diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
index c13926d3..e048677e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: dev
           # Always use the built-in workflow token; PAT rotation/breakage must not block dev releases.
           token: ${{ github.token }}
 
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ jobs:
 
           COMMIT_TEXT=$(git log $RANGE --pretty=format:"%s%n%b" 2>/dev/null || true)
           ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS=$(printf '%s\n' "$COMMIT_TEXT" | \
-            grep -oE "(Fixes|Closes|Resolves|Refs?) #[0-9]+" | \
-            grep -oE "#[0-9]+" || true)
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' || true)
 
           PR_CANDIDATES=$(printf '%s\n' "$COMMIT_TEXT" | \
             grep -oE "Merge pull request #[0-9]+|\\(#[0-9]+\\)" | \
@@ -117,8 +118,8 @@ jobs:
           done
 
           ISSUES_FROM_PRS=$(printf '%s\n' "$PR_TEXT" | \
-            grep -oE "(Fixes|Closes|Resolves|Refs?) #[0-9]+" | \
-            grep -oE "#[0-9]+" || true)
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' || true)
 
           ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS" "$ISSUES_FROM_PRS" | \
             grep -oE "#[0-9]+" | sort -u || true)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 6fd5c00a..ad46ad84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ jobs:
           OWNER_LOWER=$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
           IMAGE="ghcr.io/${OWNER_LOWER}/ccs-dashboard"
           REVISION=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}
-          ${IMAGE}:${MINOR}
-          ${IMAGE}:${MAJOR}"
+          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}"
 
           if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "release" ]]; then
             TAGS="${TAGS}
+          ${IMAGE}:${MINOR}
+          ${IMAGE}:${MAJOR}
           ${IMAGE}:latest"
           fi
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-pending-release.yml b/.github/workflows/label-pending-release.yml
index 8a5c604a..dffe8a2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-pending-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-pending-release.yml
@@ -13,36 +13,59 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
 
     steps:
-      - name: Label linked issues as pending-release
+      - name: Reconcile pending-release labels for open dev PRs
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
-          PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
         run: |
-          # Extract issue numbers from PR title/body plus current PR commits.
-          # Using env vars prevents shell injection from backticks in markdown.
-          COMMIT_TEXT=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/commits" --paginate --jq '.[].commit.message' 2>/dev/null || true)
-          PR_TEXT="$PR_TITLE
-          $PR_BODY
-          $COMMIT_TEXT"
-          ISSUES=$(echo "$PR_TEXT" | grep -oE "(Fixes|Closes|Resolves|Refs?) #[0-9]+" | grep -oE "#[0-9]+" | sort -u || true)
+          # Recompute the complete open-PR issue set so edited/synchronized PRs
+          # can remove stale pending-release labels as well as add new ones.
+          OPEN_PRS=$(gh pr list \
+            --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
+            --base dev \
+            --state open \
+            --json number,title,body \
+            --jq '.[] | @base64' 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+          ALL_REFERENCED_ISSUES=""
+          while IFS= read -r PR_ROW; do
+            [[ -z "$PR_ROW" ]] && continue
+            PR_JSON=$(printf '%s' "$PR_ROW" | base64 --decode)
+            PR_NUM=$(printf '%s' "$PR_JSON" | jq -r '.number')
+            PR_TITLE=$(printf '%s' "$PR_JSON" | jq -r '.title')
+            PR_BODY=$(printf '%s' "$PR_JSON" | jq -r '.body // ""')
+            COMMIT_TEXT=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${PR_NUM}/commits" --paginate --jq '.[].commit.message' 2>/dev/null || true)
+            PR_TEXT="$PR_TITLE
+            $PR_BODY
+            $COMMIT_TEXT"
+            PR_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n' "$PR_TEXT" | \
+              perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+              grep -oE '#[0-9]+' || true)
+            if [[ -n "$PR_ISSUES" ]]; then
+              ALL_REFERENCED_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$ALL_REFERENCED_ISSUES" "$PR_ISSUES")
+            fi
+          done <<< "$OPEN_PRS"
+
+          ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n' "$ALL_REFERENCED_ISSUES" | grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | sort -u || true)
+          CURRENT_PENDING=$(gh issue list --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --label "pending-release" --state all --json number --jq '.[].number' 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+          gh label create "pending-release" \
+            --color "fbca04" \
+            --description "Fix in review, awaiting merge" \
+            --repo ${{ github.repository }} 2>/dev/null || true
 
