diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
index 7c43d62d..5f15fcca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   actions: read
+  issues: read
 
 concurrency:
   group: publish-prerelease-${{ inputs.tag }}
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with: { node-version: 22 }
-      - name: Pin the current dev candidate
+      - name: Pin the dev candidate or the existing annotated tag
         id: candidate
         env:
           TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
@@ -42,12 +43,23 @@ jobs:
             echo "::error::Prereleases must be dispatched from the dev branch, got $REF_NAME"
             exit 1
           }
-          SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          git fetch origin dev
-          test "$(git rev-parse origin/dev)" = "$SHA" || {
-            echo "::error::The dispatched SHA is no longer the origin/dev tip"
-            exit 1
-          }
+          DISPATCHED_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          git fetch --force origin dev --tags
+          REMOTE=$(git ls-remote --tags origin "refs/tags/$TAG" "refs/tags/$TAG^{}")
+          if [ -n "$REMOTE" ]; then
+            SHA=$(printf '%s\n' "$REMOTE" | awk -v ref="refs/tags/$TAG^{}" '$2 == ref {print $1}')
+            test -n "$SHA" || {
+              echo "::error::Existing remote tag $TAG is not annotated"
+              exit 1
+            }
+          else
+            SHA=$DISPATCHED_SHA
+            test "$(git rev-parse origin/dev)" = "$SHA" || {
+              echo "::error::The dispatched SHA is no longer the origin/dev tip"
+              exit 1
+            }
+          fi
+          git checkout --detach "$SHA"
           echo "sha=$SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Verify version, changelogs and bilingual release notes
@@ -77,6 +89,35 @@ jobs:
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           SHA: ${{ steps.candidate.outputs.sha }}
         run: node scripts/release-gate.mjs "$SHA"
+      - name: Bind issue membership to the exact candidate
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          TAG: ${{ steps.candidate.outputs.tag }}
+          SHA: ${{ steps.candidate.outputs.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p release-membership
+          if gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+              --dir release-membership --pattern RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json --clobber || true
+          fi
+          if [ -s release-membership/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json ]; then
+            node scripts/release-membership.mjs verify --tag="$TAG" --candidate="$SHA" \
+              --input=release-membership/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
+          else
+            ISSUES=$(gh issue list --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --state open \
+              --label S8-merged --limit 1000 --json number --jq 'map(.number)|join(",")')
+            node scripts/release-membership.mjs create --tag="$TAG" --candidate="$SHA" \
+              --issues="$ISSUES" --allow-unmatched \
+              --output=release-membership/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
+          fi
+      - name: Preserve candidate membership for publication
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: release-membership
+          path: release-membership/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 7
 
   publish:
     name: Публикация тега и релиза
@@ -92,6 +133,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with: { node-version: 22 }
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: release-membership
+          path: release-assets
       - name: Build and verify both release assets before publication
         env:
           TAG: ${{ needs.gate.outputs.tag }}
@@ -115,7 +160,9 @@ jobs:
           test -s houseplan.zip
           mkdir -p release-assets
           cp dist/houseplan-card.js houseplan.zip release-assets/
-          node scripts/release-assets.mjs sums release-assets
+          node scripts/release-membership.mjs verify --tag="$TAG" --candidate="$SHA" \
+            --input=release-assets/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
+          node scripts/release-assets.mjs sums release-assets --include-membership
       - name: Create or verify the annotated tag
         env:
           TAG: ${{ needs.gate.outputs.tag }}
@@ -154,8 +201,23 @@ jobs:
           fi
           WAS_DRAFT=$(gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --json isDraft --jq .isDraft)
           echo "newly_published=$WAS_DRAFT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if [ "$WAS_DRAFT" = "false" ]; then
+            mkdir -p existing-public
+            if gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --dir existing-public \
+                --pattern houseplan-card.js --pattern houseplan.zip \
+                --pattern RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json --pattern SHA256SUMS --clobber \
+              && diff -u release-assets/SHA256SUMS existing-public/SHA256SUMS \
+              && node scripts/release-assets.mjs check existing-public release-assets/SHA256SUMS \
+              && node scripts/release-membership.mjs verify --tag="$TAG" --candidate="${{ needs.gate.outputs.sha }}" \
+                --input=existing-public/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json; then
+              echo "release is already public and byte-identical; publication skipped"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            echo "existing public assets need recovery; verified files will be uploaded again"
+          fi
           gh release upload "$TAG" release-assets/houseplan-card.js release-assets/houseplan.zip \
-            release-assets/SHA256SUMS --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber
+            release-assets/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json release-assets/SHA256SUMS \
+            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber
           RELEASE_JSON=$(gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
             --json tagName,isDraft,isPrerelease,assets,url)
           export RELEASE_JSON TAG
@@ -163,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
           const release = JSON.parse(process.env.RELEASE_JSON);
           if (release.tagName !== process.env.TAG) throw new Error('release tag mismatch');
           const assets = new Map(release.assets.map((asset) => [asset.name, asset]));
-          for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'SHA256SUMS']) {
+          for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json', 'SHA256SUMS']) {
             if (!(Number(assets.get(name)?.size) > 0)) throw new Error(`${name} is missing or empty`);
           }
           NODE
@@ -185,16 +247,19 @@ jobs:
           if (release.tagName !== process.env.TAG || release.isDraft || !release.isPrerelease)
             throw new Error('release is not a public prerelease for the requested tag');
           const assets = new Map(release.assets.map((asset) => [asset.name, asset]));
-          for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'SHA256SUMS']) {
+          for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json', 'SHA256SUMS']) {
             if (!(Number(assets.get(name)?.size) > 0)) throw new Error(`${name} is missing or empty`);
           }
           NODE
           # #540: публичные байты — ровно те, что собраны и проверены выше.
           mkdir -p public
           gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --dir public \
-            --pattern houseplan-card.js --pattern houseplan.zip --pattern SHA256SUMS --clobber
+            --pattern houseplan-card.js --pattern houseplan.zip \
+            --pattern RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json --pattern SHA256SUMS --clobber
           diff -u release-assets/SHA256SUMS public/SHA256SUMS
           node scripts/release-assets.mjs check public release-assets/SHA256SUMS
+          node scripts/release-membership.mjs verify --tag="$TAG" --candidate="$SHA" \
+            --input=public/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
           test "$(git rev-list -n 1 "$TAG")" = "$SHA"
           URL=$(node -p "JSON.parse(process.env.RELEASE_JSON).url")
           echo "url=$URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -219,26 +284,31 @@ jobs:
               );
             }
 
