HANCORE-linux · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026
diff --git a/.github/release-notes/v0.1.1-beta.16.2.md b/.github/release-notes/v0.1.1-beta.16.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# 0.1.1-beta.16.2
+
+Beta.16.2 fixes workspace animation stutter, defers premature centre-layout
+changes after reveal/rebuild, and fixes Health and AI collector handling.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- Workspaces: the workspace animation stutters since Beta 16 (#73). Paint subtrees are now created only for the active workspace style; the focus animation renders 11–13 real frames per switch again (4–6 in 16.1), style switch cycles are 29–41 % faster and bar switch cycles 11–14 % faster on our fixture. The rest images of all styles stay identical to 16.1 at DPR 1; at DPR 1.6 only glyph rasterisation differs by at most 4/255 on text pixels, and the numbers style now sits at its geometrically correct position (up to 1 physical pixel).
+- Centre group: the responsive stage (clock / clock+weather / clock+date+weather) could be decided with a stale host budget right after a bar reveal or a rebuild, briefly showing the date or hiding the weather. The decision is now deferred while the status group's spacing savings are still pending or the host budget is stale.
+- Status group: the 1–2-frame undershoot of the status icons right after a bar rebuild (spacing savings applied one frame late) no longer triggers a wrong centre stage.
+- Health: `shibumi-health` no longer reports plugins as "modified" because of `__pycache__`/`.pyc` files in the plugin directory (#74). The payload digest now ignores them, like the installer does.
+- AI: the agents usage updater waits up to 300 s instead of 120 s for the Omarchy collectors. Large Codex session histories (tens of GB) made the Codex collector exceed 120 s, so the Codex card vanished from the AI panel after 24 h.
+- Tests: the notification adapter smoke test no longer races its timer (the test that made one release job red in 16.1).
+- Bar: the bar's fallback colours now reference the palette as `Commons.Color`, as Omarchy requires for Qt 6.12, where an unqualified `Color` resolves to the new QtQuick type (basecamp/omarchy #14553).
+- Bar: the hidden-bar probe accepts Omarchy's upcoming `bar-hidden` toggle marker next to the current `bar-off` (basecamp/omarchy #14395).
+
+## Known issues
+
+- Rings style: right after a bar rebuild (reload, V1/V2 switch, workspace count change) the focus ring can be drawn about 6 px off for a single frame (16 ms); on our fixture this happened in up to every second rebuild in the standard layout and in 1 of 10 in the full layout. It is a build-time animation ordering effect and will be fixed with the host layout redesign in 0.2.0.
+- Notch bar at DPR 1.6 with the numbers or kanji style: the centre group can oscillate between two layouts for a while after a layout change. This exists since 16.1 (status spacing feedback) and is also addressed by the 0.2.0 redesign.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The 24-plugin suite and transactional installation model are unchanged, retaining the Omarchy and Omarchy Settings `4.0.4-1`, Omarchy `v4.0.4` source, and Quickshell `0.3.1-1` pins.
+Runtime validation used Qt 6.11.2; Qt 6.12 is not yet validated.
+
+## Install and update
+
+For a new source installation, use the published release tag:
+
+```bash
+sudo pacman -S --needed python jq curl networkmanager power-profiles-daemon upower xdg-utils libnotify wl-clipboard ttf-material-symbols-variable ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd-basic noto-fonts-cjk adwaita-fonts
+git clone https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell.git
+cd Shibumi-Shell
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
+./scripts/shibumi-suite install --yes
+```
+
+Update an admitted Beta.16.1 installation from its existing checkout:
+
+```bash
+git fetch --tags
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
+./scripts/shibumi-suite update --dry-run
+./scripts/shibumi-suite update --yes
+./scripts/shibumi-suite status
+```
+
+The exact Beta.16.1 tag (`3b35049`) and release merge (`65c8d8bf`) are admitted
+predecessors. Older supported identities retain their exact revision and
+payload checks; an arbitrary checkout with the same version is not admitted.
+Do not install or update from `main`, or delete lifecycle state to bypass
+admission. See the [installation and recovery guide](https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell/blob/v0.1.1-beta.16.2/docs/install.md).
+AUR publication remains deferred.
+
+## Downgrade warning
+
+**Downgrade:** Beta.15.4 and older cannot read V1 layouts with parked widgets
+(`order.parked`). They reset V1 order, roles and splits to defaults; other
+settings and V2 stay. `uninstall --keep-settings` does not prevent this.
+Back up `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json` and `~/.local/state/shibumi/` before a
+downgrade. Details: [Backup before downgrade](https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell/blob/v0.1.1-beta.16.2/docs/install.md#backup-before-downgrade).
diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ checks pass.
 - The shared runtime owns one process-singleton `omarchy.bar`
   visibility-nudge handler, enabled only for the one fully admitted active
   Shibumi bar. It exposes only `syncHidden`, which asks that owner to re-read
-  Omarchy's host-owned `bar-off` marker after `omarchy-toggle-bar` changes it;
+  Omarchy's host-owned `bar-off` or `bar-hidden` marker after `omarchy-toggle-bar` changes it;
   the directory watcher remains the ordinary update path. Incoming ownership
   arms only after the bounded host-handler handoff window; changing the
   host-injected bar identity revokes outgoing ownership synchronously.

