# Release Blocker Ledger **Status:** Evidence **Extracted:** 2026-06-11 **Source:** docs/exec-plans/active/current-operating-plan.md Current Truth section (extracted verbatim under T-022 / tenet 9 context efficiency) Per-version release publication and asset-verification blocker evidence for `v0.21.0` through `v0.42.20`. New release blockers are recorded here; the active plan keeps only a one-line pointer plus any currently unresolved blocker that gates dispatch. ## Ledger - `v0.21.0` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-03, but `mars release verify-assets --version v0.21.0` is blocked because GitHub returned `404 Not Found` for the tag release immediately after the tag push. - `v0.23.0` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-03 for `MH-047`, but `go run ./cmd/mars release verify-assets --version v0.23.0` is blocked because GitHub returned `404 Not Found` for the tag release immediately after the tag push. - `v0.36.4`, `v0.36.5`, `v0.36.6`, `v0.37.0`, `v0.38.0`, `v0.39.0`, `v0.40.0`, `v0.40.1`, `v0.41.0`, `v0.41.1`, `v0.41.2`, `v0.41.3`, `v0.41.4`, `v0.41.5`, `v0.41.6`, `v0.41.7`, `v0.41.8`, `v0.41.9`, `v0.41.10`, `v0.41.11`, `v0.41.12`, `v0.41.13`, `v0.41.14`, `v0.41.15`, `v0.41.16`, `v0.41.17`, `v0.41.18`, `v0.41.19`, `v0.41.20`, `v0.41.21`, `v0.41.22`, `v0.41.23`, `v0.41.24`, `v0.41.25`, `v0.41.26`, and `v0.41.27` release notes and tags were pushed on 2026-05-19, but CI and Release workflow jobs were not started because GitHub reported recent account payment failure or a spending-limit increase requirement. Notes-only GitHub Releases for `v0.36.4` through `v0.41.27` were created from the generated changelog entries on 2026-05-19 so the Releases page is no longer stale at `v0.36.3`. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.27` is still blocked because the `v0.41.27` release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`; GitHub Actions Release run `26129676755` failed with "recent account payments have failed or your spending limit needs to be increased" before assets could be built. The `v0.41.27` main-branch CI run `26129592162` hit the same runner-start billing blocker. `v0.41.16`, `v0.41.17`, `v0.41.18`, `v0.41.19`, `v0.41.20`, `v0.41.21`, `v0.41.22`, `v0.41.23`, `v0.41.24`, `v0.41.25`, and `v0.41.26` have the same missing-asset blocker via runs `26126035892`, `26126035944`, `26126461151`, `26127153189`, `26127529878`, `26127808895`, `26128342280`, `26128605770`, `26128778584`, and `26129025297`, and `26129336033`. - `v0.41.28` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-19 for `T-011`, but `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.28` is blocked because GitHub returned `404 Not Found` for the tag release after Release workflow run `26130558543` failed with the same "recent account payments have failed or your spending limit needs to be increased" runner-start blocker before assets or a release object could be created. - `v0.41.29` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-19 for the Homebrew/install-doc correction, but `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.29` is blocked because the notes-only GitHub Release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Release workflow run `26130724103` and main-branch CI run `26130717374` failed with the same runner-start billing blocker before assets could be built. - `v0.41.30` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-19 for the dirty-target survey handoff fix. The tag workflow did not create the release object because Release workflow run `26132165422` failed before runner startup with GitHub's "recent account payments have failed or your spending limit needs to be increased" blocker, so a notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.30` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26132157714` hit the same runner-start billing blocker before tests could run on GitHub. - `v0.41.31` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for the static-demo lifecycle stabilization. The Release workflow failed before producing assets via release run `26151264493` and tag-push run `26151243177`, so a notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.31` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26151228459` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.41.32` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for the release-blocked dispatch-loop fix. The Release workflow failed before producing assets via release run `26152986765` and tag-push run `26152960011`, so a notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.32` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26152911907` and `26152949174` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.41.33` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for generic list-string argument normalization and validation-matrix doctrine. The Release workflow failed before producing assets via release run `26154560201` and tag-push run `26154538133`, so a notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.33` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26154482134` and `26154521037` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.41.34` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for deployed static app-root docsync auditing. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26159856206`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26159792017` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.41.34` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26159740804` and `26159784258` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.0` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for Factory Pace quality-score export. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26160547817`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26160517742` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.0` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26160441827` and `26160496062` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.1` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for scheduler duplicate-work suppression. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26161650092`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26161635964` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.1` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26161599109` and `26161621672` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.2` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for bounded repo-local build artifact cleanup. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26162740026`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26162728208` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.2` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26162683182` and `26162714822` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.3` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for canonical bootstrap feature-contract reuse. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26163699850`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26163661221` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.3` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26163611221` and `26163652078` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.4` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for module-named build artifact cleanup. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26165171985`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26165154660` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.4` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26165079226` and `26165139112` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.5` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for generated artifact cleanup hints. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26166260868`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26166239400` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.5` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26166129334` and `26166214988` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.6` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for managed server validation hardening. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26171023219`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26170992204` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.6` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26170919394` and `26170977972` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.7` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for repo-local validation binary prevention. