chore(release): 3.6.0

[igorls]

Release prep for 3.6.0 (previous tag: v3.5.0).

Version and release metadata

• Bumps the five version-guard sources to 3.6.0: mempalace/version.py, pyproject.toml, .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, .claude-plugin/plugin.json, and .codex-plugin/plugin.json.
• Updates the README badge and regenerates uv.lock for the package version.
• Repairs pre-existing lock drift: pyproject.toml requires Ruff 0.15.20, while the committed lock had regressed to 0.15.18 during the Milvus follow-up and lost Python 3.9 pandas markers. A clean uv lock restores both.
• Refreshes stale 34/35-tool claims across plugin manifests, skills, READMEs, and website docs to the runtime's 36 MCP tools.
• Promotes the existing Unreleased notes into a complete 3.6.0 changelog entry.

What is in 3.6.0

50 PRs merged to develop since v3.5.0. Full notes are in CHANGELOG.md.

Headline additions

• Secure-by-default mempalace serve for remote/team MCP use: bearer auth, TLS, read-only enforcement, Docker Compose, and systemd deployment (ability to run memapalce on remote server (gpu + embeding + qdrant storage ) #1877, docs(guide): Remote / Team Server deployment guide (#1877) #1897, feat(serve): turnkey secure remote MCP server (#1877) #1900).
• Opt-in Milvus backend for Milvus Lite, self-hosted Milvus, and Zilliz Cloud with COSINE vector search and native BM25 (Add Milvus storage backend #1899).
• Atomic mempalace_kg_supersede fact replacement with correct half-open temporal boundaries (kg query --as-of returns two values for a single-valued fact at a supersession boundary #1913, fix: half-open as-of interval + supersede() to end KG boundary double-count #1914).
• Preserved conversation authored_at, date-window drawer listing, associative graph derivation from mined sessions, project exclude_patterns, and LaTeX sources (feat(convo): preserve authored timestamp from transcripts #1890, feat(mcp): add since/before date filter to list_drawers (#1128) #1891, feat(graph): auto-populate the associative graph from mined sessions #1895, feat: add exclude_patterns config key to mempalace.yaml (rebase of #1213) #1953, feat: add LaTeX (.tex, .bib) to readable and prose extensions #1901).

Reliability theme

• Recovery now separates derived-index damage from data loss: valid all-layer-0 HNSW segments are accepted, isolated FTS5 corruption self-heals, NULs are sanitized, SQLite contention is bounded, archive moves are atomic, and from-SQLite recovery requires a clean final integrity check (fix(chroma): stop quarantining valid all-layer-0 HNSW segments (#1716) #1872, fix(repair): auto-heal isolated FTS5 inverted-index corruption (#1596) #1878, mine: auto-heal isolated FTS5 corruption instead of forcing manual repair #1928, fix(repair): use os.rename for in-place archive, not shutil.move #1945, fix(repair): wait out transient SQLite contention #2015, fix(repair): require clean SQLite recovery finalization #2017).
• CLI search detects HNSW divergence before opening Chroma and falls back to SQLite BM25 (fix(searcher): guard CLI divergence before Chroma open #2016).
• MCP startup answers initialize without waiting for palace-wide preflight, writer leases self-heal, read-only classification is complete, status remains read-only, and non-Chroma integrity status is truthful (fix: skip startup SQLite integrity check on oversized palace (unblocks MCP handshake) #1911, fix: read-only mode misses checkpoint and delete_by_source in _MUTATING_TOOLS #1930, [codex] fix status writer lease classification #1934, fix(mcp): mark sqlite_integrity not-applicable on non-chroma backends (#1931) #1946, fix(mcp): self-heal writer lease instead of latching read-only for life #1960, fix(palace): pair the mine_palace_lock holder-set update with its release (#1970) #1971, fix(mcp): answer initialize immediately — run startup preflight in a background thread #1987).
• Mutable transcripts re-mine correctly; Claude Code tool-results/ dumps are excluded; explicit --palace graph sidecars remain isolated (fix(convo_miner): treat transcripts as mutable, not immutable #1957, fix(convo_miner): don't mine Claude Code tool-results/ dirs — raw tool dumps flood the palace #2010, fix: scope derived graph state to explicit palace #2018).

Validation

• uv run pytest tests/ -q --ignore=tests/benchmarks — 3299 passed, 31 skipped
• Release contract tests — 114 passed
• uv run ruff check . and uv run ruff format --check . — clean
• bun run docs:build — clean
• uv build + twine check dist/* — wheel and sdist pass
• Fresh wheel install in a clean venv:
  • package metadata and module both report 3.6.0
  • runtime exposes 36 MCP tools
  • mined docs/RELEASING.md into a disposable real Chroma palace (7 drawers)
  • hybrid search returned the exact Trusted Publishing passage
  • repair-status: drawers 7/7, closets 2/2, zero divergence
• Release entry-point alignment check passes for pyproject.toml, Claude, and Codex plugin configs.

After this PR

Following docs/RELEASING.md and the v3.5.0 flow:

1. Merge this PR into develop.
2. Open and merge a develop → main promotion PR.
3. Draft a GitHub Release targeting main, tag v3.6.0.
4. Publishing the release triggers publish.yml; approve the gated pypi environment upload.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Release preparation for MemPalace 3.6.0, updating version guard sources, regenerating uv.lock, refreshing documentation/manifests to reflect the 36-tool MCP surface, and promoting Unreleased notes into a dated 3.6.0 changelog entry.

Changes:

• Bump package + plugin versions to 3.6.0 (pyproject.toml, mempalace/version.py, Claude/Codex plugin manifests) and refresh the README version badge.
• Regenerate uv.lock (including restoring the Ruff pin drift to 0.15.20 and Python marker corrections).
• Update website/docs/skills/manifests to consistently describe 36 MCP tools, and add the 3.6.0 changelog entry.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 19 out of 20 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
website/reference/modules.md	Update module map text to reflect 36 MCP tools.
website/reference/mcp-tools.md	Update MCP tools reference header count to 36.
website/guide/openclaw.md	Update OpenClaw guide to reflect 36-tool MCP surface.
website/guide/mcp-integration.md	Update MCP integration guide tool counts to 36.
website/guide/claude-code.md	Update Claude Code guide tool counts to 36.
uv.lock	Lockfile refresh for 3.6.0 and dependency marker/pin drift repair (incl. Ruff 0.15.20).
skills/mempalace/SKILL.md	Refresh skill docs to reference 36 MCP tools.
README.md	Update MCP tool count + version badge to 3.6.0.
pyproject.toml	Bump project version to 3.6.0.
mempalace/version.py	Bump runtime __version__ to 3.6.0.
integrations/openclaw/SKILL.md	Refresh OpenClaw integration skill docs to reference 36 MCP tools.
CHANGELOG.md	Promote Unreleased notes into a new 3.6.0 entry with release date.
.cursor-plugin/README.md	Update Cursor plugin docs to 36 MCP tools.
.cursor-plugin/plugin.json	Update Cursor plugin description to 36 MCP tools.
.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json	Update Cursor marketplace description to 36 MCP tools.
.codex-plugin/README.md	Update Codex plugin docs to 36 MCP tools.
.codex-plugin/plugin.json	Bump Codex plugin version to 3.6.0 and update tool count text.
.claude-plugin/README.md	Update Claude plugin docs to 36 MCP tools.
.claude-plugin/plugin.json	Bump Claude plugin version to 3.6.0 and update tool count text.
.claude-plugin/marketplace.json	Bump Claude marketplace version/description to 3.6.0 and 36 MCP tools.

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