-  # PROCESS.md 10.2 item 10: closing issues and stripping status labels happens
-  # because a beta was published, not because someone remembered to do it. The
-  # manual step was skipped twice, and both times it broke the invariant that a
-  # closed issue carries no status label — the one thing `verify` relies on.
-  #
-  # A manual step after a successful release is the worst kind: by the time it is
-  # due, the work already looks finished, which is exactly why it gets forgotten.
+  # #547: bookkeeping is driven by the immutable candidate manifest, not by the
+  # mutable S8 queue. It also runs on a verified retry of an already-public beta.
   close-merged:
     name: Закрытие вошедших issue
     needs: [gate, publish]
-    if: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.newly_published == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      actions: read
       # Deliberately the stock token, not a PAT: events caused by GITHUB_TOKEN do
       # not start workflows, so removing the label cannot wake the review
       # pipeline. A PAT here would build a cascade out of a bookkeeping step.
       issues: write
     steps:
-      - name: Close the S8-merged queue and strip status labels
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.gate.outputs.sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+        with: { node-version: 22 }
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: release-membership
+          path: release-membership
+      - name: Finish only the issues proven in the candidate manifest
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -246,33 +316,9 @@ jobs:
           URL: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.url }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # Only the owner's issues take part in the process; issues filed by
-          # anyone else never carry status labels and are not ours to close.
-          numbers=$(gh issue list --repo "$REPO" --state open --label S8-merged \
-            --author Matysh --limit 100 --json number --jq '.[].number')
-          if [ -z "$numbers" ]; then
-            echo "the S8-merged queue is empty, nothing to close"
-          else
-            for n in $numbers; do
-              gh issue comment "$n" --repo "$REPO" \
-                --body "Выпущено в \`$TAG\` · [релиз]($URL)"
-              # Label first, then close. If the run dies between the two steps an
-              # open issue without a status is visible and fixable in the flow;
-              # the reverse order would recreate the exact breakage this job is
-              # here to prevent.
-              gh issue edit "$n" --repo "$REPO" --remove-label S8-merged
-              gh issue close "$n" --repo "$REPO" --reason completed
-              echo "closed #$n"
-            done
-          fi
-          # Targeted at the defect that actually recurs, not at the invariant in
-          # general: no closed issue may still carry S8-merged.
-          leftover=$(gh issue list --repo "$REPO" --state closed --label S8-merged \
-            --limit 100 --json number --jq 'length')
-          test "$leftover" = "0" || {
-            echo "::error::$leftover closed issues still carry S8-merged"
-            exit 1
-          }
+          node scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs --repo="$REPO" --tag="$TAG" \
+            --candidate="${{ needs.gate.outputs.sha }}" --url="$URL" \
+            --membership=release-membership/RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json
 
   announce:
     name: Комментарий о публикации
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 6b122b70..8ef4bb69 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -484,10 +484,11 @@ screenshots `sourceFingerprint` against current `src/**`, which is exactly what
 went red after the #113 merge. A stable release additionally waits for Full
 Performance and for a green E2E run on a real Home Assistant (`houseplan-e2e`,
 dispatched on the candidate SHA by `release.yml`, #514/#540); betas and the
-development cycle never run E2E. Installable assets (`houseplan.zip`,
-`houseplan-card.js`, `SHA256SUMS`) reach the public release only from
-`release.yml` after those gates; a release published by hand is turned back into
-a draft first (#540).
+development cycle never run E2E. Stable installable assets (`houseplan.zip`,
+`houseplan-card.js` and their `SHA256SUMS`) reach the public stable release only
+from `release.yml` after those gates; a release published by hand is turned back
+into a draft first (#540). The prerelease publisher additionally ships a
+candidate-bound `RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json` covered by the same passport (#547).
 
 **"Verified" without a named command and its result is not evidence.**
 
@@ -547,4 +548,7 @@ the work itself and follows the ordinary rules, trailers included.
 
 Issues are closed in a batch when a beta ships, not when implementation ends: that
 way a bug found in the beta returns to the same task, and the beta announcement can
-list what went in. Status labels are stripped as the issues close.
+list what went in. The batch is immutable candidate membership proven by Git
+trailers, never the mutable S8 queue at close time; authorship does not change
+membership. Status labels are stripped as the issues close, and retries resume the
+same manifest without duplicating the release comment (#547).
diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md
index 32424803..634ad2dc 100644
--- a/PROCESS.md
+++ b/PROCESS.md
@@ -878,10 +878,17 @@ post-beta коммит остаётся в проверке и по закрыт
 Не реализовано и остаётся долгом:
 
 9. `npm run release:prerelease -- --issues=…` не проверяет, есть ли у issue
-   зелёный вердикт код-ревью;
-10. закрытие issue и снятие статусных меток при публикации беты делаются руками —
-    `node process-labels/apply.mjs cleanup --apply`, а не `publish-prerelease.yml`.
-    Пропуск этого шага уже ломал инвариант «закрытый issue без статусной метки».
+   зелёный вердикт код-ревью.
+
+Закрытие вошедших issue автоматизировано (#120, #547). При старте беты текущая
+очередь S8 служит только списком кандидатов: `RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json` оставляет
+из неё лишь номера с доказанным `Issue: #NN` в Git-диапазоне зафиксированного
+SHA. Manifest публикуется и входит в `SHA256SUMS`; свежая очередь S8 после
+публикации не перечитывается. Общий для workflow и локальной команды bookkeeping
+идемпотентно добавляет один маркированный release-комментарий, снимает все
+статусные метки и закрывает issue. Поэтому повтор после сбоя продолжает manifest,
+даже если метка уже снята или release уже public; автор issue на membership не
+влияет.
 
