Stamp CHANGELOG for v0.51.83 (Release BG / stage-376 / 12-PR contributor batch)

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-### Fixed
+## [v0.51.83] — 2026-05-17 — Release BG (stage-376 — 12-PR contributor batch — chat-start adapter parity + populated-core journal recovery + thinking card dedup + context metadata refresh + model cache fingerprint + stream fade cap + manual cron delivery + active-session spinner + email gateway label + thinking copy button + /theme i18n + compact activity semantics)
 
-- Keep the default-off `HERMES_WEBUI_RUNTIME_ADAPTER=legacy-journal` chat-start path response-compatible with the legacy-direct path by not adding adapter-internal `run_id`, `status`, or `active_controls` fields to `/api/chat/start` responses. Fixes #2435.
-- Recover already-journaled visible assistant text and tool cards even when restart repair first syncs a populated Hermes core transcript into an otherwise empty WebUI sidecar. The core-sync branch now merges non-duplicate run-journal output before clearing stale stream state, closing the rare #2427 carve-out where recoverable partial output could be silently skipped. Fixes #2434.
-- Compact live Thinking cards now reuse the same timeline card across sequential tool calls, preventing repeated Thinking cards from stacking during one multi-tool turn.
-- Refresh context-window metadata when a session's resolved model changes during load or when the user switches models, so high-context models do not stay stuck on a stale prior window and trigger premature compression. Fixes #2442.
-- **PR #2445** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2443) — `/api/models` now fingerprints model-catalog inputs as part of its persisted cache metadata, so server-side catalog additions and Codex local catalog changes invalidate `models_cache.json` immediately instead of waiting for the 24-hour TTL or manual cache deletion.
-- **PR #2450** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2447) — Cap the optional streaming word-fade drain after the final `done` SSE event so very large or bursty completed responses are rendered from the canonical session promptly instead of keeping the chat in a live/working state until Stop is pressed.
-- **PR #2452** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2451) — Manual WebUI cron triggers now deliver the same final response or failure notice as scheduled cron runs, while still saving output files and recording delivery errors separately from job execution failures.
-- Keep the sidebar spinner in sync with server session metadata when the currently open session has finished but the browser still has stale local busy state (#2454).
-- **PR #2457** by @Michaelyklam (closes #2456) — Email gateway sessions imported from Hermes Agent `state.db` now normalize as messaging sessions and show an `Email` source label in the WebUI sidebar instead of falling through as unlabelled generic agent sessions. Keeps the Python source-normalization contract, gateway status platform labels, and frontend handoff/sidebar whitelist in sync.
 ### Added
 
