diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 13eaefeb..0618db3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Download GitHub artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
@@ -405,10 +407,42 @@ jobs:
           ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE: "${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_title }}"
           ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY: "${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_github_body }}"
           RELEASE_COMMIT: "${{ github.sha }}"
+          RELEASE_TAG: "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}"
+          REPO: "${{ github.repository }}"
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
           echo "$ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt"
-          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
+
+          # Append the commits included in this release (previous stable tag -> this release).
+          # Find the most recent stable v<major>.<minor>.<patch> tag that isn't the one being
+          # released; canary-* and other non-release tags are ignored by the glob.
+          previous_tag="$(git tag --list 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' --sort=-version:refname \
+            | grep -vFx "$RELEASE_TAG" | head -n1 || true)"
+
+          if [ -n "$previous_tag" ]; then
+            commit_range="${previous_tag}..${RELEASE_COMMIT}"
+            range_heading="$previous_tag...$RELEASE_TAG"
+          else
+            # First release: include the whole history up to this commit.
+            commit_range="$RELEASE_COMMIT"
+            range_heading="$RELEASE_TAG"
+          fi
+
+          commits="$(git log --no-merges --pretty=format:'- %s (%h)' "$commit_range" || true)"
+          if [ -n "$commits" ]; then
+            {
+              printf '\n## Commits\n\n'
+              printf '%s\n' "$commits"
+              if [ -n "$previous_tag" ]; then
+                printf '\n**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/%s/compare/%s...%s\n' \
+                  "$REPO" "$previous_tag" "$RELEASE_TAG"
+              fi
+            } >> "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt"
+          fi
+
+          gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
 
   smoke-install-unix:
     needs: