v1.6.9

What's Changed

• website/header-refine by @donfear in #90
• chore/github-templates by @donfear in #91
• chore/ci-consolidation by @donfear in #94
• feat/comparison-expansion by @donfear in #93
• docs/honesty-audit-polish by @donfear in #92
• chore(deps): dependency upgrades by @donfear in #81
• feat: hill-climb concurrency controller for slow links by @donfear in #96
• chore/deps-upgrade-2026-07 by @donfear in #97

Full Changelog: v1.6.8...v1.6.9