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wavekat/wavekat-labv2.5.1May 26, 2026by Lightheartdevs

AI Summary

This patch focuses on improving fresh install reliability and bootstrap recovery by adding resume support for partial downloads, extending request timeouts for slow backends, and expanding Dream Talk owner-portal features.

Key Highlights

  • Bootstrap downloads now support resume and preserve partial files.
  • Extended timeout for slow Hermes backends (Strix Halo).
  • Expanded Dream Talk owner-portal with SSE and TTS streaming.
  • Hardened lifecycle and reinstall paths.

New Features

  • Resume support for bootstrap downloads.
  • Longer request timeouts for Hermes local-provider calls.
  • Expanded Dream Talk owner-portal capabilities.
  • Hardened lifecycle and reinstall paths.
  • Expanded documentation for operators.

Full Release Notes

## Highlights

Dream Server 2.5.1 is the fresh-install and bootstrap-recovery patch release validated after the 2.5.0 audit hardening cycle.

- Bootstrap full-model downloads now preserve partial `.part` files, retry with resume support, keep failed status counters populated, cap progress display at 100%, and recover cleanly on the next `dream start`, `dream restart`, or reinstall.
- Hermes local-provider calls now use a longer request timeout for slow time-to-first-token backends, fixing the Strix Halo timeout cascade seen with 35B local inference.
- Dream Talk owner-portal work is included: streamed SSE replies, live status frames, TTS streaming, mobile owner-card routing, paperclip image/file attachments, and install-context grounding.
- Lifecycle and reinstall paths were hardened across compose health waits, delayed port reuse, model-swap container recreation, stale cloud compose-cache invalidation, bundled service CPU limits, and fallback model serving.
- LAN web guidance now points operators at the intended proxy surfaces instead of raw API ports or misplaced dashboard banners.
- Release documentation, forkability/runbook docs, AI-contribution policy, root security policy, branch hygiene guidance, and CLI roadmap were expanded for downstream operators.

## Validation Receipt

Primary fleet receipt: `/home/michael/dream-fleet-test/runs/2026-05-26T01-22-18Z`

- True fresh install on tower2, Strix Halo, Spark, and M5 MacBook Pro after nuking prior Dream Server containers, images, volumes, build cache, and stale model files.
- Install Green: all 4 hosts installed from public bootstrap.
- Product Green: core services, Hermes seeded echo, cloud contracts, dashboard, and UI checks passed.
- Lifecycle Green: all 4 hosts passed reinstall, restart, and doctor.
- Core capabilities passed on all 4 target-model hosts: chat, search, files, code, skills, model identity, and install context.
- Dream Talk probes passed where the Talk surface was available; unavailable Talk surfaces were skipped rather than treated as product failures.
- m5-mbp proved full-model capabilities for the first time after the bootstrap resume fix.
- Distro lab passed 10/10 Docker lanes and 5/5 Incus VM lanes.

Session summary: 11 fleet runs, 35+ commits, 7 issues filed, 6 resolved, 4 harness improvements, and zero product regressions.

## Known Follow-up

A follow-up Spark Talk probe after lifecycle churn surfaced a harness/sequencing issue, not a product regression. The release evidence distinguishes this from main-run product validation.

See `dream-server/CHANGELOG.md` for the full release notes and evidence trail.