diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.test.ts
index 3b45d80bbc6e2..604fbeda3c9f1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import * as NodeModule from "node:module";
+
 import { assert, describe, it } from "@effect/vitest";
 import { DESKTOP_UPDATE_RESTART_MARKER_FILE } from "@t3tools/contracts";
+import { computeReleaseNotes } from "electron-updater/out/providers/GitHubProvider.js";
 import * as Cause from "effect/Cause";
 import * as Deferred from "effect/Deferred";
 import * as Duration from "effect/Duration";
@@ -22,6 +25,57 @@ import * as DesktopUpdatePolicy from "./DesktopUpdatePolicy.ts";
 import * as DesktopUpdates from "./DesktopUpdates.ts";
 import { flushCallbacks, makeHarness } from "./updatesTestHarness.ts";
 
+type ReleaseFeed = Parameters<typeof computeReleaseNotes>[2];
+type RunningVersion = Parameters<typeof computeReleaseNotes>[0];
+
+// electron-updater's own dependencies, which apps/desktop does not declare.
+const requireFromUpdater = NodeModule.createRequire(
+  NodeModule.createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve("electron-updater"),
+);
+const { parseXml } = requireFromUpdater("builder-util-runtime") as {
+  parseXml: (xml: string) => ReleaseFeed;
+};
+const semver = requireFromUpdater("semver") as { parse: (version: string) => RunningVersion };
+
+const releaseTitle = (version: string) =>
+  version.includes("-nightly.")
+    ? `T3 Code Nightly ${version} (0123456789ab)`
+    : `T3 Code v${version}`;
+
+const releaseFeed = (...versions: ReadonlyArray<string>) =>
+  parseXml(
+    `<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">${versions
+      .map(
+        (version) =>
+          `<entry><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/releases/tag/v${version}"/><title>${releaseTitle(version)}</title><content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;${version} change&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content></entry>`,
+      )
+      .join("")}</feed>`,
+  );
+
+/** The update info electron-updater's GitHub provider reports when /releases/latest names `version`. */
+const stableUpdateInfo = (
+  feed: ReleaseFeed,
+  version: string,
+  runningVersion: string,
+  fullChangelog: boolean,
+) => {
+  const latestRelease =
+    feed
+      .getElements("entry")
+      .find((entry) => entry.element("link").attribute("href").endsWith(`/tag/v${version}`)) ??
+    feed.element("entry");
+  return {
+    version,
+    releaseName: latestRelease.elementValueOrEmpty("title"),
+    releaseNotes: computeReleaseNotes(
+      semver.parse(runningVersion),
+      fullChangelog,
+      feed,
+      latestRelease,
+    ),
+  };
+};
+
 describe("DesktopUpdates", () => {
   it.effect("updates Linux .deb installs and leaves other non-AppImage installs off", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -109,6 +163,51 @@ describe("DesktopUpdates", () => {
     ).pipe(Effect.provide(Layer.merge(TestClock.layer(), harness.layer)));
   });
 
+  it.effect.each([
+    {
+      name: "shows no notes for a Stable release missing from the releases feed",
+      runningVersion: "1.2.3",
+      feedVersions: ["1.2.5-nightly.20261102.1", "1.2.5-nightly.20261101.1"],
+      expected: [],
+    },
+    {
+      name: "shows a Stable release's own notes from the releases feed",
+      runningVersion: "1.2.3",
+      feedVersions: ["1.2.5-nightly.20261102.1", "1.2.4", "1.2.4-nightly.20261030.1"],
+      expected: [{ version: "1.2.4", items: ["1.2.4 change"], totalItems: 1 }],
+    },
+    {
+      name: "shows a Stable release's notes when switching down from a newer Nightly",
+      runningVersion: "1.2.5-nightly.20261027.1",
+      feedVersions: ["1.2.5-nightly.20261102.1", "1.2.4"],
+      expected: [{ version: "1.2.4", items: ["1.2.4 change"], totalItems: 1 }],
+    },
+  ])("$name", ({ runningVersion, feedVersions, expected }) => {
+    const harness = makeHarness();
+
+    return Effect.scoped(
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const updates = yield* DesktopUpdates.DesktopUpdates;
+        yield* updates.configure;
+
+        harness.emit(
+          "update-available",
+          stableUpdateInfo(
+            releaseFeed(...feedVersions),
+            "1.2.4",
+            runningVersion,
+            harness.fullChangelog(),
+          ),
+        );
+        yield* flushCallbacks;
+
+        const state = yield* updates.getState;
+        assert.equal(state.availableVersion, "1.2.4");
+        assert.deepEqual(state.releaseNotes, expected);
+      }),
+    ).pipe(Effect.provide(Layer.merge(TestClock.layer(), harness.layer)));
+  });
+
   it.effect("preserves a queued installer when the feed has no update", () => {
     const harness = makeHarness();
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.ts b/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.ts
index 14688e5258067..36492ca7b9063 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/updates/DesktopUpdates.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ import * as ElectronWindow from "../electron/ElectronWindow.ts";
 import * as IpcChannels from "../ipc/channels.ts";
 import * as DesktopAppSettings from "../settings/DesktopAppSettings.ts";
 import * as DesktopUpdatePolicy from "./DesktopUpdatePolicy.ts";
-import { normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes } from "./releaseNotes.ts";
+import {
+  normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes,
+  releaseNotesOfOfferedVersion,
+} from "./releaseNotes.ts";
 import { desktopUpdateChannelOf } from "@t3tools/shared/cliRelease";
 import { compareSemverVersions } from "@t3tools/shared/semver";
 import {
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ const UpdateInfo = Schema.Struct({
   version: Schema.String,
   // Malformed notes must not block update-state decoding; normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes validates separately.
   releaseNotes: Schema.optional(Schema.Unknown),
+  releaseName: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.String)),
   releaseDate: Schema.optional(Schema.String),
 });
 
@@ -939,7 +943,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
 
           const checkedAt = yield* currentIsoTimestamp;
           const { releaseNotes, omittedReleaseCount } = normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes(
-            info.releaseNotes,
+            releaseNotesOfOfferedVersion(info),
             info.version,
             state.channel,
             info.releaseDate,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/updates/releaseNotes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/updates/releaseNotes.ts
index a319898222092..715c1767e6a04 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/updates/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/updates/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,22 @@ interface NormalizedDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes {
   readonly omittedReleaseCount: number;
 }
 
+const escapeRegExp = (value: string) => value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+
+/**
+ * Untagged notes come from the feed entry named by releaseName, which is the newest entry when the
+ * offered release is not on the feed's first page. Keep them only when that entry is the offered one.
+ */
+export function releaseNotesOfOfferedVersion(info: {
+  readonly version: string;
+  readonly releaseNotes?: unknown;
+  readonly releaseName?: string | null | undefined;
+}): unknown {
+  if (typeof info.releaseNotes !== "string" || !info.releaseName) return info.releaseNotes;
+  const namesVersion = new RegExp(`(?:^|[^\\w.-])v?${escapeRegExp(info.version)}(?![\\w.-])`);
+  return namesVersion.test(info.releaseName) ? info.releaseNotes : undefined;
+}
+
 /** fullChangelog includes all greater semvers, so preview cuts sort above nightlies of the same base version. */
 export function normalizeDesktopUpdateReleaseNotes(
   releaseNotes: unknown,