v1.44.0

What's Changed

• chore: sync version 1.43.1 to staging by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5018
• pool upgrade ignores --help and starts an upgrade (#5008) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5019
• fix: auto-added batch children are enrolled without an author-trust check when auto_add_children is epic or all (review finding — PR #4979) (#4982) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5021
• fix(conformance): removed-path check for substitute-validate misses node ids, globs and flag paths, and over-matches directory tokens (review follow-up — PR #4979) (#5003) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5022
• fix: verification.test_runners key is read and enforced but absent from docs/CONFIG.md and forge.yaml.example (review finding — PR #4979) (#4981) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5023
• perf(orchestrate): new daemon-hosted batch takes 10-35 min to admit its first lane (serial per-issue GitHub reads in setup) (#4963) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5024
• lean: DCO sign-off rewrite fails on a dirty worktree, discarding the lane's finished commits (#4905) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5025
• fix: decision engine has no production caller; docs/CONFIG advertise decisions: config and telemetry as live (review finding — PR #4820) (#4826) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5027
• fix: new recovery.mechanical_max_attempts default 2 undocumented in docs/CONFIG.md (which still says recovery default 1); more recovery lanes by default (review finding — PR #4820) (#4827) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5028
• feat(sched): sched show omits remote (pool) lanes, so a pool-only batch looks idle (#4964) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5029
• fix(orchestrate): milestone-start pre-flight flags dependencies already merged via a milestone sync (checks PR base, not ancestry) (#4978) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5034
• Global npm install: doctor reports all commands broken, uninstall removes nothing (persisted ~/.forge vs package dir); Playwright MCP check reads wrong file (#4962) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5030
• fix(selftest): harden the live harness — own-batch identity, real stop, clean sandbox, static coverage, exact cleanup (release review #4946) (#4952) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5038
• fix(conformance): builder amendment slips (scope-note, scope_narrowing, verification_substitution, ...) and anchors on lane-added files are rejected as unimplemented (#5036) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5039
• feat(orchestrate): admit-and-hold issues whose dependency commit is not yet on the base, instead of refusing the launch (#5031) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5041
• fix(orchestrate): conformance gaps after one resume end needs-human instead of a recovery lane (78% merge on rerun) (#5035) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5043
• pre-tool-use hook blocks gh pr create --base main on third-party repos (-R other/owner) (#5040) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5044
• refactor(selftest): reuse shared polling and prodwatch neutralize/dedupe in the live harness (split from #4952) (#5032) by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5042
• fix(orchestrate): base waits survive a resume; setup saves never persist a half-read issue by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5046
• Release: conformance recovery lanes, amendment slips, milestone pre-flight ancestry, faster batch setup, DCO dirty-tree fix by @rapiercraft-forgedock[bot] in #5045

Full Changelog: v1.43.1...v1.44.0