diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c78f113..a1f374c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,21 @@
 
 ## 📢 News
 
+- **2026-03-16** 🚀 Released **v0.1.4.post5** — a refinement-focused release with stronger reliability and channel support, and a more dependable day-to-day experience. Please see [release notes](https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/releases/tag/v0.1.4.post5) for details.
+- **2026-03-15** 🧩 DingTalk rich media, smarter built-in skills, and cleaner model compatibility.
+- **2026-03-14** 💬 Channel plugins, Feishu replies, and steadier MCP, QQ, and media handling.
+- **2026-03-13** 🌐 Multi-provider web search, LangSmith, and broader reliability improvements.
+- **2026-03-12** 🚀 VolcEngine support, Telegram reply context, `/restart`, and sturdier memory.
+- **2026-03-11** 🔌 WeCom, Ollama, cleaner discovery, and safer tool behavior.
+- **2026-03-10** 🧠 Token-based memory, shared retries, and cleaner gateway and Telegram behavior.
+- **2026-03-09** 💬 Slack thread polish and better Feishu audio compatibility.
 - **2026-03-08** 🚀 Released **v0.1.4.post4** — a reliability-packed release with safer defaults, better multi-instance support, sturdier MCP, and major channel and provider improvements. Please see [release notes](https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/releases/tag/v0.1.4.post4) for details.
 - **2026-03-07** 🚀 Azure OpenAI provider, WhatsApp media, QQ group chats, and more Telegram/Feishu polish.
 - **2026-03-06** 🪄 Lighter providers, smarter media handling, and sturdier memory and CLI compatibility.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Earlier news</summary>
+
 - **2026-03-05** ⚡️ Telegram draft streaming, MCP SSE support, and broader channel reliability fixes.
 - **2026-03-04** 🛠️ Dependency cleanup, safer file reads, and another round of test and Cron fixes.
 - **2026-03-03** 🧠 Cleaner user-message merging, safer multimodal saves, and stronger Cron guards.
@@ -31,10 +43,6 @@
 - **2026-02-28** 🚀 Released **v0.1.4.post3** — cleaner context, hardened session history, and smarter agent. Please see [release notes](https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/releases/tag/v0.1.4.post3) for details.
 - **2026-02-27** 🧠 Experimental thinking mode support, DingTalk media messages, Feishu and QQ channel fixes.
 - **2026-02-26** 🛡️ Session poisoning fix, WhatsApp dedup, Windows path guard, Mistral compatibility.
-
-<details>
-<summary>Earlier news</summary>
-
 - **2026-02-25** 🧹 New Matrix channel, cleaner session context, auto workspace template sync.
 - **2026-02-24** 🚀 Released **v0.1.4.post2** — a reliability-focused release with a redesigned heartbeat, prompt cache optimization, and hardened provider & channel stability. See [release notes](https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/releases/tag/v0.1.4.post2) for details.
 - **2026-02-23** 🔧 Virtual tool-call heartbeat, prompt cache optimization, Slack mrkdwn fixes.
diff --git a/nanobot/__init__.py b/nanobot/__init__.py
index d331109..bdaf077 100644
--- a/nanobot/__init__.py
+++ b/nanobot/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 nanobot - A lightweight AI agent framework
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.4.post4"
+__version__ = "0.1.4.post5"
 __logo__ = "🐈"
diff --git a/nanobot/cli/commands.py b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
index 736dd41..87a27a2 100644
--- a/nanobot/cli/commands.py
+++ b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """CLI commands for nanobot."""
 
 import asyncio
+from contextlib import contextmanager, nullcontext
 import os
 import select
 import signal
@@ -168,6 +169,51 @@ async def _print_interactive_response(response: str, render_markdown: bool) -> N
     await run_in_terminal(_write)
 
 
+class _ThinkingSpinner:
+    """Spinner wrapper with pause support for clean progress output."""
+
+    def __init__(self, enabled: bool):
+        self._spinner = console.status(
+            "[dim]nanobot is thinking...[/dim]", spinner="dots"
+        ) if enabled else None
+        self._active = False
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        if self._spinner:
+            self._spinner.start()
+        self._active = True
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc):
+        self._active = False
+        if self._spinner:
+            self._spinner.stop()
+        return False
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def pause(self):
+        """Temporarily stop spinner while printing progress."""
+        if self._spinner and self._active:
+            self._spinner.stop()
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            if self._spinner and self._active:
+                self._spinner.start()
+
+
+def _print_cli_progress_line(text: str, thinking: _ThinkingSpinner | None) -> None:
+    """Print a CLI progress line, pausing the spinner if needed."""
+    with thinking.pause() if thinking else nullcontext():
+        console.print(f"  [dim]↳ {text}[/dim]")
+
+
+async def _print_interactive_progress_line(text: str, thinking: _ThinkingSpinner | None) -> None:
+    """Print an interactive progress line, pausing the spinner if needed."""
+    with thinking.pause() if thinking else nullcontext():
+        await _print_interactive_line(text)
+
+
 def _is_exit_command(command: str) -> bool:
     """Return True when input should end interactive chat."""
     return command.lower() in EXIT_COMMANDS
@@ -377,7 +423,7 @@ def gateway(
     _print_deprecated_memory_window_notice(config)
     port = port if port is not None else config.gateway.port
 