 ### 10.3 Страховка и разбор
 
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 8a8ea328..9b43ec5a 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ version authorities, both changelogs need a dated section, and the canonical
 bilingual `docs/RELEASE-NOTES.md` must link to immutable tagged changelogs. A
 public release is assembled as a draft, receives and verifies
 `houseplan-card.js` plus `houseplan.zip`, and becomes visible only after the
-exact candidate SHA has a green Validate. Existing release-event workflows are
+exact candidate SHA has a green Validate. `RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json` binds the
+issue batch to that SHA through commit trailers and is itself covered by
+`SHA256SUMS`; the post-publication bookkeeping never selects the live S8 queue.
+The same manifest consumer makes local and workflow retries idempotent across
+comment, label-removal and close failures. Existing release-event workflows are
 kept as an independent recovery path; they enforce the same exact-SHA gate.
 `Validate` contains only the candidate performance smoke so ordinary betas do
 not wait for a full comparison. Every `main` promotion starts the dedicated
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
index d87f868f..37febb1a 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -401,16 +401,20 @@ operation; it does not modify the developer's Git configuration.
 It creates or verifies an
 annotated exact-SHA tag, builds `houseplan.zip` directly from that committed
 tree, verifies its manifest and embedded frontend against the candidate hash,
-stages a draft prerelease and uploads both assets plus their `SHA256SUMS`
-passport. Only then does it make the release public. It verifies the downloaded
-public asset contents against the candidate and the passport, checks the
-paginated HACS prerelease order, and finally closes only the explicitly supplied
-issues and strips their status label. Nothing else re-uploads assets after
-publication (#540): the bytes it verified are the bytes that stay. Re-running the same command
-after a partial failure is safe when local/remote tags still resolve to the same
-SHA: stale public assets are replaced and verified rather than accepted or left
-for manual deletion. ZIP inspection is implemented in Node and does not depend
-on the host's `tar`/`unzip` variant. A per-tag local lock and GitHub workflow
+and creates `RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json`. Every explicitly supplied issue must have
+an `Issue: #NN` trailer in the candidate history since the previous release;
+issue authorship is irrelevant. The prerelease is staged as a draft and receives
+both installable assets, the membership manifest and their `SHA256SUMS` passport.
+Only then does it become public. The downloaded public bytes and membership are
+verified against the candidate, followed by the paginated HACS order and
+manifest-driven issue bookkeeping. Nothing else re-uploads assets after
+publication (#540): the bytes it verified are the bytes that stay. Re-running
+the same command after a partial failure is safe when the checkout still points
+to the tagged candidate: stale assets are repaired, while a hidden per-release
+comment marker, manifest membership and postcondition check make comment,
+status-label removal and close individually repeatable (#547). ZIP inspection
+is implemented in Node and does not depend on the host's `tar`/`unzip` variant.
+A per-tag local lock and GitHub workflow
 concurrency reject parallel runs; the local lock is removed on normal exit and
 on handled `SIGHUP`/`SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` interruption (`SIGKILL` cannot be handled
 by any process).
@@ -421,9 +425,12 @@ draft-first publication entirely on GitHub, including both assets. Prereleases
 are intentionally silent in Telegram; only stable releases are announced.
 GitHub exposes a `workflow_dispatch` button only after
 the workflow file exists on the default branch; until the next promotion to
-`main`, use the local command. The button deliberately does not close Issues:
-closing them is the release manager's call, and the `close-merged` job does it
-from the beta itself (#120).
+`main`, use the local command. The workflow snapshots the current S8 candidates
+before publication, then retains only issues proven by Git history in the pinned
+SHA. Its `close-merged` job consumes that immutable manifest after public asset
+verification, so work merged later remains open and an accepted external issue
+is treated like an owner-authored one. A retry reuses the published manifest and
+resumes bookkeeping even when the release is already public (#120, #547).
 
 **Stable releases** go through `.github/workflows/release.yml`, the only
 publisher of installable assets (#540). Run it with `workflow_dispatch` on
diff --git a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
index f091a59b..82411ae4 100644
--- a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
@@ -7859,6 +7859,29 @@ const MUTANT_DEFINITIONS = [
       replace: '    else if (false) mismatched.push(name);',
     }],
   },
+  {
+    id: 'prerelease-membership-keeps-unproven-s8',
+    guard: 'node --test test/release-membership.test.mjs',
+    because: '#547: the mutable S8 queue is only a hint. Keeping an issue without an '
+      + 'Issue trailer in the pinned candidate recreates the A -> B -> publish A race and '
+      + 'closes B as if it had shipped',
+    patches: [{
+      file: 'scripts/release-membership.mjs',
+      find: '      .filter((number) => evidence.get(number).length > 0)',
+      replace: '      .filter(() => true) // mutant: trust the live S8 snapshot',
+    }],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'prerelease-bookkeeping-duplicates-release-comment',
+    guard: 'node --test test/release-bookkeeping.test.mjs',
+    because: '#547: a failure after commenting but before label removal must be retryable; '
+      + 'without the marker check every retry adds another public release comment',
+    patches: [{
+      file: 'scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs',
+      find: '    comment: !comments.some((body) => String(body).includes(marker)),',
+      replace: '    comment: true, // mutant: retries duplicate the comment',
+    }],
+  },
   {
     id: 'render-invalidation-unknown-key-ignored',
     guard: 'node --test test/render-invalidation.test.mjs',
diff --git a/scripts/release-assets.mjs b/scripts/release-assets.mjs
index 2a940d9e..fa33edbf 100644
--- a/scripts/release-assets.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-assets.mjs
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { appendFileSync, existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { isMainModule } from './spawn-portable.mjs';
+import { MEMBERSHIP_FILE } from './release-membership.mjs';
 
 /** Установочные ассеты — то, что скачивает HACS и человек. Ровно эти два. */
 export const INSTALLABLE_ASSETS = ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip'];
+/** Candidate identity is not installable, but is part of the verified release. */
+export const PASSPORTED_ASSETS = [...INSTALLABLE_ASSETS, MEMBERSHIP_FILE];
 export const SUMS_FILE = 'SHA256SUMS';
 
