Current

Current is 4.8.5. ArkOrder is a library plus sensors, not a service.

Patch over 4.8.4. Two adopters redesigned APIs that already shipped, because they could not find them. The page names those APIs. The runtime half (shadow, replay, compare) belongs to ArkRun and stays in-memory. Nothing can be down. No required config migration.

Upgrade

Get 4.8.5

npm install -D arkgate@4.8.5

npx arkgate upgrade --apply

npx arkgate-check --install-agent-gates --skills-only --force

npx arkgate-check --doctor

Restart Codex / Claude / Cursor / Grok / Antigravity after the skill refresh. Restart Ark MCP so the process version matches the pin.

What changed

What 4.8.5 changes.

Findable ArkOrder

docs/arkorder.md names the APIs two adopters redesigned: IngestEscalate, Projector, maxXiKeys, ProposeResult, XiSchema, xiKeys, four verbs. It ships in the npm tarball. ArkOrder is a library plus sensors, not a service.

One activation shape

Both extras already used mode and managedLayers. Roots stay distinct factories: planeRoots vs kernelRoots. ark-check --sensors lists both extras in one table.

Runtime half is ArkRun

Shadow, replay, and compare live on the information package, in-memory. Not a bus. Not durable. ADR 0033. Nothing near money until this API exists.

Pattern teeth

A scale may not observe a denied kind. Freshness is σ, never ξ. Escalation names a target, including human. Factory options, not ark.config.json keys.

Antigravity skills

--antigravity-home writes ~/.gemini/config/skills. The default no-host install includes Antigravity. Same 13 skill names.

Copy billing, rename three keys

Compact starters still leave ArkOrder and ArkRun off. Optional xiKeys name the slow decisions. Membership ids are not keys.

Honest limits

What this release does not claim

No new skill names. Still 13 doors.
Durable stores and outbox stay parked.
Does not close the parked claim-gate residual.
Companion @arkgate/runtime stays deprecated.

Maintainer source: docs/releases/4.8.5.md ↗

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