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@makedirectory makedirectory released this 11 Aug 05:39
v0.5.1
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Learn about vigilant mode.

A patch release for a diagnostic bug that could cost you ten minutes and look
like a Model Peer hang.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/makedirectory/ModelPeer/v0.5.1/install.sh | bash

Docs: https://modelpeer.app

Fixed

model-peer doctor printed "cached OAuth is verified on first request" whenever
no auth environment variable was set, without reading the sign-in method Gemini
actually recorded in ~/.gemini/settings.json.

The state that hid is the worst one. Configured for an API key with no key
present, Gemini does not error — headless, with stdin closed, it blocks on an
auth prompt nobody can answer, and a review simply hangs.

auth state result
deliberately wrong GEMINI_API_KEY fails in ~1 second, HTTP 400
no key at all hangs indefinitely

So the difference between "misconfigured" and "hung forever" was one missing
environment variable, and doctor called that state healthy. It now names it:

Gemini authentication: BROKEN — configured for an API key, but neither GEMINI_API_KEY nor
                       GOOGLE_API_KEY is set. Headless calls will hang rather than
                       fail, because Gemini waits on a prompt that stdin cannot
                       answer. Export a key, or re-run `gemini` and pick another
                       sign-in method.

API key, Vertex AI, OAuth, and not-yet-configured report distinctly. A fresh
install with no settings file is not reported as broken.

This matters because Gemini works fine interactively in exactly this state — it
just asks you for the credential. Only the headless path Model Peer uses hangs.

How it was found

By doctor --probe, shipped one release earlier. The probe reported Gemini as
unverified while Claude and Codex passed, and the cause turned out to be local
auth rather than anything in Model Peer — which is exactly the separation the
probe was added to make.

model-peer doctor --probe is the fastest way to check your own setup.

Also

tools/bump-version.sh now refreshes this repo's own installed skills, which
stamp the version into their managed header and previously showed as stale on
every bump.

Full notes in CHANGELOG.md.

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

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