diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
index 6d56b96a..b82d0eb3 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ if [ -x /usr/local/bin/chrome ] && [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/google-chrome ]; then
 fi
 
 # <fragment id="cc-ZTqrakWBqI"></fragment>
-./bt install --dev
+./bt install
 ./bt build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 8251cc8d..8ca65126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ jobs:
       ##      server
       ##      extensions/VSCode
       # On Windows, GitHub Actions runs these commands in PowerShell, which runs
-      # `bt.ps1`; elsewhere, bash runs `bt`.
+      # `bt.ps1`; elsewhere, bash runs `bt`. PowerShell, unlike bash, doesn't
+      # stop when a native command fails, so chain the steps with `&&`.
       # <fragment id="cc-T3IsnVlz14"></fragment>
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           rustup update
-          ./bt install --dev
-          ./bt full
+          # <fragment id="cc-Y8gI-nu0l_"></fragment>
+          ./bt install && ./bt full
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index aa66a5d5..7f013f1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.32.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.33.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       # but keeping it here makes it easier to keep the Node version in sync with the node install for `build-global-artifacts` below.
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: 24
+          node-version: 26
       - name: Install Rust non-interactively if not already installed
         if: ${{ matrix.container }}
         run: |
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: 24
+          node-version: 26
       - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
diff --git a/bt.ps1 b/bt.ps1
index d1da188d..4e716cda 100644
--- a/bt.ps1
+++ b/bt.ps1
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@
 $manifest_path = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath builder/Cargo.toml
 echo $manifest_path
 cargo run --manifest-path=$manifest_path -- $args
+# A script's success, as seen by its caller's `&&`, doesn't reflect the exit
+# code of its last native command; pass it on explicitly.
+exit $LASTEXITCODE
 
 # CodeChat Editor lexer: python
diff --git a/builder/src/main.rs b/builder/src/main.rs
index f0f6f1a6..d579fe8c 100644
--- a/builder/src/main.rs
+++ b/builder/src/main.rs
@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ struct Cli {
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 enum Commands {
     /// Install all dependencies.
-    Install {
-        /// True to install developer-only dependencies.
-        #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = false)]
-        dev: bool,
-    },
+    Install,
     /// Update all dependencies.
     Update,
     /// Run formatters and linters.
@@ -148,7 +144,7 @@ static WORKSPACE_MANIFEST_PATH: &str = "../Cargo.toml";
 // second, explicit pass over it.
 static BUILDER_PATH: &str = "../builder";
 static NAPI_TARGET: &str = "NAPI_TARGET";
-static DIST_VERSION: &str = "0.32.0";
+static DIST_VERSION: &str = "0.33.1";
 
 // Code
 // ----
@@ -382,10 +378,8 @@ fn patch_client_libs() -> io::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn run_install(dev: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
-    if dev {
-        run_script("npm", &["install", "-g", "pnpm@latest-11"], ".", true)?;
-    }
+fn run_install(cargo_dist: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
+    run_script("npm", &["install", "-g", "pnpm"], ".", true)?;
     // See [the client manifest](../../client/package.json5) for an explanation
     // of `--no-frozen-lockfile`.
     run_script("pnpm", &["install"], CLIENT_PATH, true)?;
@@ -397,22 +391,22 @@ fn run_install(dev: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
         info "Builder: cargo fetch";
         cargo fetch --manifest-path=$BUILDER_PATH/Cargo.toml;
     )?;
-    if dev {
-        // Install the cargo binstall binary, taken from the
-        // [docs](https://docs.rs/crate/cargo-binstall/1.15.5).
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        run_cmd! {
-            pwsh -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process; iex (iwr 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.ps1').Content";
-        }?;
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
-        // The original command had `'=https'`, but single quotes confused
-        // `cmd_lib` and aren't needed to quote this. Note that `//` in the URL
-        // is a comment in Rust, so it must be
-        // [enclosed in quotes](https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib/issues/88).
-        run_cmd! {
-            curl -L --proto =https --tlsv1.2 -sSf "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.sh" | bash;
-        }?;
-
+    // Install the cargo binstall binary, taken from the
+    // [docs](https://docs.rs/crate/cargo-binstall/1.15.5).
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    run_cmd! {
+        pwsh -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process; iex (iwr 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.ps1').Content";
+    }?;
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    // The original command had `'=https'`, but single quotes confused
+    // `cmd_lib` and aren't needed to quote this. Note that `//` in the URL
+    // is a comment in Rust, so it must be
+    // [enclosed in quotes](https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib/issues/88).
+    run_cmd! {
+        curl -L --proto =https --tlsv1.2 -sSf "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.sh" | bash;
+    }?;
+
+    if cargo_dist {
         // Installing `cargo-dist` using `cargo binstall` fails intermittently
         // on MacOS. Try another approach.
         #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
@@ -425,25 +419,24 @@ fn run_install(dev: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
             info "cargo binstall cargo-dist";
             cargo binstall cargo-dist@${DIST_VERSION} --no-confirm;
         )?;
-
-        run_cmd!(
-            info "cargo binstall cargo-outdated";
-            cargo binstall cargo-outdated --no-confirm;
-            info "cargo binstall cargo-sort";
-            cargo binstall cargo-sort --no-confirm;
-            info "cargo binstall cargo-audit";
-            cargo binstall cargo-audit --no-confirm;
-            info "cargo binstall cargo-machete";
-            cargo binstall cargo-machete --no-confirm;
-            info "cargo binstall cargo-llvm-cov";
-            cargo binstall cargo-llvm-cov --no-confirm;
-            // Install the required llvm-tools component used by cargo-llvm-cov
-            // without prompting.
-            info "rustup component add llvm-tools-preview";
-            rustup component add llvm-tools-preview;
-        )?;
     }
-    Ok(())
+
+    run_cmd!(
+        info "cargo binstall cargo-outdated";
+        cargo binstall cargo-outdated --no-confirm;
+        info "cargo binstall cargo-sort";
+        cargo binstall cargo-sort --no-confirm;
+        info "cargo binstall cargo-audit";
+        cargo binstall cargo-audit --no-confirm;
+        info "cargo binstall cargo-machete";
+        cargo binstall cargo-machete --no-confirm;
+        info "cargo binstall cargo-llvm-cov";
+        cargo binstall cargo-llvm-cov --no-confirm;
+        // Install the required llvm-tools component used by cargo-llvm-cov
+        // without prompting.
+        info "rustup component add llvm-tools-preview";
+        rustup component add llvm-tools-preview;
+    )
 }
 
