diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index af8150d..c572785 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ jobs:
 
             > **Windows note:** The installer is not yet code-signed. Windows SmartScreen will show an "Unknown publisher" warning — click "More info → Run anyway" to install.
 
+            ### v0.12.8 — Fix Linux OOM crash
+
+            - **Fix Linux memory crash** — Vega no longer crashes or freezes the OS on Linux; memory now plateaus at ~950MB during heavy use instead of spiking to 32GB+
+            - **Following feed capped** — following feed was rendering up to 80 notes (vs. 30 for global), causing 4GB+ spikes on media-heavy accounts; now capped at 30
+            - **WebKit rendering fix** — switched to `WEBKIT_FORCE_SOFTWARE_RENDERING=1` which fixes the blank window issue on Hyprland/Wayland while keeping memory low
+            - **Notification fetch dedup** — `fetchNotifications` was firing 3× in the first 8 seconds of login; now fires once and the first background poll is delayed to 90s
+
             ### v0.12.7 — Upload Fixes
 
             - **Image uploads fixed** — updated to current NIP-96 endpoints for nostr.build and files.sovbit.host; removed dead services (void.cat, nostrcheck.me)
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f1ff44d..2ef2279 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: hoornet <hoornet@users.noreply.github.com>
 pkgname=vega-nostr
-pkgver=0.12.7
+pkgver=0.12.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Cross-platform Nostr desktop client with Lightning integration"
 arch=('x86_64')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5205805..a5bfa31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vega",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.12.7",
+  "version": "0.12.8",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 910ea24..bf5c744 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vega"
-version = "0.12.7"
+version = "0.12.8"
 description = "Cross-platform Nostr desktop client with Lightning integration"
 authors = ["hoornet"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index f049dcc..937d85b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Vega",
-  "version": "0.12.7",
+  "version": "0.12.8",
   "identifier": "com.hoornet.vega",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",