 export const sha256Hex = (bytes) => createHash('sha256').update(bytes).digest('hex');
@@ -83,8 +86,9 @@ if (isMainModule(import.meta.url)) { // #496: переносимо для Window
     const [command, dir, sumsPath] = positionals;
     if (command === 'sums') {
       if (!dir) throw new Error('usage: release-assets.mjs sums <dir> [--out=<file>]');
-      const entries = sumsOfDirectory(dir);
-      for (const name of INSTALLABLE_ASSETS) {
+      const names = flag('include-membership') ? PASSPORTED_ASSETS : INSTALLABLE_ASSETS;
+      const entries = sumsOfDirectory(dir, names);
+      for (const name of names) {
         if (!entries[name]) throw new Error(`${name} отсутствует в ${dir} — паспорт не выписывается на неполный набор`);
       }
       const out = value('out') || resolve(dir, SUMS_FILE);
diff --git a/scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs b/scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33071221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/** Idempotent issue bookkeeping driven only by a verified release manifest. */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { isMainModule } from './spawn-portable.mjs';
+import { MEMBERSHIP_FILE, verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit } from './release-membership.mjs';
+
+export const releaseCommentMarker = (tag) => `<!-- houseplan-release:${tag} -->`;
+
+export function planIssueBookkeeping({ state, labels = [], comments = [] }, tag) {
+  const marker = releaseCommentMarker(tag);
+  return {
+    comment: !comments.some((body) => String(body).includes(marker)),
+    removeLabels: labels.filter((name) => /^S\d+-/.test(name)).sort(),
+    close: state === 'OPEN',
+  };
+}
+
+export function finishManifestIssues({ manifest, tag, url, ops }) {
+  const marker = releaseCommentMarker(tag);
+  const body = `Выпущено в \`${tag}\` · [релиз](${url})\n\n${marker}`;
+  for (const { number } of manifest.issues) {
+    const action = planIssueBookkeeping(ops.load(number), tag);
+    if (action.comment) ops.comment(number, body);
+    for (const label of action.removeLabels) ops.removeLabel(number, label);
+    if (action.close) ops.close(number);
+    const final = ops.load(number);
+    if (final.state !== 'CLOSED'
+      || final.labels.some((label) => /^S\d+-/.test(label))
+      || !final.comments.some((comment) => comment.includes(marker))) {
+      throw new Error(`bookkeeping for #${number} is incomplete after the attempted repair`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const parseArgs = (args) => {
+  const values = new Map();
+  for (const arg of args) {
+    const match = /^--([^=]+)=(.*)$/.exec(arg);
+    if (!match) throw new Error(`unexpected argument: ${arg}`);
+    values.set(match[1], match[2]);
+  }
+  return values;
+};
+
+if (isMainModule(import.meta.url)) {
+  try {
+    const values = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
+    const repo = values.get('repo');
+    const tag = values.get('tag');
+    const candidate = values.get('candidate');
+    const url = values.get('url');
+    const membershipPath = values.get('membership') || MEMBERSHIP_FILE;
+    if (!repo || !tag || !candidate || !url) {
+      throw new Error('usage: release-bookkeeping.mjs --repo=... --tag=... --candidate=... --url=... [--membership=...]');
+    }
+    const run = (args) => {
+      const result = spawnSync('gh', args, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024 });
+      if (result.error) throw result.error;
+      if (result.status !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(`gh ${args.join(' ')} failed: ${(result.stderr || result.stdout).trim()}`);
+      }
+      return String(result.stdout || '').trim();
+    };
+    const manifest = verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit(
+      JSON.parse(readFileSync(membershipPath, 'utf8')),
+      { tag, candidate },
+    );
+    const load = (number) => {
+      const issue = JSON.parse(run([
+        'issue', 'view', String(number), '--repo', repo, '--json', 'state,labels',
+      ]));
+      const pages = JSON.parse(run([
+        'api', '--paginate', '--slurp', `repos/${repo}/issues/${number}/comments?per_page=100`,
+      ]) || '[]');
+      return {
+        state: issue.state,
+        labels: (issue.labels || []).map((label) => label.name),
+        comments: pages.flat().map((comment) => comment.body || ''),
+      };
+    };
+    finishManifestIssues({
+      manifest, tag, url,
+      ops: {
+        load,
+        comment: (number, body) => run([
+          'issue', 'comment', String(number), '--repo', repo, '--body', body,
+        ]),
+        removeLabel: (number, label) => run([
+          'issue', 'edit', String(number), '--repo', repo, '--remove-label', label,
+        ]),
+        close: (number) => run([
+          'issue', 'close', String(number), '--repo', repo, '--reason', 'completed',
+        ]),
+      },
+    });
+    for (const { number } of manifest.issues) console.log(`bookkeeping complete for #${number}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release-membership.mjs b/scripts/release-membership.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4906623e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-membership.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Candidate-bound issue membership for prereleases (#547).
+ *
+ * The manifest is deliberately deterministic and contains git evidence for
+ * every issue. An S8 label is only an input hint; it is never proof that an
+ * issue belongs to the pinned candidate.
+ */
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { isMainModule } from './spawn-portable.mjs';
+
+export const MEMBERSHIP_FILE = 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json';
+export const MEMBERSHIP_SCHEMA = 1;
+
+const SHA_RE = /^[0-9a-f]{40,64}$/;
+const TAG_RE = /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$/;
+
+export function parseMembershipIssueList(value = '') {
+  if (!String(value).trim()) return [];
+  const parts = String(value).split(',').map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  if (parts.some((part) => !/^[1-9]\d*$/.test(part))) {
+    throw new Error(`issues must be comma-separated positive numbers: ${value}`);
+  }
+  return [...new Set(parts.map(Number))].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+}
+
+export function issueTrailers(message = '') {
+  const found = [];
+  for (const line of String(message).split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const match = /^Issue:\s*#([1-9]\d*)\s*$/.exec(line.trim());
+    if (match) found.push(Number(match[1]));
+  }
+  return [...new Set(found)];
+}
+
+export function buildReleaseMembership({
+  tag, candidate, base = null, commits = [], issueNumbers = [], allowUnmatched = false,
+}) {
+  const requested = [...new Set(issueNumbers.map(Number))].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  const evidence = new Map(requested.map((number) => [number, []]));
+  for (const commit of commits) {
+    if (!SHA_RE.test(commit.sha)) throw new Error(`invalid commit SHA: ${commit.sha}`);
+    for (const number of issueTrailers(commit.message)) {
+      if (evidence.has(number)) evidence.get(number).push(commit.sha);
+    }
+  }
+  const unmatched = requested.filter((number) => evidence.get(number).length === 0);
+  if (unmatched.length && !allowUnmatched) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `issues are not proven in candidate ${candidate}: ${unmatched.map((n) => `#${n}`).join(', ')}`,
+    );
+  }
+  const manifest = {
+    schema: MEMBERSHIP_SCHEMA,
