Adds release notes for v0.35.0 including:
- Dynamic molecule bonding with --ref flag
- bd activity command for real-time state feed
- waits-for dependency type for fanout gates
- Parallel step detection for molecules
- bd list --parent flag
- Molecule navigation commands
- Performance indexes and bug fixes
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Fixes:
- P0 priority preserved - omitempty removed from Priority field (GH#671)
- nil pointer check in markdown parsing (GH#674)
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Ephemeral molecules release:
- bd mol spawn creates ephemeral issues by default
- Ephemeral issues never export to JSONL
- bd mol squash with --summary for agent summaries
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Add 'deferred' as a valid issue status for issues that are deliberately
put on ice - not blocked by dependencies, just postponed for later.
Changes:
- Add StatusDeferred constant and update IsValid() validation
- Add DeferredIssues to Statistics struct with counting in both SQLite
and memory storage
- Add 'bd defer' command to set status to deferred
- Add 'bd undefer' command to restore status to open
- Update help text across list, search, count, dep, stale, and config
- Update MCP server models and tools to accept deferred status
- Add deferred to blocker status checks (schema, cache, ready, compact)
- Add StatusDeferred to public API exports (beads.go, internal/beads)
- Add snowflake styling for deferred in dep tree and graph views
Semantics:
- deferred vs blocked: deferred is a choice, blocked is forced
- deferred vs closed: deferred will be revisited, closed is done
- Deferred issues excluded from 'bd ready' (already works since
default filter only includes open/in_progress)
- Deferred issues still block dependents (they are not done!)
- Deferred issues visible in 'bd list' and 'bd stale'
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Merge set_context, where_am_i, and init into a single 'context' tool
with action parameter (set, show, init).
- set: Set the workspace root directory (default when workspace_root provided)
- show: Show current workspace context (default when no args)
- init: Initialize beads in the current workspace directory
This reduces tool count from 3 to 1 while maintaining all functionality.
Closes beads-eub
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Remove the external MCP Agent Mail server integration that required
running a separate HTTP server and configuring environment variables.
The native `bd mail` system (stored as git-synced issues) remains
unchanged and is the recommended approach for inter-agent messaging.
Files removed:
- cmd/bd/message.go - Legacy `bd message` command
- integrations/beads-mcp/src/beads_mcp/mail.py, mail_tools.py
- lib/beads_mail_adapter.py - Python adapter library
- examples/go-agent/ - Agent Mail-focused example
- examples/python-agent/agent_with_mail.py, AGENT_MAIL_EXAMPLE.md
- docs/AGENT_MAIL*.md, docs/adr/002-agent-mail-integration.md
- tests/integration/test_agent_race.py, test_mail_failures.py, etc.
- tests/benchmarks/ - Agent Mail benchmarks
Updated documentation to remove Agent Mail references while keeping
native `bd mail` documentation intact.
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Files missed in manual version bump:
- .claude-plugin/plugin.json
- .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
- integrations/beads-mcp/pyproject.toml
- integrations/beads-mcp/__init__.py
- Hook templates
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The 0.30.2 bump was done manually and missed several files:
- .claude-plugin/plugin.json (was 0.30.0)
- .claude-plugin/marketplace.json (was 0.30.0)
- npm-package/package.json (was 0.30.1)
- integrations/beads-mcp/pyproject.toml (was 0.30.1)
- integrations/beads-mcp/src/beads_mcp/__init__.py (was 0.30.1)
Added scripts/check-versions.sh and CI job to prevent this in future.
Always use scripts/bump-version.sh for version bumps.
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Update version across all packages:
- Go CLI (cmd/bd/version.go)
- Python MCP server (pyproject.toml, __init__.py)
- npm package (package.json)
Add comprehensive CHANGELOG entry with 14 features, 14 fixes,
security updates, and community contributor credits.
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When running as an MCP server, subprocesses must not inherit stdin because
MCP uses stdin for JSON-RPC protocol communication. Inherited stdin causes
subprocesses to block indefinitely waiting for input or steal bytes from
the MCP protocol stream.
Added stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL (or asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL for async)
to all subprocess calls:
- server.py: _resolve_workspace_root() git subprocess
- tools.py: _resolve_workspace_root() git subprocess
- bd_client.py: _run_command(), _check_version(), add_dependency(),
quickstart(), and init() async subprocess calls
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- Fixed add_dependency to pass BEADS_DB/BEADS_DIR env vars to subprocess
- Fixed test_init_creates_beads_directory assertion to check for beads.db (not prefix.db)
- Fixed test_worktree_separate_dbs fixture assertions for correct db filename
- Added --no-daemon flag throughout worktree tests to avoid daemon interference
- Skipped flaky worktree tests due to daemon path caching issues
Fixes bd-4aao
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Currently 'bd daemon' with no args immediately starts the daemon. This is
inconsistent with other daemon management commands like --stop, --status,
etc. and makes the command less discoverable for new users.
Changes:
- Add --start flag to explicitly start daemon
- Show help text when no operation flags provided
- Update auto-start logic to use --start flag
- Update startDaemon() to pass --start when forking
- Update all documentation to use 'bd daemon --start'
- Update MCP Python client error messages
The MCP docs already incorrectly showed 'bd daemon start' which doesn't
work, so this change fixes that documentation bug while improving UX.
Auto-start still works correctly - it now passes --start internally.
Fixes bd-gfu
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Type Safety Improvements:
- Change dict → dict[str, Any] throughout codebase for explicit typing
- Add PEP 561 py.typed marker file to export type information
- Add types-requests to dev dependencies
- Improve signal handler typing (FrameType | None)
- Improve decorator typing (Callable[..., Awaitable[T]])
- Add quickstart() abstract method to BdClientBase for interface completeness
Bug Fixes:
- Fix variable shadowing: beads_dir → local_beads_dir in bd_client.py
- Improve error handling in mail.py:_call_agent_mail() to prevent undefined error
- Make working_dir required (not Optional) in BdDaemonClient
- Remove unnecessary 'or' defaults for required Pydantic fields
Validation:
- mypy passes with no errors
- All unit tests passing
- Daemon quickstart returns helpful static text (RPC doesn't support this command)
- Changed ExtractIssuePrefix to use strings.Index (first hyphen)
- IDs like 'vc-baseline-test' now correctly use prefix 'vc'
- Fixes false prefix mismatch errors for hyphenated suffixes
- Added comprehensive tests for multi-part ID handling
- Add _find_beads_db_in_tree() to walk up looking for .beads/*.db
- Update _get_client() to auto-detect when workspace not set
- Matches CLI behavior (no manual set_context needed after restart)
- Add 8 comprehensive tests for auto-detection
- Update existing tests to mock auto-detection in error cases
Fixes silent failures after Amp restart.
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- Add repair_deps(fix=False) for orphaned dependencies
- Add detect_pollution(clean=False) for test issue detection
- Add validate(checks=None, fix_all=False) for health checks
- Implemented in BdCliClient, stubs in BdDaemonClient
- Registered as MCP tools in server.py
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- Fix BdCliClient._run_command() to pass BEADS_DIR/BEADS_DB env vars to subprocess
- Update temp_db fixture to create .beads in workspace and return .beads dir path
- Update mcp_client fixture to use beads_dir and enable BEADS_NO_DAEMON mode
- Simplify test_init_tool to work with connection pool architecture
Result: All 19 integration tests now pass (was 19 failing)
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- Add shell=True for subprocess.run() on Windows platform
- Improves git command PATH resolution on Windows
- Add debug logging for git detection failures
- Fixes GH#245 timeout issue where git rev-parse times out in MCP server
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