Dream Server

Fixed

• Owner-card readiness now notices dream-proxy after dream enable dream-proxy and dream start dream-proxy without requiring a manual dashboard-api restart.

Validation

• Fleet test run on 2026-05-26 at commit cff3b21 validated the #1474 fix and passed regressions, zero-prereq bootstrap, install, verify, cloud-mode, dashboard, Hermes, UI, lifecycle, and distro lab validation across tower2, Strix Halo, Spark, and M5 MacBook Pro.
• The new dream-proxy-owner-card-readiness-1474 regression fixture passed on Strix Halo from both already-enabled and disabled states, proving owner-card status returns ready: true without restarting dashboard-api.
• Capability reruns confirmed the initial Strix Halo and M5 MacBook Pro failures were model/timing flakes; full-model capability probes passed on Strix Halo and M5 MacBook Pro, while tower2 and Spark correctly deferred LLM-driven full-model probes on bootstrap models.
• Distro lab passed 10/10 Docker lanes and 5/5 Incus VM lanes.

Fleet Validation Receipt

• Release tag: v2.5.3
• Release stamp commit: d7784673
• Stable hotfix commit: 75fa4407
• Product validation commit: cff3b21 (main forward-port of the same hotfix)
• Fleet run: 2026-05-26T14-02-04Z
• Harness: main@f064e42
• Gate result: All phases green after accepted model/timing reruns
• Regressions: 15/15 PASS
• Zero-prereq bootstrap: 6/6 PASS
• Install: 4/4 PASS
• Verify: 4/4 PASS
• Cloud-mode: 4/4 PASS
• Dashboard: 4/4 PASS
• Hermes: 4/4 PASS
• UI: PASS on tower2 Playwright host
• Lifecycle: 4/4 PASS
• Distro lab: 10/10 Docker lanes PASS, 5/5 Incus VM lanes PASS
• Bugs opened by run: 0

Enabled fleet hosts:

• tower2: NVIDIA Blackwell x86, bootstrap model at capability probe time; install, product, UI, lifecycle, and non-LLM capability checks PASS
• strix-halo: AMD/Lemonade, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B full-model capabilities PASS on rerun
• spark: NVIDIA GB10 aarch64, bootstrap model at capability probe time; install, product, lifecycle, and non-LLM capability checks PASS
• m5-mbp: Apple M5 Max, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B full-model capabilities PASS on rerun

Notes:

• This release is cut from release/2.5.x, not from main.
• v2.5.2 does not include the #1474 fix; use v2.5.3 for the owner-card readiness hotfix.
• The release tag includes the metadata stamp plus the #1474 stable hotfix. No installer, model-routing, compose, GPU-detection, or dependency changes were introduced by the stamp itself.