           if [[ -z "$ISSUES" ]]; then
-            echo "No linked issues found in PR"
-            exit 0
+            echo "No linked issues found across open dev PRs"
+          else
+            for ISSUE in $ISSUES; do
+              NUM=${ISSUE#\#}
+              echo "Ensuring issue #$NUM has pending-release"
+              gh issue edit "$NUM" --add-label "pending-release" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" || true
+            done
           fi
 
-          for ISSUE in $ISSUES; do
-            NUM=${ISSUE#\#}
-            echo "Labeling issue #$NUM as pending-release"
-
-            # Create label if doesn't exist
-            gh label create "pending-release" \
-              --color "fbca04" \
-              --description "Fix in review, awaiting merge" \
-              --repo ${{ github.repository }} 2>/dev/null || true
-
-            # Add label to issue
-            gh issue edit $NUM --add-label "pending-release" --repo ${{ github.repository }} || true
+          for NUM in $CURRENT_PENDING; do
+            if ! printf '%s\n' "$ISSUES" | grep -qx "#${NUM}"; then
+              echo "Removing stale pending-release from issue #$NUM"
+              gh issue edit "$NUM" --remove-label "pending-release" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" 2>/dev/null || true
+            fi
           done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cd5a4eec..5b0e2220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -93,12 +93,54 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)
           RELEASE_BODY=$(gh release view "v${VERSION}" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --json body --jq '.body' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-          RELEASE_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_BODY" | \
+          PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG=$(git tag -l "v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]" --sort=-v:refname | \
+            grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' | \
+            grep -vx "v${VERSION}" | head -1 || echo "")
+          RANGE="${PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG:+${PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG}..HEAD~1}"
+          if [[ -z "$RANGE" ]]; then
+            RANGE="HEAD~50..HEAD~1"
+          fi
+
+          COMMIT_TEXT=$(git log $RANGE --pretty=format:"%s%n%b" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          PR_CANDIDATES=$(printf '%s\n' "$COMMIT_TEXT" | \
+            grep -oE "Merge pull request #[0-9]+|\\(#[0-9]+\\)" | \
+            grep -oE "[0-9]+" | sort -u || true)
+
+          PR_TEXT=""
+          for PR_NUM in $PR_CANDIDATES; do
+            DETAILS=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUM" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --json title,body --jq '.title + "\n" + (.body // "")' 2>/dev/null || true)
+            if [[ -n "$DETAILS" ]]; then
+              PR_TEXT="${PR_TEXT}"$'\n'"${DETAILS}"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_BODY=$(printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_BODY" | \
             perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
-            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' | sort -u || true)
-          RESOLVED_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_BODY" | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS=$(printf '%s\n' "$COMMIT_TEXT" | \
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_PRS=$(printf '%s\n' "$PR_TEXT" | \
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves|refs?)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RELEASE_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n' \
+            "$RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_BODY" \
+            "$RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS" \
+            "$RELEASE_ISSUES_FROM_PRS" | sort -u || true)
+
+          RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_BODY=$(printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_BODY" | \
             perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
-            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' | sort -u || true)
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS=$(printf '%s\n' "$COMMIT_TEXT" | \
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_PRS=$(printf '%s\n' "$PR_TEXT" | \
+            perl -ne 'if (/(fixes|closes|resolves)(.*)/i) { print "$2\n"; }' | \
+            grep -oE '#[0-9]+' | tr -d '#' || true)
+          RESOLVED_ISSUES=$(printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n' \
+            "$RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_BODY" \
+            "$RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_COMMITS" \
+            "$RESOLVED_ISSUES_FROM_PRS" | sort -u || true)
 
           if [[ -z "$RELEASE_ISSUES" ]]; then
             echo "No release-scoped issues found for v${VERSION}"