diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 3d0c25105..f9da0f703 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "ud@arubangles.com": "udatny",  # PR #29433 salvage (subdirectory_hints: catch RuntimeError from Path.expanduser()/Path.home() so a literal ~ in tool-call args — e.g. LLM "~500-700" or ~unknownuser — can't escape the hint walker and crash the conversation loop)
     "mac-studio@Fabios-Mac-Studio.local": "valenteff",  # PR #53277 salvage (macOS launchd reload: retry bootstrap via _launchctl_bootstrap until launchctl-list confirms registration or the restart-drain window elapses; retry TimeoutExpired not just CalledProcessError; log persistent orphans)
     "gary@bitcryptic.com": "bitcryptic-gw",  # PR #53997 salvage (Matrix E2EE: resolve device_id via query_keys({mxid: []}) when whoami returns none; guard verification call sites so query_keys is never sent [null]; reset _device_id_unverified at connect() start; disconnect before reconnect)
+    "hodlclone@gmail.com": "HODLCLONE",  # PR #49351 salvage (Nous Portal token resilience: rotate refresh tokens write-through to the source auth store in profile mode, skip Nous fallback when no local token, sync gateway session model after fallback)
     "7698789+abchiaravalle@users.noreply.github.com": "abchiaravalle",  # PR #46997 salvage (recover resume_pending sessions: dual freshness signal + empty-turn safety net so restart auto-resume never sends a blank user turn)
     "swissly@users.noreply.github.com": "swissly",  # PR #47167 salvage (wrap cron delivery thread-pool fallback in its own try/except so a per-target failure can't escape the except-RuntimeError block and crash the multi-target delivery loop; #47163)
     "53571168+shawchanshek@users.noreply.github.com": "shawchanshek",  # PR #44126 salvage (strip <think>...</think> reasoning blocks from title-generator LLM output via the canonical strip_think_blocks scrubber so reasoning-model output can't leak into session titles)