From 6bc06abbfb682f7575c920eb0ab59f0cfd18fa2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:24:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): exclude automation changelog credit (#114788)

* fix(release): exclude automation changelog credit

* fix(ci): repair release-note verifier gates
---
 .../scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs                 | 12 ++++++++++--
 test/external-script-modules.d.ts                    |  1 +
 test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts            |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs b/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs
index 90c917b1fa88..412b1e282b13 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs
+++ b/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ const repo = "openclaw/openclaw";
 const githubSnapshotSchemaVersion = 1;
 const githubSnapshotCheckpointInterval = 25;
 const commitAssociationQueryBatchSize = 20;
-const excludedHandles = new Set(["openclaw", "clawsweeper", "claude", "codex", "steipete"]);
+const excludedHandles = new Set([
+  "openclaw",
+  "clawsweeper",
+  "claude",
+  "codex",
+  "hugin-bot",
+  "steipete",
+  "steipete-oai",
+]);
 const nonEditorialTypes = new Set([
   "build",
   "chore",
@@ -405,7 +413,7 @@ function escapeRegExp(value) {
   return value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
 }
 
-function isEligibleHandle(handle) {
+export function isEligibleHandle(handle) {
   return (
     typeof handle === "string" &&
     handle.toLowerCase() !== "undefined" &&
diff --git a/test/external-script-modules.d.ts b/test/external-script-modules.d.ts
index 82619f989df4..9aefd53cc4da 100644
--- a/test/external-script-modules.d.ts
+++ b/test/external-script-modules.d.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ declare module "*openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs" {
   };
   export function countTopLevelSectionBullets(sectionSource: string, heading: string): number;
   export function highlightCountError(sectionSource: string): string | undefined;
+  export function isEligibleHandle(handle: string): boolean;
   export function ledgerChecks(...args: unknown[]): string[];
 }
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts b/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
index ef7b30bc8168..61cec92ef9a6 100644
--- a/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   defaultGithubSnapshotPath,
   githubApiWithSnapshot,
   highlightCountError,
+  isEligibleHandle,
   persistGithubSnapshot,
   pullRequestTitleFromCommitSubject,
   releaseNoteReferences,
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@ function git(cwd: string, args: string[]): string {
 }
 
 describe("release-note verification", () => {
+  it("excludes maintainer and automation identities from contributor credit", () => {
+    expect(isEligibleHandle("human-contributor")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isEligibleHandle("steipete")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isEligibleHandle("steipete-oai")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isEligibleHandle("hugin-bot")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("accepts only canonical commit PR suffixes", () => {
     expect(pullRequestTitleFromCommitSubject("Fix status (#102147)", 102147)).toBe("Fix status");
     expect(pullRequestTitleFromCommitSubject("Fix status(#102147)", 102147)).toBeUndefined();