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 ## P1 — Code Quality
 
 ### DC-034: Regenerate get.dashcaddy.net/release tarball as v1.14.9 with DC-033 baked in
-- **status:** in-progress
+- **status:** done (commit 42376e2)
 - **owner:** krystie
 - **details:** Live `https://get.dashcaddy.net/release/version.json` advertises v1.14.8 (commit `ba23cdf`) but DC-033 is NOT in that tarball — verified by extracting `dashcaddy/dashcaddy-api/src/docker/self-updater.js` from `dashcaddy-1.14.8.tar.gz` and confirming it still has the broken `__dirname` pattern. Every other DashCaddy host that auto-updates to v1.14.8 will hit the same 0.0.0 dashboard bug DNS2 just had. Fix: (1) bump `package.json` to `1.14.9` + update `dashcaddy-api/VERSION` to the DC-033 commit SHA. (2) populate `[Unreleased]` section in CHANGELOG.md with DC-033 entry. (3) run `bash scripts/publish-release.sh` to rebuild + push the tarball to get.dashcaddy.net. (4) verify the live `version.json` reflects the new version + commit. Effort: ~15 min. Risk: low — release pipeline already proven by build-pipeline-fix.
-- **impact:** Every host auto-updating gets the 0.0.0 fix for free without needing a manual symlink or git pull.
+- **result:** Bumped package.json (1.14.8 → 1.14.9) + root VERSION to 1.14.9. Baked commit `42376e2` into dashcaddy-api/VERSION inside the tarball. Built `dashcaddy-1.14.9.tar.gz` (39MB, sha256 `9de120a6277f4169caa6740a15181a80cef1ba716006e3a5aad6e21b9d6542a3`). Published to `/var/www/get.dashcaddy.net/release/` (latest.tar.gz + versioned tarball + version.json + sha256). Backed up old release to `release.backup-20260706-052919`. Refreshed install.sh. Mirrored to dc-contabo-de → `/var/www/get2.dashcaddy.net/release/` (verified via SSH). Tarball verified to contain the DC-033 fix (extracted + grep'd self-updater.js — comment "Resolve package.json/VERSION relative to the api root, not __dirname" present). Live `get.dashcaddy.net/release/version.json` serves v1.14.9. SHA256 matches between local + served tarball. Local notify to localhost:3001 returned HTTP 403 (expected — DASHCADDY_UPDATE_ENABLED=false, intentional). Auto-update now ships the 0.0.0 fix to every host that updates from v1.14.8 → v1.14.9.
 
 ### DC-035: Add regression test for getLocalVersion() — prevent DC-033 class from regressing
 - **status:** todo