From 4070b347e45dfebe75f853b9899c3e0a91b5f29e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 12:31:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: message type detection in release notes script

---
 utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js b/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
index cb0c7a4a8..c2927f625 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
+++ b/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
@@ -118,11 +118,16 @@ function categorizeCommits(commits, { mergeOnly, importantOnly }) {
 		if (mergeOnly && !isMerge) continue;
 
 		const type =
-			Object.keys(sections).find(
-				(k) =>
-					msg.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${k}:`) ||
-					msg.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${k} `),
-			) || "other";
+			Object.keys(sections).find((k) => {
+				const lowerMsg = msg.toLowerCase();
+				return (
+					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}:`) ||
+					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k} `) ||
+					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}(`) ||
+					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}: `) ||
+					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}(`) // handles e.g. 'feat(plugin-api): ...'
+				);
+			}) || "other";
 
 		if (
 			importantOnly &&

From f37982c8c34381ce9d69ea9bb7a09e16c0731bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 12:34:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove redundant check for message prefix

---
 utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js b/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
index c2927f625..8dcb6e61c 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
+++ b/utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ function categorizeCommits(commits, { mergeOnly, importantOnly }) {
 				return (
 					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}:`) ||
 					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k} `) ||
-					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}(`) ||
 					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}: `) ||
 					lowerMsg.startsWith(`${k}(`) // handles e.g. 'feat(plugin-api): ...'
 				);