-    console.print(f"{__logo__} Starting nanobot gateway on port {port}...")
+    console.print(f"{__logo__} Starting nanobot gateway version {__version__} on port {port}...")
     sync_workspace_templates(config.workspace_path)
     bus = MessageBus()
     provider = _make_provider(config)
@@ -593,13 +639,8 @@ def agent(
         channels_config=config.channels,
     )
 
-    # Show spinner when logs are off (no output to miss); skip when logs are on
-    def _thinking_ctx():
-        if logs:
-            from contextlib import nullcontext
-            return nullcontext()
-        # Animated spinner is safe to use with prompt_toolkit input handling
-        return console.status("[dim]nanobot is thinking...[/dim]", spinner="dots")
+    # Shared reference for progress callbacks
+    _thinking: _ThinkingSpinner | None = None
 
     async def _cli_progress(content: str, *, tool_hint: bool = False) -> None:
         ch = agent_loop.channels_config
@@ -607,13 +648,16 @@ def agent(
             return
         if ch and not tool_hint and not ch.send_progress:
             return
-        console.print(f"  [dim]↳ {content}[/dim]")
+        _print_cli_progress_line(content, _thinking)
 
     if message:
         # Single message mode — direct call, no bus needed
         async def run_once():
-            with _thinking_ctx():
+            nonlocal _thinking
+            _thinking = _ThinkingSpinner(enabled=not logs)
+            with _thinking:
                 response = await agent_loop.process_direct(message, session_id, on_progress=_cli_progress)
+            _thinking = None
             _print_agent_response(response, render_markdown=markdown)
             await agent_loop.close_mcp()
 
@@ -663,7 +707,7 @@ def agent(
                             elif ch and not is_tool_hint and not ch.send_progress:
                                 pass
                             else:
-                                await _print_interactive_line(msg.content)
+                                await _print_interactive_progress_line(msg.content, _thinking)
 
                         elif not turn_done.is_set():
                             if msg.content:
@@ -703,8 +747,11 @@ def agent(
                             content=user_input,
                         ))
 
-                        with _thinking_ctx():
+                        nonlocal _thinking
+                        _thinking = _ThinkingSpinner(enabled=not logs)
+                        with _thinking:
                             await turn_done.wait()
+                        _thinking = None
 
                         if turn_response:
                             _print_agent_response(turn_response[0], render_markdown=markdown)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38b7cf7..b9a63b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [project]
 name = "nanobot-ai"
-version = "0.1.4.post4"
+version = "0.1.4.post5"
 description = "A lightweight personal AI assistant framework"
+readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 authors = [
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_input.py b/tests/test_cli_input.py
index 9626120..e77bc13 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_input.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_input.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, call, patch
 
 import pytest
 from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import HTML
@@ -57,3 +57,57 @@ def test_init_prompt_session_creates_session():
         _, kwargs = MockSession.call_args
         assert kwargs["multiline"] is False
         assert kwargs["enable_open_in_editor"] is False
+
+
+def test_thinking_spinner_pause_stops_and_restarts():
+    """Pause should stop the active spinner and restart it afterward."""
+    spinner = MagicMock()
+
+    with patch.object(commands.console, "status", return_value=spinner):
+        thinking = commands._ThinkingSpinner(enabled=True)
+        with thinking:
+            with thinking.pause():
+                pass
+
+    assert spinner.method_calls == [
+        call.start(),
+        call.stop(),
+        call.start(),
+        call.stop(),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_print_cli_progress_line_pauses_spinner_before_printing():
+    """CLI progress output should pause spinner to avoid garbled lines."""
+    order: list[str] = []
+    spinner = MagicMock()
+    spinner.start.side_effect = lambda: order.append("start")
+    spinner.stop.side_effect = lambda: order.append("stop")
+
+    with patch.object(commands.console, "status", return_value=spinner), \
+         patch.object(commands.console, "print", side_effect=lambda *_args, **_kwargs: order.append("print")):
+        thinking = commands._ThinkingSpinner(enabled=True)
+        with thinking:
+            commands._print_cli_progress_line("tool running", thinking)
+
+    assert order == ["start", "stop", "print", "start", "stop"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_print_interactive_progress_line_pauses_spinner_before_printing():
+    """Interactive progress output should also pause spinner cleanly."""
+    order: list[str] = []
+    spinner = MagicMock()
+    spinner.start.side_effect = lambda: order.append("start")
+    spinner.stop.side_effect = lambda: order.append("stop")
+
+    async def fake_print(_text: str) -> None:
+        order.append("print")
+
+    with patch.object(commands.console, "status", return_value=spinner), \
+         patch("nanobot.cli.commands._print_interactive_line", side_effect=fake_print):
+        thinking = commands._ThinkingSpinner(enabled=True)
+        with thinking:
+            await commands._print_interactive_progress_line("tool running", thinking)
+
+    assert order == ["start", "stop", "print", "start", "stop"]