diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 3baa9f1dd77..902f45b0cb4 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 = {
+    "izumi0uu@gmail.com": "izumi0uu",  # PR #49544 salvage (native rich reply echo; #49534)
     "w31rdm4ch1n3z@protonmail.com": "w31rdm4ch1nZ",
     "xtpeeps@gmail.com": "x7peeps",
     "ahmad@madsgency.com": "ahmadashfq",