 fn run_update() -> io::Result<()> {
@@ -802,7 +795,7 @@ fn run_change_version(new_version: &String) -> io::Result<()> {
 fn run_prerelease() -> io::Result<()> {
     // Clean out all bundled files before the rebuild.
     remove_dir_all_if_exists(format!("{CLIENT_PATH}/static/bundled"))?;
-    run_install(true)?;
+    run_install(false)?;
     run_client_build(true, false)
 }
 
@@ -875,7 +868,7 @@ fn run_coverage() -> io::Result<()> {
 impl Cli {
     fn run(self) -> io::Result<()> {
         match &self.command {
-            Commands::Install { dev } => run_install(*dev),
+            Commands::Install => run_install(true),
             Commands::Update => run_update(),
             Commands::Flint { check } => run_format_and_lint(*check),
             Commands::Full => run_full(),
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
index b49064ec..7667dabc 100644
--- a/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ members = ["cargo:."]
 
 # Config for 'dist'
 [dist]
-# Extra static files to include in each App. Paths are relative to this file.
-include = [
-    "client/static",
-    "server/hashLocations.json",
-    "server/log4rs.yml",
-]
+# Extra static files to include in each App (path relative to this Cargo.toml's dir)
+include = ["client/static", "server/hashLocations.json", "server/log4rs.yml"]
 # The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.32.0"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.33.1"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
diff --git a/server/src/processing/cache.rs b/server/src/processing/cache.rs
index 4aaa1aba..d0b6fce8 100644
--- a/server/src/processing/cache.rs
+++ b/server/src/processing/cache.rs
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ fn scan_file(
 ) {
     // Perform I/O before locking the cache, so that the lock isn't held during
     // it.
-    let stamp = match fs::metadata(path) {
+    let current_stamp = match fs::metadata(path) {
         Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_file() => FileStamp::new(&metadata),
         // The file no longer exists -- or a directory has replaced it, which
         // the walker reports separately.
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ fn scan_file(
         let entry = cache.files.get(path);
         let is_modified = entry
             .and_then(|entry| entry.stamp.as_ref())
-            .is_none_or(|cached| !cached.is_unmodified(&stamp));
+            .is_none_or(|cached| !cached.is_unmodified(&current_stamp));
         is_toc_changed = is_modified && entry.is_some() && path == cache.toc_path();
         if cache.is_current_file(path) {
             // The connections' sidebars show the TOC from their own IDE's text
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ fn scan_file(
             // such write leaves the file matching.
             ScanOutcome::Translated => {
                 if let Some(entry) = cache.files.get_mut(path) {
-                    entry.stamp = Some(stamp);
+                    entry.stamp = Some(current_stamp);
                 }
             }
             // A file which can't be translated defines nothing. Committing it
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ fn scan_file(
             // translatable, and records its stamp, so that later walks skip it
             // until it changes rather than reading it again.
             ScanOutcome::Untranslatable => {
-                cache.commit_file(path, Some(stamp), FileFacts::default());
+                cache.commit_file(path, Some(current_stamp), FileFacts::default());
             }
             // The translation may have failed after committing the file's
             // facts, along with a stamp which matches the file; discard that