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@@ -5,6 +5,40 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.0.0-beta.1] - 2026-05-01
+
+### Summary
+First v5.0.0 beta — new scanners. Five new finding sources land: MCP tool-schema budget (CA-TOK-005), system-prompt manifest CLI/command (`/config-audit manifest`), cache-prefix stability (CPS), disabled-tools-still-in-schema (DIS), and cross-plugin/user-vs-plugin skill collision (COL/CA-COL-001). Plugin Hygiene becomes a 10th area-scorecard column.
+
+### Added
+- **N1 — `CA-TOK-005` MCP tool-schema budget:** per-server tiered finding inside the TOK scanner. Thresholds — `< 20` no finding, `20–49` low, `50–99` medium, `100+` high; `null` (manifest unparseable) low + "tool count unknown" message. Scoped to project-local `.mcp.json` to keep `/config-audit <path>` actionable. Recommendation links to the Step 25 cache-telemetry recipe.
+- **N2 — `/config-audit manifest`:** new slash command + `scanners/manifest.mjs` CLI. Renders a single ranked table of every token source (CLAUDE.md cascade, plugins, skills, MCP servers, hooks) sorted DESC by `estimated_tokens`. Reuses `readActiveConfig`; CLAUDE.md per-file tokens are distributed proportional to bytes.
+- **N3 — CPS scanner (`CA-CPS-NNN`):** Cache-Prefix Stability Analyzer. Walks the CLAUDE.md cascade and flags volatile content between lines 31 and 150 — beyond TOK Pattern A's top-30 territory. Volatile-pattern set extends Pattern A with shell-exec lines (`!` prefix) and `${VAR}` substitutions. Severity medium per finding. Skips lines 1–30 (Pattern A's range).
+- **N4 — DIS scanner (`CA-DIS-NNN`):** Disabled-In-Schema Detector. Detects tools that appear in BOTH `permissions.deny` and `permissions.allow` within the same `settings.json`. The deny list wins, so allow entries are dead config but still load every turn. Tool identity is the bare name (everything before `(`); `Bash(npm:*)` and `Bash` are treated as the same tool. Severity low.
+- **N6 — COL scanner (`CA-COL-001`):** Cross-Plugin Skill Collision detector. Plugin-vs-plugin same skill name → low. User-vs-plugin same skill name → medium. Findings carry `details.namespaces` array with `{source, name, path}` for every conflicting source.
+- **`details` field on findings:** `output.mjs:finding()` helper now passes through optional `details` for scanner-specific structured payloads (used by COL).
+- **"Plugin Hygiene" area** (10th in scorecard): COL contributes here. Posture JSON now reports 10 areas instead of 9.
+
+### Changed
+- **`scoreByArea` deduplicates by area name:** when multiple scanners share an area (TOK + CPS → "Token Efficiency", SET + DIS → "Settings"), they produce one combined row with merged finding counts. Existing 9-area contract preserved for non-Plugin-Hygiene areas.
+
+### Known breaking changes
+- **Suppression backward-compat — `CA-TOK-*` glob now also matches `CA-TOK-005`.** Existing `.config-audit-ignore` entries that suppress TOK findings via the `CA-TOK-*` glob will silently include CA-TOK-005 (MCP budget). To preserve the prior behavior of suppressing only patterns A/B/C, replace the glob with explicit IDs:
+  ```
+  CA-TOK-001
+  CA-TOK-002
+  CA-TOK-003
+  ```
+  A one-time runtime warning for this case is out of scope for v5.0.0 — it is a candidate for v5.0.1.
+- **Plugin-vs-built-in collision is intentionally not implemented.** The Step 22a research spike could not verify Claude Code's resolution behavior when a plugin command shares a name with a built-in (`/help`, `/clear`, `/init`, `/review`, `/config`, `/cost`, `/security-review`). Treated as info-only in this release; a follow-up v5.0.1 ticket may add an opt-in check.
+
+### Tests
+- 586 → 625 (+39): N1 (×7), N2 (×11), N3 (×7), N4 (×6), N6 (×8).
+- New fixtures: `mcp-budget/{14,25,60,120,unknown}-tools/`, `volatile-mid-section/{volatile-line-60,volatile-line-200}/`, `denied-tools-in-schema/`, `collision-plugins/fake-home/` (plugin-a + plugin-b + plugin-c + user-level review skill).
+
+### Notes
+- `[skip-docs]` tag used on every feat commit — README/CLAUDE.md badge counts (scanner count, command count, test count) and the architecture sections are intentionally fenced off until Session 5 (Step 28). This keeps the v5 plan's session boundaries clean even when the Forgejo `pre-commit-docs-gate` hook would otherwise block these commits.
+
 ## [5.0.0-alpha.2] - 2026-05-01
 
 ### Summary