arkgate 4.8.5 → 4.8.6

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,37 @@
 All notable changes to ArkGate (`arkgate`; formerly `ark-runtime-kernel`) are documented here or
 in the immutable pre-2.0 archive linked below.
 
+## 4.8.6 — 2026-08-31
+
+**Patch** over **4.8.5**. Phase **LV** — ArkOrder valved loop. First `release()`
+freezes ξ; later pattern change is `proposeRelease` then `apply`. σ identity is
+not ξ identity. ingest returns a closed residual. Capacity is data. ArkRun
+carries the decision tape. **No required config migration.** Does not close
+`K01` / `Z09`. No `/ark-order` skill. Do not npm-publish from this item until
+the maintainer tag.
+
+**Status: prepared** (tree ready; npm `latest` remains **4.8.5** until publish).
+
+### Added
+- **`apply(ProposeResult)`** on `createOrderPlane`. Unvalved second freeze of a
+  different ξ fails `ARKORDER_UNVALVED_RELEASE` at runtime (not a lexical sensor).
+- **`xiHash` / `sigmaHash` / `refreshSigma`** — saldo refresh does not mint a pattern.
+- **Ingest residual** `absorb | escalate_up | hold` bound to `xiHash` + event
+  identity. Closed `reasonCode`: `not-in-pattern` | `stale-sigma` | `pack` |
+  `capacity`. `proposed_patch` only on `escalate_up`. `IngestEscalate.target` remains.
+- **Capacity pack as data** (`kind` / `sigmaKey` / `payloadKey` / `op`). No user
+  predicates. Over-cap is residual, not a homemade kind.
+- **ArkRun decision tape** on the information package (`{ xiHash, event, residual }`).
+  Component snapshot API unchanged. `shadow` / `compare` / `replay` in-process.
+- **`ReleaseStore` port** with in-memory default. Optional catalog digest keyed by
+  `catalogReleaseId`. Not durable. Not K01.
+- Thin gallery bridge: absorb may `send`; `escalate_up` human may `raises`.
+
+### Changed
+- Public sentence: **ArkOrder freezes the pattern through a valve. ArkRun is how
+  the residual travels.** Skills `/ark-adopt` `/ark-place` `/ark-autopilot` deepen.
+  Doctor / status remain `notAScore`.
+
 ## 4.8.5 — 2026-08-31
 
 **Patch** over **4.8.4**. Phase **XP** (ArkOrder × ArkRun) plus Antigravity skill
@@ -11,7 +42,7 @@ now has a canonical page. The runtime half (shadow / replay / compare) is
 ArkRun and in-memory. **No required config migration.** Does not close `K01` /
 `Z09`.
 
-**Status: prepared** (not yet on npm `latest`).
+**Status: published** (on npm `latest`; see `docs/releases/4.8.5.md`).
 
 ### Added
 - **`docs/arkorder.md`:** named APIs adopters were redesigning (`createOrderPlane`,
@@ -41,7 +72,7 @@ ArkRun and in-memory. **No required config migration.** Does not close `K01` /
 
 ## 4.8.4 — 2026-08-30
 
-**Status: published** (on npm `latest`; see `docs/releases/4.8.4.md`).
+**Status: published** (see `docs/releases/4.8.4.md`).
 
 **Patch** over **4.8.3**. Invariant coverage stops hiding its own limits: the scan budget and the
 test globs are config, every discarded file is counted in the diagnostic, and coverage stops

package/README.md

@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ Works with Cursor, Claude, Codex, and Grok.
 
