release v1.8.0

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.8.0] - 2026-08-11
+
+### Fixed
+- Deleting a task that has run returns 409 instead of a bare 500. It failed on a foreign key
+  against its own execution history, which the error never mentioned.
+
+### Added
+- `DELETE /tasks/{name}?purge=true` removes a task together with its execution history, in one
+  transaction. The response reports `executions_purged`.
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2026-08-11
 
 ### Added

CLAUDE.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It is the homelab's cron. Recurring work belongs here rather than in a systemd t
 
 ## Live contract
 
-`http://localhost:8090/openapi.json` — 10 paths, `version: 1.7.0` (verified 2026-08-11). Human
+`http://localhost:8090/openapi.json` — 10 paths, `version: 1.8.0` (verified 2026-08-11). Human
 docs at `/docs`. Generated from running code, so read it instead of inferring routes.
 
 **Every route except `/health` requires `Authorization: Bearer $SCHEDULER_API_KEY`.** An

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "the-scheduler"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "System-wide maintenance orchestration - backups, doc mirroring, cleanup, task automation"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"