diff --git a/docs/source/release_036_validation.rst b/docs/source/release_036_validation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92de2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/release_036_validation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+ArrayBridge typed thread-local release correction
+================================================
+
+Parent integration owner. Actual failed original 0.3.5 publisher:
+https://github.com/OpenHCSDev/ArrayBridge/actions/runs/36946585391.
+Ruff and Black passed; mypy rejected decorators.py:284 because current()
+returned Any from the dynamic threading.local context slot. No wheel was
+published. The failure and original v0.3.5 tag are preserved unchanged.
+
+The existing ThreadGPUContext runtime owner now uses a threading.local
+subclass declaring its sole context slot. The original per-thread lazy
+initialization and stream identity remain; current() consumes the declared
+optional value, not hasattr plus an untyped foreign attribute. No cast,
+type-ignore, fallback reader, new context registry or serialization path.
+BOUND-7: declare the native storage boundary instead of probing raw attributes.
+Native threading.local retains thread isolation. Durable decorated callables
+continue to refer to the original importable ThreadGPUContext owner.
+
+This patch uses version0.3.6 rather than moving/reusing an existing release tag.
+The already reviewed dtype_config_default behavior is unchanged. OpenHCS's
+>=0.3.5,<0.4 requirement admits this corrected patch release normally.
+
+Retained bounded local red mypy reproduces the exact hosted no-any-return
+error: exit1,2.65s,96.91MiB. Green mypy checks all17 source files with no
+errors: exit0,2.75s,97.14MiB. Ruff passes src/scripts; Black leaves20 files
+unchanged. Existing interpreter/tooling only; no dependency installation.
+
+Original supervisor logs/commands reside at:
+/home/ts/wt/openhcs-issue-batch-20260929/s1-installed-20261001/
+arraybridge036-mypy-red and arraybridge036-mypy-green. Kernel512MiB,
+no swap, oneCPU/thread,60-second shard. Source behavior and release artifact
+verification are recorded below when complete; no registry success claimed
+by source checks alone.
+
+Original focused behavior suite passes11 tests,0.30s pytest/0.82s total,
+52.7MiB. It covers thread-local context identity/isolation, framework/device
+stream identity, actual NumPy dtype controls, and dill restore of unpublished
+decorated callables with a live unpicklable runtime handle. Assertions and the
+existing three test files are unchanged; no real GPU runtime is needed here.
+
+Original packaged R0 against merged e9aaa262 at source33d5a99f reports zero
+nonzero deltas across both changed product files, exit0,1.93s/43.73MiB. The
+original global NRA R1 remains a separate unfinished OpenHCS tool-owner check;
+this bounded ratchet does not claim that global analysis completed.
+
+Original cached offline uv build produces wheel and sdist, exit0,
+1.26s/66.22MiB. Twine accepts both. Local wheel SHA256:
+f7fa23f5dcf1925742592109b396fe17662fb56f15e1755a304a45c90e79a249;
+local sdist SHA256:
+a558dcb5827876725c854cb367a7598765a55a43e658d82678db4f2c541663d4.
+These local bytes are not assumed equal to the independently hosted rebuild.
+
+Addresses ArrayBridge issue5. Original source proof does not establish a full
+GPU matrix. The unchanged original publisher owns the complete hosted check,
+build and trusted upload. Merge this reviewed source checkpoint without waiting
+on optional CI, push a new annotated v0.3.6 at actual merged main, and verify
+PyPI installer visibility and the hosted wheel source/API before admitting the
+consumer. Do not replace v0.3.5 or replay the failed original publisher.
diff --git a/src/arraybridge/__init__.py b/src/arraybridge/__init__.py
index 8896fd8..209e57d 100644
--- a/src/arraybridge/__init__.py
+++ b/src/arraybridge/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 NumPy/numcodecs import cost.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.3.5"
+__version__ = "0.3.6"
 
 _LAZY_EXPORTS: dict[str, str] = {
     "MemoryType": ".types",
diff --git a/src/arraybridge/decorators.py b/src/arraybridge/decorators.py
index b3c4dd0..28d96ce 100644
--- a/src/arraybridge/decorators.py
+++ b/src/arraybridge/decorators.py
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ def _insertion_index(parameters: list[inspect.Parameter]) -> int:
         return len(parameters)
 
 
+class ThreadGPUContextStorage(threading.local):
+    """Declare the existing native thread-local context slot and its type."""
+
+    context: "ThreadGPUContext | None" = None
+
+
 class ThreadGPUContext:
     """Runtime-owned thread-local streams keyed by framework/device identity.
 
@@ -274,14 +280,16 @@ class ThreadGPUContext:
     its durable closure must not pull a ``threading.local`` into history.
     """
 
-    _contexts: ClassVar[threading.local] = threading.local()
+    _contexts: ClassVar[ThreadGPUContextStorage] = ThreadGPUContextStorage()
 
     @classmethod
     def current(cls) -> "ThreadGPUContext":
         """Return this thread's runtime context without serializing its handle."""
-        if not hasattr(cls._contexts, "context"):
-            cls._contexts.context = cls()
-        return cls._contexts.context
+        context = cls._contexts.context
+        if context is None:
+            context = cls()
+            cls._contexts.context = context
+        return context
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._streams: dict[tuple[MemoryType, int], Any] = {}