# paperclip v2026.817.0

- Product: paperclip (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paperclip)
- Vendor: paperclip
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v2026.817.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/releases/tag/v2026.817.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paperclip/releases/v2026.817.0

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- **added** — Release channels: canary, nightly, beta, and stable with progressive promotion gates
- **added** — Decisions workflow allowing agents to propose multi-option actions for human approval with auditable execution
- **added** — Full-fidelity company Import/Export replacing Cloud Sync with content-addressed blob verification and durable async imports
- **added** — Managed CLI install lifecycle with self-updating service, side-by-side updates, and rollback state across Linux, macOS, containers, and WSL
- **added** — Chat-style task view for the user interface
- **added** — Durable decision queues with prioritized feed and reversible retention in Decisions desk
- **changed** — Docker :latest tag now points to stable releases instead of tracking every master merge
- **changed** — Standard-trust agents can now write to company-visible issues with comments, updates, child-task creation, and assignment based on visibility rules
- **changed** — Archived projects are excluded from the default project list route
- **removed** — Experimental Cloud Sync host-to-host transport
- **removed** — Sync-state tables via migration 0196

#### Paperclip v2026.817.0

> Released: 2026-08-17

Paperclip v2026.817.0 is the first stable release since 2026.722.0 — and the first stable ever published through the new canary → nightly → beta → stable release channels. This exact build shipped as a canary, was smoke-tested and promoted to nightly, soaked as `2026.811.0-beta.0`, and only then was promoted to stable. It carries 311 commits spanning a first-class Decisions workflow, full-fidelity company Import/Export, a managed CLI install lifecycle, a chat-style task view, and a long list of fixes and performance work.

##### Breaking Changes

None of these require action for a typical install, but read through before upgrading:

- **Docker `:latest` now means stable.** Previously `:latest` tracked every master merge. If you relied on that behavior, switch to `:canary` (or `:nightly` for a smoke-gated daily). Stable images also get `:YYYY.MDD.P` version tags and every image gets `:sha-<short-sha>` for exact pinning. ([#11006](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/11006))
- **Experimental Cloud Sync is removed.** The host-to-host sync transport (previously flag-gated) is gone; company Import/Export is the single supported data-movement path. Migration `0196` drops the old sync-state tables. Your company data is untouched — only the experimental transport's own bookkeeping is removed. ([#10507](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10507))
- **Standard-trust agents can write to company-visible issues.** Comments, issue updates, child-task creation, and assignment now follow one default-open rule based on issue visibility, instead of per-channel ownership grants. Company, user, trust-scope, and run-lifecycle controls still apply, and cross-issue side effects are contained and attributed. ([#10804](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10804), [#10837](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10837))
- **Archived projects are excluded from the default project list route.** Pass the explicit filter to include them. ([#10146](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10146))

##### Highlights

- **Release channels: canary → nightly → beta → stable** — Paperclip now ships on four channels. `canary` publishes on every merge to master; `nightly` republishes the newest green canary once a night, but only after the full release smoke suite (real Docker container, browser-driven onboarding) passes against the exact published artifact; `beta` is a maintainer-promoted nightly behind an approval gate, re-smoked after publish; and every stable must first soak as a beta for at least 3 days. Install with `npx paperclipai@latest` (stable), `@beta`, `@nightly`, or `@canary`, or pull `ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:latest` / `:beta` / `:nightly` / `:canary`. Docker `:latest` now means **stable** — see Breaking Changes above. Full details in `doc/CHANNELS.md`. ([#11006](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/11006), [#11008](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/11008))
- **Decisions: a first-class propose/decide workflow** — Agents can now propose multi-option actions instead of performing them, and humans decide from a governed, auditable surface. Decisions v1 adds the propose mode itself (typed options and inputs, stale-target detection, audited effect execution), durable decision queues with a prioritized, decide-now-ranked attention feed, and a Decisions desk with triage controls, an aging shelf, and reversible retention. Completed-target decisions retire automatically and link back to their targets. ([#10010](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10010), [#10651](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10651), [#10672](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10672), [#10785](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10785), [#10474](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10474), [#10892](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/10892))
- **Full-fidelity company Import/Export replaces Cloud Sync** — The expe

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