====== v7.2.5 — Room recovery and failure containment ======

**Published release.** Publication and installation are separate: check the room title and [[status:start|Live Lobbies]] for versions actually running.

  * Rejected room joins enter the bounded recovery path without replaying the interrupted command.
  * A failed worker can reconcile and close its known room without unnecessarily taking occupied siblings down. Unknown creation or closure still requires recovery.
  * Includes v7.2.2 chat keepalive/cooldown repairs, v7.2.3 community display grace and v7.2.4 separation of local pacing waits from the network request allowance.

===== Updating =====

Keep the existing installation, local authorization, catalogs, enrollment, ratings, player history and saved configuration. Shared-controller changes use the supported host-wide empty-room update gate. Do not repeatedly start an instance with uncertain ownership or delete its journals.

[[https://github.com/Aves-Knoot/poolrotater-v7-pilot/releases/tag/v7.2.5|GitHub release and exact validation notes]] · [[technical:hosting_operations|Existing-host operations]] · [[updates:start|Release history]]