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.1-beta.16.2] - 2026-10-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Workspaces: the workspace animation stutters since Beta 16 (#73). Paint subtrees are now created only for the active workspace style; the focus animation renders 11–13 real frames per switch again (4–6 in 16.1), style switch cycles are 29–41 % faster and bar switch cycles 11–14 % faster on our fixture. The rest images of all styles stay identical to 16.1 at DPR 1; at DPR 1.6 only glyph rasterisation differs by at most 4/255 on text pixels, and the numbers style now sits at its geometrically correct position (up to 1 physical pixel).
+- Centre group: the responsive stage (clock / clock+weather / clock+date+weather) could be decided with a stale host budget right after a bar reveal or a rebuild, briefly showing the date or hiding the weather. The decision is now deferred while the status group's spacing savings are still pending or the host budget is stale.
+- Status group: the 1–2-frame undershoot of the status icons right after a bar rebuild (spacing savings applied one frame late) no longer triggers a wrong centre stage.
+- Health: `shibumi-health` no longer reports plugins as "modified" because of `__pycache__`/`.pyc` files in the plugin directory (#74). The payload digest now ignores them, like the installer does.
+- AI: the agents usage updater waits up to 300 s instead of 120 s for the Omarchy collectors. Large Codex session histories (tens of GB) made the Codex collector exceed 120 s, so the Codex card vanished from the AI panel after 24 h.
+- Tests: the notification adapter smoke test no longer races its timer (the test that made one release job red in 16.1).
+- Bar: the bar's fallback colours now reference the palette as `Commons.Color`, as Omarchy requires for Qt 6.12, where an unqualified `Color` resolves to the new QtQuick type (basecamp/omarchy #14553).
+- Bar: the hidden-bar probe accepts Omarchy's upcoming `bar-hidden` toggle marker next to the current `bar-off` (basecamp/omarchy #14395).
+
+### Known issues
+
+- Rings style: right after a bar rebuild (reload, V1/V2 switch, workspace count change) the focus ring can be drawn about 6 px off for a single frame (16 ms); on our fixture this happened in up to every second rebuild in the standard layout and in 1 of 10 in the full layout. It is a build-time animation ordering effect and will be fixed with the host layout redesign in 0.2.0.
+- Notch bar at DPR 1.6 with the numbers or kanji style: the centre group can oscillate between two layouts for a while after a layout change. This exists since 16.1 (status spacing feedback) and is also addressed by the 0.2.0 redesign.
+
 ## [0.1.1-beta.16.1] - 2026-10-04
 
