gastown/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the Gas Town project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

[0.2.0] - 2026-01-04

Major release featuring the Convoy Dashboard, two-level beads architecture, and significant multi-agent improvements.

Added

Convoy Dashboard (Web UI)

• gt dashboard command - Launch web-based monitoring UI for Gas Town (#71)
• Polecat Workers section - Real-time activity monitoring with tmux session timestamps
• Refinery Merge Queue display - Always-visible MR queue status
• Dynamic work status - Convoy status columns with live updates
• HTMX auto-refresh - 10-second refresh interval for real-time monitoring

Two-Level Beads Architecture

• Town-level beads (~/gt/.beads/) - hq-* prefix for Mayor mail and cross-rig coordination
• Rig-level beads - Project-specific issues with rig prefixes (e.g., gt-*)
• gt migrate-agents command - Migration tool for two-level architecture (#nnub1)
• TownBeadsPrefix constant - Centralized hq- prefix handling
• Prefix-based routing - Commands auto-route to correct rig via routes.jsonl

Multi-Agent Support

• Pluggable agent registry - Multi-agent support with configurable providers (#107)
• Multi-rig management - gt rig start/stop/restart/status for batch operations (#11z8l)
• gt crew stop command - Stop crew sessions cleanly
• spawn alias - Alternative to start for all role subcommands
• Batch slinging - gt sling supports multiple beads to a rig in one command (#l9toz)

Ephemeral Polecat Model

• Immediate recycling - Polecats recycled after each work unit (#81)
• Updated patrol formula - Witness formula adapted for ephemeral model
• mol-polecat-work formula - Updated for ephemeral polecat lifecycle (#si8rq.4)

Cost Tracking

• gt costs command - Session cost tracking and reporting
• Beads-based storage - Costs stored in beads instead of JSONL (#f7jxr)
• Stop hook integration - Auto-record costs on session end
• Tmux session auto-detection - Costs hook finds correct session

Conflict Resolution

• Conflict resolution workflow - Formula-based conflict handling for polecats (#si8rq.5)
• Merge-slot gate - Refinery integration for ordered conflict resolution
• gt done --phase-complete - Gate-based phase handoffs (#si8rq.7)

Communication & Coordination

• gt mail archive multi-ID - Archive multiple messages at once (#82)
• gt mail --all flag - Clear all mail for agent ergonomics (#105q3)
• Convoy stranded detection - Detect and feed stranded convoys (#8otmd)
• gt convoy --tree - Show convoy + child status tree
• gt convoy check - Cross-rig auto-close for completed convoys (#00qjk)

Developer Experience

• Shell completion - Installation instructions for bash/zsh/fish (#pdrh0)
• gt prime --hook - LLM runtime session handling flag
• gt doctor enhancements - Session-hooks check, repo-fingerprint validation (#nrgm5)
• Binary age detection - gt status shows stale binary warnings (#42whv)
• Circuit breaker - Automatic handling for stuck agents (#72cqu)

Infrastructure

• SessionStart hooks - Deployed during gt install for Mayor role
• hq-dog-role beads - Town-level dog role initialization (#2jjry)
• Watchdog chain docs - Boot/Deacon lifecycle documentation (#1847v)
• Integration tests - CI workflow for gt install and gt rig add (#htlmp)
• Local repo reference clones - Save disk space with --reference cloning

Changed

• Handoff migrated to skills - gt handoff now uses skills format (#nqtqp)
• Crew workers push to main - Documentation clarifies no PR workflow for crew
• Session names include town - Mayor/Deacon sessions use town-prefixed names
• Formula semantics clarified - Formulas are templates, not instructions
• Witness reports stopped - No more routine Mayor reports (saves tokens)

Fixed

Daemon & Session Stability

• Thread-safety - Added locks for agent session resume support
• Orphan daemon prevention - File locking prevents duplicate daemons (#108)
• Zombie tmux cleanup - Kill zombie sessions before recreating (#vve6k)
• Tmux exact matching - HasSession uses exact match to prevent prefix collisions
• Health check fallback - Prevents killing healthy sessions on tmux errors

