diff --git a/docs/release-history.md b/docs/release-history.md
index fce0477..1910077 100644
--- a/docs/release-history.md
+++ b/docs/release-history.md
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@ source or documentation does not mutate either dist-tag.
   promoted stable release.
 - Package version `0.2.0` and protected tag `v0.2.0` are consumed and immutable. A backward-compatible addition to
   the `0.2.x` line therefore requires a higher patch version rather than reusing those identities.
+
+## 0.2.1 candidate publication
+
+- On August 28, 2026, protected tag `v0.2.1` published ordinary version `0.2.1` under `next`; `latest` remained
+  `0.1.0`. The patch hardened direct Compilation recovery while preserving the `0.2.x` compatibility line.
+- Package version `0.2.1` and protected tag `v0.2.1` are consumed and immutable. As observed on August 29, 2026,
+  current-directory root-output had integrated to `main` at `4352f64baf673ad93457e8bc84273e9d1d9a9501` (tree
+  `b43ba6de98e27328e548cc3410ba9f39dfa9fcee`) but was not part of those registry bytes.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6ba64af..addb262 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@firstdraft.com/cli",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@firstdraft.com/cli",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "firstdraft": "bin/firstdraft.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dab0ec..4ced463 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@firstdraft.com/cli",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "description": "Command-line interface for First Draft",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/release/compatibility.json b/release/compatibility.json
index b979685..2e4e193 100644
--- a/release/compatibility.json
+++ b/release/compatibility.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "format": "firstdraft.release-compatibility/1",
   "component": "cli",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "requires": {
     "api_contract": [">= 0.3.0", "< 0.4.0"],
     "foundation_plan_formats": ["firstdraft.foundation-plan.sketch/0.19"]
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-package.js b/scripts/smoke-package.js
index ad364de..c106266 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-package.js
+++ b/scripts/smoke-package.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   lstatSync,
   mkdtempSync,
   mkdirSync,
+  realpathSync,
   readFileSync,
   rmSync,
   writeFileSync,
@@ -652,11 +653,85 @@ First Draft: Application compiled.
         0o644,
       );
     }
+
+    const rootOutput = await spawnPackedCliAsync(
+      ["plan", "compile", "--output", "."],
+      projectDirectory,
+    );
+    const expectedCompilationStarts = process.platform === "win32" ? 1 : 2;
+
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      assertHandledFailure(rootOutput, 2, {
+        error: "invalid_output_path",
+        detail:
+          "The compilation output must be an absent path beneath an existing real directory or the eligible current directory.",
+        reason: "root_platform_unsupported",
+      });
+    } else {
+      const realProjectDirectory = realpathSync(projectDirectory);
+      assert.equal(rootOutput.status, 0);
+      assert.equal(
+        rootOutput.stderr,
+        `First Draft: Analyzing Foundation Plan...
+First Draft: Foundation Plan analysis valid.
+First Draft: Compiling application...
+First Draft: Application compiled.
+`,
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(rootOutput.stdout).output, {
+        path: realProjectDirectory,
+        file_count: 1,
+        manifest_sha256: manifestSha256,
+        root_adoption: {
+          design_path: path.join(realProjectDirectory, "design"),
+          moved_entry_count: 3,
+          git_repository_preserved: false,
+          git_index_replaced: false,
+        },
+      });
+      assert.equal(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.join(realProjectDirectory, "app/models/movie.rb"),
+          "utf8",
+        ),
+        contents.toString("utf8"),
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.join(
+            realProjectDirectory,
+            "design/.firstdraft/foundation-plan.json",
+          ),
+        ),
+        plan,
+      );
+      assert.equal(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.join(
+            realProjectDirectory,
+            "design/application/app/models/movie.rb",
+          ),
+          "utf8",
+        ),
+        contents.toString("utf8"),
+      );
+      assert.equal(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.join(
+            realProjectDirectory,
+            "design/generated/app/models/movie.rb",
+          ),
+          "utf8",
+        ),
+        contents.toString("utf8"),
+      );
+    }
+
     assert.deepEqual(seen, {
       plan: true,
       analysis: true,
       publication: 1,
-      compilationStarts: 1,
+      compilationStarts: expectedCompilationStarts,
       status: true,
       artifact: true,
     });
@@ -692,7 +767,7 @@ function sha256(value) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {ReturnType<typeof spawnPackedCli>} execution
+ * @param {{status: number | null, stdout: string, stderr: string}} execution
  * @param {number} status
  * @param {Record<string, unknown>} error
  */
diff --git a/test/package.test.js b/test/package.test.js
index 39c6ecd..44ae034 100644
--- a/test/package.test.js
+++ b/test/package.test.js
@@ -130,6 +130,20 @@ test("stable release completion requires qualified latest promotion", () => {
     releaseHistory,
     /Protected tag `v0\.1\.0` and package version `0\.1\.0` were consumed and immutable/,
   );
+  assert.match(
+    releaseHistory,
+    /Package version `0\.2\.1` and protected tag `v0\.2\.1` are consumed and immutable[\s\S]*?As observed on August 29, 2026,[\s\S]*?current-directory root-output[\s\S]*?`4352f64baf673ad93457e8bc84273e9d1d9a9501`[\s\S]*?`b43ba6de98e27328e548cc3410ba9f39dfa9fcee`[\s\S]*?was not part of those registry bytes/,
+  );
+  const consumedVersions = [
+    ...releaseHistory.matchAll(
+      /(?:Package|package) version `([^`]+)`(?=[\s\S]{0,120}?consumed and immutable)/g,
+    ),
+  ].map((match) => match[1]);
+  assert.equal(
+    consumedVersions.includes(metadata.version),
+    false,
+    `package version ${metadata.version} is already recorded as consumed`,
+  );
   assert.match(
     releasingGuide,
     /If either identity is already[\s\S]*?consumed, prepare the next version required by the pre-1\.0 policy rather than moving or reusing it/,