v0.204.0

• test(tasks): settle the fire-and-forget chain instead of spinning microtasks (#2220)
• Escalation cards must be derivable from live state, and must offer the decision they ask for (#2218)
• fix: accept an already-merged referenced PR as satisfying pr_required (#2210)
• fix(runner): make the auto-update health probe capable of passing (#2215)
• feat(invariants): act on PR age when a PR's base outruns it (#2205)
• feat(path-claims): lease the touch §6d already sees, instead of waiting for a declaration (#2203)
• fix(dedupe): act on the subject verdict at creation instead of logging it (#2206)
• feat(memory): infer a path scope from the task's own text when none is declared (#2209)