Beads Integration

• Mayor/rig path - Use correct path for beads to prevent prefix mismatch (#38)
• Agent bead creation - Fixed during gt rig add (#32)
• bd daemon startup - Circuit breaker and restart logic (#2f0p3)
• BEADS_DIR environment - Correctly set for polecat hooks and cross-rig work

Agent Workflows

• Default branch detection - gt done no longer hardcodes 'main' (#42)
• Enter key retry - Reliable Enter key delivery with retry logic (#53)
• SendKeys debounce - Increased to 500ms for reliability
• MR bead closure - Close beads after successful merge from queue (#52)

Installation & Setup

• Embedded formulas - Copy formulas to new installations (#86)
• Vestigial cleanup - Remove rigs/ directory and state.json files
• Symlink preservation - Workspace detection preserves symlink paths (#3, #75)
• Golangci-lint errors - Resolved errcheck and gosec issues (#76)

Contributors

Thanks to all contributors for this release:

• @kiwiupover - README updates (#109)
• @michaellady - Convoy dashboard (#71), ResolveBeadsDir fix (#54)
• @jsamuel1 - Dependency updates (#83)
• @dannomayernotabot - Witness fixes (#87), daemon race condition (#64)
• @markov-kernel - Mayor session hooks (#93), daemon init recommendation (#95)
• @rawwerks - Multi-agent support (#107)
• @jakehemmerle - Daemon orphan race condition (#108)
• @danshapiro - Install role slots (#106), rig beads dir (#61)
• @vessenes - Town session helpers (#91), install copy formulas (#86)
• @kustrun - Init bugs (#34)
• @austeane - README quickstart fix (#44)
• @Avyukth - Patrol roles per-rig check (#26)

[0.1.1] - 2026-01-02

Fixed

• Tmux keybindings scoped to Gas Town sessions - C-b n/p no longer override default tmux behavior in non-GT sessions (#13)

Added

• OSS project files - CHANGELOG.md, .golangci.yml, RELEASING.md
• Version bump script - scripts/bump-version.sh for releases
• Documentation fixes - Corrected gt rig add and gt crew add CLI syntax (#6)
• Rig prefix routing - Agent beads now use correct rig-specific prefixes (#11)
• Beads init fix - Rig beads initialization targets correct database (#9)

[0.1.0] - 2026-01-02

Added

Initial public release of Gas Town - a multi-agent workspace manager for Claude Code.

Core Architecture

• Town structure - Hierarchical workspace with rigs, crews, and polecats
• Rig management - gt rig add/list/remove for project containers
• Crew workspaces - gt crew add for persistent developer workspaces
• Polecat workers - Transient agent workers managed by Witness

Agent Roles

• Mayor - Global coordinator for cross-rig work
• Deacon - Town-level lifecycle patrol and heartbeat
• Witness - Per-rig polecat lifecycle manager
• Refinery - Merge queue processor with code review
• Crew - Persistent developer workspaces
• Polecat - Transient worker agents

Work Management

• Convoy system - gt convoy create/list/status for tracking related work
• Sling workflow - gt sling <bead> <rig> to assign work to agents
• Hook mechanism - Work attached to agent hooks for pickup
• Molecule workflows - Formula-based multi-step task execution

Communication

• Mail system - gt mail inbox/send/read for agent messaging
• Escalation protocol - gt escalate with severity levels
• Handoff mechanism - gt handoff for context-preserving session cycling

Integration

• Beads integration - Issue tracking via beads (bd commands)
• Tmux sessions - Agent sessions in tmux with theming
• GitHub CLI - PR creation and merge queue via gh

Developer Experience

• Status dashboard - gt status for town overview
• Session cycling - C-b n/p to navigate between agents
• Activity feed - gt feed for real-time event stream
• Nudge system - gt nudge for reliable message delivery to sessions

Infrastructure

• Daemon mode - Background lifecycle management
• npm package - Cross-platform binary distribution
• GitHub Actions - CI/CD workflows for releases
• GoReleaser - Multi-platform binary builds