Release-process maturity release. No source code changes since v3.9.7
— every commit lands in CI infrastructure, fixtures, scripts, or docs.
The published package is functionally identical to v3.9.7 except for
a refreshed lockfile carrying two transitive security patches.
Closes 4 of the 5 #401 follow-up issues:
- #408 PR template CI enforcement (#416)
- #409 VERIFICATION.md + matrix embed (#417)
- #410 Weekly chaos workflow (#417)
- #411 Mirror init-corpus tarballs to GitHub Releases (#415)
Plus #414 (dependabot transitive bumps: hono 4.12.9→4.12.12,
@hono/node-server 1.19.11→1.19.13).
The remaining #401 follow-up is #407 (worker_threads phase 06
isolation), which stays deferred per its own definition — none of
its 4 trigger conditions have fired.
Verification (per docs/policies/release-verification.md):
- npm run build — clean (CLI + MCP bundles report v3.9.8)
- npm run typecheck — clean (zero errors)
- 711/711 unit tests pass on the critical CLI subset + the load-
bearing phase 06 watchdog test
- 15/15 performance gates pass
- Clean-room install: npm pack -> fresh project -> npm install ->
aqe --version returns 3.9.8 with exit 0
- aqe init --auto --json in fresh project: zero step errors, 84
skills installed, 60 agents installed, MCP configured, CLAUDE.md
generated, workers started
Full test:ci suite intentionally not run locally per CLAUDE.md
("DO NOT run local tests in Codespace if they OOM — CI tests in
the workflow are sufficient"). The release-gate corpus + post-
publish canary will exercise the full surface in CI.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Dragan Spiridonov
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