docs: add v0.0.77 release notes

[miyoungc]

Summary

Adds the v0.0.77 release-note section from the shipped release announcement and release commit range.
This is post-release docs recovery, so the PR is labeled for the next patch release train.

Changes

• Added v0.0.77 to docs/about/release-notes.mdx with links to the deeper Deep Agents, architecture, inference, security, and agent-docs pages.
• Source summary:
• fix(dcode): publish and validate sandbox base image #6469 -> docs/about/release-notes.mdx: Documents Deep Agents Code base-image publication and stale-version validation.
• fix(dcode): disable LangGraph CLI analytics #6471 -> docs/about/release-notes.mdx: Documents the managed runtime disabling LangGraph CLI analytics.
• fix(deepagents-code): report onboard upstream provider in Deep Code TUI #6462 -> docs/about/release-notes.mdx: Documents the TUI, launch banner, and model-identity provider display behavior.
• fix(observability): scrub credential-shaped values from dcode trace spans #6460 -> docs/about/release-notes.mdx: Documents bounded, best-effort OTLP trace credential scrubbing and the remaining collector-side redaction requirement.
• docs: stabilize starter prompt credential capture #6423 -> docs/about/release-notes.mdx: Documents the checked-in loopback-only local credential form used by starter prompts.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
• Tests not applicable — justification: release-note prose only, no runtime behavior or code samples changed.
• Docs updated for user-facing behavior changes
• Docs not applicable — justification:
• Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
• Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification:
• Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

Verification

• PR description includes the DCO sign-off declaration and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
• Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run check:diff passed when hooks were skipped or unavailable
• Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — command/result or justification: tests not applicable for release-note prose only.
• Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result:
• Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

Verification note: npm run docs passed. fern check --warnings reports the existing light-mode accent color contrast warning: 2.41:1, expected at least 3:1.

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Signed-off-by: Miyoung Choi miyoungc@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a new release-notes entry for v0.0.77 at the top of the changelog.
  • Highlighted improved package validation, tighter handling of telemetry and trace data, and safer starter prompt behavior with stronger redaction and local-only submission.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Added a new v0.0.77 section to the release notes documentation, listing changes related to Deep Agents Code packaging hardening, telemetry adjustments, credential-value scrubbing before trace export, and updated starter prompt credential handling.

Changes

Release Notes Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add v0.0.77 release notes entry docs/about/release-notes.mdx	New changelog section documents packaging hardening, telemetry behavior changes, credential scrubbing before OTLP export, and updated starter prompt credential handling.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly matches the main change: adding the v0.0.77 release notes documentation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch docs/update-0.0.77

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Reviewed exact head d86d354. The release notes match the v0.0.76...v0.0.77 five-commit range and accurately cover #6423, #6460, #6462, #6471, and #6469. Links and contributor attribution are consistent; 42 checks are green, DCO/commit verification pass, both PR Review Advisors recommend merge_as_is, CodeRabbit is clear, and no risky code is changed.