diff --git a/.agents/pm/chores/pm-github-w7m7.toon b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-github-w7m7.toon
index 1438c307..cadbd697 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/chores/pm-github-w7m7.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-github-w7m7.toon
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ id: pm-github-w7m7
 title: Adopt --respect-item-release in changelog scripts and bump pm-changelog to 2026.7.24
 description: "pm-changelog 2026.7.24 adds --respect-item-release, which makes the single-window generation path (--since-previous-tag --until-release-tag, changelog:check, release notes) honour an item's declared release field instead of trusting closed_at. Without it, closing a tracker whose fix shipped in an earlier release dates months-old work as new, which is why shipped-but-unclosed trackers accumulate: closing them corrupts the changelog. Adopting the flag fleet-wide makes late tracker closure safe and keeps every package's generation path in agreement with --all-release-tags."
 type: Chore
-status: in_progress
+status: closed
 priority: 2
 tags[3]: changelog,fleet-consistency,release-hygiene
 created_at: "2026-07-24T21:30:26.518Z"
-updated_at: "2026-07-24T21:42:59.772Z"
-assignee: claude
+updated_at: "2026-07-28T11:30:02.569Z"
+closed_at: "2026-07-28T11:14:18.877Z"
 author: claude
 acceptance_criteria: "changelog, changelog:full, changelog:check and release:notes all pass --respect-item-release; pm-changelog devDependency is ^2026.7.24; npm run changelog:check is green; CHANGELOG.md content is unchanged by the flag for this repo (no item declares a release yet)"
-notes[2]{created_at,author,text}:
+release: 2026.7.25
+notes[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-07-24T21:30:27.187Z",claude,"Verified in this repo: pm-changelog 2026.7.24 installed; npm run changelog:full regenerated CHANGELOG.md with the flag active and produced a ZERO-line diff, confirming the flag is a safe no-op until an item declares a release; npm run changelog:check exits 0."
   "2026-07-24T21:42:59.772Z",claude,"Greptile review finding adopted: the daily release workflow invokes pm-changelog DIRECTLY (npx pm-changelog, three times) rather than through the npm scripts, so patching only package.json left the generation path that actually produces the published CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE_NOTES.md without the flag while release:check validated with it. Added --respect-item-release to all three release.yml invocations so generation and validation agree. YAML re-validated."
+  "2026-07-28T11:30:02.568Z",claude-code,"Correction to the close reason, raised by CodeRabbit on pm-ts-starter#43: the phrase pinned at 2026.7.24 or later is imprecise, because the manifest declares a caret RANGE rather than a pin. Exact verified values for this repo on 2026-07-28: package.json declares pm-changelog ^2026.7.25, the lockfile resolves it to 2026.7.25, and 4 changelog scripts pass --respect-item-release. The substance of the closure is unchanged; only the wording was loose. Original record preserved rather than rewritten."
+close_reason: "Shipped and verified 2026-07-28: all four changelog scripts in package.json pass --respect-item-release and pm-changelog is pinned at 2026.7.24 or later. Closing so the tracker stops advertising completed work as in flight."
 body: ""
diff --git a/.agents/pm/history/pm-github-w7m7.jsonl b/.agents/pm/history/pm-github-w7m7.jsonl
index 366f1dda..eb377063 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/history/pm-github-w7m7.jsonl
+++ b/.agents/pm/history/pm-github-w7m7.jsonl
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 {"ts":"2026-07-24T21:30:26.857Z","author":"claude","op":"update","patch":[{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-24T21:30:26.857Z"},{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/status","value":"in_progress"}],"before_hash":"bb1bb0e43d550316b058cd96dfba018c4bf13abe4367e877d2d09f74561eccf2","after_hash":"3953df77fd26a1cd3d2d4adcdcaf2bee20f827f948b9fa4a3bcc504112a2cb62"}
 {"ts":"2026-07-24T21:30:27.187Z","author":"claude","op":"note_add","patch":[{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-24T21:30:27.187Z"},{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/notes","value":[{"created_at":"2026-07-24T21:30:27.187Z","author":"claude","text":"Verified in this repo: pm-changelog 2026.7.24 installed; npm run changelog:full regenerated CHANGELOG.md with the flag active and produced a ZERO-line diff, confirming the flag is a safe no-op until an item declares a release; npm run changelog:check exits 0."}]}],"before_hash":"3953df77fd26a1cd3d2d4adcdcaf2bee20f827f948b9fa4a3bcc504112a2cb62","after_hash":"eeeeb2b27870732e27ea0767ba55f85e05cd59c828ffa54c81f25f74c435e968"}
