diff --git a/.changeset/dd-trace-v6-0-2-0-registry.md b/.changeset/dd-trace-v6-0-2-0-registry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3ba64f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dd-trace-v6-0-2-0-registry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-add-link-object-argument': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-flatten-ingestion-options': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-migration-recipe': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-move-experimental-appsec-options': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-move-experimental-iast-options': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-rename-b3-style': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-rename-plugin-list-options': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-rename-profiling-env-vars': minor
+'dd-trace-5-to-6-rename-runtime-id-env-var': minor
+---
+
+Bump all dd-trace-js 5→6 codemods to **0.2.0** so they can be republished to the Codemod Registry after prior versions were unpublished. Release automation will run `version-packages` on merge.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d676a89..9b77ebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ jobs:
               d=$parent
             done
           done
-          changed_dirs=$(printf '%s\n' "$changed_dirs" | sort -u | grep -v '^$')
+          # grep exits 1 when it filters down to zero lines; with `bash -e` that would
+          # abort before we can treat "no codemod dirs" as success (changeset-only PRs).
+          changed_dirs=$(printf '%s\n' "$changed_dirs" | sort -u | grep -v '^$' || true)
 
           if [ -z "$changed_dirs" ]; then
             echo "No codemod source files changed. Changeset not required."
@@ -171,7 +173,11 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          changeset_files=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR origin/main...HEAD -- '.changeset/*.md' \
+          # Resolve the whole `.changeset/` tree; a quoted `*.md` pathspec is treated
+          # literally on many Linux/Git combinations and matches nothing, producing
+          # false "missing changeset" failures when codemods/ did change.
+          changeset_files=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR origin/main...HEAD -- .changeset \
+            | grep '\.md$' \
             | grep -v 'README.md' \
             || true)
 
@@ -184,7 +190,8 @@ jobs:
 
           missing=""
           for pkg in $changed_packages; do
-            if ! echo "$covered_packages" | grep -qw "$pkg"; then
+            # Exact line match: `grep -w` is unreliable for hyphenated npm-style names on GNU grep.
+            if ! printf '%s\n' $covered_packages | grep -Fxq "$pkg"; then
               missing="$missing $pkg"
             fi
           done
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d8adf88..9ca6842 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -122,7 +122,3 @@ Each codemod package should include:
 - `tests/<case>/metrics.json` when the transform records metrics
 
 Keep transformations atomic and verifiable with fixtures.
-
-## Issue backlog
-
-Draft issues live under [`issues/`](./issues/README.md).