Biggest win this week: **Eliza Labs is pivoting hard to “ship + revenue” mode** — with multiple agent-powered products launching/ramping *now* 🚀

**📅 Week of 2026-02-17 → 2026-02-23**

**🔧 Key technical updates**
- ⚙️ **Backend unification:** Milady + Eliza App are sharing a backend; Shadow is helping deliver two agent modes: **“workflow”** and **“full sandbox.”**
- 🧠 **Token/context optimization:** core-devs dug into MCP loading + METATOOL search patterns; main culprit appears to be **recent messages/reflections bloating context**, not actions.
- 🗄️ **V2 DB migration strategy:** big refactor work landed/remains in-flight, including **removing legacy auto-migration paths** and aligning isolation patterns (RLS maintained in parallel refactors).
- 🧩 **Plugin tip:** for image generation, **`plugin-bootstrap`** now includes an image generation action (recommended over the older `plugin-image-generation`).
- 🏗️ **V2 direction stays clear:** community guidance reaffirmed **v2.0.0 branch is the future**, even if docs are lighter.

**🤝 Community highlights**
- 🧑‍💻 Stan ⚡ offered to upstream optimization work (MCP/METATOOL) into the framework.
- 🛡️ Ongoing community support around **token migration confusion + scam prevention** (avoid DM links / fake “ticket” systems).

**💱 Token / auto.fun notes**
- 🔄 Reminder: **ai16z → elizaOS migration** happened (1:6); ai16z is effectively deprecated.
- 📰 A teased **token-holder upgrade** sparked discussion; also, **milady.ai token is not launched** yet.

**⏭️ Coming next**
Milady shipping push → **Babylon + Hyperscape integration**, with **Agent Arena duel betting** going live soon and Jeju (agent network) queued up.