chore(master): release execution 1.8.1

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1.8.1 (2026-02-19)

Bug Fixes

• resolve: fix flaky singleflight deduplication tests (#1393) (4105082)
• resolve: guard OnFinished against nil loaderHookContext on skipped fetches (#1394) (f79d071)

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A patch release version 1.8.1 for the execution package is being prepared. The changelog documents a bug fix implementing a nil safety guard in resolve.OnFinished for skipped fetches. The release manifest version number is updated accordingly.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Release Documentation and Versioning execution/CHANGELOG.md, release-please-manifest.json	Adds patch version 1.8.1 entry to changelog documenting a nil loaderHookContext guard fix in resolve.OnFinished, and updates the release manifest to reflect the new version number.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

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Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title accurately describes the main change: releasing execution version 1.8.1. It directly matches the version bump in both the changelog and manifest file.

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🤖 Created releases:

• execution/v1.8.1

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