+    tag,
+    candidate,
+    base,
+    issues: requested
+      .filter((number) => evidence.get(number).length > 0)
+      .map((number) => ({ number, commits: [...new Set(evidence.get(number))].sort() })),
+  };
+  validateReleaseMembership(manifest, { tag, candidate });
+  return { manifest, unmatched };
+}
+
+export function validateReleaseMembership(manifest, expected = {}) {
+  if (!manifest || typeof manifest !== 'object' || Array.isArray(manifest)) {
+    throw new Error('release membership must be a JSON object');
+  }
+  if (manifest.schema !== MEMBERSHIP_SCHEMA) {
+    throw new Error(`unsupported release membership schema: ${manifest.schema}`);
+  }
+  if (!TAG_RE.test(manifest.tag || '')) throw new Error(`invalid membership tag: ${manifest.tag}`);
+  if (!SHA_RE.test(manifest.candidate || '')) {
+    throw new Error(`invalid membership candidate: ${manifest.candidate}`);
+  }
+  if (expected.tag && manifest.tag !== expected.tag) {
+    throw new Error(`membership tag ${manifest.tag} != expected ${expected.tag}`);
+  }
+  if (expected.candidate && manifest.candidate !== expected.candidate) {
+    throw new Error(`membership candidate ${manifest.candidate} != expected ${expected.candidate}`);
+  }
+  if (manifest.base !== null) {
+    if (!manifest.base || typeof manifest.base !== 'object'
+      || !TAG_RE.test(manifest.base.tag || '') || !SHA_RE.test(manifest.base.sha || '')) {
+      throw new Error('membership base must be null or { tag, sha }');
+    }
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(manifest.issues)) throw new Error('membership issues must be an array');
+  let previous = 0;
+  for (const issue of manifest.issues) {
+    if (!Number.isInteger(issue?.number) || issue.number <= previous) {
+      throw new Error('membership issues must be unique positive numbers in ascending order');
+    }
+    if (!Array.isArray(issue.commits) || issue.commits.length === 0
+      || issue.commits.some((sha) => !SHA_RE.test(sha))) {
+      throw new Error(`membership issue #${issue.number} has no valid commit evidence`);
+    }
+    if ([...new Set(issue.commits)].sort().join(',') !== issue.commits.join(',')) {
+      throw new Error(`membership issue #${issue.number} commit evidence must be unique and sorted`);
+    }
+    previous = issue.number;
+  }
+  return manifest;
+}
+
+const git = (args, { allowFailure = false } = {}) => {
+  const result = spawnSync('git', args, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024 });
+  if (result.error) throw result.error;
+  if (result.status !== 0 && !allowFailure) {
+    throw new Error(`git ${args.join(' ')} failed: ${(result.stderr || result.stdout).trim()}`);
+  }
+  return { ok: result.status === 0, stdout: String(result.stdout || '').trim() };
+};
+
+export function readCandidateHistory(candidate) {
+  if (!SHA_RE.test(candidate)) throw new Error(`invalid candidate SHA: ${candidate}`);
+  const previous = git([
+    'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0', '--first-parent', '--match=v*', `${candidate}^`,
+  ], { allowFailure: true });
+  const base = previous.ok && previous.stdout
+    ? { tag: previous.stdout, sha: git(['rev-list', '-n', '1', previous.stdout]).stdout }
+    : null;
+  const range = base ? `${base.sha}..${candidate}` : candidate;
+  const raw = git(['log', '--first-parent', '--format=%H%x1f%B%x1e', range]).stdout;
+  const commits = raw.split('\x1e').map((record) => record.trim()).filter(Boolean).map((record) => {
+    const separator = record.indexOf('\x1f');
+    if (separator < 0) throw new Error('cannot parse candidate git history');
+    return { sha: record.slice(0, separator).trim(), message: record.slice(separator + 1) };
+  });
+  return { base, commits };
+}
+
+export function verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit(manifest, expected = {}) {
+  validateReleaseMembership(manifest, expected);
+  const history = readCandidateHistory(manifest.candidate);
+  if (JSON.stringify(history.base) !== JSON.stringify(manifest.base)) {
+    throw new Error('membership base does not match the candidate history');
+  }
+  const all = new Set(history.commits.map((commit) => commit.sha));
+  const byIssue = new Map();
+  for (const commit of history.commits) {
+    for (const number of issueTrailers(commit.message)) {
+      if (!byIssue.has(number)) byIssue.set(number, new Set());
+      byIssue.get(number).add(commit.sha);
+    }
+  }
+  for (const issue of manifest.issues) {
+    for (const sha of issue.commits) {
+      if (!all.has(sha) || !byIssue.get(issue.number)?.has(sha)) {
+        throw new Error(`membership evidence ${sha} does not prove issue #${issue.number}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return manifest;
+}
+
+const parseArgs = (args) => {
+  const [command, ...rest] = args;
+  const values = new Map();
+  const switches = new Set();
+  for (const arg of rest) {
+    const match = /^--([^=]+)(?:=(.*))?$/.exec(arg);
+    if (!match) throw new Error(`unexpected argument: ${arg}`);
+    if (match[2] === undefined) switches.add(match[1]);
+    else values.set(match[1], match[2]);
+  }
+  return { command, values, switches };
+};
+
+if (isMainModule(import.meta.url)) {
+  try {
+    const { command, values, switches } = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
+    const tag = values.get('tag');
+    const candidate = values.get('candidate');
+    const input = resolve(values.get('input') || MEMBERSHIP_FILE);
+    if (command === 'create') {
+      const { base, commits } = readCandidateHistory(candidate);
+      const { manifest, unmatched } = buildReleaseMembership({
+        tag,
+        candidate,
+        base,
+        commits,
+        issueNumbers: parseMembershipIssueList(values.get('issues')),
+        allowUnmatched: switches.has('allow-unmatched'),
+      });
+      const output = resolve(values.get('output') || MEMBERSHIP_FILE);
+      writeFileSync(output, `${JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2)}\n`);
+      if (unmatched.length) {
+        console.log(`Excluded without candidate proof: ${unmatched.map((n) => `#${n}`).join(', ')}`);
+      }
+      console.log(`Membership: ${manifest.issues.map((row) => `#${row.number}`).join(', ') || '(empty)'}`);
+    } else if (command === 'verify' || command === 'list') {
+      const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(input, 'utf8'));
+      verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit(manifest, { tag, candidate });
+      if (command === 'list') console.log(manifest.issues.map((row) => row.number).join(','));
+      else console.log(`Verified ${input}: ${manifest.issues.length} issue(s)`);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('usage: release-membership.mjs create|verify|list --tag=... --candidate=...');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release-prerelease.mjs b/scripts/release-prerelease.mjs
index c19b53fb..6cf24486 100644
--- a/scripts/release-prerelease.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-prerelease.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import { assertReleaseContract } from './release-contract.mjs';
 import { classifyValidateProofs } from './release-gate.mjs';
 import { assertBundleManifest } from './bundle-tree.mjs';
 import { SUMS_FILE, compareSums, formatSums, parseSums, sumsOfDirectory } from './release-assets.mjs';
+import {
+  MEMBERSHIP_FILE, buildReleaseMembership, readCandidateHistory,
+  verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit,
+} from './release-membership.mjs';
 
