@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ describe("normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("reads handwritten notes with their own <details> as a list", () => {
+    const result = normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes(
+      "- Older fix\n- Newer fix\n<details><summary>Logs</summary>\n- hidden\n</details>",
+      "1.2.3",
+      "latest",
+    );
+
+    expect(result.releaseNotes).toEqual([
+      { version: "1.2.3", items: ["hidden", "Logs", "Newer fix", "Older fix"], totalItems: 4 },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("dates the offered release from the feed and older nightlies by their build day", () => {
     const result = normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes(
       [
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ function extractReleaseNoteSummary(summary: string): ExtractedReleaseNoteItems {
 function extractReleaseNoteItems(note: string | null | undefined): ExtractedReleaseNoteItems {
   if (!note) return { items: [], totalItems: 0 };
 
-  // Generated summaries fold GitHub's full list under <details>.
-  const summaryEnd = note.search(/<details\b/i);
+  // Generated summaries fold GitHub's full list under this exact <details> block.
+  const summaryEnd = note.search(/<details>\s*<summary>\s*Full changelog\s*<\/summary>/i);
   if (summaryEnd >= 0) return extractReleaseNoteSummary(note.slice(0, summaryEnd));
   const items: string[] = [];
   let totalItems = 0;
 
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ export function SidebarUpdateReleaseNotes({
           const releaseUrl = getDesktopUpdateReleaseUrl(releaseNote.version);
           const omittedItemCount = Math.max(0, releaseNote.totalItems - releaseNote.items.length);
           const linkLabel =
-            omittedItemCount === 0
+            releaseNote.stats ??
+            (omittedItemCount === 0
               ? "View release on GitHub"
-              : `${omittedItemCount} more ${omittedItemCount === 1 ? "change" : "changes"} on GitHub`;
+              : `${omittedItemCount} more ${omittedItemCount === 1 ? "change" : "changes"} on GitHub`);
 
           if (releaseNote.intro !== undefined) {
             return (
 
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const PullRequestQueryResponse = Schema.Struct({
 const GeneratedNotes = Schema.Struct({ body: Schema.String });
 
 const SummaryResponse = Schema.Struct({
+  status: Schema.String,
   output: Schema.Array(
     Schema.Struct({
       type: Schema.String,
@@ -284,6 +285,8 @@ const summarize = Effect.fn("generateReleaseNotes.summarize")(function* (input:
       outputTokens: response.usage?.output_tokens,
     }),
   );
+  // An incomplete response can carry partial text; publishing it would cut the notes short.
+  if (response.status !== "completed") return Option.none<string>();
   const text = response.output
     .flatMap((item) => item.content ?? [])
     .flatMap((part) => (part.type === "output_text" && part.text ? [part.text] : []))