 {"ts":"2026-07-24T21:42:59.772Z","author":"claude","op":"note_add","patch":[{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/notes/1","value":{"created_at":"2026-07-24T21:42:59.772Z","author":"claude","text":"Greptile review finding adopted: the daily release workflow invokes pm-changelog DIRECTLY (npx pm-changelog, three times) rather than through the npm scripts, so patching only package.json left the generation path that actually produces the published CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE_NOTES.md without the flag while release:check validated with it. Added --respect-item-release to all three release.yml invocations so generation and validation agree. YAML re-validated."}},{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-24T21:42:59.772Z"}],"before_hash":"eeeeb2b27870732e27ea0767ba55f85e05cd59c828ffa54c81f25f74c435e968","after_hash":"d0e768b06bdcdb640252ab1aed4f4d086f138c8cf0f7035c081455aa0ed8f027"}
+{"ts":"2026-07-28T11:14:18.877Z","author":"claude-code","author_source":"asserted","agent_harness":"claude-code","agent_instance":"178aa3540ae0b8aeb5b7ac26","agent_provenance":{"model":null,"effort":{"value":"xhigh","source":"environment"}},"op":"close","patch":[{"op":"remove","path":"/metadata/assignee"},{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-28T11:14:18.877Z"},{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/status","value":"closed"},{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/closed_at","value":"2026-07-28T11:14:18.877Z"},{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/close_reason","value":"Shipped and verified 2026-07-28: all four changelog scripts in package.json pass --respect-item-release and pm-changelog is pinned at 2026.7.24 or later. Closing so the tracker stops advertising completed work as in flight."}],"before_hash":"d0e768b06bdcdb640252ab1aed4f4d086f138c8cf0f7035c081455aa0ed8f027","after_hash":"c7ad2f3735fff80d9484df1766e8383de375daa76e683b3d4bbf9187e107ddcb"}
+{"ts":"2026-07-28T11:22:47.536Z","author":"claude-code","author_source":"asserted","agent_harness":"claude-code","agent_instance":"178aa3540ae0b8aeb5b7ac26","agent_provenance":{"model":null,"effort":{"value":"xhigh","source":"environment"}},"op":"update","patch":[{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-28T11:22:47.536Z"},{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/release","value":"2026.7.25"}],"before_hash":"c7ad2f3735fff80d9484df1766e8383de375daa76e683b3d4bbf9187e107ddcb","after_hash":"ae563e3eace23cdf8e380c30b7d0df9d762adc8473af293b8bf97aac16371cb6"}
+{"ts":"2026-07-28T11:30:02.569Z","author":"claude-code","author_source":"asserted","agent_harness":"claude-code","agent_instance":"178aa3540ae0b8aeb5b7ac26","agent_provenance":{"model":null,"effort":{"value":"xhigh","source":"environment"}},"op":"note_add","patch":[{"op":"add","path":"/metadata/notes/2","value":{"created_at":"2026-07-28T11:30:02.568Z","author":"claude-code","text":"Correction to the close reason, raised by CodeRabbit on pm-ts-starter#43: the phrase pinned at 2026.7.24 or later is imprecise, because the manifest declares a caret RANGE rather than a pin. Exact verified values for this repo on 2026-07-28: package.json declares pm-changelog ^2026.7.25, the lockfile resolves it to 2026.7.25, and 4 changelog scripts pass --respect-item-release. The substance of the closure is unchanged; only the wording was loose. Original record preserved rather than rewritten."}},{"op":"replace","path":"/metadata/updated_at","value":"2026-07-28T11:30:02.569Z"}],"before_hash":"ae563e3eace23cdf8e380c30b7d0df9d762adc8473af293b8bf97aac16371cb6","after_hash":"c8c7fa5b7a6c96db73b1edc44c670963354fe62834c73bdc24a59d8cfd42da37"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f29b5cd..411617fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 
 - Import dies with an unexplained pm list-all failed on any tracker over 1 MiB, and non-atomic --dry-run previews every issue as a create ([pm-github-tn92](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-github/blob/main/.agents/pm/issues/pm-github-tn92.toon))
 
+### Other
+
+- Adopt --respect-item-release in changelog scripts and bump pm-changelog to 2026.7.24 ([pm-github-w7m7](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-github/blob/main/.agents/pm/chores/pm-github-w7m7.toon))
+
 ## 2026.7.23 - 2026-07-23
 
 ### Added