diff --git a/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 - Fixed post-compaction output-token budgeting to ignore stale assistant usage from before the compaction boundary ([#6464](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/6464)).
 - Fixed GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 long-context cost accounting while retaining the intentional 272K default context limit for models that require an explicit override.
-- Fixed GPT-5.6 metadata to keep direct OpenAI requests in the 272K short-context tier while exposing the Codex backend's 372K context window with long-context pricing.
+- Fixed GPT-5.6 metadata to keep direct OpenAI requests in the 272K short-context tier while exposing the Codex backend's 372K context window with long-context pricing, and removed the nonexistent bare `gpt-5.6` alias from the OpenAI and Azure OpenAI Responses catalogs.
+- Fixed Anthropic message conversion to preserve thinking blocks with empty thinking text but a valid signature instead of dropping them, avoiding thinking-block errors on newer Claude models ([#6457](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/pull/6457) by [@davidbrai](https://github.com/davidbrai)).
 
 ## [0.80.5] - 2026-07-09
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -2,10 +2,23 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### New Features
+
+- **`max` thinking level** - New opt-in thinking level above `xhigh`, natively supported on GPT-5.6 and adaptive Claude models, available across CLI (`--thinking max`), SDK, RPC, and model selection. Custom themes can define `thinkingMax`. See [CLI Reference](docs/usage.md#cli-reference).
+- **Input-based pricing tiers** - Request-wide input-token pricing tiers for accurate long-context cost accounting (e.g. GPT-5.4/5.5/5.6 long-context rates), also configurable for custom models in `models.json` and `modelOverrides`. See [Model Configuration](docs/models.md#model-configuration).
+
 ### Added
 
 - Added the opt-in `max` thinking level across CLI, SDK, RPC, model selection, and themes. Custom themes can define `thinkingMax`; existing themes fall back to `thinkingXhigh`.
 - Added request-wide input-token pricing tiers to custom model costs in `models.json`, `modelOverrides`, and extension-registered providers.
+- Added `~` (home directory) expansion for the `shellPath` setting ([#6470](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/pull/6470) by [@aaronkyriesenbach](https://github.com/aaronkyriesenbach)).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed inherited post-compaction output-token budgeting to ignore stale assistant usage from before the compaction boundary ([#6464](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/6464)).
+- Fixed inherited GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 long-context cost accounting while retaining the intentional 272K default context limit for models that require an explicit override.
+- Fixed inherited GPT-5.6 metadata to keep direct OpenAI requests in the 272K short-context tier while exposing the Codex backend's 372K context window with long-context pricing, and removed the nonexistent bare `gpt-5.6` alias.
+- Fixed inherited Anthropic message conversion to preserve thinking blocks with empty thinking text but a valid signature instead of dropping them, avoiding thinking-block errors on newer Claude models ([#6457](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/pull/6457) by [@davidbrai](https://github.com/davidbrai)).
 
 ## [0.80.5] - 2026-07-09