[Candidate Intake - Partial] Upstream PR #260 - fix: correct dashboard version checks and Cline integration

[nsalvacao]

Context

This draft PR mirrors upstream branch 'upstream-prs/pr-260' into 'master' for review, provenance, and later decision-making only.
It must not be merged wholesale. If we adopt anything from it, the intended path is commit-level intake only.

Upstream Source

• Original PR: fix: correct dashboard version checks and Cline integration decolua/9router#260
• Original author: @apple-techie
• Original title: "fix: correct dashboard version checks and Cline integration"
• Mirrored branch on this fork: upstream-prs/pr-260
• Current divergence snapshot vs master: 3 commits ahead, 53 commits behind

Current Intake Recommendation

• Decision: Candidate intake (partial)
• Status: Planned review only, with no integration performed yet
• Credit policy: preserve original author metadata, use git cherry-pick -x for any later intake, and keep any conflict adaptation in separate follow-up commits with explicit upstream attribution

Selected Commits For Any Future Intake

• 33b797d fix(version): stop dashboard from using npm CLI updates

Skipped / Excluded Scope

• b80111c fix(cline): use workos auth token shape skipped because current master already appears patch-equivalent.
• 0400bcc fix(cline): refresh static model catalog skipped because current master already appears patch-equivalent.

Acceptance Gates

• Do not merge this mirrored branch as-is.
• If anything is adopted later, intake only the explicitly selected commits or a newly re-validated subset.
• Preserve upstream authorship and provenance in Git history.
• Keep conflict-resolution/adaptation commits separate from upstream-authored commits.
• Reconfirm branch contents against current master at intake time before changing the selected scope.

Verification / Validation Checklist

• Dashboard version check no longer depends on npm CLI update behavior.
• Existing Cline behavior remains stable with only the selected commit considered.
• No new noisy update prompts or regressions appear in the dashboard.

Review Focus

• Dashboard version check behavior without shelling through npm updates
• Whether the skipped Cline commits truly remain redundant today

Notes

• This is a partial-intake candidate. Only the selected version-check fix is currently in scope.
• The two Cline-related commits remain documented here but are presently considered already absorbed.