Priivacy-ai/spec-kitty v0.5.2

v0.5.2 - Dashboard Startup Race Condition Fix

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Fixed

• Dashboard Startup Race Condition – Fixed root cause of dashboard health check timing out prematurely:
  • Increased health check timeout from 10 to 20 seconds with exponential backoff
  • Retry pattern: 10×100ms, 40×250ms, 20×500ms for adaptive performance
  • Removed workaround fallback check that was masking the real issue
  • Eliminated false "Unable to start dashboard" errors on slower systems

Changed

• Dashboard Health Check Strategy – Improved reliability with exponential backoff:
  • Quick initial checks (100ms) for fast systems
  • Gradual slowdown (250ms then 500ms) for slower systems
  • Total timeout increased to ~20 seconds for adequate startup time
  • Cleaner error handling without port-scanning fallback

Added

• Symlinked kitty-specs Test Coverage – New test validates dashboard works with worktree structure:
  • Tests scenario from bug report (symlinked kitty-specs/ to .worktrees/)
  • Ensures dashboard starts correctly with symlinked directories
  • Prevents regression of false error reporting