\n"
         f"- 🚧 Next milestone: `v{next_version}` - `{next_codename}`\n"