 ### Fixed

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ process.</sub></p>
 [Documentation](docs/README.md) ·
 [Release status](docs/release-readiness.md)
 
-`0.1.1-beta.16.1` is published as a GitHub prerelease. AUR publication is
+`0.1.1-beta.16.2` is the target GitHub prerelease. AUR publication is
 deferred; use the source installation below. See the
-[release notes](.github/release-notes/v0.1.1-beta.16.1.md) for changes and the
+[release notes](.github/release-notes/v0.1.1-beta.16.2.md) for changes and the
 downgrade warning.
 The current pinned host contracts use Omarchy and Omarchy Settings `4.0.4-1`
 (source tag `v4.0.4`, revision `c668141e`) with Quickshell `0.3.1-1`; the
@@ -82,18 +82,18 @@ Install from source using the release tag:
 sudo pacman -S --needed python jq curl networkmanager power-profiles-daemon upower xdg-utils libnotify wl-clipboard ttf-material-symbols-variable ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd-basic noto-fonts-cjk adwaita-fonts
 git clone https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell.git
 cd Shibumi-Shell
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite install --yes
 ```
 
-Update an admitted Beta.16 source installation to Beta.16.1.
+Update an admitted Beta.16.1 source installation to Beta.16.2.
 Exact predecessor identities, not a version range, govern admission; see the
 [update guide](docs/install.md#update).
 
 ```sh
 cd Shibumi-Shell
 git fetch --tags
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite update --dry-run
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite update --yes
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite status

