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SecurityThe briefing
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On September 29 Phantom Secrets merged fixes found by running the real v0.7.9 binary on a fresh project: duplicate settings, noisy output, unclear help.
Agentic AIThe briefing
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In two days Ashlr merged dozens of pull requests that turned Phantom (then called Verse) into a workbench with a terminal, browser, diffs and local dictation.
EngineeringField note
What four database connections, held locks, and replayed delivery events showed about our newsroom—and what those checks cannot prove.
SecurityAshlr release
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Phantom Secrets 0.7.9 fixes how it registers with Claude Code and adds a status check that never opens your vault. This is an Ashlr release.
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