diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index e7939ea8e..78050e120 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "nikshepsvn@gmail.com": "nikshepsvn",  # PR #27426 salvage (two-layer guard against hallucinated acp_command crashing the gateway on hosts with no ACP CLI)
     "65363919+coygeek@users.noreply.github.com": "coygeek",  # PR #37735 salvage (redact provider error text at api-server HTTP boundary; #37733)
     "moonsong@nousresearch.local": "Tranquil-Flow",  # PR #52623 salvage (auxiliary Anthropic base_url host validation; #52608)
+    "baris@writeme.com": "isair",  # PR #50124 salvage (periodic FTS5 segment merge to curb write-lock contention; #54752)
     "140971685+Dr1985@users.noreply.github.com": "Dr1985",  # PR #42567 salvage (launchd supervision detection + status reporting; #42524)
     "8180647+herbalizer404@users.noreply.github.com": "herbalizer404",  # PR #49076 + #51835 salvage (auxiliary compression fallback: 403/session-usage payment errors + honor fallback chain when aux provider auth unavailable)
     "pyxl-dev@users.noreply.github.com": "pyxl-dev",  # PR #52230 salvage (include rate-limit in auxiliary capacity-error fallback gate; #52228)