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.1-beta.16.1
+0.1.1-beta.16.2
diff --git a/contracts/lifecycle-predecessors-v1.json b/contracts/lifecycle-predecessors-v1.json
@@ -814,9 +814,72 @@
       ],
       "settingsStorageVersion": 1,
       "sourceRevisions": [
+        "3b35049af69aba57784376e916f50146d61eb411",
+        "65c8d8bf72a674a35c5bb8ae85d0fff21b4e5cb6",
         "package:0.1.1-beta.16.1"
       ],
       "suiteVersion": "0.1.1-beta.16.1"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "public-beta.16.2",
+      "payloadDigest": "79c61d5e048c669c9eb27ebaad21987327892089daea501d0cf4185150a26f9e",
+      "pluginDigests": {
+        "hancore.shibumi.bar": "b8f574eed104997b7904bd034baf302f1a93eefc8b3332cca06e206c6fcc41bb",
+        "hancore.shibumi.state": "69bb17985086c68054be81f74b8abbcd02d324fca247260ce5ed6322fcccf144",
+        "hancore.shibumi.control-center": "29111a0b3ebbdc18d289e5b97bf6ad97b6617c78cebf71b33ca01eedfa1bdf87",
+        "hancore.shibumi.reactor": "38aef7bbc3bf8bd8ff4f7b0110061a04e306afa688fd18726812f6d6200207eb",
+        "hancore.shibumi.telemetry": "6d29ab5ba1335fb0614c58a0fbf4f2717e6bc6aa99caa98ff7c52e384a0a5615",
+        "hancore.shibumi.power-state": "dba8c6aaba15308a6c7284297219e075fa53410533bb22fadeb799ee75fd3662",
+        "hancore.shibumi.workspaces": "ca5b3169cef7622656b0390535f3250642bc7eb9997b4613c137a52f022eec14",
+        "hancore.shibumi.update-center": "19b4a41ada73950f2c063ad908cb9b9e96ef7308ea4d60b9797585bc0ad817fc",
+        "hancore.shibumi.status": "8c92ba343f9dc755e1c2ea1a8197063990f7804307688568c1e0b52710deeb07",
+        "hancore.shibumi.memory": "ee174f02be5fbfdd33b810b696096b29974faa16219af661233998cd90df3225",
+        "hancore.shibumi.cpu": "b16048781c3c119a8ccac925973c5773fc365c8a474e9f09d043812c6a34b4dc",
+        "hancore.shibumi.audio": "45630dcf21c2f8a73ac047d89ffe4c306ad2a4ab0903bc532d356db9329634f5",
+        "hancore.shibumi.ai": "edfe2dc4cc1ecddebdce53db9d9fa5438d8ea013c04b4cd3f75c2e89c18bfb3d",
+        "hancore.shibumi.center": "d5c276fca3c70753e9dbdac0d9fef02d2985096b8dcbe8347ba95032cc401df8",
+        "hancore.shibumi.media": "a2593a4744decb5a8dae434947ec9c6db06d5e1db69ad29e53ec356281acbcfe",
+        "hancore.shibumi.quick-access": "8c84f4b9649335bf4821b7bae646df03af0d0e502e66247d8817c0ffa8267dae",
+        "hancore.shibumi.network": "9a9b6a03fa0355b455f59bdfc33dfcb71ca252a85466bbce6dd9870af894be1d",
+        "hancore.shibumi.battery": "0ef080d64443b1c66dcbec3aebdbbc95232de7fd67de3025bf6523b8128c7d8c",
+        "hancore.shibumi.brightness": "6241f9276fccbae2562399d6ee86b2381760ad8a1a083965a0f8dac3c55b3073",
+        "hancore.shibumi.power-profile": "be7693c164a25e08f24e4e0d09c84227435bf4d27d9b3213b8c8ad6d7940f371",
+        "hancore.shibumi.bluetooth": "438a2e0fda3f38958fd8fb584520f6087376bef3a5cc21a26b699514b5791a4a",
+        "hancore.shibumi.temperature": "61eb68316687e2af5b54157aca7d74b87644384eb820d634969b418fb104cd45",
+        "hancore.shibumi.gpu": "0b7f29a43e0b9f101b51a028c51867af3dd319323b7e4dba475955af671913ee",
+        "hancore.shibumi.storage": "3998ef80d5ecf25dd57ebcc3693b49c8f29048b409842d798a1d30bcb567e386"
+      },
+      "pluginIds": [
+        "hancore.shibumi.bar",
+        "hancore.shibumi.state",
+        "hancore.shibumi.control-center",
+        "hancore.shibumi.reactor",
+        "hancore.shibumi.telemetry",
+        "hancore.shibumi.power-state",
+        "hancore.shibumi.workspaces",
+        "hancore.shibumi.update-center",
+        "hancore.shibumi.status",
+        "hancore.shibumi.memory",
+        "hancore.shibumi.cpu",
+        "hancore.shibumi.audio",
+        "hancore.shibumi.ai",
+        "hancore.shibumi.center",
+        "hancore.shibumi.media",
+        "hancore.shibumi.quick-access",
+        "hancore.shibumi.network",
+        "hancore.shibumi.battery",
+        "hancore.shibumi.brightness",
+        "hancore.shibumi.power-profile",
+        "hancore.shibumi.bluetooth",
+        "hancore.shibumi.temperature",
+        "hancore.shibumi.gpu",
+        "hancore.shibumi.storage"
+      ],
+      "settingsStorageVersion": 1,
+      "sourceRevisions": [
+        "package:0.1.1-beta.16.2"
+      ],
+      "suiteVersion": "0.1.1-beta.16.2"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/contracts/plugin-suite-v1.json b/contracts/plugin-suite-v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "suiteId": "hancore.shibumi",
-  "suiteVersion": "0.1.1-beta.16.1",
+  "suiteVersion": "0.1.1-beta.16.2",
   "settingsStorageVersion": 1,
   "hostContract": "contracts/host-facade-v1.json",
   "retiredPlugins": [

diff --git a/docs/architecture/quattro-compatibility.md b/docs/architecture/quattro-compatibility.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ by this evidence.
 
