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-# Goal 0045 — v0.2.0 and release cadence
-
-Owner-picked 2026-08-13, deliberately tiny. v0.1.0 (goal 0041)
-proved the pipeline; this makes releases a rhythm instead of a
-one-off, without adding tooling before the recorded trigger
-(release-please stays deferred until the 2nd+ release exists — see
-archived goal 0041's defer list).
-
-## Goal
-
-A recorded, lightweight cadence rule plus the next release cut by it.
-
-## Plan
-
-Cadence rule (adopt unless the owner objects at cut time): **a
-release tags when a user-visible capability goal archives**, not on a
-clock — the release notes then describe something a user can feel.
-Concretely next: v0.2.0 cuts when goal 0042 (markdown fidelity pass
-2) archives, bundling whatever else landed since v0.1.0 (icon,
-React 19, fidelity pass 1). Mechanics per 0041: bump
-build/config.yml version in a PR, tag the merged commit, release.yml
-does the rest (now with timeouts and the headless-bindings guard).
-
-## Acceptance (checkable)
-
-- [ ] v0.2.0 live on GitHub Releases with attestation verified, cut
-      after 0042 archives.
-- [ ] The cadence rule recorded in SPEC.md's release section (one
-      sentence, LOCKED) in the same change.
diff --git a/docs/goals/BACKLOG.md b/docs/goals/BACKLOG.md
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 3. [ ] [0044 — M365 bridge dry run + capture research](0044-m365-bridge-dry-run.md)
    — absorbs goal 0021 Phase 4's last bullet; gap list + the
    browser-extension-at-a-locked-down-enterprise decision research
-4. [ ] [0045 — v0.2.0 + release cadence](0045-release-cadence.md)
-   — tag-on-capability-goal-archive rule; v0.2.0 cuts when 0042
-   archives
+4. [x] [0045 — v0.2.0 + release cadence](archive/0045-release-cadence.md)
+   — DELIVERED 2026-08-13: cadence rule LOCKED in SPEC §1.3
+   (tag-on-capability-goal-archive; the asset is the launchable
+   mill.app zip, clone-build stays the documented dev path); v0.2.0
+   live and attestation-verified. The cut surfaced and fixed three
+   more latent defects (raw-binary asset, release.yml invalid YAML —
+   now gated by workflow-lint, GPL-3 setup-task action wrapper)
 
 **Group E — Public-repo hygiene (2026-08-13, owner-directed: source
 comments explain code per standard practice — business/product
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+# Goal 0045 — v0.2.0 and release cadence
+
+Owner-picked 2026-08-13, deliberately tiny. v0.1.0 (goal 0041)
+proved the pipeline; this makes releases a rhythm instead of a
+one-off, without adding tooling before the recorded trigger
+(release-please stays deferred until the 2nd+ release exists — see
+archived goal 0041's defer list).
+
+## Goal
+
+A recorded, lightweight cadence rule plus the next release cut by it.
+
+## Plan
+
+Cadence rule (adopt unless the owner objects at cut time): **a
+release tags when a user-visible capability goal archives**, not on a
+clock — the release notes then describe something a user can feel.
+Concretely next: v0.2.0 cuts when goal 0042 (markdown fidelity pass
+2) archives, bundling whatever else landed since v0.1.0 (icon,
+React 19, fidelity pass 1). Mechanics per 0041: bump
+build/config.yml version in a PR, tag the merged commit, release.yml
+does the rest (now with timeouts and the headless-bindings guard).
+
+## Acceptance (checked against what SHIPPED, 2026-08-13)
+
+- [x] v0.2.0 live on GitHub Releases with attestation verified, cut
+      after 0042 archived — asset is the launchable `mill.app` zip
+      (structure + ad-hoc signature + arm64 binary verified against
+      the actually-downloaded artifact; `gh attestation verify`
+      passing). Delivered via PRs #86 (task package + ditto zip +
+      install notes; the owner's real v0.1.0 download hitting
+      Finder's no-application dialog was the trigger), #87 (version +
+      SPEC), #88 (two more latent-defect fixes the cut surfaced:
+      run:| indentation broke release.yml's YAML — now gated by
+      scripts/check-workflow-yaml.sh in lefthook + CI's new
+      workflow-lint job with actionlint; and arduino/setup-task's
+      GPL-3 action wrapper tripping deny-licenses — replaced by
+      go install of the MIT tool). Release run 31746776720 green.
+- [x] The cadence rule recorded in SPEC.md §1.3 (LOCKED) in the same
+      change as the version bump (PR #87), including the
+      app-is-the-asset / clone-build-stays-documented split.