diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 07952b63c0..6bbc2ad4ae 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -1096,6 +1096,23 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "4296245+matthewlai@users.noreply.github.com": "matthewlai",
     "109617724+0xchainer@users.noreply.github.com": "0xchainer",  # PR #27154/27138/27147 salvage
     "201800237+kronexoi@users.noreply.github.com": "kronexoi",  # PR #27167 salvage (Teams port fallback)
+    # batch salvage (May 2026 LHF run, group 2)
+    "shellybotmoyer@example.com": "shellybotmoyer",  # PR #26661 (kanban --severity >=)
+    "coulson@shellybotmoyer.com": "shellybotmoyer",  # PR #25576 (credential_pool ISO rehydrate)
+    "258858106+shellybotmoyer@users.noreply.github.com": "shellybotmoyer",
+    "33156212+ether-btc@users.noreply.github.com": "ether-btc",  # PR #26632 (memory provider whitespace guard)
+    "Bloomtonjovish@gmail.com": "LifeJiggy",  # PR #26516 (paste collapse logging)
+    "141562589+LifeJiggy@users.noreply.github.com": "LifeJiggy",
+    "beastant1@gmail.com": "nekwo",  # PR #26481 (PS5.1 UTF-8 BOM)
+    "43717185+nekwo@users.noreply.github.com": "nekwo",
+    "67979730+flooryyyy@users.noreply.github.com": "flooryyyy",  # PR #26374 (tool_trace error detection)
+    "188585318+dgians@users.noreply.github.com": "dgians",  # PR #26034 (.ts/.py/.sh docs types)
+    "zealy@tz.co": "dgians",  # PR #26034 (bot-committed by zealy-tzco under dgians' PR)
+    "mottei.survive@gmail.com": "flanny7",  # PR #27030 (setup_open_webui python var)
+    "20530505+flanny7@users.noreply.github.com": "flanny7",
+    "hermesagent26@gmail.com": "hermesagent26",  # PR #26438 (kimi model-name reasoning pad)
+    "276067471+hermesagent26@users.noreply.github.com": "hermesagent26",
+    "71590782+kriscolab@users.noreply.github.com": "kriscolab",  # PR #26926 (deepseek default_aux_model)
 }