diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c541da0..d7c87d02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.19.0] "Afterburner" - 2026-07-15
+
+Fifteenth release of the RustyNES-parity roadmap: an optional PGO/BOLT pipeline for the
+shipping `rustysnes` binary, deliberately last per the plan (after mobile-specific hot-path
+work landed, so the profile isn't invalidated).
+
 ### Added
 
 - **PGO/BOLT pipeline** (Mobile-track-adjacent, deliberately last per the RustyNES-parity
@@ -37,6 +43,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   documented honestly in `docs/performance.md` — this is an expected, not a failure, state; a
   short/narrow local run isn't representative of CI's real `3600`-frame training sweep).
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **A real bug in `pgo.yml`'s BOLT stage, found in PR review**: re-invoking the whole
+  `scripts/pgo/run.sh` between `cargo pgo bolt build` and `cargo pgo bolt optimize` ran a
+  separate, non-BOLT PGO cycle that never fed BOLT's profile data and could clobber the
+  bolt-instrumented binary with an unrelated plain-PGO one. Fixed per `cargo-pgo`'s own
+  documented BOLT+PGO combined workflow: `--with-pgo` on both `cargo pgo bolt build` and
+  `cargo pgo bolt optimize`, with the erroneous `run.sh` re-invocation removed. Real BOLT profile
+  gathering (running the actual GUI frontend binary against a workload) stays out of scope —
+  this project's frontend has no headless CLI mode — so the fix deliberately uses `cargo-pgo`'s
+  own documented profile-less BOLT fallback instead.
+
 ## [1.18.0] "Dormant" - 2026-07-14
 
 Fourteenth release of the RustyNES-parity roadmap: Mobile Phase 5, monetization scaffolding.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b07c1ec..ab340f7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@ checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-android"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "android_logger",
  "bytemuck",
@@ -3719,7 +3719,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-apu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "rustysnes-savestate",
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-cart"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "rustysnes-savestate",
@@ -3736,7 +3736,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-cheevos"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "ureq",
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-core"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "rustysnes-apu",
@@ -3759,7 +3759,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-cpu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "rustysnes-savestate",
@@ -3767,7 +3767,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-frontend"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "bytemuck",
@@ -3807,11 +3807,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-gfx-shaders"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-ios"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "log",
@@ -3824,7 +3824,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-libretro"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rust-libretro",
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-mobile"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rustysnes-cart",
  "rustysnes-core",
@@ -3843,14 +3843,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-monetization"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "uniffi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-netplay"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "rustysnes-core",
@@ -3862,7 +3862,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-ppu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "rustysnes-cart",
@@ -3872,14 +3872,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-savestate"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-script"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "mlua",
  "rustysnes-core",
@@ -3888,7 +3888,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustysnes-test-harness"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "rustysnes-apu",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 642f6c13..284082fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.96"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml
index a734f113..6d445805 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-android"
 description = "RustySNES: Android JNI presentation host (wgpu-on-Surface, no emulation logic)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml
index 0d80bbad..3abe979c 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-apu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml
index ea2aed1b..2fb9a908 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cart"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml
index a7e8b031..11d3d728 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cheevos"
 description = "Native-only RetroAchievements (rcheevos) FFI wrapper for RustySNES"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml
index e7685159..85a5dba4 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-core"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml
index 2d578477..89329b02 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cpu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml
index 81dda14c..3d09fef3 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-frontend"
 description = "RustySNES: cross-platform SNES emulator binary (winit + wgpu + cpal + egui)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml
index bc4d1bb3..e2a53415 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-gfx-shaders"
 description = "RustySNES: shared WGSL presentation-shader sources (blit + post-filters)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml
index 53cb75c8..0d46df3c 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-ios"
 description = "RustySNES: iOS Metal presentation host (wgpu-on-CAMetalLayer, no emulation logic)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml
index db4d316f..0115ad10 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-mobile"
 description = "RustySNES: UniFFI mobile bridge (Kotlin/Swift bindings over the emulation core)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml
index a9dd5bc9..83704c4e 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-monetization"
 description = "RustySNES: dormant entitlement/ad-pacing policy scaffold (mobile-only, never a dependency of the deterministic core)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml
index 366a29e5..6f1a0e41 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-netplay"
 description = "RustySNES: GGPO-style rollback netplay (UDP native, WebRTC browser)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml
index 72d29da7..211a6a3e 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-ppu"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml
index e3e5940f..023ebbbd 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-savestate"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml
index 21fee15e..2ced8f7a 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-script"
 description = "RustySNES: sandboxed Lua 5.4 scripting (memory read/write + a per-frame callback)"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml
index 55c761ee..59322a18 100644
--- a/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-test-harness"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/docs/STATUS.md b/docs/STATUS.md
index 3c33abb3..55d9ad88 100644
--- a/docs/STATUS.md
+++ b/docs/STATUS.md
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 This file is authoritative for per-suite pass counts, the board / coprocessor matrix, and
 version policy. Everything else defers to it.
 
