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+## v8.0.10 — 2026-07-02 (a bare script exits cleanly after `close()`)
+
+A minimal `init → add → close` script used to hang forever after `close()` returned — brainy held
+four process keep-alives it never released: the global SIGTERM/SIGINT shutdown hooks (never
+removed; now deregistered when the last live instance closes), an internal cache-fairness interval
+(unclearable by construction; now unref'd), and the VFS/PathResolver maintenance intervals
+(`close()` never shut the VFS down; now wired). Verified against the published package: the same
+script now exits ~1 ms after `close()` resolves. No API change; servers and long-running processes
+are unaffected.
+
 ## v8.0.9 — 2026-07-02 (guarded plugin auto-detection — the "install it and it's on" contract)
 
 With the default config (`plugins` unset), brainy now **auto-detects the first-party accelerator**: