---
verdict: APPROVAL
card_id: ah4y1j
review_number: 1
commit: ab9f5da
date: 2026-03-26
has_backlog_items: false
---

## Review: step-6-version-bump-and-changelog

Two-file diff: `VERSION` (2.16.1 -> 2.17.0) and `CHANGELOG.md`.

**Version bump justification.** Minor bump is correct per the project's releasing conventions. The HOOKLOG sprint introduces new user-facing features (structured debug logging), two new CLI commands (`peon debug`, `peon logs`), and two new config keys (`debug`, `debug_retention_days`). All of these warrant a minor version increment.

**CHANGELOG quality.** The v2.17.0 entry is well-categorized into Added (9 items) and Fixed (3 items). Descriptions are specific and actionable -- each item names the feature, the relevant CLI surface, and the user-visible behavior. The previously-floating "Unreleased" section (Nix/Home Manager custom pack sources) was correctly absorbed into the release rather than left orphaned. Chronological ordering of releases is preserved.

**Tag.** `v2.17.0` tag exists and points at this commit. Tags are not pushed, which matches the card's stated plan of waiting for PR merge first.

**TDD.** Not applicable -- no behavioral code changes, only metadata files.

**Checkbox integrity.** All six completion checkboxes are checked. Each is truthful: changes are implemented (VERSION + CHANGELOG), verified (no code to break), documented (the changelog is the documentation), reviewed, and committed. The "follow-up tickets" checkbox notes the homebrew tap update, which is handled automatically by tag-push CI.

No blockers. No follow-up items.

### Close-out actions

- Push tags after PR merge: `git push --tags`
- Homebrew tap formula update is triggered automatically by CI on tag push.
