docs: add v0.0.95 release entry

[senthilr-nv]

Summary

Adds the canonical pre-tag ## v0.0.95 release entry to docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx, before the existing v0.0.94 entry. The entry summarizes approved user-visible changes merged since v0.0.94 and excludes internal-only prerequisites.

Changes

• Adds the v0.0.95 summary and detailed bullets for gateway lifecycle, recovery, state transfer, inference compatibility, sandbox security, Discord policy, and E2E evidence.
• Links each user-facing theme to the most specific published documentation.
• Records the release entry in the shared native changelog used by the OpenClaw, Hermes, and Deep Agents guides.

Source summary:

• #7246, #7228, #7267, #7489, #7509, #7351, and #7290 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Gateway authority, forward teardown and retry, managed recovery, Hermes restart recovery, scoped uninstall, and orphan-aware backup behavior.
• #7344 and #7416 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Atomic SQLite restore and host download verification.
• #7476, #7347, #7281, #7485, #7491, and #7422 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Windows Ollama reuse, CDI fallback, bounded OpenRouter connection setup, Nemotron-3 request compatibility, and managed Deep Agents retry and provider-error behavior.
• #6884, #7481, #6878, #7467, #7502, #7503, #7504, and #7486 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Trusted base-image overrides, local rebuild images, runtime validation, config preservation, reviewed package updates, and fewer final-image payload layers.
• #7303 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Scoped Discord application-command management.
• #7488, #7465, #7497, #7464, #7501, #7494, and #7493 -> docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx: Selected-test risk signals, retry cleanup, full root-image validation, direct-main Hermes setup, executed PR-gate evidence, nightly history, and runner wait reporting.
• #7447 is an internal pinned-runtime prerequisite and is intentionally excluded from canonical supported-integration documentation.
• #7370 adds maintainer-only advisory reconciliation tooling and does not change supported user behavior.
• #7495 updates existing documentation and does not add a new v0.0.95 behavior claim.

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: test/changelog-docs.test.ts validates the dated changelog structure, heading uniqueness, and published links.
• Tests not applicable — justification:
• 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:

Documentation Writer Review

• Documentation writer subagent reviewed the completed changes
• Result: docs-updated
• Evidence: docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx; writing rules, documentation style, factual release meaning, and published links reviewed at exact head 58b02f2bf.
• Agent: Codex documentation writer reviewer

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• Result:
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Verification

• PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line 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: npx vitest run test/changelog-docs.test.ts passed 6 tests.
• 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) — the build passed with 0 errors and 2 Fern warnings.
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

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Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran senthilr@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a new v0.0.95 changelog entry above v0.0.94.
  • Documented improved externally supervised gateway lifecycle ownership.
  • Improved snapshot restore reliability and SQLite state handling.
  • Tightened CLI backup-all behavior and host artifact verification.
  • Updated Windows onboarding guidance (including Ollama service reuse and CDI directory fallback).
  • Noted inference compatibility fixes, deeper agent failure classification, stricter base-image validation, updated Discord bot command permissions, and refined E2E release automation evidence handling.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds a v0.0.95 changelog entry describing gateway, sandbox, CLI, onboarding, inference, policy, and E2E automation changes.

Changes

Release notes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add v0.0.95 release entry docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx	Adds release notes for behavioral and compatibility updates across gateway lifecycle ownership, sandbox recovery, snapshot restore, CLI verification, Windows onboarding, inference integrations, base-image validation, Discord permissions, and E2E evidence handling.

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

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/NemoClaw#7468: Adds the preceding v0.0.94 entry to the same changelog.

Suggested reviewers: cjagwani

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In `@docs/changelog/2026-07-24.mdx`:
- Line 8: Update the NemoClaw v0.0.95 changelog summary to replace “requires
executed E2E evidence” with “requires E2E evidence from executed runs,” leaving
the rest of the release description unchanged.

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[cjagwani]

Lgtm