diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index a4823fad15a..e0d4d4fb10d 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ACP_REGISTRY_MANIFEST = REPO_ROOT / "acp_registry" / "agent.json"
 
 # Auto-extracted from noreply emails + manual overrides
 AUTHOR_MAP = {
+    "jonathan@mintrx.com": "JAlmanzarMint",  # PR #52688 salvage (vision: rasterize SVG / re-encode unsupported raster formats to PNG before embedding), folded into #57890
     "al3060388206@gmail.com": "ooiuuii",  # PR #58466/#58377 salvage (redact: fireworks fw-/fpk_ prefixes; telegram: redact bot tokens out of transport error strings)
     "yingwaizhiying@gmail.com": "msh01",  # PR #58250 salvage (telegram: wall-clock init timeout via daemon-thread deadline + abandon the shielded initialize task on timeout so the retry ladder advances instead of hanging on attempt 1/8 under s6 supervision; #58236). Also covers PR #58276 salvage (compression: preserve a real user turn after compaction; #55677).
     "danilo@falcao.org": "danilofalcao",  # PR #56674 salvage (update: skip unsupported platform.matrix lazy refresh on native Windows — python-olm has no Windows wheel)
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_image_source.py b/tests/tools/test_image_source.py
index b54f8103659..e59ec9e98f3 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_image_source.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_image_source.py
@@ -223,3 +223,40 @@ class TestExecReadSafety:
             with pytest.raises(isrc.SourceNotFound):
                 await isrc.resolve_image_source(
                     "/workspace/nope.png", isrc.ResolveContext(task_id="t1"))
+
+
+class TestSvgNormalization:
+    """SVG resolves end-to-end: the resolver passes it through as
+    image/svg+xml and the vision call sites rasterize it to PNG via
+    _normalize_to_supported_image (PR #52688, folded in)."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_svg_rasterized_when_converter_available(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        from tools import vision_tools as vt
+        isrc = _reload(monkeypatch, tmp_path / "hermes")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("TERMINAL_ENV", "local")
+        svg = tmp_path / "art.svg"
+        svg.write_bytes(b'<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="4" height="4"/>')
+
+        def fake_rasterize(svg_path, out_path):
+            out_path.write_bytes(PNG)
+            return True
+
+        with patch.object(vt, "_rasterize_svg_to_png", side_effect=fake_rasterize):
+            res = await isrc.resolve_image_source(str(svg), isrc.ResolveContext())
+            assert res.mime == "image/svg+xml"
+            path, mime, err = vt._normalize_to_supported_image(svg, "image/svg+xml")
+        assert err is None
+        assert mime == "image/png"
+        assert path.read_bytes() == PNG
+        path.unlink()
+
+    def test_svg_actionable_error_when_no_converter(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        from tools import vision_tools as vt
+        _reload(monkeypatch, tmp_path / "hermes")
+        svg = tmp_path / "art.svg"
+        svg.write_bytes(b'<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"/>')
+        with patch.object(vt, "_rasterize_svg_to_png", return_value=False):
+            path, mime, err = vt._normalize_to_supported_image(svg, "image/svg+xml")
+        assert path is None
+        assert "rasterizer" in err
diff --git a/tools/vision_tools.py b/tools/vision_tools.py
index 83b8b12b2ac..b5e1a16119f 100644
--- a/tools/vision_tools.py
+++ b/tools/vision_tools.py
@@ -316,10 +316,9 @@ def _normalize_to_supported_image(
     if detected_mime in _ANTHROPIC_SUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPES:
         return image_path, detected_mime, None
 
-    out_path = (
-        get_hermes_dir("cache/vision", "temp_vision_images")
-        / f"converted_{uuid.uuid4()}.png"
-    )
+    out_dir = get_hermes_dir("cache/vision", "temp_vision_images")
+    out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    out_path = out_dir / f"converted_{uuid.uuid4()}.png"
 
     # SVG: needs a rasterizer (Pillow cannot render SVG).
     if detected_mime == "image/svg+xml":