 - **PR #2460** by @Michaelyklam (closes #2449) — Add a copy button to Thinking card headers so users can copy the card's reasoning text without selecting the `<pre>` manually. The button stops header-toggle propagation and shows the same short checkmark feedback pattern used by existing copy actions.
-- **PR #2463** by @Michaelyklam (closes #2462) — Align `/theme` command help strings in Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and French with the current Theme × Skin contract. The localized command descriptions now mention `system/dark/light` plus the full skin list through `nous`, and French invalid-usage text now uses the actual `/theme ` slash command prefix.
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+### Fixed
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+- **PR #2438** by @franksong2702 (fixes #2435) — Keep the default-off `HERMES_WEBUI_RUNTIME_ADAPTER=legacy-journal` chat-start path response-compatible with the legacy-direct path by not adding adapter-internal `run_id`, `status`, or `active_controls` fields to `/api/chat/start` responses. The adapter facade for the future #1925 runtime split stays an internal protocol-translator seam instead of expanding the public chat-start contract.
+- **PR #2439** by @franksong2702 (fixes #2434) — Recover already-journaled visible assistant text and tool cards even when restart repair first syncs a populated Hermes core transcript into an otherwise empty WebUI sidecar. The core-sync branch now merges non-duplicate run-journal output before clearing stale stream state, closing the carve-out from PR #2427 where recoverable partial output could be silently skipped. Adds `_append_journaled_partial_output(..., dedupe_existing=True)` plus helpers `_run_journal_has_visible_output`, `_find_existing_assistant_for_journal_content`, and `_journal_tool_already_present`.
+- **PR #2441** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2440) — Compact live Thinking cards now reuse the same timeline card across sequential tool calls within a single assistant turn. `finalizeThinkingCard` clears the `data-thinking-active` marker by searching the entire assistant turn instead of only the tool group, and `appendThinking` reuses the most recent Thinking card when no active marker is set, preventing repeated Thinking cards from stacking as reasoning resumes between tool calls.
+- **PR #2444** by @franksong2702 (fixes #2442) — Refresh session context-window metadata when a session's resolved model changes during deferred hydration or when the user switches models, so high-context models do not stay stuck on a stale prior window and trigger premature compression. Adds a shared `_resolve_context_length_for_session_model` helper, updates `GET /api/session?resolve_model=1` to refresh non-zero persisted windows from current model metadata, resets context metadata on `/api/session/update` model/provider changes, and applies returned `context_length`/`threshold_tokens`/`last_prompt_tokens` in the deferred client-side resolution path with an immediate context-indicator resync.
+- **PR #2445** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2443) — `/api/models` now fingerprints the in-module provider catalog plus the local Codex `models_cache.json` as part of its persisted cache metadata, so server-side catalog additions and Codex local catalog refreshes invalidate `models_cache.json` immediately on the next restart instead of waiting for the 24-hour TTL or manual cache deletion.
+- **PR #2450** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2447) — Cap the optional streaming word-fade drain after the final `done` SSE event so very large or bursty completed responses render from the canonical session promptly instead of keeping the chat in a live/working state until Stop is pressed. The existing caught-up path and per-token animation wait are preserved for normal responses.
+- **PR #2452** by @Michaelyklam (fixes #2451) — Manual WebUI cron triggers now deliver the same final response or failure notice as scheduled cron runs. The manual-run wrapper reuses the scheduler delivery contract (`[SILENT]` skipping, separate `last_delivery_error` metadata, error-notice fallback) with a `TypeError` shim for legacy `mark_job_run` signatures used by older WebUI test doubles.
+- **PR #2455** by @franksong2702 (fixes #2454) — Keep the sidebar spinner in sync with server session metadata when the currently open session has finished but the browser still has stale local busy state. A new `_reconcileActiveSessionIdleStateFromList` helper clears `S.busy`, `S.activeStreamId`, the `INFLIGHT` cache, and active-session stream metadata before optimistic merging can re-mark the row as streaming.
+- **PR #2457** by @Michaelyklam (closes #2456) — Email gateway sessions imported from Hermes Agent `state.db` now normalize as messaging sessions and show an `Email` source label in the WebUI sidebar instead of falling through as unlabelled generic agent sessions. Keeps the Python source-normalization contract (`MESSAGING_SOURCES`, `SOURCE_LABELS`), gateway status platform labels, and frontend `static/sessions.js` whitelist in sync.
+- **PR #2463** by @Michaelyklam (closes #2462) — Align `/theme` command help strings in Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and French with the current Theme × Skin contract. The localized command descriptions now mention `system/dark/light` plus the full skin list through `nous`, and French invalid-usage text now uses the actual `/theme ` slash command prefix instead of `/thème`. Supersedes the parallel-discovery duplicate at #2464 (closed in favor of this PR).
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 ### Changed
 
-- Clarify `Compact tool activity` semantics: the setting now describes compact inline activity that preserves the agent timeline, matching the current long-running turn behavior where thinking cards, visible progress notes, and tool Activity bursts stay in chronological order instead of being described as one top-of-turn collapsed block.
+- **PR #2466** by @franksong2702 (closes #2465) — Clarify `Compact tool activity` semantics in Preferences: the setting now describes compact inline activity that preserves the agent timeline, matching the current long-running turn behavior where thinking cards, visible progress notes, and tool Activity bursts stay in chronological order instead of being described as one top-of-turn collapsed block. Renderer behavior is unchanged; this is a description-only correction plus the `simplified_tool_calling` default comment and regression-test wording.
 
 ## [v0.51.82] — 2026-05-17 — Release BF (stage-375 — 2-PR batch — table renderer pipe protection + Catppuccin appearance skin)