 const SUBPROCESS_MAX_BUFFER = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
 
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ export function verifyReleaseProjection(release, { tag }) {
   if (release.isDraft) throw new Error(`GitHub release ${tag} is still a draft`);
   if (!release.isPrerelease) throw new Error(`GitHub release ${tag} is not marked as a prerelease`);
   const assets = new Map((release.assets || []).map((asset) => [asset.name, asset]));
-  for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', SUMS_FILE]) {
+  for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', MEMBERSHIP_FILE, SUMS_FILE]) {
     const asset = assets.get(name);
     if (!asset || !(Number(asset.size) > 0)) throw new Error(`Release asset ${name} is missing or empty`);
   }
@@ -347,12 +351,13 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
     return zipPath;
   };
 
-  const verifyRemoteAssetContents = (version, bundleSnapshot) => {
+  const verifyRemoteAssetContents = (version, bundleSnapshot, candidate) => {
     const download = mkdtempSync(resolve(tmpdir(), 'houseplan-release-check-'));
     try {
       run('gh', [
         'release', 'download', tag, '--repo', repo, '--dir', download,
-        '--pattern', 'houseplan-card.js', '--pattern', 'houseplan.zip', '--pattern', SUMS_FILE, '--clobber',
+        '--pattern', 'houseplan-card.js', '--pattern', 'houseplan.zip',
+        '--pattern', MEMBERSHIP_FILE, '--pattern', SUMS_FILE, '--clobber',
       ]);
       try {
         const cardPath = resolve(download, 'houseplan-card.js');
@@ -360,12 +365,24 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
         if (cardHash !== bundleSnapshot.entrySha256)
           throw new Error(`Published houseplan-card.js hash ${cardHash} != candidate ${bundleSnapshot.entrySha256}`);
         verifyZipContents(resolve(download, 'houseplan.zip'), version, bundleSnapshot);
+        const membership = verifyReleaseMembershipAgainstGit(
+          JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(download, MEMBERSHIP_FILE), 'utf8')),
+          { tag, candidate },
+        );
+        if (issues.length) {
+          const actual = membership.issues.map((row) => row.number);
+          if (JSON.stringify(actual) !== JSON.stringify([...issues].sort((a, b) => a - b))) {
+            throw new Error(`Published membership ${actual.join(',')} != requested ${issues.join(',')}`);
+          }
+        }
         // #540: паспорт обязан быть и обязан описывать ровно эти байты.
+        const expectedSums = parseSums(readFileSync(resolve(download, SUMS_FILE), 'utf8'));
         const passport = compareSums(
-          parseSums(readFileSync(resolve(download, SUMS_FILE), 'utf8')),
-          sumsOfDirectory(download),
+          expectedSums,
+          sumsOfDirectory(download, Object.keys(expectedSums)),
         );
         if (!passport.ok) throw new Error(`Published ${SUMS_FILE} disagrees with the assets: ${JSON.stringify(passport)}`);
+        return membership;
       } catch (error) {
         throw new ReleaseAssetContentError(
           error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
@@ -426,26 +443,11 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
   // отсутствие задачи в проекте роняло публикацию. Статус живёт в метках
   // (PROCESS.md §9), и релизу нечего синхронизировать: он закрывает issue и
   // снимает статусную метку, как это делает job close-merged (#120).
-  const finishIssues = (releaseUrl) => {
-    if (!issues.length) return;
-    for (const issue of issues) {
-      const row = ghJson(['issue', 'view', String(issue), '--repo', repo, '--json', 'state,labels']);
-      if (row.state === 'OPEN') {
-        const status = (row.labels || [])
-          .map((label) => label.name)
-          .filter((name) => /^S\d-/.test(name));
-        // Метка снимается ДО закрытия: инвариант «закрытый issue не несёт
-        // статусных меток» ломался уже дважды, и оба раза из-за обратного
-        // порядка в ручном шаге.
-        for (const name of status) {
-          run('gh', ['issue', 'edit', String(issue), '--repo', repo, '--remove-label', name]);
-        }
-        run('gh', [
-          'issue', 'close', String(issue), '--repo', repo, '--reason', 'completed',
-          '--comment', `Реализовано и опубликовано в [${tag}](${releaseUrl}).`,
-        ], { inherit: true });
-      }
-    }
+  const finishIssues = (releaseUrl, sha, membershipPath) => {
+    run(process.execPath, [
+      'scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs', `--repo=${repo}`, `--tag=${tag}`,
+      `--candidate=${sha}`, `--url=${releaseUrl}`, `--membership=${membershipPath}`,
+    ], { inherit: true });
   };
 
   const acquireReleaseLock = () => {
@@ -482,14 +484,22 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
     run('git', ['fetch', 'origin', branch]);
     const sha = run('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']).stdout;
     const remoteBranch = run('git', ['rev-parse', `origin/${branch}`]).stdout;
-    if (sha !== remoteBranch) throw new Error(`HEAD ${sha} is not synchronized with origin/${branch} ${remoteBranch}`);
+    const existingTag = remoteTag();
+    if (existingTag.exists) {
+      if (existingTag.commit !== sha) {
+        throw new Error(`Remote tag ${tag} points to ${existingTag.commit}; check out that candidate before retrying`);
+      }
+    } else if (sha !== remoteBranch) {
+      throw new Error(`HEAD ${sha} is not synchronized with origin/${branch} ${remoteBranch}`);
+    }
     const bundleSnapshot = assertBundleSnapshots(sha);
     const bundleSha256 = bundleSnapshot.entrySha256;
     const validateRuns = await assertGreenValidate(sha);
     validateIssues();
-    const existingTag = remoteTag();
-    if (existingTag.exists && existingTag.commit !== sha)
-      throw new Error(`Remote tag ${tag} points to ${existingTag.commit}, expected ${sha}`);
+    const history = readCandidateHistory(sha);
+    const generatedMembership = buildReleaseMembership({
+      tag, candidate: sha, base: history.base, commits: history.commits, issueNumbers: issues,
+    }).manifest;
     const existingRelease = releaseView();
 
     console.log(JSON.stringify({
@@ -525,6 +535,8 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
     try {
       artifactsDir = mkdtempSync(resolve(tmpdir(), 'houseplan-release-'));
       const bundlePath = materializeCommittedBundle(sha, bundleSha256, artifactsDir);
+      const membershipPath = resolve(artifactsDir, MEMBERSHIP_FILE);
+      writeFileSync(membershipPath, `${JSON.stringify(generatedMembership, null, 2)}\n`);
       if (existingRelease && !existingRelease.isDraft) {
         let complete;
         try {
@@ -537,7 +549,8 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
           // A matching name and non-zero size are insufficient: bind both
           // downloadable assets to this exact candidate before closing issues.
           try {
-            verifyRemoteAssetContents(contract.version, bundleSnapshot);
+            const publishedMembership = verifyRemoteAssetContents(contract.version, bundleSnapshot, sha);
+            writeFileSync(membershipPath, `${JSON.stringify(publishedMembership, null, 2)}\n`);
           } catch (error) {
             if (!(error instanceof ReleaseAssetContentError)) throw error;
             console.log(`Published release needs stale-asset recovery: ${error.message}`);
@@ -545,7 +558,7 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
           }
           if (complete) {
             verifyHacsDiscovery();
-            finishIssues(complete.url);
+            finishIssues(complete.url, sha, membershipPath);
             console.log(`Already published and content-verified: ${complete.url}`);
             return;
           }
@@ -579,14 +592,15 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
       writeFileSync(sumsPath, formatSums({
         'houseplan-card.js': sha256Path(bundlePath),
         'houseplan.zip': sha256Path(zipPath),
+        [MEMBERSHIP_FILE]: sha256Path(membershipPath),
       }));
       run('gh', [
-        'release', 'upload', tag, bundlePath, zipPath, sumsPath,
+        'release', 'upload', tag, bundlePath, zipPath, membershipPath, sumsPath,
         '--repo', repo, '--clobber',
       ], { inherit: true });
       const staged = releaseView();
       const stagedAssets = new Map((staged?.assets || []).map((asset) => [asset.name, asset]));
-      for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', SUMS_FILE]) {
+      for (const name of ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', MEMBERSHIP_FILE, SUMS_FILE]) {
         if (!(Number(stagedAssets.get(name)?.size) > 0))
           throw new Error(`Draft release asset ${name} is missing or empty`);
       }
@@ -600,9 +614,9 @@ if (invokedDirectly) {
       const finalTag = remoteTag();
       if (!finalTag.exists || finalTag.commit !== sha)
         throw new Error(`Published tag ${tag} no longer resolves to exact SHA ${sha}`);
-      verifyRemoteAssetContents(contract.version, bundleSnapshot);
+      verifyRemoteAssetContents(contract.version, bundleSnapshot, sha);
       verifyHacsDiscovery();
-      finishIssues(published.url);
+      finishIssues(published.url, sha, membershipPath);
       console.log(`Published and content-verified: ${published.url}`);
     } finally {
       for (const [signal, handler] of signalHandlers) process.removeListener(signal, handler);
diff --git a/test/release-assets.test.mjs b/test/release-assets.test.mjs
index 851d7af1..a69a15c1 100644
--- a/test/release-assets.test.mjs
+++ b/test/release-assets.test.mjs
@@ -8,15 +8,19 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 import {
-  INSTALLABLE_ASSETS, SUMS_FILE, compareSums, formatSums, parseSums, sha256Hex, sumsOfDirectory,
+  INSTALLABLE_ASSETS, PASSPORTED_ASSETS, SUMS_FILE, compareSums, formatSums, parseSums,
+  sha256Hex, sumsOfDirectory,
 } from '../scripts/release-assets.mjs';
 
 const A = 'a'.repeat(64);
 const B = 'b'.repeat(64);
 const C = 'c'.repeat(64);
 
