fix(release): rewrite excluded contribution records

.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs

@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ export function subtractShippedPullRequests(source, baselines) {
   return { baselines: metadata, pullRequests: excluded };
 }
 
-function withoutExcludedContributionRecords(record, excludedReferences) {
+export function withoutExcludedContributionRecords(record, excludedReferences) {
   if (excludedReferences.size === 0) {
     return record;
   }
@@ -1672,16 +1672,21 @@ function main() {
         .join(", ")}`,
     );
   }
+  const excludedRecordedReferences = new Set([
+    ...source.revertedReferences,
+    ...shippedExclusions.pullRequests,
+  ]);
+  const effectiveRenderedRecord = options.writeLedger
+    ? withoutExcludedContributionRecords(renderedRecord, excludedRecordedReferences)
+    : renderedRecord;
+  const effectiveRenderedRecordReferences =
+    contributionRecordMetadataReferences(effectiveRenderedRecord);
   let priorRecord = { legacyIssues: new Map(), pullRequests: new Map() };
   if (options.seedRef) {
     const seedChangelog = git(["show", `${options.seedRef}:CHANGELOG.md`]);
     const seedSection = sectionFor(seedChangelog, options.version);
     priorRecord = contributionRecordFor(seedSection);
   }
-  const excludedRecordedReferences = new Set([
-    ...source.revertedReferences,
-    ...shippedExclusions.pullRequests,
-  ]);
   priorRecord = withoutExcludedContributionRecords(priorRecord, excludedRecordedReferences);
   const recordedReferences = contributionRecordMetadataReferences(priorRecord);
   const revertedRecordedReferences = recordedReferences.filter((number) =>
@@ -1696,12 +1701,12 @@ function main() {
   }
   const references = [...source.references];
   appendReferences(references, noteReferences);
-  appendReferences(references, renderedRecordReferences);
+  appendReferences(references, effectiveRenderedRecordReferences);
   appendReferences(references, recordedReferences);
   let nodes = resolveReferences(references);
   const contamination = contaminatingPullRequestReferences({
     noteReferences,
-    recordedReferences: renderedRecordReferences,
+    recordedReferences: effectiveRenderedRecordReferences,
     sourcePullRequests: source.pullRequests,
     sourceReferences: source.references,
     seededPullRequests: new Set(priorRecord.pullRequests.keys()),

test/scripts/verify-release-notes.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   highlightCountError,
   releaseNoteReferences,
   subtractShippedPullRequests,
+  withoutExcludedContributionRecords,
 } from "../../.agents/skills/openclaw-changelog-update/scripts/verify-release-notes.mjs";
 
 const verifier = resolve(
@@ -128,6 +129,24 @@ describe("release-note verification", () => {
     expect([...result.pullRequests].toSorted((a, b) => a - b)).toEqual([1, 2, 4]);
   });
 
+  it("removes rewrite-excluded references from an existing contribution record", () => {
+    const record = {
+      pullRequests: new Map([
+        [1, { references: [2, 10], thanks: [] }],
+        [2, { references: [11], thanks: [] }],
+      ]),
+      legacyIssues: new Map([
+        [10, { references: [], thanks: [] }],
+        [11, { references: [], thanks: [] }],
+      ]),
+    };
+
+    const filtered = withoutExcludedContributionRecords(record, new Set([2, 10]));
+
+    expect([...filtered.pullRequests]).toEqual([[1, { references: [], thanks: [] }]]);
+    expect([...filtered.legacyIssues]).toEqual([[11, { references: [], thanks: [] }]]);
+  });
+
   it("does not treat the shipped baseline inventory as current release-note references", () => {
     const baselines = [{ ref: "v2026.6.11", count: 2, pullRequests: [1, 2] }];
     const section = [