diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 491f38b..b3f430f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "synty"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fabc2a..5161759 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "synty"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.97"
 description = "A passive, local-first memory of coding-agent sessions and GitHub activity, with ColBERT retrieval, local summaries, and an optional team bucket."
diff --git a/deploy/helm/synty/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/synty/Chart.yaml
index 1566d71..34f905d 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/synty/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/synty/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ name: synty
 description: Local-first coding-agent memory tracker, builder, and read-only MCP gateway
 type: application
 version: 0.1.0
-appVersion: "0.2.5"
+appVersion: "0.2.6"
diff --git a/docs/design.md b/docs/design.md
index 828b672..b08f4b3 100644
--- a/docs/design.md
+++ b/docs/design.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # synty: System Design
 
-**Status:** v0.2.5 (durable fleet rollout) · **Owner:** Daniel Svonava
+**Status:** v0.2.6 (durable fleet rollout) · **Owner:** Daniel Svonava
 
 synty is a passively-collected memory of how work actually happens: it ingests
 coding-agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Cowork) and GitHub activity, and makes