-test('#540: the passport covers exactly the two installable assets, in sha256sum format, sorted', () => {
+test('#540/#547: installables stay two while the passport also binds release membership', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(INSTALLABLE_ASSETS, ['houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip']);
+  assert.deepEqual(PASSPORTED_ASSETS, [
+    'houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json',
+  ]);
   assert.equal(SUMS_FILE, 'SHA256SUMS');
   const text = formatSums({ 'houseplan.zip': A, 'houseplan-card.js': B });
   assert.equal(text, `${B}  houseplan-card.js\n${A}  houseplan.zip\n`);
@@ -49,14 +53,20 @@ test('#540: the CLI writes the passport from real files and refuses an incomplet
     assert.match(r.stderr, /houseplan\.zip отсутствует/);
 
     writeFileSync(join(dir, 'houseplan.zip'), 'zip');
-    r = spawnSync(process.execPath, [script, 'sums', dir], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    r = spawnSync(process.execPath, [script, 'sums', dir, '--include-membership'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    assert.equal(r.status, 1, 'candidate membership is part of a prerelease passport');
+    assert.match(r.stderr, /RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP\.json отсутствует/);
+
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json'), '{"schema":1}\n');
+    r = spawnSync(process.execPath, [script, 'sums', dir, '--include-membership'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
     assert.equal(r.status, 0, r.stderr);
     const sums = readFileSync(join(dir, SUMS_FILE), 'utf8');
     assert.deepEqual(parseSums(sums), {
       'houseplan-card.js': sha256Hex(Buffer.from('card')),
       'houseplan.zip': sha256Hex(Buffer.from('zip')),
+      'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json': sha256Hex(Buffer.from('{"schema":1}\n')),
     });
-    assert.deepEqual(sumsOfDirectory(dir), parseSums(sums));
+    assert.deepEqual(sumsOfDirectory(dir, PASSPORTED_ASSETS), parseSums(sums));
 
     r = spawnSync(process.execPath, [script, 'check', dir, join(dir, SUMS_FILE)], { encoding: 'utf8' });
     assert.equal(r.status, 0, r.stderr);
diff --git a/test/release-bookkeeping.test.mjs b/test/release-bookkeeping.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8575342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/release-bookkeeping.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import {
+  finishManifestIssues, planIssueBookkeeping, releaseCommentMarker,
+} from '../scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs';
+
+const tag = 'v1.76.0-beta.1';
+
+test('#547: first bookkeeping pass comments, strips status and closes', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(planIssueBookkeeping({
+    state: 'OPEN', labels: ['bug', 'S8-merged'], comments: [],
+  }, tag), {
+    comment: true, removeLabels: ['S8-merged'], close: true,
+  });
+});
+
+test('#547 AC3: every partial-failure retry converges without duplicate comments', () => {
+  const marker = releaseCommentMarker(tag);
+  assert.deepEqual(planIssueBookkeeping({
+    state: 'OPEN', labels: ['S8-merged'], comments: [`released\n${marker}`],
+  }, tag), {
+    comment: false, removeLabels: ['S8-merged'], close: true,
+  }, 'retry after comment failure does not comment twice');
+  assert.deepEqual(planIssueBookkeeping({
+    state: 'OPEN', labels: ['bug'], comments: [`released\n${marker}`],
+  }, tag), {
+    comment: false, removeLabels: [], close: true,
+  }, 'retry after label removal still closes from the manifest');
+  assert.deepEqual(planIssueBookkeeping({
+    state: 'CLOSED', labels: ['S8-merged'], comments: [`released\n${marker}`],
+  }, tag), {
+    comment: false, removeLabels: ['S8-merged'], close: false,
+  }, 'retry after close repairs a leftover status label');
+  assert.deepEqual(planIssueBookkeeping({
+    state: 'CLOSED', labels: ['bug'], comments: [`released\n${marker}`],
+  }, tag), {
+    comment: false, removeLabels: [], close: false,
+  });
+});
+
+test('#547 AC1/AC3: manifest retry repairs uncertain steps and never touches later S8 work', () => {
+  const rows = new Map([
+    [10, { state: 'OPEN', labels: ['bug', 'S8-merged'], comments: [] }],
+    [11, { state: 'OPEN', labels: ['S8-merged'], comments: [] }],
+  ]);
+  const calls = [];
+  const ops = {
+    load(number) {
+      calls.push(`load:${number}`);
+      return structuredClone(rows.get(number));
+    },
+    comment(number, body) {
+      calls.push(`comment:${number}`);
+      rows.get(number).comments.push(body);
+    },
+    removeLabel(number, label) {
+      calls.push(`remove:${number}`);
+      rows.get(number).labels = rows.get(number).labels.filter((name) => name !== label);
+    },
+    close(number) {
+      calls.push(`close:${number}`);
+      rows.get(number).state = 'CLOSED';
+    },
+  };
+  const input = { manifest: { issues: [{ number: 10 }] }, tag, url: 'https://example.test/release', ops };
+
+  const originalRemove = ops.removeLabel;
+  let first = true;
+  ops.removeLabel = (...args) => {
+    if (first) { first = false; throw new Error('label API failed'); }
+    originalRemove(...args);
+  };
+  assert.throws(() => finishManifestIssues(input), /label API failed/);
+  assert.equal(rows.get(10).comments.length, 1);
+  finishManifestIssues(input);
+  assert.equal(rows.get(10).comments.length, 1, 'release comment is not duplicated');
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.get(10), {
+    state: 'CLOSED', labels: ['bug'], comments: rows.get(10).comments,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.get(11), {
+    state: 'OPEN', labels: ['S8-merged'], comments: [],
+  }, 'B is not a member of candidate A and remains untouched');
+  assert.equal(calls.some((call) => call.endsWith(':11')), false);
+});
+
+test('#547 AC3: an uncertain close response is harmless on retry', () => {
+  const row = { state: 'OPEN', labels: [], comments: [] };
+  let closeCalls = 0;
+  const ops = {
+    load: () => structuredClone(row),
+    comment: (_number, body) => row.comments.push(body),
+    removeLabel: () => {},
+    close: () => {
+      closeCalls++;
+      row.state = 'CLOSED';
+      if (closeCalls === 1) throw new Error('connection lost after close');
+    },
+  };
+  const input = { manifest: { issues: [{ number: 10 }] }, tag, url: 'https://example.test/release', ops };
+  assert.throws(() => finishManifestIssues(input), /connection lost/);
+  finishManifestIssues(input);
+  assert.equal(closeCalls, 1, 'retry observes the persisted close instead of closing again');
+  assert.equal(row.comments.length, 1);
+});
diff --git a/test/release-contract.test.mjs b/test/release-contract.test.mjs
index 976db9a9..157ed4b9 100644
--- a/test/release-contract.test.mjs
+++ b/test/release-contract.test.mjs
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ test('local orchestrator validates issue lists and public release assets', () =>
   assert.throws(() => parsePrereleaseArgs([tag, 'extra']), /Exactly one/);
   const release = {
     tagName: tag, isDraft: false, isPrerelease: true,
-    assets: [{ name: 'houseplan-card.js', size: 10 }, { name: 'houseplan.zip', size: 20 }, { name: 'SHA256SUMS', size: 5 }],
+    assets: [
+      { name: 'houseplan-card.js', size: 10 },
+      { name: 'houseplan.zip', size: 20 },
+      { name: 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json', size: 30 },
+      { name: 'SHA256SUMS', size: 5 },
+    ],
   };
   assert.equal(verifyReleaseProjection(release, { tag }), release);
   assert.throws(
@@ -151,7 +156,9 @@ test('local orchestrator validates issue lists and public release assets', () =>
   );
   // #540: паспорт — часть единого вида релиза; бета без него неполна.
   assert.throws(
-    () => verifyReleaseProjection({ ...release, assets: release.assets.slice(0, 2) }, { tag }),
+    () => verifyReleaseProjection({
+      ...release, assets: release.assets.filter((asset) => asset.name !== 'SHA256SUMS'),
+    }, { tag }),
     /SHA256SUMS/,
   );
   const orchestrator = readFileSync(
@@ -160,9 +167,9 @@ test('local orchestrator validates issue lists and public release assets', () =>
   // #540: после публикации никто не ждёт независимых републикаторов — их нет.
   assert.ok(!/waitForReleaseWorkflows|release-zip\.yml|prereleaseWorkflowSucceeded/.test(orchestrator),
     'the local publisher no longer waits for release.yml/release-zip.yml to re-upload what it already verified');
-  assert.match(orchestrator, /formatSums\(\{\n\s+'houseplan-card\.js': sha256Path\(bundlePath\),\n\s+'houseplan\.zip': sha256Path\(zipPath\),/,
+  assert.match(orchestrator, /formatSums\(\{\n\s+'houseplan-card\.js': sha256Path\(bundlePath\),\n\s+'houseplan\.zip': sha256Path\(zipPath\),\n\s+\[MEMBERSHIP_FILE\]: sha256Path\(membershipPath\),/,
     'the passport is computed from the very files that are uploaded');
-  assert.match(orchestrator, /'release', 'upload', tag, bundlePath, zipPath, sumsPath,/);
+  assert.match(orchestrator, /'release', 'upload', tag, bundlePath, zipPath, membershipPath, sumsPath,/);
 });
 
