diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 466eb1c..663eb65 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6111,12 +6111,12 @@
     },
     "packages/agent": {
       "name": "@onkernel/cua-agent",
-      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core": "0.80.3",
         "@earendil-works/pi-ai": "0.80.3",
-        "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.5.0",
+        "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.6.0",
         "@onkernel/sdk": "0.49.0",
         "sharp": "^0.34.5"
       },
@@ -6127,7 +6127,7 @@
     },
     "packages/ai": {
       "name": "@onkernel/cua-ai",
-      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@earendil-works/pi-ai": "0.80.3",
@@ -6141,13 +6141,13 @@
     },
     "packages/cli": {
       "name": "@onkernel/cua-cli",
-      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "version": "0.4.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "0.80.3",
         "@earendil-works/pi-tui": "0.80.3",
-        "@onkernel/cua-agent": "0.5.0",
-        "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.5.0",
+        "@onkernel/cua-agent": "0.6.0",
+        "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.6.0",
         "@onkernel/sdk": "0.49.0"
       },
       "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/agent/CHANGELOG.md
index e094246..47e12b2 100644
--- a/packages/agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.6.0 - 2026-07-10
+
+Adds explicit request-recovery and context-management policies while keeping
+provider retries and exact-empty recovery disabled by default.
+
+- `retry` adds opt-in transient provider-request retries to `CuaAgent` and
+  `CuaAgentHarness`, with configurable attempt and backoff limits. Failed
+  partial streams are buffered and discarded before a clean retry is exposed.
+- `toolResultImageReplayLimit` limits each model request to the newest four
+  tool-result images by default. It operates on a request-time projection and
+  leaves agent state and persisted sessions unchanged. Harness context hooks
+  settle before this limit is applied at the `Models` boundary.
+- `responseThreading` replaces the process-wide environment switch with a
+  constructor option for OpenAI and Tzafon `previous_response_id` chaining.
+- `emptyResponseRecovery` optionally follows a successful exact-empty response
+  with a bounded, caller-supplied pi `followUp()` message. Omitting it preserves
+  pi's normal completion behavior.
+- Updated `@onkernel/cua-ai` to 0.6.0.
+
 ## 0.5.0 - 2026-07-09
 
 Adds the browser action plane and runtime mode switching. Breaking: the
diff --git a/packages/agent/package.json b/packages/agent/package.json
index 94a5b25..6086cc3 100644
--- a/packages/agent/package.json
+++ b/packages/agent/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/cua-agent",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "Kernel browser computer-use Agent and AgentHarness classes built on pi-agent-core",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core": "0.80.3",
     "@earendil-works/pi-ai": "0.80.3",
-    "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.5.0",
+    "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.6.0",
     "@onkernel/sdk": "0.49.0",
     "sharp": "^0.34.5"
   },
diff --git a/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
index 591be5d..b76207b 100644
--- a/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.6.0 - 2026-07-10
+
+Breaking: response threading is now configured per request instead of through
+`CUA_DISABLE_RESPONSE_THREADING`.
+
+- `CuaSimpleStreamOptions` now includes `disableResponseThreading`, allowing
+  OpenAI and Tzafon Responses API calls to send the complete current context
+  instead of continuing through `previous_response_id`.
+- Removed the process-wide `CUA_DISABLE_RESPONSE_THREADING` environment
+  variable. `@onkernel/cua-agent` users can set `responseThreading: false` on
+  `CuaAgent` or `CuaAgentHarness`; lower-level callers can pass
+  `disableResponseThreading: true` in stream options.
+
 ## 0.5.0 - 2026-07-09
 
 Introduces action planes (modes) and Anthropic native computer-use tools.
diff --git a/packages/ai/package.json b/packages/ai/package.json
index 09ed707..49e9ce3 100644
--- a/packages/ai/package.json
+++ b/packages/ai/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/cua-ai",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "Kernel-curated computer-use model access built on pi-ai",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index fdc31b4..8a5caf4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/cua-cli",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "Kernel-cloud-browser computer-use TUI built on @onkernel/cua-agent and pi-tui",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "0.80.3",
     "@earendil-works/pi-tui": "0.80.3",
-    "@onkernel/cua-agent": "0.5.0",
-    "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.5.0",
+    "@onkernel/cua-agent": "0.6.0",
+    "@onkernel/cua-ai": "0.6.0",
     "@onkernel/sdk": "0.49.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {