Release v1.6.1 quality follow-up

Author: waydelyle

README.md

@@ -399,6 +399,17 @@ Operational docs: https://swarmclaw.ai/docs/observability
 
 ## Releases
 
+### v1.6.1 Highlights
+
+Follow-up release for v1.6 with workflow starts, safer metadata handling, A2A discovery polish, and [#61](https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/pull/61) by [@latentwill](https://github.com/latentwill). Thanks latentwill!
+
+- **Mission and protocol templates for real work.** New starter paths cover codebase review sprints, research bureau scans, content studio cycles, release readiness panels, synthesis panels, and builder review loops.
+- **Home launchpad paths.** First-run users can choose a self-hosted assistant, visual workflow, or autonomous mission path, with quality actions still one click away.
+- **A2A discovery is easier to integrate.** The canonical `/.well-known/agent-card.json` endpoint now works alongside the legacy API route and hides disabled or trashed agents from public discovery.
+- **Internal metadata stripping is safer.** Side-channel JSON is removed with balanced-object parsing and zod validation so nested payloads are scrubbed without deleting ordinary user JSON.
+- **Browser smoke gate restored.** `npm run test:e2e` now runs a Playwright smoke against health, A2A discovery, `/home`, and `/quality`, either against a live URL or a temporary local dev server.
+- **OpenCode CLI hang fixed.** OpenCode CLI delegation no longer keeps an inherited stdin pipe open, preventing hangs in non-interactive runs.
+
 ### v1.6.0 Highlights
 
 Operator Quality Center release for builders running autonomous agents in production-like workflows.

docs/release/v1.6.0-operator-quality-plan.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SwarmClaw v1.6.0 Operator Quality Plan
 
+Note: the original `v1.6.0` tag is already published. The follow-up work in this plan ships as `v1.6.1` so the existing release tag is not rewritten.
+
 ## Theme
 
 v1.6.0 ships the Operator Quality Center: a user-facing quality release for people who run autonomous agents and need to trust, test, approve, debug, and improve them.
@@ -10,15 +12,19 @@ Competitor research pointed at the same operator needs across visual orchestrati
 
 - **Trust before autonomy:** eval history, approval queues, run replay, and mission reports are visible from `/quality`.
 - **Release readiness as a workflow:** release QA, cost audit, connector smoke, failed-run triage, and weekly quality report are mission templates with budgets and report cadence.
+- **Fast starts for common jobs:** codebase review, research bureau, content studio, release panel, synthesis panel, and builder review templates give users useful automation paths without custom setup.
+- **Interoperability without surprises:** A2A discovery is available at the canonical `/.well-known/agent-card.json` route, and disabled or trashed agents are excluded from public discovery.
+- **Community stability fix:** [PR #61](https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/pull/61) by [@latentwill](https://github.com/latentwill) is incorporated so OpenCode CLI runs close stdin and do not hang on connected pipes.
 - **Operator evidence over dashboards:** the UI emphasizes scores, criteria evidence, replay events, blockers, and go/no-go notes.
 
 ## Verification Gate
 
-Before tagging `v1.6.0`, run:
+Before tagging `v1.6.1`, run:
 
 - `npm run test:cli`
 - `npm run test:runtime`
 - `npm run test:builder`
+- `npm run test:e2e`
 - `npm test`
 - `npm run type-check`
 - `NODE_ENV=production npm run build:ci`
@@ -32,3 +38,5 @@ Browser smoke:
 - Approval Desk approve/deny flow with seeded or real pending approvals
 - Run Review filtering and replay sheet
 - Home launchpad quality actions
+- Home launchpad path cards for assistant, workflow, and mission starts
+- `/.well-known/agent-card.json` directory response

