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 fa1796cf8489..b980b5ba796e 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs
+++ b/.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs
@@ -1357,6 +1357,7 @@ export function ledgerFor(
   priorRecord,
   sourcePullRequests,
   sourceReferences,
+  noteReferences,
   legacyIssuePullRequests,
   revertedReferences,
   shippedBaselines,
@@ -1381,6 +1382,7 @@ export function ledgerFor(
   const recordedPullRequests = new Set([
     ...sourcePullRequests,
     ...sourceReferences,
+    ...noteReferences,
     ...legacyIssuePullRequests,
     ...priorRecord.pullRequests.keys(),
   ]);
@@ -1853,6 +1855,7 @@ function main() {
     priorRecord,
     source.pullRequests,
     source.references,
+    noteReferences,
     legacyIssuePullRequests,
     source.revertedReferences,
     source.shippedBaselines,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-publish.yml
index 9efa3ef2a740..a8df3bf31584 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-publish.yml
@@ -898,6 +898,16 @@ jobs:
               return 0
             fi
 
+            # The renderer omits the verification tail when the canonical body
+            # already reaches GitHub's limit. A canonical proofless body with
+            # intact dependency evidence is retry-safe: postpublish re-attempts
+            # the proof append on this run.
+            if [[ "${has_asset}" == "true" &&
+              "${has_canonical_body}" == "true" &&
+              "${has_proof}" != "true" ]]; then
+              return 0
+            fi
+
             {
               echo "Release ${RELEASE_TAG} already has a public GitHub release page without complete postpublish evidence for ${TARGET_SHA}."
               echo "Refusing to reuse a public prerelease tag after publication started: ${release_url}"
diff --git a/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs b/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
index 74a5a2352641..6953f092815a 100644
--- a/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { stripLeadingPackageManagerSeparator } from "./lib/arg-utils.mjs";
 import { readBoundedResponseText } from "./lib/bounded-response.mjs";
 import {
+  correctionVersionForTag,
   extractChangelogReleaseSections,
   extractChangelogSection,
   formatShippedBaselineExclusions,
@@ -488,16 +489,30 @@ export function validateCandidateChangelogProvenance({
   isAncestor = gitIsAncestor,
   loadShippedBaseline = loadCandidateShippedBaseline,
 }) {
+  // Validate the same section the renderer publishes: correction tags may
+  // carry their own heading, and alpha tags may fall back to Unreleased.
   let section;
+  let sectionVersion = version;
   let usesAlphaUnreleasedFallback = false;
-  try {
-    section = extractChangelogSection(changelog, version);
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (!/-alpha\.[1-9][0-9]*$/u.test(tag)) {
-      throw error;
+  const correctionVersion = correctionVersionForTag(tag);
+  if (correctionVersion && correctionVersion !== version) {
+    try {
+      section = extractChangelogSection(changelog, correctionVersion);
+      sectionVersion = correctionVersion;
+    } catch {
+      // The correction has no dedicated section; validate the base section.
+    }
+  }
+  if (section === undefined) {
+    try {
+      section = extractChangelogSection(changelog, version);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!/-alpha\.[1-9][0-9]*$/u.test(tag)) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      section = releaseNotesSectionForTag(changelog, version, tag);
+      usesAlphaUnreleasedFallback = true;
     }
-    section = releaseNotesSectionForTag(changelog, version, tag);
-    usesAlphaUnreleasedFallback = true;
   }
   const recordStart = section.search(/\n### Complete contribution record\r?$/m);
   if (recordStart < 0) {
@@ -508,12 +523,14 @@ export function validateCandidateChangelogProvenance({
         shippedBaselines: [],
       };
     }
-    throw new Error(`CHANGELOG.md ## ${version} is missing ### Complete contribution record`);
+    throw new Error(
+      `CHANGELOG.md ## ${sectionVersion} is missing ### Complete contribution record`,
+    );
   }
   const record = section.slice(recordStart);
   const recordedPullRequests = candidateContributionRecordPullRequests(
     section,
-    `CHANGELOG.md ## ${version}`,
+    `CHANGELOG.md ## ${sectionVersion}`,
   );
   const provenance = record.match(
     /^This audited record covers the complete (?<base>\S+)\.\.(?<target>[0-9a-f]{40}) history:/mu,
@@ -522,7 +539,7 @@ export function validateCandidateChangelogProvenance({
   const recordedTarget = provenance?.groups?.target;
   if (!base || !recordedTarget) {
     throw new Error(
-      `CHANGELOG.md ## ${version} is missing exact complete contribution record provenance`,
+      `CHANGELOG.md ## ${sectionVersion} is missing exact complete contribution record provenance`,
     );
   }
   const shippedBaselines = parseShippedBaselineExclusions(record);
diff --git a/scripts/render-github-release-notes.mjs b/scripts/render-github-release-notes.mjs
index 5d502c8f862a..bc8911e45fec 100644
--- a/scripts/render-github-release-notes.mjs
+++ b/scripts/render-github-release-notes.mjs
@@ -230,15 +230,22 @@ function compactReleaseNotes(section, repository, tag) {
   ].join("\n");
 }
 
