0.602 2026-09-30T05:24:57Z
[`backlog` is now held back. `karr pick` and `karr-foundation` never take a card from it, whatever the filters, and a board with only backlog cards left counts as drained (skipped while unchanged, `on_drained` runs, `board_actionable=no`). `karr pick --status` naming `backlog`, and `pick --move backlog`, are refused as usage errors (exit 2) pointing at `karr move ID todo`. A card in backlog holds no claim: an explicit `--claim` onto it is refused by `create` (the default status included), `edit` and `move` (exit 1), and a move into backlog -- `move` or `edit --status` -- releases the claim the card carried. `todo` is the pool that is picked from; `move ID in-progress --claim NAME` still takes a backlog card up directly. The bundled skills and foundation's agent prompts say that promoting out of backlog is the maintainer's call. A board without a `backlog` column is unaffected.]
[With `KARR_CLAIM` exported, `karr edit` and `karr move` no longer claim every card they touch; the env name is written only when the card ends up in a `require_claim` status (the rule `create` already follows). A note, a tag or a backlog -> todo promotion leaves the card free to pick. `edit --release` no longer claims the card back. An explicit `--claim` still stamps on any status but `backlog` (see above).]
[`karr-foundation` treats a card as finished when it is in the board's own final status (or archived), not only `done`/`archived`. A board whose last column has another name (e.g. `shipped`) is now seen as drained: an unchanged board is skipped instead of starting an agent every tick, the drain reports its progress, `on_drained` runs, and chain prechecks read `board_actionable=no`.]
[The bundled agent skill `kanban-issues-karr-cli` is split in two: `kanban-issues-karr-coordination` (reading a board, picking, creating and routing cards, config, sync) and `kanban-issues-karr-ticket` (working the one card an agent was handed). `karr skill install`, `check` and `update` and `karr init --claude-skill` handle both as one set; every result line and `--json` entry now names its skill. A leftover `kanban-issues-karr-cli/` directory is removed by `install`, `update` and `init --claude-skill` (reported as `removed`), and `check` reports it as `stale` and exits 1, so `karr skill update` alone migrates an old install. `karr skill show` prints both `SKILL.md` files, or only the one named (`karr skill show kanban-issues-karr-ticket`); its `--json` output is now an array of `{skill, content}` objects instead of one `{content}`.]
[Local task ids accept the house `kNNN` spelling: `karr show k30` names the same card as `karr show 30`, and a leading `k`/`K` works anywhere a bare number does -- move, edit, delete, archive, unlock, handoff, needs, show, mixed batches (`k30,31,K32`), `log --task`, the `--depends-on`/`--add-depends-on`/`--remove-depends-on` flags and the id side of a cross-board `BOARD#ID` reference. Any other token is left untouched and still fails as before; `log --task` answers a value that is not an id -- a negative number, or `0` in any spelling (`0`, `k0`, `00`), since task ids start at 1 -- with a usage error (exit 2) naming the value.]
[Release-asset names are tidied. The arm64 binary and tarball are now named `...-linux-aarch64` (was `-linux-arm64`) to match the `x86_64` naming, and the per-file `.sha256` sidecars are replaced by a single `karr-<version>-checksums.txt` (verify with `sha256sum -c --ignore-missing karr-<version>-checksums.txt`, which checks only the assets you downloaded -- a plain `-c` fails on the ones you did not) covering every asset. The raw binary and the `.tar.gz` are both still shipped per arch.]
[The prebuilt Linux binaries now carry the bundled skills: `karr skill install|show|check|update` and `karr init --claude-skill` failed in them with "Could not find .../SKILL.md. Is App::karr properly installed?", because the build never packed share/. The release build now fails a binary that cannot install every bundled skill.]
[`karr-foundation --dry-run` in ticket mode no longer logs a STALL for the agent run it did not start.]
[`karr init --claude-skill` looks up the bundled skills before it writes anything, so an installation that cannot find them fails without leaving a board, `.gitignore` entries or an empty `.claude/skills/` directory behind, and the same command works once the installation is fixed.]
SHA256 hash of CPAN release
57b55a6bd52aba37e2a7a00d533688a5f7eec2cbc04956b576506d83f489e4c2 *App-karr-0.602.tar.gz
