fix: ci-safe v0.2.3 — UTF-8 truncation + doctor exit code + MSRV pin

v0.2.2 publish was incomplete: task-journal-core@0.2.2 reached
crates.io before two CI failures aborted the workflow. cli and mcp
never published. 0.2.3 is the canonical replacement.

What landed in v0.2.2 and survives in v0.2.3:
  - TUI panic on Cyrillic prompts (chars vs bytes) — fixed via
    truncate_with_ellipsis helper + 5 regression tests.

New in v0.2.3:
  - run_doctor() splits issues (exit 1) from notes (exit 0). Missing
    claude CLI moves from issues to notes — its absence is normal for
    API-backend users with ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Was making CI red and
    confusing fresh installs.
  - assert_cmd dev-dep pinned to >=2, <2.2.1 — assert_cmd@2.2.1
    requires Rust edition 2024 (stable in 1.85+), our MSRV is 1.83.

CI follow-up: yank task-journal-core@0.2.2 with cargo yank --version
0.2.2 task-journal-core (no matching cli/mcp at that version).

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Shahinyanm

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Task Journal — append-only reasoning chain memory for AI-coding tasks",
-    "version": "0.2.2"
+    "version": "0.2.3"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "task-journal",
       "source": "./plugin",
       "description": "Append-only journal of AI-coding task reasoning chains. Captures hypotheses, decisions, rejections, evidence — renders compact resume packs so an agent can pick up a 2-week-old task with full context.",
-      "version": "0.2.2",
+      "version": "0.2.3",
       "author": {
         "name": "Digital-Threads"
       },

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [0.2.2] - 2026-05-07
+## [0.2.3] - 2026-05-07
 
-Hotfix release. No new features.
+Hotfix release. Re-release of the 0.2.2 fixes plus CI repair —
+0.2.2 publish was incomplete (only `task-journal-core` reached
+crates.io before MSRV/test failures; `cli`/`mcp` never published).
+0.2.3 is the canonical replacement; `task-journal-core@0.2.2` will be
+yanked.
 
 ### Fixed
 - TUI session browser (`task-journal ui`) panicked with `byte index is
@@ -18,8 +22,20 @@ Hotfix release. No new features.
   emoji, etc.). Title truncation now slices by Unicode scalars instead
   of bytes. Same fix applied to the fallback `Session <id>` path for
   consistency.
-- Added regression tests covering Cyrillic, emoji, and exact-boundary
-  inputs for the new `truncate_with_ellipsis` helper.
+- `task-journal doctor` exited with code 1 when the `claude` CLI was
+  not on PATH. Missing `claude` is normal for users on the API
+  backend (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`) — it should be informational, not an
+  error. Doctor now distinguishes hard `issues` (non-zero exit) from
+  soft `notes` (zero exit), and `claude` absence is a note.
+- MSRV CI job failed because `assert_cmd@2.2.1` requires Rust edition
+  2024 (stable in Rust 1.85+) while our MSRV is 1.83. Pinned the dev
+  dependency to `>=2, <2.2.1` to keep MSRV builds green.
+- Lingering `clippy::doc_lazy_continuation` warning in
+  `classifier_eval.rs` test header.
+
+### Added
+- Regression tests for `truncate_with_ellipsis`: ASCII under/over
+  limit, Cyrillic boundary, emoji char-counting, exact-length no-op.
 
 ## [0.2.1] - 2026-05-07
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.83"
 license = "MIT"

Cargo.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name = "task-journal"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.2.2", path = "../tj-core" }
+tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.2.3", path = "../tj-core" }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ tempfile = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_fs = { workspace = true }
 predicates = { workspace = true }
-assert_cmd = "2"
+assert_cmd = ">=2, <2.2.1"
 rusqlite = { workspace = true }

crates/tj-cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ struct DoctorReport {
     metrics_dir_writable: bool,
     known_projects: Vec<String>,
     schema_versions_applied: Vec<i64>,
+    /// Hard problems that block normal use (non-writable dirs, broken
+    /// schema, missing files, etc.). A non-empty `issues` list causes
+    /// `task-journal doctor` to exit with code 1.
     issues: Vec<String>,
+    /// Soft observations: install hints, optional dependencies missing,
+    /// configuration suggestions. Always exits 0 even if non-empty —
+    /// these are informational, not errors.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+    notes: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl DoctorReport {
@@ -77,6 +85,12 @@ impl DoctorReport {
                 .collect();
             println!("  schema (current) {}", v.join(", "));
         }
+        if !self.notes.is_empty() {
+            println!("\nℹ {} note(s):", self.notes.len());
+            for n in &self.notes {
+                println!("  - {n}");
+            }
+        }
         if self.issues.is_empty() {
             println!("\n✓ all checks passed");
         } else {
@@ -475,18 +489,20 @@ fn run_pending_retry(
 
 fn run_doctor() -> Result<DoctorReport> {
     let mut issues: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut notes: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
-    // 1. claude binary in PATH
+    // 1. claude binary in PATH (note, not issue — API backend works without it)
     let claude_check = PCommand::new("claude").arg("--version").output();
     let (claude_in_path, claude_version) = match claude_check {
         Ok(out) if out.status.success() => {
             let v = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).trim().to_string();
             (true, Some(v))
         }
         Ok(_) | Err(_) => {
-            issues.push(
-                "claude CLI not found on PATH — auto-capture hooks will fall back to API \
-                 backend (set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) or fail silently"
+            notes.push(
+                "claude CLI not on PATH — that's fine if you use the API backend \
+                 (set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY). For the CLI backend (free with Pro/Max), \
+                 install Claude Code from https://claude.com/claude-code"
                     .into(),
             );
             (false, None)
@@ -548,6 +564,7 @@ fn run_doctor() -> Result<DoctorReport> {
         known_projects,
         schema_versions_applied,
         issues,
+        notes,
     })
 }
 

crates/tj-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name = "task-journal-mcp"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.2.2", path = "../tj-core" }
+tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.2.3", path = "../tj-core" }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }

crates/tj-mcp/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "task-journal",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "description": "Append-only journal of AI-coding task reasoning chains: hypotheses, decisions, rejections, evidence. Renders compact resume packs so an agent can pick up a 2-week-old task with full context.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mher Shahinyan"

plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "task-journal",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "description": "Append-only journal of AI-coding task reasoning chains. Captures hypotheses, decisions, rejections, evidence — renders compact resume packs so an agent can pick up a 2-week-old task with full context.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mher Shahinyan",