-export function releaseNotesSectionForTag(changelog, version, tag) {
-  // Numeric-correction tags (vX-N) prefer their own exact heading when the
-  // changelog carries one; otherwise they fall back to the base version.
+export function correctionVersionForTag(tag) {
+  // Numeric-correction tags (vX-N) may carry their own changelog heading;
+  // alpha/beta prerelease tags never do.
   const taggedVersion = tag.replace(/^v/u, "");
   const isCorrection =
     /-[1-9][0-9]*$/u.test(taggedVersion) && !/-(?:alpha|beta)\.[1-9][0-9]*$/u.test(taggedVersion);
-  if (isCorrection && taggedVersion !== version) {
+  return isCorrection ? taggedVersion : undefined;
+}
+
+export function releaseNotesSectionForTag(changelog, version, tag) {
+  // Correction tags prefer their own exact heading when the changelog carries
+  // one; otherwise they fall back to the base version.
+  const correctionVersion = correctionVersionForTag(tag);
+  if (correctionVersion && correctionVersion !== version) {
     try {
-      return extractChangelogSection(changelog, taggedVersion);
+      return extractChangelogSection(changelog, correctionVersion);
     } catch {
       // The correction has no dedicated section; use the base version below.
     }
diff --git a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
index 20ea85648b33..6aba3b9dda32 100644
--- a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Package Acceptance Workflow tests cover package acceptance workflow script behavior.
-import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { parse } from "yaml";
@@ -2639,9 +2639,12 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
     expect(clawHubMetadataIndex).toBeGreaterThan(clawHubSetupIndex);
     expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain("Plugin npm run ID");
     expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain("Plugin ClawHub run ID");
-    expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain(
+    expect(releaseWorkflow).not.toContain(
       "did not return an Actions run URL; refusing to guess from recent workflow_dispatch runs",
     );
+    expect(releaseWorkflow).not.toContain("return_run_details: true");
+    expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain("'.workflow_run_id'");
+    expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain("'.html_url'");
     expect(releaseWorkflow).not.toContain("BEFORE_IDS=");
     expect(releaseWorkflow).not.toContain("before_json");
     expect(releaseWorkflow).toContain("plugin-clawhub-new.yml");
diff --git a/test/scripts/release-notes-ledger.test.ts b/test/scripts/release-notes-ledger.test.ts
index 8f3194fbbef4..c855a7c2a67d 100644
--- a/test/scripts/release-notes-ledger.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/release-notes-ledger.test.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ describe("renderContributionRecordEntry", () => {
       new Set(),
       new Set(),
       new Set(),
+      [],
       Date.parse("2026-07-09T00:00:00Z"),
     );
 
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ describe("renderContributionRecordEntry", () => {
       "",
       "### Highlights",
       "",
+      "- Highlight one.",
+      "- Highlight two.",
+      "- Highlight three.",
+      "- Highlight four.",
+      "- Highlight five.",
+      "",
       "### Changes",
       "",
       "### Fixes",
@@ -181,6 +188,12 @@ describe("renderContributionRecordEntry", () => {
       "",
       "### Highlights",
       "",
+      "- Highlight one.",
+      "- Highlight two.",
+      "- Highlight three.",
+      "- Highlight four.",
+      "- Highlight five.",
+      "",
       "### Changes",
       "",
       "### Fixes",
diff --git a/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts b/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
index e29bf23c5efd..65aa5f54b9b0 100644
--- a/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts
@@ -143,8 +143,12 @@ describe("release-note verification", () => {
 
     const filtered = withoutExcludedContributionRecords(record, new Set([2, 10]));
 
-    expect([...filtered.pullRequests]).toEqual([[1, { references: [], thanks: [] }]]);
-    expect([...filtered.legacyIssues]).toEqual([[11, { references: [], thanks: [] }]]);
+    expect([...filtered.pullRequests]).toEqual([
+      [1, { externalReferences: [], references: [], thanks: [] }],
+    ]);
+    expect([...filtered.legacyIssues]).toEqual([
+      [11, { externalReferences: [], references: [], thanks: [] }],
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("does not treat the shipped baseline inventory as current release-note references", () => {