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26172414689`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26172375090` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.7` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26172314220` and `26172360280` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.8` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for bare port validation command rejection. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26173496452`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26173478220` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.8` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26173398213` and `26173463431` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.9` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for scratch validation script prevention. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26175039706`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26174999000` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.9` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26174936601` and `26174987693` also failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.10` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for background descendant cleanup. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26176038467`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26176025806` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.10` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26175947976` and `26176011152` were still queued at blocker-record time and had not run repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.11` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for implicit Go build artifact prevention. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26177423152`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26177399129` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.11` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI runs `26177359092` and `26177391754` failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.12` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for tracked background process tree cleanup. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26178472121`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26178462481` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.12` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26178418597` failed before running repo tests on GitHub; release-note CI run `26178451590` was still queued at blocker-record time. - `v0.42.13` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for no-op shell-call completion guidance. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26179822054`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26179799379` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.13` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26179784299` failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.14` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for DocSync handoff gates and timeout-policy telemetry classification. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The release-triggered workflow failed before producing assets via run `26181460762`, and the tag-push Release workflow run `26181415533` failed before asset publication. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.14` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26181405499` failed before running repo tests on GitHub. - `v0.42.15` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for the product-first validation loop stabilization. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry. The tag-push Release workflow run `26187543392` failed before asset publication because GitHub did not start hosted runners with the account billing/spending-limit blocker. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.15` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. - `v0.42.16` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-20 for the dashboard control-plane documentation epic. The tag-push Release workflow run `26188732882` failed before creating the GitHub Release or publishing assets, and the main-branch CI run `26188726401` failed before running repo tests on GitHub. `mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.16` is blocked because GitHub returned `404 Not Found` for the `v0.42.16` release object. - `v0.42.17` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-21 for the continuous factory-loop stabilization. The tag-push Release workflow run `26242138645` failed before creating release assets; the `linux/amd64` matrix job failed with no retrievable logs or steps, and the remaining matrix jobs were cancelled or skipped. Main-branch CI run `26242173189` also failed before exposing retrievable job logs. A notes-only GitHub Release was created from the generated changelog entry at `https://github.com/greaveselliott/MARS/releases/tag/v0.42.17`. The release-created workflow run `26242344544` then failed the same way before asset publication, and main-branch CI run `26242396980` failed before exposing retrievable job logs for the blocker-recording commit. `go run ./cmd/mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.17` is blocked because the notes-only release is missing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. - `v0.42.18` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-21 for the guardrail repair-evidence stabilization. The tag-push Release workflow run `26247800820` failed before creating the GitHub Release or publishing assets: the `linux/arm64` matrix job failed with no retrievable steps, the remaining matrix jobs were cancelled, and the release job was skipped. Main-branch CI run `26247792812` also failed before exposing retrievable job logs. `gh run view --log-failed` returned `log not found` for Release workflow job `77250600906` and CI job `77250569043`. `go run ./cmd/mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.18` is blocked because GitHub returned `404 Not Found` for the `v0.42.18` release object. - `v0.42.19` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-21 for the post-validation no-op convergence guard. After the GitHub Actions budget was restored, the tag-push Release workflow run `26249349959` was rerun and passed, publishing `mars-linux-amd64`, `mars-linux-arm64`, `mars-darwin-amd64`, `mars-darwin-arm64`, and `checksums.txt`. `go run ./cmd/mars release verify-assets --version v0.42.19` passed against `https://github.com/greaveselliott/MARS/releases/tag/v0.42.19`. The same budget restoration exposed a real current-main CI failure in run `26249406435`: `internal/tools` raced while reading managed background `shell_exec` startup output during `go test ./... -race -count=1 -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic`. - `v0.42.20` release notes and tag were pushed on 2026-05-21 for managed background output capture synchronization. The tag-push Release workflow run `26251082633` passed, publishing all four binary assets and `checksums.txt`. Main-branch CI run `26251070633` then failed in `internal/tools` because shell-command ticket lifecycle parsing lowercased `T-001`/`T-002` ticket file paths before reading frontmatter on Linux, allowing missing-evidence ticket done moves to escape only on case-sensitive filesystems. - `v0.45.1`: the first live `mars release audit --repo . --limit 5` run on 2026-06-11 (T-026, AD-282) reported `missing_release` — the tag is pushed but no GitHub Release object exists. Remediation: checkout the `v0.45.1` release-note commit on `main`, then run `mars release publish-assets --repo . --version v0.45.1 --upload github`. Not executed from the `codex/main-lifecycle-stabilization-rebased` branch because release publication belongs to trunk state, not in-flight branch work. - `v0.65.2`: release notes were generated on 2026-06-24 for the README operator-overview refresh, but ` release backfill-notes --repo . --check` is blocked before it can evaluate the new entry because historical `CHANGELOG.md` release markers reference commits that are unavailable in the current `main` history. The immediate failing base marker is `b76d8f2b9512` from the `0.65.1` entry; `git fetch origin --tags --prune-tags` did not recover it, and `git ls-remote origin b76d8f2b9512` returned no remote ref. Remediation: repair or regenerate historical release markers against reachable release tags in a dedicated release-history cleanup before treating the global backfill check as green.