v2.16.0

[2.16.0] - 2026-10-14

Added

• chat: branch a selected passage into a new session with its own prompt (509944c)

Fixed

• chat: list each model once in the branch dialog (5760139)
• chat: revive a stopped session-status poll on focus, keep chat-panel sessions invalidated (69387a9)
• tests: clear tsc errors introduced by perf-pass2 test files (00c6d9b)
• query: recognise the parenthesised Request failed (N) shape (3b4a0e7)
• profile-scope: stale-good only for probe failures, shorter timeout without a good result (0d5434d)
• query: carry HTTP status on errors, retry 503 once (e8c9459)
• chat: keep a 15 s history poll while the live stream is connected (9abfc52)
• profile-scope: tolerate slow dashboard status probe, stop 409 storms (13c6c9c)

Performance

• ui: slow idle status polls and load search data on open (c27ace9)
• session-status: reuse the fetched session and cache context usage briefly (7f2be32)
• chat: share one session-status poll across the chat page (aceed8a)
• chat: poll history every 5 s only without a live stream (3d4a7fb)
• query: sane QueryClient retry and staleTime defaults (da99c6f)
• self-improve: poll plugin availability every 5 minutes (ecd2ff2)

Other

• boards: drop unrelated reformatting (eb32d56)