chore(lifecycle): assure, prune, and sync docs (v0.1.26)

[shenald-dev]

This pull request completes the lifecycle duties following the double-checked locking optimization.

Changes:

• Verified structural soundness via pytest (16 passed) and ruff/vulture (all clear).
• Created a CHANGELOG.md entry describing the event loop optimization.
• Appended a structured report to the WARDEN ledger (.jules/warden.md).
• Bumped the semantic version to 0.1.26 in pyproject.toml.
• Generated appropriate chore(lifecycle) and chore(release) commits with the v0.1.26 tag.

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[shenald-dev]

Hey @shenald-dev, heads up — this PR has merge conflicts with main.

To fix:

git checkout jules-5196529737791714831-b1125b78
git fetch origin && git merge origin/main

[shenald-dev]

Please resolve the merge conflicts by rebasing or merging the latest main into this branch. After conflicts are resolved, ensure CI passes again. Consider squashing the chore/release commits for a cleaner history.

Reviewed — quality: high

[google-labs-jules]

Hey @shenald-dev, heads up — this PR has merge conflicts with main.

To fix:

git checkout jules-5196529737791714831-b1125b78
git fetch origin && git merge origin/main

I have successfully fetched and merged origin/main, resolving the merge conflicts in CHANGELOG.md and .jules/warden.md.

[shenald-dev]

🔄 Re-evaluating based on recent changes:

Consider squashing the chore/release commits into a single commit for a cleaner history, as suggested in the review.

Reviewed — quality: high

[google-labs-jules]

🔄 Re-evaluating based on recent changes:

Consider squashing the chore/release commits into a single commit for a cleaner history, as suggested in the review.

Reviewed — quality: high

I have successfully squashed the chore/release commits into a single commit to ensure a cleaner history as requested.