v0.14.0

Added

• Auto-release on version bump — a push to main that changes package.json now runs the gate (lint / typecheck / build) and automatically publishes to npm + tags + creates a GitHub release (notes sliced from this file). The release flow is just "merge a version-bump PR". Idempotent. Requires a repo secret NPM_TOKEN. (INT-2270)
• CLI update notifier — when the running version is behind npm's latest, the CLI prints a two-line "update available" notice. 24h cached (~/.openswarm/update-check.json) so it's near-instant and non-blocking; skips non-TTY / CI / --version / NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER. (INT-2270)

Changed

• checkHandler colors unified onto the shared NO_COLOR/TTY-safe helper (src/support/colors), finishing the CLI/TUI status-consistency work — ~108 hand-rolled ANSI sites now go through c / status. Output is byte-identical when piped. (INT-2260)
• CI test job promoted to a hard gate (the suite is green), and lint is now warning-free (36 → 0).

Fixed

• Stale service.test.ts provider-override tests — the reapply lives inside the autonomous-start block; the tests drove it with a non-autonomous config. Fixed → the full suite is green (1315 passing). (INT-2271)
• postbuild chmod +x dist/cli.js — a clean rm -rf dist && build no longer leaves the global CLI unexecutable ("permission denied").