Added

• Role persistence — setup now asks for the user's tech role (Frontend, Backend, Full-stack, DevOps/SRE) and stores it in ~/.claude/orbcode/role.json. The role is forwarded to the MatterAI backend on every inference request via the x-orb-role header.
• Workspace environment snapshot — new scripts/orb-env.js collector mirrors MatterCode's <environment_details> format. The proxy attaches a full workspace snapshot (git state, file tree, OS info, time) on every inference request, letting the backend inject context once per session.
• Session-level deduplication — per-session firstRequest flag is sent with each inference payload so the backend can skip redundant session-store lookups on subsequent turns.
• API_TIMEOUT_MS configuration — orb-setup now writes API_TIMEOUT_MS=300000 (5 min) into ~/.claude/settings.json alongside ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL.

Changed

• Proxy request timeout increased from 30 s to 10 min to support extended thinking and long inference through the proxy chain.
• Node.js server timeouts bumped to 10 min (requestTimeout) and 60 s (headersTimeout) so the proxy itself doesn't drop long-running Claude Code sessions.

Fixed

• Double-response crashes — proxy now guards against ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT when an Anthropic request errors mid-stream by tracking responseStarted.
• Proxy resilience — added clientError handler for malformed/early-closed TCP connections and an uncaughtException safety net that logs and keeps the proxy alive instead of crashing mid-session.