This Week in gptme (W34 2026)

Here’s what landed in gptme and gptme-contrib this week (2026-08-17 – 2026-08-23): 33 new features, 29 bug fixes across 83 merged PRs.

Highlights

• gptme#3569 (server) BYOK key validation — warn not block when provider unreachable
• gptme#3568 (cli) fatal error envelope + exit taxonomy for non-interactive mode
• gptme#3574 (cli) add gptme service init scaffold for headless agents
• gptme#3529 (harness) audit assistant harness update requests
• gptme#3530 (prompts) Add code editing strategy guidance for improved model performance

New Features

• gptme#3529 (harness) audit assistant harness update requests
• gptme#3530 (prompts) Add code editing strategy guidance for improved model performance
• gptme#3559 (prompts) end responses with a concrete next step
• gptme#3565 (shell) opt-in per-shell memory ceiling via GPTME_SHELL_MEMORY_LIMIT
• gptme#3567 (autocompact) add keep_head to protect task context from compaction
• gptme#3568 (cli) fatal error envelope + exit taxonomy for non-interactive mode
• gptme#3569 (server) BYOK key validation — warn not block when provider unreachable
• gptme#3574 (cli) add gptme service init scaffold for headless agents
• gptme#3577 (computer) allow out-of-tree transports via register_transport()
• gptme#3580 (precommit) add check-root-structure hook from gptme-contrib
• gptme#3586 (service-init) add launchd support for macOS agents
• gptme-contrib#1431 (self-merge) add skills/ as an allowed self-merge category
• gptme-contrib#1434 (skills) add agentic-presentation skill
• gptme-contrib#1436 (precommit) suggest canonical task_type when a synonym is used
• gptme-contrib#1437 (pm) rename greptile_needs_{fix,improvement} to reviewer_needs_{fix,improvement}
• gptme-contrib#1439 (gptme-rag) add TF-IDF lexical retrieval backend
• gptme-contrib#1440 (gptme-rag) add task-scoped TF-IDF retrieval (Phase 2.3)
• gptme-contrib#1442 (bob-status) add BobStatusProvider for gptme-util status
• gptme-contrib#1444 (lessons-cc-hook) add policy manifest loader and classification for Stage 1 shadow logging
• gptme-contrib#1455 (skills) add test-discovery skill for auto-detecting test runners
• gptme-contrib#1456 (pm-dispatch) add repo exclusion list to stop ActivityWatch/* churn
• gptme-contrib#1463 (prompt_templates) wire fix-worker prompts to use pm-review-and-push wrapper
• gptme-contrib#1465 (gptme-rag) add source-descriptor collection + voice-call de-accumulation (Phase 2.1)
• gptme-contrib#1466 (gptme-rag) memory_type classification + ranking boost (Phase 2.2)
• gptme-contrib#1468 (gptme-rag) add lesson_matcher module — keyword/wildcard, session_categories, BM25
• gptme-contrib#1470 (activity-summary) slot fallback on quota exhaustion via GPTME_CC_FALLBACK_CREDS
• gptme-contrib#1471 (gptme-sessions) ingest lesson_events from the match-lessons hook
• gptme-contrib#1473 (twitter) account profiles, –quote, release announcer
• gptme-contrib#1478 (gptmail) add agent pull command for pull-only recipients + version bump
• gptme-contrib#1479 (precommit) make check-root-structure a shareable remote hook
• gptme-contrib#1484 (gptmail) pending --as + failed_agents/recipient in pull --json (closes #1476)
• gptme-contrib#1485 (skills) add /end — cross-runtime session wrap-up gate
• gptme-contrib#1486 (pm) route ai-review fix dispatches through the in-band review-and-push wrapper

