diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66f6d28..24606b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on Keep a Changelog and follows Semantic Versioning.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.9.0] - 2026-07-05
+
+> Unified workspace release. `@stackbilt/adf`/`@stackbilt/cli` were already bumped to 1.9.0 in-repo by `#246`; the release gate enforces one version across all workspace packages, so every package (including `@stackbilt/scaffold-core`, previously staged as 1.8.0) publishes as 1.9.0. No 1.8.0 was ever published to npm.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`charter adf suggest` real module-attribution for METRICS constraint failures** (`#246`) — replaces the session/time-window correlation heuristic in the `loadedButViolated` detector with exact evidence for METRICS ceiling failures from `adf-evidence.ts`.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/packages/blast/package.json b/packages/blast/package.json
index 41c1a0b..dc558e6 100644
--- a/packages/blast/package.json
+++ b/packages/blast/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/blast",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Blast radius analysis via reverse dependency graph + BFS traversal",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/ci/package.json b/packages/ci/package.json
index 84a5312..6506adc 100644
--- a/packages/ci/package.json
+++ b/packages/ci/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/ci",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "GitHub Actions adapter for Charter governance checks",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/classify/package.json b/packages/classify/package.json
index 40a54dd..2083be2 100644
--- a/packages/classify/package.json
+++ b/packages/classify/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/classify",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Heuristic change classification (SURFACE/LOCAL/CROSS_CUTTING)",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index a94f2db..4487107 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/core",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Core schemas, sanitization, and error handling for Charter Kit",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/drift/package.json b/packages/drift/package.json
index ac87f6e..f32bb38 100644
--- a/packages/drift/package.json
+++ b/packages/drift/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/drift",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Drift scanner — detects codebase divergence from governance patterns",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/git/package.json b/packages/git/package.json
index 944d4fa..e94cd37 100644
--- a/packages/git/package.json
+++ b/packages/git/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/git",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Git trailer parsing, commit risk scoring, and PR validation",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/policies/package.json b/packages/policies/package.json
index 2ad13bb..f5317e6 100644
--- a/packages/policies/package.json
+++ b/packages/policies/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/policies",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Supply chain policy stamping — detect, patch, and generate CI workflows for org-wide policy adoption",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/scaffold-core/package.json b/packages/scaffold-core/package.json
index 7d16eda..93dbe13 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/scaffold-core/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/scaffold-core",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Zero-dependency scaffold engine core — pattern classification, knowledge, governance, codegen, and materializer",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/scaffold-core/src/__tests__/package.test.ts b/packages/scaffold-core/src/__tests__/package.test.ts
index 2e84882..20d9ccc 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold-core/src/__tests__/package.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold-core/src/__tests__/package.test.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ describe('@stackbilt/scaffold-core package metadata', () => {
     expect(pkg.name).toBe('@stackbilt/scaffold-core');
   });
 
-  it('version is 1.8.0', () => {
-    expect(pkg.version).toBe('1.8.0');
+  it('version is valid semver (exact value is release-managed, not test-managed)', () => {
+    expect(pkg.version).toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/);
   });
 
   it('license is Apache-2.0', () => {
diff --git a/packages/surface/package.json b/packages/surface/package.json
index 36b2ef0..30debe3 100644
--- a/packages/surface/package.json
+++ b/packages/surface/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/surface",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "API surface extraction: routes (Hono/Express) + D1 SQL schema",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/types/package.json b/packages/types/package.json
index 525b330..630a2c4 100644
--- a/packages/types/package.json
+++ b/packages/types/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/types",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Shared type definitions for the Charter Kit",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/validate/package.json b/packages/validate/package.json
index fdb3552..c1fe47a 100644
--- a/packages/validate/package.json
+++ b/packages/validate/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@stackbilt/validate",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Citation validation, message classification, and governance checks",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",