diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceb8b9a1..c323b97a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ The dashboard's **What's New** rail reads this file at request time
 entries. Keep entries terse — one line per item under each version
 date, grouped by `Added` / `Changed` / `Fixed` / `Removed`.
 
+## [2026-10-20] — v0.36.1 · Build labels and agent setup
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix inconsistent admin version labels and overflowing build hashes.
+- Clarify runtime, agent identity, and MCP setup paths, and fix mobile admin navigation clipping.
+- No database migrations.
+
 ## [2026-10-15] — v0.36.0 · Daily workflows and agent ownership
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/DEVLOG.md b/DEVLOG.md
index ee9d9612..a29dba15 100644
--- a/DEVLOG.md
+++ b/DEVLOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 > Append-only session log. Read at session start. Update at session end.
 
+## 2026-10-20 — AXI-220 v0.36.1 release assembly
+
+- Assembled the operator-approved patch from AXI-212 / PR #106, merged as
+  745a508b1eace5e56388e04d26d2d45d3dcd7545. Version and dated changelog are
+  the only product changes in this release assembly; no schema or dependency
+  changes. AXI-191 remains outside this release.
+- Local quality gate passed lint, TypeScript and 1,795 unit/integration tests
+  with one existing skip. Implementation CI passed quality and both browser
+  shards on 7798bad7ae5e52f1664984261cf51d2cf6249ba9. The release PR must
+  independently pass exact-head CI before merge, tag and deployment.
+
 ## 2026-10-19 — AXI-212 build labels and runtime-first setup
 
 - Reused the shared system.buildInfo VersionChip in the admin header instead
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d48bc88..0746d8da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "forge",
-  "version": "0.36.0",
+  "version": "0.36.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Forge — a fast, minimalist, keyboard-driven project management platform with pluggable agents.",
   "license": "MIT",