v1.3.4: Tab Fixed, Popup Pending

Release Notes: v1.3.4 (Hotfix)

Date: 2026-11-06 | Previous: v1.3.3 | Commits: 4 | Tests: 687

Tab now works — permanently

What was broken (a 3-iteration saga)

• v1.3.2: Tab could hang indefinitely on commands like sudo mkinitcpio -P. Ctrl+C to escape left a $(starship prompt ...) fragment in the buffer.
• v1.3.3: attempted async fix broke the popup entirely (TUI needs TTY, got pipe).
• v1.3.4 (this release): confirmed root cause — the ghost-popup binary does not respond to Ctrl+C. It hangs until killed externally. Any shell-side fix fails.

Pragmatic resolution

• Ghost popup disabled by default via _GHOST_POPUP_ENABLED=0.
• Tab uses fzf-tab completion — reliable, fast, never hangs.
• No more $(starship prompt ...) fragments — starship is pre-rendered once per prompt.
• No subprocess spawn on Tab — <1ms response.

What still works

• 54% faster boot (defer micro-decomposition, v1.3.3)
• fzf-tab completion on Tab
• expand-or-complete as final fallback
• All 687 tests passing
• Full doctor health (33/33)

What's temporarily off

• Ghost popup on Tab. Requires binary fix (SPEC-026 M04a). Will return.
• To test (WILL hang): export _GHOST_POPUP_ENABLED=1

Upgrade

ziro update && exec zsh

Users on v1.3.3: update immediately — popup was completely broken there.
Users on v1.3.2 or earlier: update straight to v1.3.4. Skip v1.3.3.

Rollback

v1.3.4 itself is the pragmatic rollback target (Tab works, popup pending).
Older versions had either hang (v1.3.2) or dead popup (v1.3.3).