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@swarmclawai/swarmclaw",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "Build and run autonomous AI agents with OpenClaw, Hermes, multiple model providers, orchestration, delegation, memory, skills, schedules, and chat connectors.",
   "main": "electron-dist/main.js",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
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     "test:setup": "tsx --test src/app/api/setup/check-provider/route.test.ts src/lib/server/provider-model-discovery.test.ts src/components/auth/setup-wizard/utils.test.ts src/components/auth/setup-wizard/types.test.ts src/hooks/setup-done-detection.test.ts src/lib/setup-defaults.test.ts src/lib/server/storage-auth.test.ts src/lib/server/storage-auth-docker.test.ts",
     "test:openclaw": "tsx --test src/lib/openclaw/openclaw-agent-id.test.ts src/lib/openclaw/openclaw-endpoint.test.ts src/lib/server/agents/agent-runtime-config.test.ts src/lib/server/build-llm.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/connector-routing.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/openclaw.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/swarmdock.test.ts src/lib/server/gateway/protocol.test.ts src/lib/server/llm-response-cache.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-conformance.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/agent-resolver.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/deploy.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/skills-normalize.test.ts src/lib/server/session-tools/openclaw-nodes.test.ts src/lib/server/session-tools/swarmdock.test.ts src/lib/server/tasks/task-quality-gate.test.ts src/lib/server/tasks/task-validation.test.ts src/lib/server/tool-capability-policy.test.ts src/lib/providers/openai.test.ts src/lib/providers/openclaw-exports.test.ts src/app/api/openclaw/dashboard-url/route.test.ts",
-    "test:runtime": "tsx --test src/lib/server/mcp-gateway-runtime.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-connection-pool.test.ts src/lib/server/knowledge-sources.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-execution-grounding.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-turn-preparation.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/iteration-timers.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/post-stream-finalization.test.ts src/lib/server/chats/clear-undo-snapshots.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/email.test.ts src/lib/server/protocols/protocol-service.test.ts src/lib/server/runtime/run-ledger.test.ts src/lib/server/observability/otel-config.test.ts src/lib/server/safe-parse-body.test.ts src/lib/server/missions/mission-templates.test.ts src/lib/app/view-constants.test.ts src/lib/quality/quality-summary.test.ts src/app/api/approvals/route.test.ts src/app/api/agents/agents-route.test.ts src/app/api/tasks/tasks-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/chat-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/clear-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/compact-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/context-status-route.test.ts src/app/api/connectors/connector-doctor-route.test.ts src/app/api/healthz/route.test.ts src/app/api/logs/route.test.ts src/app/api/providers/[id]/route.test.ts src/app/api/tts/route.test.ts",
+    "test:runtime": "tsx --test src/lib/a2a/agent-card.test.ts src/lib/strip-internal-metadata.test.ts src/lib/providers/opencode-cli.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-gateway-runtime.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-connection-pool.test.ts src/lib/server/knowledge-sources.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-execution-grounding.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-turn-preparation.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/iteration-timers.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/post-stream-finalization.test.ts src/lib/server/chats/clear-undo-snapshots.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/email.test.ts src/lib/server/protocols/protocol-service.test.ts src/lib/server/runtime/run-ledger.test.ts src/lib/server/observability/otel-config.test.ts src/lib/server/safe-parse-body.test.ts src/lib/server/missions/mission-templates.test.ts src/lib/app/view-constants.test.ts src/lib/quality/quality-summary.test.ts src/app/api/approvals/route.test.ts src/app/api/agents/agents-route.test.ts src/app/api/tasks/tasks-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/chat-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/clear-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/compact-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/context-status-route.test.ts src/app/api/connectors/connector-doctor-route.test.ts src/app/api/healthz/route.test.ts src/app/api/logs/route.test.ts src/app/api/providers/[id]/route.test.ts src/app/api/tts/route.test.ts",
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-    "test:e2e": "tsx .workbench/browser-e2e/run.ts",
+    "test:e2e": "node --import tsx scripts/browser-e2e-smoke.ts",
     "test:mcp:conformance": "node --import tsx ./scripts/mcp-conformance-check.ts",
     "electron:compile": "tsc -p electron/tsconfig.json",
     "electron:dev": "npm run electron:compile && electron electron-dist/main.js",