v0.76.1

## [0.76.1] - 2026-09-12

### Added

* Itemize the advertised capacity behind vram_bytes by @Virgile-pct in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1673
* Gpu_name_source beside gpu_name — how the value was captured, display unchanged by @StevenMih in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1679
* Diagnose direct-connect advertisement and peer paths by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1803
* Surface the advertised memory breakdown by @Virgile-pct in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1754

### Fixed

* Roll up the 0.76.1 bugfix branch into main by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1789
* Reject malformed tool definitions by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1761
* Link Apple OpenMP runtime by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1766
* Advertise externally observed public address by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1774
* Reject self-identity joins and add node key override by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1775
* Keep direct GGUF split loads local by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1776
* Report client mode from --client --auto console state by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1787
* Match NVIDIA driver devices by identity instead of index by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1760
* Honor native runtime selection across startup paths by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1759
* Keep the OpenAI listener alive across accept errors by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1762
* Support Linux CUDA on driver-only hosts by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1793
* Serialize materialized cache writes on Windows by @Bortlesboat in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1685
* Use served model IDs in ready commands by @Bortlesboat in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1688
* Retain device placement in native log summaries by @Bortlesboat in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1689

### Internal

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<summary>CI, build, test, and repository work with no user-facing behavior change (16 changes)</summary>

#### CI and release engineering

* Declare and enforce the Linux glibc floor for shipped artifacts by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1768
* Stamp the real source revision into release attestations by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1765
* Guard Linux product smoke selector drift by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1733
* Preflight packaging dispatch credentials by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1734
* Publish SDK smoke cache policy by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1735
* Simplify llama canary state machine by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1727
* Stop duplicate release tag runs by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1731
* Bound llama canary repair stalls by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1764
* Harden llama canary runner and stage loading by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1781
* Fly console image build: pin pnpm and copy the whole crates tree by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1779
* Reject backward llama.cpp pin moves by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1783
* Simplify llama canary agent harness by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1813
* Regroup release notes from conventional commits by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1758
* Let llama canary verification reach certification by @i386 in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1819

#### Build and dependencies

* Probe lld and fall back to the platform linker when it cannot link by @ndizazzo in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1771

#### Tests

* Make the read-only filesystem warning test portable by @Virgile-pct in https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/pull/1658

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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm/compare/v0.76.0...v0.76.1