Release Notes - 0.7.6

Status: Prepared on 2026-03-02.

Current package version: 0.7.6.

Scope policy

This release note is based strictly on:

• git log --no-merges main..dev
• git diff --shortstat main...dev

Sections

Highlights

• Team reliability hardening across tmux/session targeting, cleanup flows, and role-based decomposition.
• MCP team runtime extraction and improved CI gate visibility.
• OpenClaw and notify-hook reliability/documentation updates.

Added

• feat(team): add dedicated ralph auto-run cleanup policy (#407, #412)
• feat(team): add dedicated tmux session mode for worker isolation (#416)
• feat(team): add per-worker role routing and task decomposition

Changed

• docs: OpenClaw integration guide for notifications (#413)
• ci: add CI Status gate job for branch protection (#423)
• refactor(mcp): extract omx_run_team_* to dedicated team-server.ts (#431)
• docs(changelog): update unreleased notes for main...dev

Fixed

• OpenClaw native gateway notification path.
• Tmux startup/injection/session-targeting regressions.
• Team cleanup, scale-up layout preservation, and shutdown/resume regressions.
• Ralph CLI task parsing option-value leakage.
• Skills canonical OMX path normalization.

Reverts

• Revert for opt-in dedicated tmux-session hint change (#432) followed by corrected fix.
• Revert for visual-verdict guidance restoration change followed by path normalization fix.

Verification for release readiness

• npm run build passes
• npm test passes
• npm run check:no-unused passes
• smoke checks from DEMO.md pass (or are documented if environment-limited)

Smoke verification evidence (2026-03-02)

Commit ledger (from main..dev, git log --reverse order)

• 2026-02-28 c235a5a feat(team): add dedicated ralph auto-run cleanup policy (#407) (#412)
• 2026-02-28 8d3fef0 fix(notifications): native OpenClaw gateway support (#414) (#415)
• 2026-03-01 1653aa7 feat(team): add dedicated tmux session mode for worker isolation (#416)
• 2026-03-01 0c68a02 docs: OpenClaw integration guide for notifications (#413)
• 2026-03-01 383d79d fix(tmux): source shell profile (.zshrc/.bashrc) for detached session launch
• 2026-03-01 d4f6803 fix(team): revert dedicated tmux session mode, restore split-pane default
• 2026-03-01 56091a4 ci: add CI Status gate job for branch protection (#423)
• 2026-03-01 576ec9c fix(ralph): exclude option values from CLI task description (#424)
• 2026-03-01 6eed3c6 fix(notify-hook): add structured logging for visual-verdict parse/persist failures (#428)
• 2026-03-01 b5dc657 fix(team): fix 3 regressions in team/ralph shutdown and resume paths (#430)
• 2026-03-01 3f6b3fd refactor(mcp): extract omx_run_team_* to dedicated team-server.ts (#431)
• 2026-03-02 c3d1220 fix(team): switch dedicated tmux session to opt-in with worker location hint (#432)
• 2026-03-01 ee72e1f Revert "fix(team): switch dedicated tmux session to opt-in with worker location hint (#432)"
• 2026-03-02 454e69d fix(team): force cleanup on failed/cancelled runs, await worktree rollback, refresh dead-worker panes (#438)
• 2026-03-02 c8632fa fix(team): fix leader pane targeting in notify-hook dispatch and runtime fallback (#433, #437) (#439)
• 2026-03-01 587ec94 fix(team): harden autoscaling pane cleanup and teardown
• 2026-03-02 12dea24 fix(team): preserve layout during scale-up and add regression test
• 2026-03-02 f5d47f4 fix(tmux): skip injection when pane returns to shell (#441) (#442)
• 2026-03-02 7413fe3 feat(team): add per-worker role routing and task decomposition
• 2026-03-02 cc64635 fix(tmux): target correct session when spawning team panes
• 2026-03-02 d33ecfc fix(team): remove unused symbols flagged in PR review
• 2026-03-02 f0cc833 fix(tmux): restore injection when scoped mode state is missing
• 2026-03-02 baeb8e7 fix(skills): restore visual-verdict contract and ralph visual-loop guidance
• 2026-03-02 a5f2b77 Revert "fix(skills): restore visual-verdict contract and ralph visual-loop guidance"
• 2026-03-02 6c1c4eb docs(changelog): update unreleased notes for main...dev
• 2026-03-02 e0c5974 fix(skills): normalize forked OMC references to OMX canonical paths