[yaacovcorcos]

Summary

Adds Yaacov's approved 0.6.24 What's New copy to the existing Scient release-note catalog. The same catalog serves the in-app note and the GitHub release body.

The nine highlights cover Windows dictation, speed and reliability, source quotes, cross-computer conversation context, clearer answers and delegated work, sidebar updates, multi-computer sections, Muse Code, and review guides. Muse remains a dedicated highlight without calling provider enablement optional. Older published notes are unchanged.

The supporting tests cover upgrading from 0.6.23 and rendering every highlight's paragraphs. Historical format/preflight checks now select their intended 0.6.23 fixture rather than assuming it remains the newest note.

Merge dependencies

The note is ready for after these PRs merge. Do not merge this notes PR before both:

• Align with T3 upstream through d8e9fd267e #593: latest upstream alignment, including speed/reliability improvements and live Claude team-member conversations.
• fix(voice): build the Windows helper so it needs nothing Windows lacks #596: Windows offline voice runtime without extra system-library dependencies.

This is a draft PR under the contribution policy. No auto-merge is enabled. It changes no application version, updater setting, release workflow, or publication gate, and does not publish a release.

The entry uses publishedAt: 2026-10-19; adjust the date before publication if 0.6.24 ships later.

Verification

On macOS with Node 24.19.0 and pnpm 11.10.0, against commit 6f17d5145b661be008e44632346f607e9ff50fa9:

• Release-note catalog and upgrade decisions: 19 tests passed.
• Release machinery/preflight: 25 tests passed.
• Chromium release-note rendering: 3 tests passed, covering light/dark mode, all paragraph copy, focus, small-window scrolling, release history, and collapsed-sidebar visibility.
• pnpm exec vp fmt --check: passed across the repository.
• pnpm exec vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives: passed with 0 errors and 1,076 warnings outside the changed files. Scoped lint for all four changed files has 0 warnings and 0 errors.
• pnpm run typecheck: passed for all 49 workspaces.
• git diff --check: passed.
• Staged and committed diffs reviewed; isolated worktree is clean.

Not run: full repository test suite, production build, and desktop smoke test. Human visual acceptance of the new release note and normal release qualification remain required before publication; automated browser assertions do not replace that acceptance.

Documentation impact

Documentation impact: Updated - apps/web/src/scient/releaseNotes/catalog.ts (the canonical approved release copy). No maintainer guidance or user-workflow behavior changes.

AI assistance

Harness: Factory Droid. Model identifier is not exposed in this session's metadata.

[yaacovcorcos]

The approved Scient 0.6.24 release note is ready for after #593 (the latest alignment) and #596 (Windows offline voice) are merged and qualified.

Please keep this notes PR unmerged until both land. The copy already includes their changes, keeps Muse Code as its own highlight, and uses the clearer multi-computer sections explanation approved in the conversation.

All 47 focused tests, repository formatting, and 49 workspace type checks pass. Normal CI and human release-note visual acceptance still apply before publication. Update the note's publication date if the release ships after 2026-10-19. This PR does not authorize or publish a release.

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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: 2cce7fe · PR result: 6f17d51 · Source CI: success

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.