Agent Control 3.8.0
Agent Control 3.8.0 — Governed Retrieval and Context Intelligence.
Release commit: 09ac94a
Accepted RC commit: 7534b6c
Final feature commit: b4b6047
Package: agent-control-3.8.0.tgz
Package SHA-256: d458a46dbe3268a69b30ed817ef4fd33635df0097c459022a423d19062f34a1f
Package SHA-512 integrity: sha512-o3sadkfxyxanRPk039KRlhEDK0Czt8WQId6JMv1eoV7/GYcVCNmTvd4H3maYkLyyHBcq1/fc1IUxgUKqOsGetQ==
Final release gates passed 690/690 tests, TypeScript, bootstrap and dashboard syntax, provider neutrality, implementation-status consistency, 416/416 documentation links, exact package install and CLI execution, and a resolved-artifact audit with zero vulnerabilities. The increase from the accepted RC count of 688 is exactly two fail-closed integrity tests added after final review found that persisted packet hashes were not recomputed and post-capture symlink replacement was not rejected.
The frozen Qwen2.5 Coder 3B mutation comparison independently verified 2/12 outcomes in every lane. Processed tokens per verified outcome were 95,101 conventional, 76,189 built-in, and 88,039.5 zg: reductions of 19.9% and 7.4%. This proves context efficiency, not an expanded model task class; all lanes still failed 10/12.
The physical Qwen2.5 Instruct to Qwen2.5 Coder lifecycle proved retrieval, sealed Evidence Packet references, destination rehydration, independent verification, restart recovery, stale-source invalidation and SSE reconciliation. Full baton storage was 2,297 bytes versus 1,327 bytes conventional and was not smaller. The measured saving is the 291-byte reference transfer and 690-byte destination rehydration path, a 78.1% reference-transfer reduction.
Both endpoints used the OpenAI-compatible adapter, so materially different adapter portability remains unqualified. Provider-unreported context occupancy, monetary cost and electricity cost remain estimated or unavailable. Retrieval is disabled by default, zg is optional, and index mutation retains separate authority.
Upgrade: git fetch --tags; git checkout v3.8.0; npm install --no-package-lock --ignore-scripts; npm run check. Installing source starts no service, changes no live configuration and enables no retrieval route. Full details are in docs/release-notes-3.8.0.md, docs/migration-3.8.md and docs/evidence/agent-control-3.8.0-release-qualification.md.