diff --git a/.agents/pm/chores/pm-starter-o6xh.toon b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-starter-o6xh.toon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d50040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-starter-o6xh.toon
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+id: pm-starter-o6xh
+title: Certify pm CLI 2026.9.17
+description: "Pin @unbrained/pm-cli to 2026.9.17 and pm-ops/pm-changelog to latest to pick up telemetry consent/DO_NOT_TRACK fixes, telemetry event loss under concurrent queue rewrites, lock reclaim during owner-metadata init, oversized item reads losing content without a receipt, and merge-driver launcher breakage after runtime upgrade."
+type: Chore
+status: closed
+priority: 2
+tags: []
+created_at: "2026-09-17T19:21:06.354Z"
+updated_at: "2026-09-17T19:23:12.044Z"
+closed_at: "2026-09-17T19:23:12.023Z"
+completed_at: "2026-09-17T19:23:12.023Z"
+claim_principal: pi-agent
+author: pi-agent
+acceptance_criteria: "package.json pins @unbrained/pm-cli@2026.9.17 exactly; package-lock.json resolves 2026.9.17; npm run release:check exits 0 with all tests passing"
+resolution: "Pinned @unbrained/pm-cli to 2026.9.17, pm-ops to 2026.9.13, and pm-changelog to 2026.9.16 in package.json and package-lock.json"
+expected_result: "release:check exits 0 with all tests passing"
+actual_result: "189/189 tests passed, all gates passed"
+files[2]{path,scope}:
+  package.json,project
+  package-lock.json,project
+tests[1]{command,scope,provenance{author,created_at,source_kind,source_ref}}:
+  "npm run release:check",project,pi-agent,"2026-09-17T19:21:11.349Z",local_mutation,chore/certify-pm-cli-2026-9-17
+close_reason: completed
+body: ""
diff --git a/.agents/pm/history/pm-starter-o6xh.jsonl b/.agents/pm/history/pm-starter-o6xh.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f111d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/pm/history/pm-starter-o6xh.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0258e3..9adbd47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Other
+
+- Certify pm CLI 2026.9.17 ([pm-starter-o6xh](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-starter/blob/main/.agents/pm/chores/pm-starter-o6xh.toon))
+
 ## 2026.9.13 - 2026-09-13
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5d34141..3598749 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
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         "@types/node": "^26.1.1",
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-        "pm-changelog": "2026.9.13",
-        "pm-ops": "^2026.9.11",
+        "@unbrained/pm-cli": "2026.9.17",
+        "pm-changelog": "2026.9.16",
+        "pm-ops": "2026.9.13",
         "typescript": "^7.0.2"
       },
       "engines": {
@@ -669,9 +669,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@unbrained/pm-cli/-/pm-cli-2026.9.12.tgz",
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+      "version": "2026.9.17",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@unbrained/pm-cli/-/pm-cli-2026.9.17.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-o8fTLNJmTJFSH56g3bPdlknY0DR+X/THI1QspBi35vbFHYkNO3GdbsI5A/U1r5em5Ra7iX44d7t8Dz6IKhjL7w==",
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       "license": "MIT",
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@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
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         "tar": "7.5.22",
-        "yaml": "^2.9.0"
+        "yaml": "^2.9.1"
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       "bin": {
         "pm": "dist/cli.js",
@@ -982,9 +982,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pm-changelog/-/pm-changelog-2026.9.13.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pm-changelog/-/pm-changelog-2026.9.16.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pm-ops/-/pm-ops-2026.9.11.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pm-ops/-/pm-ops-2026.9.13.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.9.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.9.1.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0dbcfd..28e9bc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
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     "@types/node": "^26.1.1",
-    "@unbrained/pm-cli": "2026.9.12",
-    "pm-changelog": "2026.9.13",
-    "pm-ops": "^2026.9.11",
+    "@unbrained/pm-cli": "2026.9.17",
+    "pm-changelog": "2026.9.16",
+    "pm-ops": "2026.9.13",
     "typescript": "^7.0.2"
   },
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