docs(changeset): make it 1.42.0 (minor) and add #618

The owner chose a minor release. #618's own changeset is folded into the release changeset like the others.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.changeset/086dca20.md

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 ### Thanks
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 - @JDProfresh for five PRs: prompt uploads that take documents (#621, from the plan in #553), a video Codeman cannot take refused before it uploads (#622), a prompt-cache readout kept to the CLIs that report one and a statusline report with many cache-miss causes no longer thrown away (#623), and two fixes for Claude's workspace trust dialog in a brand-new folder: idle waits that hold until the dialog is answered (#634) and a dialog that gets answered every time (#635).
 - @Randalix for Codex prompts that really get submitted, sent as one bracketed paste and a separate Enter (#628), and for the careful measurements in #627 that found the cause.
 - @ludovicfourrage, a first-time contributor, for reporting (#629) and fixing (#632) the nested tmux status bar colour that leaked into live output after a history reload.
-- @opticon454 for two PRs: Previous and Next Session as rebindable shortcuts that refuse a chord another action already uses (#617), and a DeepSeek install from CLI management that ends with a DeepSeek you can run (#616).
+- @opticon454 for three PRs: a one-time "what's new" note after each update (#618), Previous and Next Session as rebindable shortcuts that refuse a chord another action already uses (#617), and a DeepSeek install from CLI management that ends with a DeepSeek you can run (#616).
 
 **Git worktrees for a case (#625).** Give every agent on a repository its own checkout. Pick a case whose folder is a git repository, choose **Git worktrees…** in the case picker (**Worktrees** on the phone's case sheet), type a name and pick the CLI: Codeman creates `<case>/.claude/worktrees/<name>` on a new branch `worktree-<name>` and opens a session there, in a tab named after the worktree. **Open** starts another session in a worktree you already have. Removing one runs plain `git worktree remove`, never `--force`, so uncommitted work stays where it is, and Close Session can kill the session and remove its worktree in one go. The layout is the one Claude Code's own `claude --worktree` uses, so each sees the other's worktrees. To keep the main checkout clean, Codeman lists the worktrees folder and the files it writes for sessions in the repository's local `.git/info/exclude`; your `.gitignore` is never touched.
 
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 **Previous and Next Session are rebindable (#617).** Previous Session (Alt/Option+[) and the alternate Next Session (Alt/Option+]) are now ordinary rows in App Settings > Shortcuts, so you can rebind or switch them off like everything else. Capturing a chord another action already uses is refused with a message naming that action (Alt+1 to 9, Ctrl/Shift+Enter and Ctrl/Cmd+V stay reserved), and re-enabling or resetting a shortcut runs the same check. A chord you rebound no longer also types into the terminal: a rebind to Alt+J used to switch tabs and send ESC j to the session too. Built-in defaults like Ctrl+L still reach the CLI.
 
+**A note after each update (#618).** The first time a browser loads a newer Codeman, a toast lists that release's headline changes, with a **See what's new** button that opens the full release notes. It shows once per version, and a browser that has never opened Codeman before just records the version and stays quiet, so the first note you will see is the one for the release after this one. The headlines are taken from the changelog when the release is cut.
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 **Fixes.**
 
 - **Codex submits long prompts (#628).** Prompts sent through the API, `codeman agent send`, the MCP server, cron or the agent skill go into the pane as one bracketed paste followed by a separate Enter, so Codex no longer leaves them sitting unsent in its composer. A single character (a menu answer like `3` or `y`) is still typed, so numbered dialogs keep picking the option you sent, and a trailing `;` survives, so `find . -exec rm {} \;` arrives whole.
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 - **Unsupported videos refused up front (#622).** An Android `.3gp` or an `.mkv` gets "Unsupported file type" right away, instead of uploading up to a gigabyte and failing at the end.
 - **Statusline reports (#623).** The prompt-cache readout is stored only for CLIs whose statusline reports one (Claude today), like the model badge, and a Claude report with more than 20 cache-miss causes keeps the first 20 instead of being refused, which used to blank the footer and the plan-usage chip.
 
-**Fixes applied while landing.** Removing a worktree that is, sits inside or holds a Docker case's workspace is refused before git runs; it would have deleted the folder a container still mounts (#625). Codex's trust prompt also reads as blocked in the variant reached through its "Update available" screen, which ends in "esc back" (#624). The DeepSeek install only adds `pnpm` when none is on PATH, so a machine with a corepack `pnpm` keeps it instead of the whole install failing (#616). Three statements in the upload docs were corrected: only a local agent and a Docker case share the uploads folder (remote sessions are refused), GIFs keep their frames instead of being re-encoded, and a developer note no longer names a release that never shipped (#621).
+**Fixes applied while landing.** Removing a worktree that is, sits inside or holds a Docker case's workspace is refused before git runs; it would have deleted the folder a container still mounts (#625). Codex's trust prompt also reads as blocked in the variant reached through its "Update available" screen, which ends in "esc back" (#624). The DeepSeek install only adds `pnpm` when none is on PATH, so a machine with a corepack `pnpm` keeps it instead of the whole install failing (#616). Three statements in the upload docs were corrected: only a local agent and a Docker case share the uploads folder (remote sessions are refused), GIFs keep their frames instead of being re-encoded, and a developer note no longer names a release that never shipped (#621). The update note skips the Thanks list and group labels like "Fixes.", still works for a release with no headlines, and is translated for zh-CN (#618).
 
 **Docs.** The README and its Chinese translation caught up with 1.41.0 and 1.41.1 and show a sharper hero GIF, the Codeman Skill got a wiki page and two GIFs linked from both READMEs, CLAUDE.md was split into the root file, `src/web/CLAUDE.md` and `docs/releasing.md`, the release steps now include the MCP registry publish, and a new note says where video and GIF masters live (not on GitHub).

.changeset/whats-new-on-release.md

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-Each release now announces itself. `npm run version-packages` writes `src/web/public/whats-new.json` from the new CHANGELOG section (the bold headline of every change), and the first time a browser loads a newer version it shows one toast naming the headlines, with a link to the full release notes. A browser that has never opened Codeman before records the current version and stays quiet.