diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 571009f4f0ca..8355fdb5b67c 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "i@dex.moe": "dexhunter",  # PR #60339 salvage (skills snapshot manifest speedup)
     "1torhan@protonmail.com": "uzaylisak",  # PR #29988 salvage (detect_local_server_type process-lifetime cache)
     "zhchl@hermes-agent.local": "8294",  # PR #50572 salvage (honor config context_length on banner)
+    "yansh2017@gmail.com": "ya-nsh",  # PR #26790 salvage (normalize local terminal relative cwd; #26783)
 }