Publish and complete Windows resident launcher delivery

docs/ROADMAP.md

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 # Production readiness roadmap
 
-Status: Windows v0.1.6 published and installed; Linux headless v0.1.6 and desktop v0.1.4 previews published. Broader production gates remain open. Windows VM tests use CPU only.
+Status: Windows v0.1.7 published and installed with resident tray/global shortcut and login startup; Linux headless v0.1.6 and desktop v0.1.4 previews published. Broader production gates remain open. Windows VM tests use CPU only.
 
 Karl's release priority, 2026-10-13: publish a usable first Windows version and
 install it on DEV-WIN11 now. Extensive platform/GPU, clean-machine, signing and
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ timestamps and irrelevant results when the requested content is absent. The
 million-record lexical benchmark is deferred while this quality work proceeds.
 Google EmbeddingGemma 2 remains the main text/image/audio/video search model.
 
+Karl's Windows handoff request: stop extending the broader build scope after
+the usable Windows delivery. Version 0.1.7 is installed, starts hidden at login,
+and supports Ctrl+Shift+Space, Escape/close-to-hide and tray Show/Quit.
+See [handoff evidence](WINDOWS-0.1.7.md). Unexecuted production gates below remain
+open and deferred; do not continue expanding them without a renewed request.
+
 - [x] Run frozen actual Google music metadata diagnostics: separate fields improved
   known two-file music memories from 2/4 to 4/4; no-answer remained 5/5 failing.
   This is hypothesis evidence, not independent production validation.

docs/WINDOWS-0.1.7.md

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 Actual native keyboard/tray interaction was not automated; available computer
 control does not support it in this session. These checks do not close broader
-GPU, macOS, clean-machine or search-quality gates. Release packaging is pending.
+GPU, macOS, clean-machine or search-quality gates.
+
+The final NSIS installer is published with
+[v0.1.7](https://tea.karlcom.de/karl/searchi/releases/tag/v0.1.7), from application
+commit `24e80edaf9c1a50cb3dde97ef21b211b52c66f73`: 101766307 bytes, SHA-256
+`5ca8ad982113d086190ecf8ea684a504a4277099a377124bdffa8ca9fed6595e`.
+Public full-byte download matched. Extracted speech inventory/provenance (31
+records) and extraction helper (two records) passed. The normal installer exited
+successfully on Windows Dev; installed executable matches extracted bytes:
+`e0cef05acfcea8b2299f118daf3d866ca2f8950704c01d8673812b2ae0139185`.
+The CPU-only wrapper and login shortcut were retained, and the app restarted
+with `--background`. The prepared Google query worker was observed using CPU.