diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba0fd5803..50e736f6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,33 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.9.8] - 2026-11-12
+
+The dashboard holds a run to its catalog's pass bars: a product's and a
+set's `pass` blocks and a product's named criteria lists survive import, a
+run records the bars it started under and shows each group's gate beside
+its pass rate, and `evals run` exits 4 when a gated group misses, so CI
+fails on the group that slipped rather than on the whole-run average. A
+catalog that declares a `threshold` now scores at it instead of the fixed
+0.7. Around that: the empty agent list shows the ways an agent arrives,
+telemetry first; the RubyLLM provider works with ruby_llm 2.2 and the
+Anthropic provider with the `anthropic` gem 2.x; Runcrate joins the
+OpenAI-compatible providers; and smaller fixes to Anthropic usage counts,
+Requesty embeddings, `top_k` for thinking-first models, late cancels,
+`tool_observer` under Capture and Responses streaming errors.
+
+Upgrading: two dashboard migrations, 034 `add_catalog_product_criteria`
+(the `criteria` column on scenario products) and 035
+`add_catalog_pass_bars` (the `pass` column on scenario products and sets):
+run `bin/rails generate action_agent:install --skip` and `bin/rails
+db:migrate`. Until they run, catalog imports keep working but still drop
+named criteria lists and pass bars, so dashboard runs stay ungated; a
+catalog imported before the upgrade needs importing again to gain them.
+033 is left free for a later release. A finished run that carries gates
+now fails `evals run --wait` with exit 4 when any gated group missed its
+bar; a run without gates is reported as before. ruby_llm 2.2.0 (2026-11-10)
+breaks the RubyLLM provider in 1.9.7 and earlier (every tool call reads as
+`nil`); upgrade, or hold `ruby_llm < 2.2` until you do.
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/actionagent/lib/action_agent/version.rb b/actionagent/lib/action_agent/version.rb
index 438dd02aa..87a1b32fc 100644
--- a/actionagent/lib/action_agent/version.rb
+++ b/actionagent/lib/action_agent/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ActionAgent
-  VERSION = "1.9.7"
+  VERSION = "1.9.8"
 end
diff --git a/browser-sidecar/package-lock.json b/browser-sidecar/package-lock.json
index d67681882..d2e29abe7 100644
--- a/browser-sidecar/package-lock.json
+++ b/browser-sidecar/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@activeagents/browser-sidecar",
-  "version": "1.9.7",
+  "version": "1.9.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@activeagents/browser-sidecar",
-      "version": "1.9.7",
+      "version": "1.9.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@playwright/mcp": "0.0.83",
diff --git a/browser-sidecar/package.json b/browser-sidecar/package.json
index 932a87165..4e8adfbfb 100644
--- a/browser-sidecar/package.json
+++ b/browser-sidecar/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@activeagents/browser-sidecar",
-  "version": "1.9.7",
+  "version": "1.9.8",
   "description": "One sandbox's browser for the Active Agent dashboard: Chromium driven over Playwright MCP, recorded with rrweb.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/lib/active_agent/version.rb b/lib/active_agent/version.rb
index d7ded6fb2..02ba9c4ad 100644
--- a/lib/active_agent/version.rb
+++ b/lib/active_agent/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module ActiveAgent
-  VERSION = "1.9.7"
+  VERSION = "1.9.8"
 end