 </div>
 
-> **ArkGate 4.8.4** is on npm `latest`. Write. Check. Ship. Adopted = required GitHub
+> **ArkGate 4.8.5** is on npm `latest`. This tree is **4.8.6** (prepared patch; not published).
+> Write. Check. Ship. Adopted = required GitHub
 > status running `arkgate-check --strict-merge`, or an explicit `advisory-only` stance.
 > Status is compact (`arkgate-check --doctor`; `--all` for Details). Optional **ArkRun**
 > (`arkgate/runtime`) is an in-memory runtime — not Postgres. Optional **ArkOrder**
-> (`arkgate/order`) stops the agent rewriting the few slow product decisions as CRUD.
+> (`arkgate/order`) stops the agent rewriting the few slow product decisions as CRUD;
+> later pattern change is `proposeRelease` then `apply`.
 > `@arkgate/runtime` is deprecated.
-> [4.8.4](docs/releases/4.8.4.md) · [4.8.3](docs/releases/4.8.3.md) · [4.8.2](docs/releases/4.8.2.md) · [4.8.1](docs/releases/4.8.1.md) · [4.8.0](docs/releases/4.8.0.md) · [Docs hub](docs/README.md) · [Voice](docs/product-voice.md)
+> [4.8.6](docs/releases/4.8.6.md) · [4.8.5](docs/releases/4.8.5.md) · [4.8.4](docs/releases/4.8.4.md) · [4.8.3](docs/releases/4.8.3.md) · [4.8.2](docs/releases/4.8.2.md) · [4.8.1](docs/releases/4.8.1.md) · [4.8.0](docs/releases/4.8.0.md) · [Docs hub](docs/README.md) · [Voice](docs/product-voice.md)
 
 ---
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ once you adopt. The other three are optional.
 | **Before merge** | `arkgate-check` as a **required** CI status | Always (ArkGate) |
 | **ArkRules** | Optional policies *inside* a layer | When you ask |
 | **ArkRun** | Optional experimental runtime (`arkgate/runtime`) | Off unless you turn it on |
-| **ArkOrder** | Stops the agent rewriting the few slow product decisions as CRUD (`arkgate/order`) | Off unless you turn it on |
+| **ArkOrder** | Stops the agent rewriting the few slow product decisions as CRUD (`arkgate/order`). Valve: first `release()`, later ξ is `proposeRelease` then `apply` | Off unless you turn it on |
 
 Layers (who may import whom) always run. ArkRules, ArkRun, and ArkOrder change no
 inter-layer verdict when absent. Label leftovers **`[Layer]`** vs **`[ArkRules]`** vs
@@ -280,10 +282,13 @@ because “what may be the plan” was never a rule.
 
 **ArkOrder** (`arkgate/order`) is that rule. Off unless you add `arkOrder`.
 Name the slow keys (`xiKeys`: plan, protocol, cost-code bound — not `projectId`).
-Posting an invoice is absorbed. Changing plan is a new release, with a blast
-radius. A generic `update` of the plan does not land. A use-case that PATCHes
-those keys through Prisma is named. Same npm package.
+Posting an invoice is absorbed. Changing plan is `proposeRelease` then `apply`.
+`refreshSigma`; ingest residual `absorb | escalate_up | hold` + `reasonCode`;
+capacity pack as data; in-memory `ReleaseStore`; `ingestTravelAction`; ArkRun
+`decisionTape`. A generic `update` of the plan does not land. A use-case that
+PATCHes those keys through Prisma is named. Same npm package.
 In-memory. Not durable. Does not replace ArkRun.
+**ArkOrder freezes the pattern through a valve. ArkRun is how the residual travels.**
 
 Copy [examples/arkorder-billing/](examples/arkorder-billing/) and rename the
 three keys. Compact starters leave it off. Details:
@@ -304,8 +309,9 @@ three keys. Compact starters leave it off. Details:
 | Config · package surface · TS | [configuration](docs/configuration.md) · [package-surface](docs/package-surface.md) · [typescript-support](docs/typescript-support.md) |
 | Brownfield | [docs/brownfield-adoption.md](docs/brownfield-adoption.md) |
 | Security | [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) |
-| Current tree (4.8.5 prepared) | [docs/releases/4.8.5.md](docs/releases/4.8.5.md) · [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) |
-| Current published (4.8.4 on npm `latest`) | [docs/releases/4.8.4.md](docs/releases/4.8.4.md) |
+| Tree prepared (4.8.6, not published) | [docs/releases/4.8.6.md](docs/releases/4.8.6.md) · [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) |
+| Current published (4.8.5 on npm `latest`) | [docs/releases/4.8.5.md](docs/releases/4.8.5.md) · [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) |
+| Prior published (4.8.4) | [docs/releases/4.8.4.md](docs/releases/4.8.4.md) |
 | Prior published (4.8.3) | [docs/releases/4.8.3.md](docs/releases/4.8.3.md) |
 | Prior published (4.8.2) | [docs/releases/4.8.2.md](docs/releases/4.8.2.md) |
 | Prior published (4.8.1) | [docs/releases/4.8.1.md](docs/releases/4.8.1.md) |