Release 0.52.0: Bot Aliveness Heartbeat Monitoring

We’re pleased to announce version 0.52.0 of the Screeps GPT autonomous bot.

What’s New

New Features

• Bot Aliveness Heartbeat Monitoring: Implemented automated bot heartbeat monitoring with graduated failure detection to catch outages within 30 minutes instead of 8+ hours
  • Created packages/utilities/scripts/check-bot-health.ts with multi-stage health checks (PTR stats → world-status API → console fallback)
  • Implemented graduated alert thresholds: 0-15 min (silent), 15-30 min (warning), 30-60 min (HIGH), 60+ min (CRITICAL)
  • Added persistent health state tracking in reports/monitoring/health.json with 100-entry detection history
  • Integrated health check into .github/workflows/screeps-monitoring.yml (runs every 30 minutes)
  • Enhanced packages/utilities/scripts/check-ptr-alerts.ts to generate bot outage alerts with push/email notifications
  • Added comprehensive test suite tests/unit/check-bot-health.test.ts with 9 tests covering persistence, thresholds, and history tracking
  • Updated documentation in docs/automation/autonomous-monitoring.md with Phase 3.5: Bot Aliveness Heartbeat specification
  • Health state committed alongside bot snapshots for historical tracking and trend analysis
  • Addresses monitoring blind spot where bot death was indistinguishable from telemetry failures
  • Resolves #561: Implement automated bot aliveness heartbeat with early failure detection

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Full Changelog: 0.52.0 on GitHub