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Summary
AI summaryUpdates Provider and output robustness, Orchestration and runtime reliability, and Validation workflow hardening across a mixed release.
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Zeroshot v5.5.0
Release date: 2026-02-19
This release promotes the latest dev baseline to main.
TUI Status
The TUI is still WIP.
- This is not the full TUI release.
- Full TUI release notes will come in a dedicated later release.
Non‑TUI Improvements In This Release
Orchestration and runtime reliability
- Added guidance queue and delivery plumbing for agents (
src/agent/guidance-queue.js,src/message-buffer.js,src/guidance-topics.js). - Added state snapshot capture/publishing for better cluster progress visibility (
src/state-snapshot.js,src/state-snapshotter.js). - Improved orchestrator/sub-cluster behavior and recovery paths (
src/orchestrator.js,src/sub-cluster-wrapper.js,src/agent-wrapper.js). - Improved attach/send-input path for running sessions (
src/attach/send-input.js,src/attach/index.js).
Validation workflow hardening
- Added staged validation templates (
quick-validation,heavy-validation) and upgradedfull-workflowtemplate behavior. - Added template simulation/deep validation modules (
src/template-validation/**) to catch trigger/consensus issues earlier. - Strengthened config validation and routing (
src/config-validator.js,src/config-router.js,src/schemas/sub-cluster.js).
Provider and output robustness
- Hardened output extraction and fatal/error parsing across providers (
src/agent/output-extraction.js). - Added provider retry/backoff handling (
src/agent/rate-limit-backoff.js). - Updated provider mappings/defaults and parsers (
src/providers/openai/**,src/providers/anthropic/**,src/providers/google/**,src/providers/base-provider.js).
Git/PR automation and workflow behavior
- Enhanced git-pusher behavior and schema handling (
src/agents/git-pusher-template.js). - Improved issue-provider handling across GitHub/GitLab/Azure/Jira (
src/issue-providers/**). - Improved worktree/isolation handling and compose cleanup flows (
src/isolation-manager.js).
CLI and automation improvements
- Expanded CLI behavior and command handling updates (
cli/index.js). - Added/updated startup, settings, and repo config helpers (
lib/start-cluster.js,lib/repo-settings.js,lib/settings.js). - Improved preflight validation paths (
src/preflight.js).
CI/release and quality coverage
- CI/release workflow updates (
.github/workflows/ci.yml,.github/workflows/release.yml,.github/workflows/codeql.yml). - Expanded unit/integration coverage significantly across runtime/validation/provider/orchestrator paths (
tests/**).
Release References
- Release PR: https://github.com/covibes/zeroshot/pull/411
- Merge commit:
0edf0680b61c346af1960e88a6587e5460ac74fa
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