 test('release ZIP inspection is portable and does not depend on tar', () => {
@@ -227,9 +234,9 @@ test('manual publish workflow is draft-first, exact-SHA gated and self-contained
     'node scripts/release-contract.mjs',
     'node scripts/release-gate.mjs',
     '--draft --prerelease',
-    "'houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'SHA256SUMS'",
+    "'houseplan-card.js', 'houseplan.zip', 'RELEASE-MEMBERSHIP.json', 'SHA256SUMS'",
     'test -s dist/houseplan-panel.js',
-    'node scripts/release-assets.mjs sums release-assets',
+    'node scripts/release-assets.mjs sums release-assets --include-membership',
     'node scripts/release-assets.mjs check public release-assets/SHA256SUMS',
     'git -c core.autocrlf=false archive --format=zip --output=houseplan.zip',
     '--draft=false --prerelease',
@@ -238,6 +245,13 @@ test('manual publish workflow is draft-first, exact-SHA gated and self-contained
     "if: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.newly_published == 'true' }}",
     'uses: ./.github/workflows/announce.yml',
   ]) assert.ok(workflow.includes(required), `missing workflow contract: ${required}`);
+  assert.ok(workflow.includes('node scripts/release-membership.mjs create'));
+  assert.ok(workflow.includes('node scripts/release-bookkeeping.mjs'));
+  assert.ok(workflow.includes('release is already public and byte-identical; publication skipped'));
+  assert.ok(!workflow.includes('--author Matysh'));
+  const closeJob = workflow.slice(workflow.indexOf('  close-merged:'), workflow.indexOf('  announce:'));
+  assert.ok(!closeJob.includes('newly_published'), 'verified retries must resume bookkeeping');
+  assert.ok(!closeJob.includes('gh issue list'), 'closing is manifest-driven, never a fresh S8 snapshot');
   assert.ok(workflow.indexOf('gh release upload') < workflow.indexOf('--draft=false --prerelease'));
 
   const announce = readFileSync(new URL('../.github/workflows/announce.yml', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
diff --git a/test/release-membership.test.mjs b/test/release-membership.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8bef0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/release-membership.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import {
+  buildReleaseMembership, issueTrailers, validateReleaseMembership,
+} from '../scripts/release-membership.mjs';
+
+const A = 'a'.repeat(40);
+const B = 'b'.repeat(40);
+const BASE = '0'.repeat(40);
+
+test('#547: S8 is only a hint; candidate trailers are the membership proof', () => {
+  const result = buildReleaseMembership({
+    tag: 'v1.76.0-beta.1',
+    candidate: A,
+    base: { tag: 'v1.75.0', sha: BASE },
+    commits: [{ sha: A, message: 'feat: included\n\nIssue: #10\nUser-Visible: yes' }],
+    issueNumbers: [10, 11],
+    allowUnmatched: true,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(result.manifest.issues, [{ number: 10, commits: [A] }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.unmatched, [11], 'B merged after candidate A remains outside the release');
+  assert.throws(() => buildReleaseMembership({
+    tag: 'v1.76.0-beta.1', candidate: A, commits: [], issueNumbers: [11],
+  }), /#11/);
+});
+
+test('#547: accepted external issues use the exact same proof and no author field', () => {
+  const { manifest } = buildReleaseMembership({
+    tag: 'v1.76.0-beta.1',
+    candidate: B,
+    commits: [{ sha: B, message: 'fix: contributor work\n\nIssue: #73\nUser-Visible: no' }],
+    issueNumbers: [73],
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(manifest.issues, [{ number: 73, commits: [B] }]);
+  assert.equal('author' in manifest.issues[0], false);
+});
+
+test('#547: manifests are deterministic and reject candidate or evidence drift', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(issueTrailers('x\nIssue: #2\nIssue: #2\nIssue: #7'), [2, 7]);
+  const { manifest } = buildReleaseMembership({
+    tag: 'v1.76.0-beta.1', candidate: A,
+    commits: [
+      { sha: B, message: 'Issue: #7' },
+      { sha: A, message: 'Issue: #7\nIssue: #2' },
+    ],
+    issueNumbers: [7, 2],
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(manifest.issues, [
+    { number: 2, commits: [A] },
+    { number: 7, commits: [A, B] },
+  ]);
+  assert.throws(() => validateReleaseMembership(manifest, { candidate: B }), /expected/);
+  assert.throws(() => validateReleaseMembership({
+    ...manifest, issues: [{ number: 7, commits: [] }],
+  }), /no valid commit evidence/);
+});