[yaacovcorcos]

What Changed

The release workflow no longer adds the unsigned-Windows notice to the GitHub release body. When allow_unsigned_windows=true, the exception now goes to the publish step's job summary instead. docs/operations/release.md says where the record lives and why. The publication rehearsal test now checks that a Beta body stays empty and that the summary records the exception.

Why

The desktop app shows a release's body as its release notes. Beta releases are published without notes on purpose, so the notice was the only text. The sidebar's update card showed it under What's changed, on macOS too. It read as a change list that described no changes.

The install guide (docs/user/install.md) already explains the SmartScreen warning for people downloading the installer. With an empty body, the update control falls back to its plain tooltip: "Update ready to download" and the version.

The change applies to releases published from now on. Existing releases, including the current Beta, keep their bodies.

Documentation Impact

Documentation impact: Updated — docs/operations/release.md (where the unsigned-Windows exception is recorded).

UI Changes

None in code. Future Beta update cards no longer show a "What's changed" section holding only the Windows notice.

Verification

• I ran the changed shell lines under Bash. With empty notes and allow_unsigned_windows=true, the body file is empty and the summary records the exception.
• vp fmt --check and git diff --check pass.
• Not run locally: scripts/scient-beta-publication.test.ts skips on Windows by design, as Linux-only Bash fixtures. Linux CI runs it.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ The exact PR base did not have a successful artifact. Baseline uses the latest successful main measurement shown below.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.6 KiB	5.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	4.3 KiB	4.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	26.2 KiB	26.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.6 KiB	5.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	4.3 KiB	4.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	26.6 KiB	26.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 8f6c479 · PR result: 9cae3ee · Source CI: failure

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.
Full compact HTTP snapshot with live cursor.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 133.1 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 133.4 KiB

Updated in place by a trusted workflow. PR artifacts are strictly validated and never executed.