The npm registry is already at 7.0.39, so the next release lane needs a fresh package version and README release notes before creating the GitHub release. This keeps the release-only diff limited to package metadata and notes.

Constraint: npm registry reports @imdeadpool/guardex at 7.0.39\nRejected: Runtime code changes | user asked for version and release only\nConfidence: high\nScope-risk: narrow\nDirective: Keep release-only lanes limited to package metadata and README release notes unless verification finds a packaging blocker.\nTested: npm view @imdeadpool/guardex version\nTested: gh release view v7.0.39 --repo recodeee/gitguardex --json tagName,name,url,publishedAt,isDraft,isPrerelease\nTested: node -p package/package-lock version check\nTested: node --check bin/multiagent-safety.js\nTested: node --test test/release.test.js\nTested: node --test --test-name-pattern "README release notes include current package version|README documents gx release" test/metadata.test.js\nTested: NPM_CONFIG_CACHE=/tmp/guardex-npm-cache-7-0-40 npm pack --dry-run\nTested: openspec validate --specs\nNot-tested: npm publish; user requested npm version bump plus GitHub release