diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index e64324192..30e0ef1de 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "259353979+testingbuddies24@users.noreply.github.com": "testingbuddies24",  # PR #43192 salvage (strip orphan think-tag close tags in progressive gateway stream so a bare </think> whose open was dropped upstream can't leak to the user)
     "shx_929@163.com": "Lazymonter",  # PR #42914 salvage (retry launchd bootstrap after bootout on EIO for install/start instead of degrading to detached)
     "96322396+WXBR@users.noreply.github.com": "WXBR",  # PR #46183 salvage (persist recovered final_response at the finalize_turn chokepoint so recovery-path breaks don't drop the delivered assistant row)
+    "sahil.rakhaiya117814@marwadiuniversity.ac.in": "SahilRakhaiya05",  # PR #44073 salvage (fail-closed gateway/external-surface hardening: own-policy defaults, open-policy startup guard, profile-aware multiplex authz, API-server auth, execute_code per-session RPC token)
     "5848605+itenev@users.noreply.github.com": "itenev",  # PR #22753 salvage (asyncify model-context resolution in gateway message path so blocking requests.get can't starve Discord heartbeats)
     "arthur.zhang@ingenico.com": "arthurzhang",  # PR #34718 salvage (redact Slack App-Level xapp- tokens in agent/redact.py + gateway/run.py)
     "290873280+rrevenanttt@users.noreply.github.com": "rrevenanttt",  # PR #40773 salvage (close hardline rm bypass via quoted paths and ${HOME} brace form)