diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c393530..476ca66 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -73,3 +73,7 @@ Releases are tagged from a clean, merged `main` commit:
 5. Confirm the tag, release, and version metadata agree.
 
 The tag workflow reruns the release checks for every `v*.*.*` tag.
+
+**When to release:** A new release is warranted when SKILL.md behavior
+changes, CI pipeline changes, or ≥5 non-trivial PRs accumulate since
+the last tag. Incremental script-only fixes do not require a release.
diff --git a/proposals/ROADMAP.md b/proposals/ROADMAP.md
index 52c32c3..cff290e 100644
--- a/proposals/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/proposals/ROADMAP.md
@@ -570,6 +570,28 @@ cron-health.py --update-baseline      # snapshot current warnings as new baselin
 
 **Status:** Implemented 2026-08-21.
 
+### v0.1.2 Release (2026-08-21) ✅ COMPLETE
+
+Patch release capturing 12 PRs (#18–#30) of CI hardening, codebase
+improvements, and documentation fixes since v0.1.1.
+
+**Changes since v0.1.1:**
+- CI: fix PR-creation step, bump actions to Node 24-compatible versions
+- P2: GitHub issue templates (bug report + feature request)
+- P4: weekly repo health checks (link rot, reference integrity, budget)
+- P6: script deduplication (consolidate ROOT into `_common`)
+- P7: codebase hardening from python-project-workflow patterns
+- P8: review cleanup (dead code, regex consolidation, unreachable, simplification)
+- P9: advisory baseline (suppress known warnings, report only new)
+- Documentation: drift fixes, SKILL.md tension resolution, examples.md correction
+- Polish: docstrings, type annotations, advisory baseline tests, pyproject metadata
+
+**Trigger criteria (for future releases):** A release is warranted when
+SKILL.md behavior changes, CI pipeline changes, or ≥5 non-trivial PRs
+accumulate since the last tag.
+
+**Status:** Released 2026-08-21.
+
 ### What we're NOT doing (Phase 3)
 
   - CODEOWNERS — solo project, no reviewers to assign
diff --git a/scripts/_common.py b/scripts/_common.py
index 1451638..71800fd 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.py
+++ b/scripts/_common.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ def load_advisory_baseline(path: Path | None = None) -> list[str]:
 def save_advisory_baseline(warnings: list[str], path: Path | None = None) -> None:
     """Save current warnings as the new baseline."""
     import json
-    from datetime import date
 
     path = path or ADVISORY_BASELINE_PATH
     data = {