diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 9eb5f25fec2..a73e9dea79b 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "krislidimo@gmail.com": "krislidimo",  # PR #29775 (tighten Telegram table row-group spacing; drop redundant first bullet)
     "timothy.b.dixon@gmail.com": "Codename-11",  # PR #29302 (API server session controls — sessions/chat/fork/stream)
     "jpschwartz2@uwalumni.com": "Schwartz10",  # PR #29302 sub-PR (multimodal media in session chat API)
+    "JohnC1009@users.noreply.github.com": "JohnC1009",  # PR #32020 salvage (auth: global auth.json fallback in _load_provider_state)
 }