chore: prepare version 0.17.7

Align package and runtime versions, date the release notes, and track
the matching Ruby 0.17.4 activation lease fixes in the parity ledger.
Prepare the release for tagging after the pull request is merged.

See #72

Author: cardmagic

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.17.7 - 2026-10-12
 
 - Renew retained activations between short turns and across worker passes,
   even when synchronous work prevents renewal timers from running.
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   resetting their test tables so repeated runs leave no messages or extra tables.
   Control the server-database test clocks to avoid runner scheduling delays;
   SQLite keeps real synchronous waits with a 200 ms lease.
-
 - Add `scripts/check-compatibility-fixtures.mjs` and a workflow with the name
   `Compatibility fixtures`. The script compares the `*.json` files in two
   directories by name and by bytes. It fails with one line for each file that
@@ -21,9 +20,8 @@
   of solid-objects-ruby at `main`. It runs on each push to `main`, one time
   each day, and on demand. Before this change, no job compared the shared
   fixtures.
-- `docs/parity.md` now cites Ruby `solid_objects` 0.17.3. That Ruby release
-  adds guides, tests, and one development dependency, and does not change the
-  runtime, so the ledger has no new row.
+- Track Ruby `solid_objects` 0.17.4 in the parity ledger, including renewal
+  between short turns and preservation of activation fences for claimed messages.
 
 ## 0.17.6 - 2026-10-09
 

docs/parity.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This ledger tracks capability parity with the Ruby `solid_objects` gem.
 Parity preserves a capability and its correctness or security boundary. It does
 not copy a Rails API into Node.
 
-Reference: Ruby `solid_objects` 0.17.3. The JavaScript package began at the Ruby
+Reference: Ruby `solid_objects` 0.17.4. The JavaScript package began at the Ruby
 design's `0.12` capability generation; that version number did not imply earlier
 JavaScript releases.
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "solid-objects",
-  "version": "0.17.6",
+  "version": "0.17.7",
   "description": "SQL-backed virtual actor library for TypeScript and Node.js, with durable state, ordered operations, and automatic activation on SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",

src/version.ts

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "0.17.6"
+export const VERSION = "0.17.7"