release notes and version mentions for 0.0.9v0.0.9

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1d7606..12d1d50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.0.9 — 2026-09-15
+
+Rules that cannot be decided fail closed in two more places, `krino check`
+catches bad placeholders, and krino.conf(5) explains how rules are written
+and used, checked against the code.
+
 - A `(duplicate)` test whose lookup fails (an unreadable file) is unknown,
   like unreadable content: an exclude holds, marked "(duplicate check
   failed)", and no rule acts on it, `(not (duplicate))` included.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91711b8..81eec89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ file's type, name, path, size, age, text content or duplicate status,
 combined with `and` / `or` / `not`, that trigger actions — copy, move,
 rename, delete (to the Trash by default), chained in the order written. It
 shows the plan before touching anything, lets you approve all of it or file
-by file, logs every step, and can undo a run. Version 0.0.8 is the engine
+by file, logs every step, and can undo a run. Version 0.0.9 is the engine
 and this command-line interface: per-directory rule files, placeholders in
 destinations and new names, a keyword cache that makes a rerun fast, and
 builds for Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. It is not a GUI (that comes later), a
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ rule content only when a private pattern list is configured with
 
 ## Status
 
-**0.0.8, local only.** The module path is `krino`; `go install` only
+**0.0.9, local only.** The module path is `krino`; `go install` only
 works once a remote is chosen and the imports are renamed to match
 (`docs/design.md`, §18). Until then, build from a clone.
 `krino -n --json`'s output shape is unstable before krino 1.0 — don't
diff --git a/docs/design.md b/docs/design.md
index 9479914..a7584e6 100644
--- a/docs/design.md
+++ b/docs/design.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ each choice is echoed in red (§8.2, §8.3); amended again 2026-09-14 for
 0.0.8: three-valued content tests (§4.6, §5.4), captures from the original
 name (§7.3), claims across directories (§7.4), `-v` destinations not scanned
 (§8.1), `(partly undone)` (§10), build checks (§14) and real document
-fixtures (§15).
+fixtures (§15); amended 2026-09-15 for 0.0.9: failed duplicate lookups and
+undecided `(stop)` rules (§5.4), placeholders refused at load (§7.3).
 
 krino (from Greek κρίνω, "to separate, to judge, to decide") sorts files in
 chosen directories by rules. A rule tests a file's type, name, path, size,