diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index aa4ceb30..ad4ae449 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.65.0
\ No newline at end of file
+0.65.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index 761ce00f..f7428d84 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.65.1",
+    date: "2026-08-16",
+    summary:
+      "“Get full history” now finishes very large channels in one pass instead of appearing to stall.",
+    fixes: [
+      "Asking for a channel's full history now completes very large channels (thousands of videos) in a single pass. Previously a channel just over ~3,000 videos would look stuck — the button kept spinning while the rest of the catalogue trickled in over the background schedule for many minutes. The button now also shows a live “stored / total” count while it fills.",
+    ],
+    chores: [
+      "Backend hardening: the full-history backfill now saves its progress after every page (so an interrupted run resumes where it left off instead of re-fetching and re-spending API quota), and the shared daily-quota guard was centralized so a long run no longer holds a database connection open during each network call. Added automated tests that lock in both behaviours.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.65.0",
     date: "2026-08-15",