-**Current release:** `v1.18.0 "Dormant"` (`v0.1.0 "Foundation"`,
+**Current release:** `v1.19.0 "Afterburner"` (`v0.1.0 "Foundation"`,
 `v0.2.0 "Persistence"`, `v0.3.0 "Continuum"`, `v0.4.0 "Completion"`, `v0.5.0 "Fidelity"`,
 `v0.6.0 "Shippable"`, `v0.7.0 "Resolution"`, `v0.8.0 "Community"`, `v0.9.0 "Threshold"`,
 `v1.0.0 "Zenith"`, `v1.0.1 "Aftertouch"`, `v1.1.0 "Latchkey"`, `v1.2.0 "Phosphor"`,
 `v1.3.0 "Palimpsest"`, and `v1.4.0 "Convergence"` precede it; see `to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md` for the
-full ladder). **`v1.5.0`-`v1.18.0`** are the opening rungs of the RustyNES-parity ladder — a CI
+full ladder). **`v1.5.0`-`v1.19.0`** are the RustyNES-parity ladder — a CI
 safety net (`v1.5.0 "Bedrock"`), a MkDocs documentation site + PWA + accuracy ledger
 (`v1.6.0 "Lighthouse"`), the debugger extracted into its own module plus a hex Memory panel
 (`v1.7.0 "Telemetry"`, `v1.7.1` patch), a Memory Compare panel + in-app Docs panel
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ the deterministic core, every pricing/pacing figure an explicit placeholder pend
 standing "Mobile Phase 6" store-launch gate) wired into both mobile shells as an inert,
 log-only startup call, real-verified on the Android AVD via `logcat` and compile-verified for
 iOS via a real macOS CI build after fixing a genuine `xcodebuild` xcframework-modulemap
-collision found on that same CI run (`v1.18.0 "Dormant"`) — all frontend/tooling/CI work
+collision found on that same CI run (`v1.18.0 "Dormant"`), and finally an optional PGO/BOLT
+pipeline for the shipping `rustysnes` binary — `scripts/pgo/run.sh` (instrument → train against
+the committed permissive ROM corpus → optimized rebuild) plus `.github/workflows/pgo.yml`
+(`workflow_dispatch`/release-tag-only, promotion gated on both a `>3%` Criterion speedup and a
+byte-identical `--features test-roms` re-run under the PGO profile, never on speed alone),
+real-verified end-to-end in this development environment including a genuine BOLT-stage bug
+found and fixed in PR review (`v1.19.0 "Afterburner"`) — all frontend/tooling/CI work
 with **zero
 change** to the accuracy dashboard, per-suite pass counts, or coprocessor tier matrix below,
 which stayed byte-identical throughout; see `CHANGELOG.md` for full per-release detail. `v1.0.0`
diff --git a/to-dos/ROADMAP.md b/to-dos/ROADMAP.md
index ca09512b..1ab4e677 100644
--- a/to-dos/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/to-dos/ROADMAP.md
@@ -365,10 +365,15 @@ under `v1.0.0`) and the netplay save-state-cost pre-work.
   pricing/pacing figure an explicit placeholder; wired into both mobile shells as an inert,
   log-only startup call, verified for real on the Android AVD via `logcat` and compile-verified
   for iOS via a real macOS CI build, which caught and fixed a genuine `xcodebuild`
-  xcframework-modulemap collision) — and a PGO/BOLT pipeline last (`v1.19.0`). Tracked in
-  lockstep against RustyNES's own continuing development via `to-dos/LOCKSTEP-CHECKLIST.md`, not
-  a frozen snapshot target. Full detail in `to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md`'s "RustyNES-parity ladder"
-  section.
+  xcframework-modulemap collision), and finally an optional PGO/BOLT pipeline for the shipping
+  `rustysnes` binary (`v1.19.0 "Afterburner"`, **RELEASED 2026-07-15** — `scripts/pgo/run.sh` +
+  `.github/workflows/pgo.yml`, promotion gated on both a `>3%` Criterion speedup and a
+  byte-identical `--features test-roms` re-run under the PGO profile, never on speed alone;
+  verified for real end-to-end in this development environment, including a genuine BOLT-stage
+  structural bug found and fixed in PR review). This closes the RustyNES-parity ladder plan.
+  Tracked in lockstep against RustyNES's own continuing development via
+  `to-dos/LOCKSTEP-CHECKLIST.md`, not a frozen snapshot target. Full detail in
+  `to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md`'s "RustyNES-parity ladder" section.
 - **Flagged by the 2026-07-12 lockstep re-check — no rung assigned yet, maintainer go/no-go
   needed.** RustyNES shipped two items since the roadmap's `v2.1.5` baseline that RustySNES's own
   ladder doesn't currently account for: (1) a **GIF/WAV screen+audio capture subsystem**
diff --git a/to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md b/to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md
index 0c746bfc..72b5c925 100644
--- a/to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md
+++ b/to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md
@@ -1284,12 +1284,28 @@ A store-launch decision (Play + App Store submission, monetization activation) r
 explicit maintainer go/no-go against `docs/mobile-readiness.md`, not a numbered rung —
 mirroring RustyNES's own still-pending, twice-deferred launch.
 
-### `v1.19.0 "Afterburner"` — PGO/BOLT pipeline
-
-Deliberately last: a promotion gate requiring both >3% Criterion speedup AND byte-identical
-`--features test-roms` re-run under the PGO profile (cites `docs/adr/0004`'s determinism
-contract), deferred until mobile-specific hot-path work has landed so the profile isn't
-invalidated mid-ladder. Optional Linux-only BOLT stage.
+### `v1.19.0 "Afterburner"` — PGO/BOLT pipeline — **RELEASED 2026-07-15**
+
+Delivered: `scripts/pgo/run.sh` (instrument → train against the committed permissive ROM corpus
+via a new `pgo_trainer` binary → optimized rebuild of the shipping `rustysnes` binary) and
+`.github/workflows/pgo.yml` (`workflow_dispatch` + release-tag push only — never the PR gate).
+Promotion requires both a `>3%` Criterion speedup over the plain release build **and** a
+byte-identical `--features test-roms` re-run under the PGO profile (cites `docs/adr/0004`'s
+determinism contract — never promotes on speed alone), deferred until this rung so the profile
+isn't invalidated by mobile-specific hot-path work still landing. An optional Linux-only BOLT
+post-link stage chains onto an already-promoted PGO binary, best-effort.
+
+Also fixed a real, latent CI gap found while building this: `rust-toolchain.toml` was missing
+`llvm-tools-preview`, and `dtolnay/rust-toolchain` silently ignores the `rust-setup` composite
+action's own `components:` input whenever a `rust-toolchain.toml` file exists (the same class of
+bug already found and fixed for `ios.yml` in `v1.16.0`).
+
+Verified for real in this development environment: the full instrument → train → optimized-
+rebuild pipeline produces a genuine, running `rustysnes` binary, and the determinism oracle
+passes cleanly under the PGO-merged profile. A PR review caught a real structural bug in the
+BOLT stage (re-invoking the whole training script mid-stage instead of chaining `--with-pgo`
+onto the already-gathered PGO profile, which could have clobbered the bolt-instrumented binary)
+— fixed per `cargo-pgo`'s own documented BOLT+PGO workflow.
 
 **On version numbers:** RustySNES's own SemVer stays independent of RustyNES's — this ladder
 reaches RustyNES's current maturity bar at RustySNES's own `v1.19.0`, not a literal "`v2.2.0`."