diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b61079b2..71f3a5cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ All notable changes to `github-delivery` are documented here.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.7.0] - 2026-09-21
+
+### Added
+
+- `doctor --json` now reports the currently executing npm package under `runtime.packageVersion` plus its `relationToLatest`, separating runtime identity from the managed installed skill and latest stable release so stale `npx` execution is directly diagnosable (PR #461).
+- Full and compact pre-open gate artifacts now carry generator provenance with the github-delivery version plus SHA-256 digests of the pre-open gate and review-scope implementations that produced them, making stale semantic artifacts identifiable without implementation rediscovery (PR #463).
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bumped the package version from `1.6.0` to `1.7.0`.
+- Unknown pre-open decisions now expose machine-readable `incompleteReasons` and reason-specific next actions such as `inspect_missing_patch_evidence` and `repair_probe_registry`, instead of mapping every incomplete review scope to branch-evidence restoration (PR #464).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Successful verified `create_pr` mutations now reconcile the created pull-request number into persistent workflow-controller state, so resumptions no longer retain `pr: null` after publication (PR #462).
+- Local-workflow bootstrap now rejects abbreviated or otherwise non-canonical base SHA identities immediately with `workflow_bootstrap_base_invalid`, preventing caller input mistakes from surfacing later as misleading checkpoint base mismatches (PR #465).
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2026-09-20
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba488e1f..5eeb0909 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "github-delivery",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "Guided installer and safety tooling for GitHub Delivery workflows",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/tests/unit/pr-review-quality-contracts.test.mjs b/tests/unit/pr-review-quality-contracts.test.mjs
index 7df2f889..b1635b4a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pr-review-quality-contracts.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/unit/pr-review-quality-contracts.test.mjs
@@ -126,6 +126,19 @@ test("post-1.5.4 follow-up release is complete in 1.6.0", () => {
   assert.match(release, /replace-local-modifications/);
 });
 
+test("post-1.6.0 follow-up release is complete in 1.7.0", () => {
+  const changelog = read("CHANGELOG.md");
+  const release = changelog.split("## [1.7.0] - 2026-09-21")[1]?.split("## [1.6.0]")[0] ?? "";
+
+  assert.ok(release, "expected a dated 1.7.0 changelog section");
+  for (const pr of [461, 462, 463, 464, 465]) {
+    assert.match(release, new RegExp(`PR #${pr}\\b`));
+  }
+  assert.match(release, /runtime/i);
+  assert.match(release, /generator/i);
+  assert.match(release, /incompleteReasons/);
+});
+
 test("package version matches the newest dated changelog release", () => {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(read("package.json"));
   const changelog = read("CHANGELOG.md");