Reorganize and simplify releases nav

src/current/_data/redirects.yml

@@ -1120,4 +1120,10 @@
 
 - destination: reads-and-writes-overview.md
   sources: ['query-data.md']
-  versions: ['v26.1', 'v26.2']
+  versions: ['v26.1', 'v26.2']
+
+- destination: releases/index.md
+  sources: ['releases/staged-release-process.md']
+
+- destination: releases/downloads-archive.md
+  sources: ['releases/unsupported-versions.md']

src/current/_includes/sidebar-all-releases.json

@@ -22,28 +22,12 @@
     "/releases/{{ site.versions["dev"] }}.html"
   ]
 }{% endunless %},
-{
-  "title": "Staged Release Process",
-  "urls": [
-    "/releases/staged-release-process.html"
-  ]
-},
 {
   "title": "Release Support Policy",
   "urls": [
     "/releases/release-support-policy.html"
   ]
 },
-{% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
-{
- "title": "Technical Advisories",
- "urls": [
-    "/advisories/index.html"
-   {% for x in advisories %}
-    ,"{{ x.url }}"
-   {% endfor %}
- ]
-},
 {
   "title": "Cloud Releases",
   "urls": [
@@ -63,15 +47,8 @@
   ]
 },
 {
-  "title": "Unsupported Versions",
-  "urls": [
-    "/releases/unsupported-versions.html"
-  ]
-},
-{
-  "title": "Archived Documentation",
+  "title": "CockroachDB Downloads Archive",
   "urls": [
-
-  "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+    "/releases/downloads-archive.html"
   ]
 }

src/current/_includes/sidebar-releases.json

@@ -64,20 +64,10 @@
     "/releases/kubernetes-operator.html"
   ]
 },
-{% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
 {
- "title": "Technical Advisories",
- "urls": [
-    "/advisories/index.html"
-   {% for x in advisories %}
-    ,"{{ x.url }}"
-   {% endfor %}
- ]
-},
-{
-  "title": "Unsupported Versions",
+  "title": "CockroachDB Downloads Archive",
   "urls": [
-    "/releases/unsupported-versions.html"
+    "/releases/downloads-archive.html"
   ]
 }
 

src/current/_includes/v23.1/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -419,6 +419,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v23.2/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -425,6 +425,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v24.1/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -419,6 +419,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v24.2/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -430,6 +430,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v24.3/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -430,6 +430,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v25.1/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -430,6 +430,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v25.2/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -436,6 +436,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v25.3/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -436,6 +436,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v25.4/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -436,6 +436,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v26.1/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -442,6 +442,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/_includes/v26.2/sidebar-data/reference.json

@@ -442,6 +442,23 @@
             ]
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {% assign advisories = site.pages | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.path contains 'advisories'" | where_exp: "advisories", "advisories.index != 'true'" %}
+      {
+      "title": "Technical Advisories",
+      "urls": [
+          "/advisories/index.html"
+        {% for x in advisories %}
+          ,"{{ x.url }}"
+        {% endfor %}
+      ]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Archived Documentation",
+        "urls": [
+
+        "/releases/archived-documentation.html"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }

src/current/releases/unsupported-versions.md → src/current/releases/downloads-archive.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
-title: Unsupported Versions
-summary: Versions of CockroachDB that are no longer supported
+title: CockroachDB downloads archive
+summary: Archive of downloads for versions of CockroachDB that are no longer supported
 toc: true
 docs_area: releases
 ---
 {{site.data.alerts.callout_danger}}
-The CockroachDB versions on this page are no longer supported. For more information, refer to [Release Support Policy]({% link releases/release-support-policy.md %}#unsupported-versions). To download and learn about currently supported CockroachDB versions, refer to [CockroachDB Releases]({% link releases/index.md %}).
+This page hosts download links to CockroachDB versions that are no longer supported. For more information about CockroachDB version support, refer to [Release Support Policy]({% link releases/release-support-policy.md %}#unsupported-versions). To download and learn about currently supported CockroachDB versions, refer to [CockroachDB Releases]({% link releases/index.md %}).
 {{site.data.alerts.end}}
 ## Downloads
 

src/current/releases/index.md

@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ The following releases and their descriptions represent proposed plans that are
 | :---: | :---: | :---: |
 | v26.2 | Regular    | 2026 Q2    |
 
-## Unsupported versions 
+## CockroachDB downloads archive 
 
-A full archive of CockroachDB major versions that are no longer supported is available on the [Unsupported Versions]({% link releases/unsupported-versions.md %}) page.
+A full archive of CockroachDB major versions that are no longer supported is available on the [CockroachDB downloads archive]({% link releases/downloads-archive.md %}) page.
 
 ## Licenses