The bd update command now checks needsRouting() before attempting daemon RPC resolution. When an issue ID (like hq-eggh5) routes to a different beads directory, the update bypasses the daemon and uses direct mode with the routed storage. This enables polecats in gastown to update HQ beads (hq-* prefix) and vice versa. The fix mirrors the routing pattern already used by bd show. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>