Bug Fixes

• gptme#3546 (server) validate provider API key before saving it
• gptme#3547 (review) verify finding file/line target matches inline comment location
• gptme#3552 (tauri) real API-key errors and Windows sidecar startup
• gptme#3555 (server) validate provider API key before persisting in BYOK setup
• gptme#3556 (deps) bump Python critical security dependencies
• gptme#3557 (shell) allowlist permitted flags per binary instead of denying four find flags (GHSA-mfh4-cxj2-jc9p)
• gptme#3558 (android) enable mobile cloud sign-in
• gptme#3571 (grok-subscription) enable native tools API and add grok-4.6
• gptme#3573 (tauri) include pyproject.toml and lock file in sidecar freshness check
• gptme#3578 (android) open cloud sign-in in the system browser, not the app WebView
• gptme#3584 (precommit) update gptme-contrib rev to post-#1479 merge
• gptme#3591 (server) install SIGTERM handler before slow init to prevent silent failure
• gptme-contrib#1435 (twitter) distinguish spend-cap 403 from content-rejection 403
• gptme-contrib#1441 (gptodo) recurring task reset emits valid frontmatter
• gptme-contrib#1443 (gptodo) recurring reset emits state=waiting (fixes validator rejection)
• gptme-contrib#1447 (uv) pin numpy to pypi index to stop recurring lock churn
• gptme-contrib#1452 (gptme-rag) lower watch benchmark threshold to pass on slow CI runners
• gptme-contrib#1453 (worker-records) fetch_pr_snapshot returns None on gh failure (phase 1.3)
• gptme-contrib#1458 (sessions) stop defaulting a score-less judge verdict to 0.5
• gptme-contrib#1459 (uv) add gptme-bob-status to lockfile (missed in #1442)
• gptme-contrib#1460 (lessons-extras) companion-path suggestions must include the category subdir
• gptme-contrib#1461 (pm) stop review-thread reply spam — merge_ready skips human threads, infra-class worker deaths, thread-aware pr_update prompt
• gptme-contrib#1469 (run_item) observe PR effect for every PR-scoped item type
• gptme-contrib#1472 (pm) merge_ready-only dispatches no longer grade a posted comment as effect
• gptme-contrib#1474 (pm) notification state is owned by the handling worker, not the next worker to finish
• gptme-contrib#1475 (pm) direct @mention items get assigned_issue timeout floor (1500s)
• gptme-contrib#1482 (gptodo) isolate scoped check load errors
• gptme-contrib#1483 (sessions) grok background-task outputs invisible to signal extraction (8/8 false noops)
• gptme-contrib#1488 (lessons) exclude newline from companion-link path-component regex

Performance

• gptme-contrib#1464 (check-notifications) add PR/issue state caching for 60-70% call reduction

Refactors

• gptme#3537 (cli) move Bob-specific status fields out of core; add StatusProvider extension point
• gptme#3561 (tools/read) decouple read tool examples from hashline conventions
• gptme#3562 (tools/read) fully decouple read.py from _hashline_snapshot
• gptme#3564 (tests) move hashline snapshot test out of test_tools_read.py
• gptme-contrib#1446 (structure) clean up root dir, remove knowledge/ and state/, add root-structure CI check
• gptme-contrib#1467 (precommit) simplify check_root_structure to use git ls-files + add tests

Documentation

• gptme#3554 (design) complete PTC audit — paper citation + full tools/ coverage
• gptme#3563 fix providers.rst structure, nest provider/browser pages, add Tool Formats guide
• gptme#3572 (models) cite the grok-4.6 model card
• gptme#3582 document subscription auth (ChatGPT Plus/Pro, SuperGrok) in README and providers docs
• gptme#3588 add headless agents section with gptme service init example
• gptme-contrib#1477 overhaul root README + add scripts/README index
• gptme-contrib#1480 add ai-reviewer.md (what the AI review comment is, maintainer commands)

Tests

• gptme#3581 (webui) add regression test for BYOK 422 invalid-key rejection (#3545)
• gptme#3590 (server) add subprocess integration test for server startup (#3589)

CI & Infrastructure

• gptme#3535 add a focused Windows path/config smoke lane
• gptme#3585 add dependency advisory gate (Phase 1, non-blocking)
• gptme#3599 (deps) bump actions/checkout from 4 to 7
• gptme#3600 (deps) bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 5 to 7

Other Changes

• gptme-contrib#1449 (root) consolidate schemas/, tools/, commands/ into docs/, scripts/