diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2be9c43..0ee8c01 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb9eeb8..a29b812 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-09-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* apply add-cgc-session-lifecycle-gate — 12/16 tasks implemented + verifier-marked (production run [#1](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/issues/1), stopped for cost; 4 remaining tasks resume on the optimized pipeline) ([7d05580](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/commit/7d05580af21db97cb4001d3fbb8970873c4ff027))
+* extension entry skeleton — production run [#1](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/issues/1) partial work (add-cgc-session-lifecycle-gate task 1.x) ([3509499](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/commit/350949923ef3e89a79fc3e9f440fe93566004659))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/raphaelbahat/pi-codegraphcontext/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-09-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c2e888..d61a968 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pi-codegraphcontext",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Pi coding-agent extension for CodeGraphContext (CGC): index lifecycle gate, freshness sync, agent routing guidance, status surfaces, and CLI-gap tools wrapping the cgc binary.",
   "type": "module",
   "keywords": [