diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1873539..7a83809 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.9.0] - 2026-09-05
+
+### Added
+
+- **The per-repo config is read from `.dz/ui-debugger/ui-debugger-mcp.json`
+  first**, falling back to the root `.ui-debugger-mcp.json`. A repo that has
+  consolidated its agent config under `.dz/` now boots the tool unchanged
+  instead of failing to find a config at all. The two-candidate order lives in
+  one place — `CONFIG_CANDIDATES` in `src/config/load.ts`, reached through
+  `resolveConfigPath(cwd)` by every read and write.
+
+  Resolution is fail-fast in both directions: `.dz/` wins when both files
+  exist, and a *bad* `.dz/` copy raises `ConfigError` rather than silently
+  falling through to the root file. A fresh `init` writes to `.dz/` when the
+  repo already has that directory, and to the root file otherwise.
+
+  This is the release the platform side of the `.dz/` migration waits on
+  (developerz-ai/developerz.ai#2964, epic #2958): until it is on npm, a
+  consumer pinned to `@latest` gets 1.8.0, which knows only the root path.
+
+- `ActResult.navigated`, plus a note on the step that caused it, fed by a new
+  optional adapter method. A full-document load wipes every bit of in-page
+  state and nothing on screen distinguishes that from "my click did nothing" —
+  the driver used to read a reloaded page as an unchanged one and report the
+  reload-causing action as a success.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `biome.json` no longer carries `"!**/tmp"` in `files.includes`. That pattern
+  is matched against the **absolute** path, so a checkout under `/tmp/...`,
+  `~/tmp/project`, or any container workdir with a `tmp` component matched at
+  the path root and biome pruned the entire tree before reaching the repo.
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2026-07-30
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6a5dfe..e017c50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@developerz.ai/ui-debugger-mcp",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Autonomous UI debugging MCP server. Give a goal; a fast agent drives the browser/desktop, finds bugs + visual issues, and reports back.",
   "mcpName": "io.github.developerz-ai/ui-debugger-mcp",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 4c963f0..86799cd 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.developerz-ai/ui-debugger-mcp",
   "description": "Autonomous UI debugging MCP server: an agent drives the browser/desktop, reports bugs + UX issues.",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/developerz-ai/ui-debugger-mcp",
     "source": "github"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "identifier": "@developerz.ai/ui-debugger-mcp",
-      "version": "1.8.0",
+      "version": "1.9.0",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d4400da..67069fd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // Public package surface. Implementation lands incrementally — see idea/ for design.
 
 export const NAME = 'ui-debugger-mcp';
-export const VERSION = '1.8.0';
+export const VERSION = '1.9.0';