VCO Release v2.3.53

Highlights

Closed the governed specialist-dispatch gap with explicit custom-admission handling and restored the missing delegated-lane / host-adapter metadata handoff. Router admission, confirm UI, runtime input packets, delegated lane payloads, and specialist execution now carry the same bounded-dispatch truth instead of relying on weaker implied behavior.
Hardened Windows PowerShell host resolution across install, check, and bootstrap surfaces, and tightened managed-host install guarantees across Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenClaw, and OpenCode adapter lanes.
Tightened cleanup-truth wording and policy so public docs and runtime policy stop overstating what phase cleanup can guarantee, especially around no-false-cleanliness claims.

v2.3.52 pushed governed memory activation into the standard six-stage runtime and made backend memory activity observable.
v2.3.53 shifts the focus back to release-facing reliability and truth alignment: specialist admission, specialist dispatch closure, host install guarantees, and cleanup-safety claims now line up more tightly across router, runtime, install, and adapter surfaces.
The important difference is not a new product lane. The difference is that governed execution and host-facing entrypoints now make fewer promises they cannot prove, while carrying stronger explicit proof for the promises they do make.

Runtime / specialist dispatch coverage:
- pytest -q tests/runtime_neutral/test_custom_admission_bridge.py tests/runtime_neutral/test_multi_host_specialist_execution.py
Install / host-resolution coverage:
- pytest -q tests/runtime_neutral/test_installed_runtime_scripts.py
Release-surface and version consistency:
- git diff --check
- pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/verify/vibe-version-consistency-gate.ps1
- pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/verify/vibe-dist-manifest-gate.ps1
- pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/verify/vibe-specialist-dispatch-closure-gate.ps1

Operators on stock Windows PowerShell hosts should see more reliable install and runtime detection without needing ad-hoc shell overrides in normal supported setups.
Specialist-capable governed runs now expose stricter admission and dispatch behavior. Treat those receipts and gates as the source of truth rather than assuming older implicit dispatch behavior still applies.
This release improves closure and truth alignment. It does not claim any new broad host-native support tier beyond what the current adapter / distribution documents already state.