diff --git a/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py b/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
index 2595fc702c1..3fa87d378c7 100644
--- a/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
+++ b/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
@@ -1331,9 +1331,13 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                     budget = parsed
             except ValueError:
                 pass
-        # Leave ~20% headroom (min 0.5s) so the outer wait_for can't pre-empt our
-        # own straggler cancellation, and never go below 1s for the happy path.
-        return max(1.0, budget - max(0.5, budget * 0.2))
+        # Stay strictly below the budget so the gateway's outer wait_for can't
+        # pre-empt our own straggler cancellation. Reserve ~20% (min 0.5s) of
+        # headroom, and never let the floor push us back up to/over the budget
+        # on tiny budgets — cap at 90% of the budget as a hard ceiling.
+        headroom = max(0.5, budget * 0.2)
+        deadline = max(1.0, budget - headroom)
+        return min(deadline, budget * 0.9)
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
         """Disconnect from Discord."""
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index c2de7f6701d..f128673dad9 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 = {
+    "cypher@augmentl.com": "Nickperillo",  # PR #8008 salvage (Discord channel-name matching + flush pending sends on shutdown)
     "telos@apex-z.com": "telos-oc",  # PR #14353 salvage (propagate custom_providers key_env into ProviderDef.api_key_env_vars; named + bare-custom self-heal paths)
     "256073454+Kolektori@users.noreply.github.com": "Kolektori",  # PR #6436 salvage (require approval for host-bound Docker commands; container guard fast-path)
     "41764686+LIC99@users.noreply.github.com": "LIC99",  # PR #4682 salvage (warn + default to manual on unknown approvals.mode; #4261)
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_discord_slash_auth.py b/tests/gateway/test_discord_slash_auth.py
index 39d06ba74fb..f353dbd13a4 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_discord_slash_auth.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_discord_slash_auth.py
@@ -128,13 +128,15 @@ _SENTINEL = object()
 
 def _make_interaction(
     user_id, *, channel_id=12345, guild_id=42, in_dm=False, in_thread=False,
-    parent_channel_id=None, user=_SENTINEL,
+    parent_channel_id=None, user=_SENTINEL, channel_name=None,
 ):
     """Build a mock Discord Interaction with a still-unresponded response.
 
     ``channel_id`` may be set to ``None`` to simulate a guild interaction
     payload missing a resolvable channel id (fail-closed exercise).
     Pass ``user=None`` to simulate a payload missing the user object.
+    ``channel_name`` attaches a ``.name`` to the channel so channel-name /
+    ``#name`` allow/ignore matching can be exercised (mirrors on_message).
     """
     import discord
 
@@ -146,10 +148,14 @@ def _make_interaction(
         channel = discord.Thread()
         channel.id = channel_id
         channel.parent_id = parent_channel_id
+        if channel_name is not None:
+            channel.name = channel_name
     elif channel_id is None:
         channel = None
     else:
         channel = SimpleNamespace(id=channel_id)
+        if channel_name is not None:
+            channel.name = channel_name
 
     if user is _SENTINEL:
         user_obj = SimpleNamespace(id=int(user_id), name=f"user_{user_id}")
@@ -275,6 +281,26 @@ async def test_channel_allowlist_wildcard_passes(adapter, monkeypatch):
     assert await adapter._check_slash_authorization(interaction, "/help") is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_channel_allowlist_matches_by_name(adapter, monkeypatch):
+    """Allowlist configured by channel NAME matches slash interactions too —
+    the same name-form matching on_message gained. Without it, a deployment
+    using DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNELS=cypher (by name) would reject every slash
+    command even though messages in that channel pass.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNELS", "cypher")
+    interaction = _make_interaction("100200300", channel_id=9999, channel_name="cypher")
+    assert await adapter._check_slash_authorization(interaction, "/help") is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_channel_allowlist_matches_by_hash_name(adapter, monkeypatch):
+    """``#name`` form in the allowlist also matches slash interactions."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNELS", "#cypher")
+    interaction = _make_interaction("100200300", channel_id=9999, channel_name="cypher")
+    assert await adapter._check_slash_authorization(interaction, "/help") is True
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_channel_allowlist_does_not_apply_to_dms(adapter, monkeypatch):
     """DMs aren't channel-gated — they go through on_message's DM lockdown."""
@@ -304,6 +330,14 @@ async def test_ignored_channel_wildcard_blocks_all(adapter, monkeypatch):
     assert await adapter._check_slash_authorization(interaction, "/help") is False
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ignored_channel_matches_by_name(adapter, monkeypatch):
+    """Ignore list configured by channel NAME blocks slash interactions too."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DISCORD_IGNORED_CHANNELS", "cypher")
+    interaction = _make_interaction("100200300", channel_id=9999, channel_name="cypher")
+    assert await adapter._check_slash_authorization(interaction, "/help") is False
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cross-platform admin notification
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------