diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index d6337149b22..e0ddabf7d87 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "huangxudong663@gmail.com": "huangxudong663-sys",  # PR #15157 salvage (isinstance(dict) guard on tool-call model_extra; NVIDIA NIM non-dict crash)
     "39369769+jasonQin6@users.noreply.github.com": "jasonQin6",  # PR #15093 salvage (session staleness guard on stream consumer run() loop; #11016 follow-up)
     "znding04@gmail.com": "znding04",  # PR #15487 salvage (distinguish OpenRouter upstream 429 from account 429; upstream_rate_limit failover reason)
+    "zkowkmdx@sharklasers.com": "nnnet",  # PR #25142 salvage (stop STT-failure chatter poisoning the LLM prompt; drop hardcoded English notice)
     "cypher@augmentl.com": "Nickperillo",  # PR #8008 salvage (Discord channel-name matching + flush pending sends on shutdown)
     "tenoryang@outlook.com": "MarioYounger",  # PR #9028 salvage (bash/sh heredoc approval, NFKC homograph fold, execute_code CREDS/BEARER/APIKEY env filter)
     "peet.wannasarnmetha@gmail.com": "peetwan",  # PR #51841 salvage (loopback ws-ping tuning + token-frame coalescing + loop heartbeat; #48445/#50005)