diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9eb524def..76607c3b86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,12 +20,18 @@ sync with the newest highlights.
   init waited on a readiness byte that never came and blocked forever at
   ptyd. Corrected to `type = { scheme = "pty" }` (base recipe default +
   `redbear-mini` override).
-- **Driver-manager + netstack no longer wedge the boot.** The post-switchroot
-  `/usr` `00_pcid-spawner.service` was a blocking oneshot (init waited for
-  every PCI driver to reach readiness) and `10_smolnetd.service` was
-  `type = "notify"` (blocks until a NIC binds). Both are now `oneshot_async`;
-  the login path renders on the initfs framebuffer and needs neither ready
-  first. (The initfs driver spawner stays blocking — disk must mount.)
+- **Driver-manager, netstack and audiod no longer wedge the boot.** The
+  post-switchroot `/usr` `00_pcid-spawner.service` was a blocking oneshot (init
+  waited for every PCI driver to reach readiness), `10_smolnetd.service` was
+  `type = "notify"` (blocks until a NIC binds), and `20_audiod.service` was a
+  blocking `{scheme="audio"}` unit (blocks with no audio hardware). All three
+  are now `oneshot_async`; the login path renders on the initfs framebuffer and
+  needs none of them ready first. (The initfs driver spawner stays blocking —
+  disk must mount.) These blocked the **bare** ISO in particular, which uses
+  the base init.d defaults where mini already had `oneshot_async` overrides.
+- **`00_tmp` no longer errors on a fresh boot.** It ran `rm -rf /tmp` (which
+  Redox's uutils `rm -f` wrongly errors on when /tmp is absent) then a non-`-p`
+  `mkdir`; now a single idempotent `mkdir -p -m a=rwxt /tmp`.
 
 ### Kernel
 
@@ -58,11 +64,17 @@ sync with the newest highlights.
 
 - **Mini ISO**: boots to the `Red Bear login:` prompt on VT2 (framebuffer) and
   the serial debug console, verified on q35/KVM both with and without a NIC,
-  zero kernel panics.
-- **Bare ISO**: driver-manager/netstack blocking fixes applied; login bring-up
-  in progress.
+  zero kernel panics and zero boot errors.
+- **Bare ISO**: driver-manager/netstack/audiod blocking fixes applied; verifying.
 - **Full ISO** (KWin/Wayland `redbear-greeterd`): unchanged, still experimental.
 
+### Build note
+
+- A `make live` interrupted mid-run can leave the live-image bootloader and the
+  redoxfs rootfs with mismatched UUIDs (symptom: `redoxfs: not able to mount
+  uuid ...` at boot, then no login). Always let `make live` finish; a clean
+  full rebuild regenerates both together and is consistent.
+
 ## 2026-07-01 — Phase I/II complete: full s2idle + S3 entry + LG Gram DMI
 
 ### Phase I.5 (kernel ↔ acpid s2idle wire end-to-end)