release: Netclaw 0.24.2

[Aaronontheweb]

Summary

• Promotes 0.24.2-beta.1 to stable; clears VersionSuffix in Directory.Build.props
• Updates RELEASE_NOTES.md with the 0.24.2 section (dated 2026-06-25)
• Runs build.ps1 to sync VersionPrefix and PackageReleaseNotes in Directory.Build.props

What's in 0.24.2

New Features

• DwarfStar (ds4) provider support via OpenAI-compatible backend (feat(providers): support DwarfStar (ds4) via openai-compatible backend strategy #1349)
• Sub-agents inherit embedded AGENTS.md operating rules from parent session (feat: inherit embedded AGENTS.md operating rules for sub-agents #1490)
• Schema-aware meta argument coercion — fixes Qwen/ChatGPT-trained model tool rejections (Schema-aware coercion of per-call meta arguments (fix Qwen near-miss tool-arg rejections) #1470)
• Preserve per-call meta hints (_timeout_seconds, _rationale, _background) across tool-batch re-drive (Schema-aware coercion of per-call meta arguments (fix Qwen near-miss tool-arg rejections) #1470)

Bug Fixes

• Subagents: fixed premature kill by parent watchdog during approval waits (refactor(subagents): consolidate sub-agent liveness — guard, delete suspend flag, stop parent over-supervision #1481)
• Subagents: honor approval-pause in WallClock watchdog mode (fix(subagents): honor approval-pause in every tool-watchdog mode #1473)
• Subagents: record spawn lifecycle in session transcript (fix(subagents): record spawn lifecycle in the session transcript #1468)
• Skills: block agent mutations to server-feed skill directories (fix(skills): block agent mutations to server feed skill directories #1466)
• Providers: refresh inference OAuth tokens at runtime (fix(providers): refresh inference OAuth tokens #1465)
• netclaw update no longer crash-loops systemd on Linux — delegates restart to systemctl --user (netclaw update restarts the daemon detached instead of via systemd, leaving the user unit crash-looping #1469)

Performance

• Optimize LlmSessionActor journal storage (most recent snapshot + last N messages only) (perf: optimize LlmSessionActor storage to only retain most recent snapshot + last N messages in journal. #1464)

Dependency Updates

• MessagePack 2.5.301 → 3.1.7 (Bump MessagePack from 2.5.301 to 3.1.7 #1420)
• Termina 0.14.0-beta3 → 0.14.0 stable (Bump Termina from 0.14.0-beta3 to 0.14.0 #1480)
• Anthropic SDK 12.29.1 → 12.30.0 (Bump Anthropic from 12.29.1 to 12.30.0 #1460)

Test plan

• dotnet build passes (0 warnings, 0 errors)
• dotnet slopwatch analyze exits 0 (no new violations)
• ./scripts/Add-FileHeaders.ps1 -Verify passes
• VersionPrefix = 0.24.2, VersionSuffix is empty in Directory.Build.props
• RELEASE_NOTES.md top section header is #### 0.24.2 2026-06-25 ####
• After merge: tag 0.24.2 is pushed to upstream and CI release workflow triggers