v9.14.1 (2026-06-22) — tech-debt cleanup, 12 atomic commits + remote polish merge Branch: feat/production-upgrade This tag now points to the merge commit (6d33f4f) that integrates: - My 12 atomic commits (H-8 Tier 1 follow-up, observability, tech debt) - Remote's 10+ polish commits (splash, budget, desktop, key centralization) Summary of changes since v9.14.0: - H-8 Tier 1 follow-up: cost tracking for guarded_call + BaseLLMClient + AsyncLLMClient now actually works (4 silent-failure bugs fixed). - 5 missing Prometheus counters wired (API_REQUESTS, RATE_LIMIT_HITS, CACHE_HITS, VERIFICATION_RUNS, DISCOVERIES_GENERATED). - OpenAPI contract: 9 missing operationIds fixed. - mypy regression gate: scripts/check_mypy_regression.py with 61-error baseline. - 24 Phase 1 reorg branches DELETED; archive/phase1-reorg-2026-06-08 tag preserves the work. - pre-commit hook installed locally; .secrets.baseline refreshed (103 known false positives). - docs/DEFERRED.md captures 5 explicit deferrals (P2-D, P4, P2-A A2, P3-3, Phase 1 reorg) with verbatim REWORK_PLAN rationale. - Remote polish: splash animation, budget key centralization, desktop port (mac/win), TUI v9 minor improvements. Audit ref: 2026-06-22