diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The Booth — roadmap
 
 Design: [`docs/design/information-architecture.md`](docs/design/information-architecture.md).
-Current version: `0.5.0` (U1 through U6 landed; extracted from eshpfi 2026-09-21).
+Current version: `0.6.0` (U1 through U6 landed; extracted from eshpfi 2026-09-21).
 
 ## v1 target
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ defect — not a wish. The measurements are in the IA doc.
 | 3 | ~~**Declared embed seam**~~ — **landed `87e2c53`, released `v0.5.0`** | 6 regexes injected into arbitrary author HTML, load-bearing for asks | U3 |
 | 4 | ~~**Derived lifetime**~~ — **landed `c3a97c1`, released `v0.4.0`** | 70% of booths on the `.forever` escape hatch (54% when first counted) | U4 |
 | 5 | ~~**Self-announcing booths**~~ — **landed `c015a91`, released `v0.3.0`** | job 5 had no home, so it lived on the link board as 145 dead rows | U5 |
-| 6 | ~~**Benches**~~ — registry, identity, enforced rule, migration | 69% link-board rot; the same bench posted 5× | U6 |
+| 6 | ~~**Benches**~~ — **landed `1c3ce5d`, released `v0.6.0`** | 69% link-board rot (re-measured: 178 booth rows + 8 bench re-posts) | U6 |
 | 7 | **Navigation at 270 items** — sections, rail, filters, grid keyboard | one flat wall; subfolder structure discarded at render | U7 |
 
 Ordering is dependency-driven, not priority-driven: **U1 → U2 → {U3, U4, U5} →
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "booth"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "The Booth — a dead-simple standing web server that scans a data dir of drop-folders and renders each as an ephemeral media 'booth' (image/webm/audio auto-gallery, or a folder's own index.html verbatim). Also accepts browser/curl uploads for pickup under a human-readable id. 24h TTL, then the folder is wiped. Fleet tool for CC sessions to surface A/B and smoke results to the operator."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [