diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc676b8..3929a1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,23 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [0.14.3] - 2026-06-12
+## [0.14.4] - 2026-06-12
+
+### Fixed
+- **The bundled plugin no longer auto-captures on every tool call.** The 0.14.0
+  redesign made realtime auto-capture opt-in — but only in the `settings.json`
+  hooks written by `install-hooks`. The plugin's *own* bundled
+  `plugin/hooks/hooks.json` still wired `PostToolUse → task-journal ingest-hook`
+  (with `asyncRewake` + `rewakeSummary: "Task Journal backlog forming"`), plus
+  `PreCompact` and `Stop` capture. So merely **enabling** the plugin re-armed the
+  exact behaviour the redesign removed: every tool call enqueued a `pending/`
+  chunk, nothing drained it (the `claude -p` backend is gone by design), the queue
+  grew unbounded, and once it crossed the overflow threshold the asyncRewake signal
+  fired on *every* PostToolUse — surfacing "Task Journal backlog forming" dozens of
+  times in a row. The bundled hooks file is now empty; the enabled plugin is quiet
+  by default (resume + nudge + MCP tools come from `install-hooks`). Realtime
+  capture remains available, explicitly, via `install-hooks --auto-capture`. If you
+  already have a backed-up queue, drain it with `task-journal pending-gc --days 0`.
 
 ### Fixed
 - **SessionStart no longer hijacks the Claude Code session name.** The v0.10.1
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de8cc64..08188b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-cli"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-core"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-mcp"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b50176..e9bf9d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.88"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 247dadc..0572dc8 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "task-journal",
-  "version": "0.14.3",
+  "version": "0.14.4",
   "description": "Append-only journal of AI-coding task reasoning chains: hypotheses, decisions, rejections, evidence. Renders compact resume packs so an agent can pick up a 2-week-old task with full context.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mher Shahinyan"
diff --git a/plugin/hooks/hooks.json b/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
index 54f5014..deffac9 100644
--- a/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -1,39 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "hooks": {
-    "PostToolUse": [
-      {
-        "matcher": "",
-        "hooks": [
-          {
-            "type": "command",
-            "command": "TJ_ASYNC_REWAKE=1 task-journal ingest-hook 2>/dev/null",
-            "asyncRewake": true,
-            "rewakeSummary": "Task Journal backlog forming"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    ],
-    "PreCompact": [
-      {
-        "matcher": "",
-        "hooks": [
-          {
-            "type": "command",
-            "command": "task-journal ingest-hook 2>/dev/null || true"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    ],
-    "Stop": [
-      {
-        "matcher": "",
-        "hooks": [
-          {
-            "type": "command",
-            "command": "task-journal ingest-hook 2>/dev/null || true"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    ]
-  }
+  "hooks": {}
 }