 ## Current pinned host
 
-Beta.16.1 retains Beta.16's exact official Omarchy 4.0.4 baseline. These pins are not
+Beta.16.2 retains Beta.16's exact official Omarchy 4.0.4 baseline. These pins are not
 physical release acceptance. The historical Beta.13 physical host acceptance
 below applies to its recorded single-output Omarchy 4.0.3 setup:
 

diff --git a/docs/development/packaging.md b/docs/development/packaging.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Arch packaging and AUR publication
 
-Status: `0.1.1-beta.16.1` is published as a GitHub prerelease; AUR publication
+Status: `0.1.1-beta.16.2` is the target GitHub prerelease; AUR publication
 is deferred.
 
 Shibumi ships one versioned suite containing 24 separately validated Omarchy
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ and lifecycle code before the user-level update runs, so Beta.12's storage guard
 cannot reject that package afterward. There is no reverse migration to legacy
 storage.
 
-The additional [Beta.16.1 downgrade warning and backup requirements](../install.md#backup-before-downgrade)
+The additional [Beta.16.2 downgrade warning and backup requirements](../install.md#backup-before-downgrade)
 apply even to readers using canonical State storage: Beta.15.4 and older
 cannot preserve a V1 layout containing `order.parked`. `--keep-settings` does
 not prevent this. Restore the settings with a matching payload.

diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Shibumi installs 24 independent plugin roots into Omarchy's normal plugin
 directory. The repository root is a suite source, not a single installable
 Omarchy plugin.
 
-`0.1.1-beta.16.1` is published as a GitHub prerelease. AUR publication is
+`0.1.1-beta.16.2` is the target GitHub prerelease. AUR publication is
 deferred; install from the release tag using the source workflow below.
 Do not install or update from `main`.
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ For an intentional non-interactive installation:
 sudo pacman -S --needed python jq curl networkmanager power-profiles-daemon upower xdg-utils libnotify wl-clipboard ttf-material-symbols-variable ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd-basic noto-fonts-cjk adwaita-fonts
 git clone https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell.git
 cd Shibumi-Shell
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite install --yes
 ```
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ To inspect the transaction before installing:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/HANCORE-linux/Shibumi-Shell.git
 cd Shibumi-Shell
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite install --dry-run
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite install
 ```
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ Pacman updating `/usr/share/shibumi-shell` does not silently change a running
 desktop. The explicit update validates, stages, reloads, and verifies all 24
 plugins as one transaction.
 
-To update an admitted Beta.16 source installation to Beta.16.1, use its
-trusted checkout. The exact published Beta.16 tag and release merge are
+To update an admitted Beta.16.1 source installation to Beta.16.2, use its
+trusted checkout. The exact published Beta.16.1 tag and release merge are
 admitted predecessors:
 
 ```bash
 cd Shibumi-Shell
 git fetch --tags
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite update --dry-run
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite update --yes
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite status
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ authoritative origin. The old checkout is not deleted or modified.
 ### Roll back a package version
 
 > [!WARNING]
-> **Beta.16.1 downgrade warning.**
+> **Beta.16.2 downgrade warning.**
 > Beta.15.4 and older cannot read V1 layouts containing
 > `order.parked`. They reset V1 order, roles, and splits to defaults; other
 > settings and V2 remain. `uninstall --keep-settings` does not prevent this.
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ then install the published tag. For example, only if the recorded revision is
 ```bash
 git checkout e92d8ee1ce9821d0b203a9d4d5dd9932d2e460fb
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite uninstall --keep-settings --yes
-git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.1
+git checkout v0.1.1-beta.16.2
 ./scripts/shibumi-suite install --yes
 ```
 

diff --git a/docs/plugins/README.md b/docs/plugins/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Status: reference
 
-Shibumi `0.1.1-beta.16.1` contains 24 independently registered Omarchy plugins. The
+Shibumi `0.1.1-beta.16.2` contains 24 independently registered Omarchy plugins. The
 default suite profile installs all of them as one verified transaction.
 
 The authoritative inventory is