diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 43a3515..9e58767 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -464,46 +464,47 @@ jobs:
           MAJOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.major }}"
           API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
 
+          # Auto-detect extension element for release naming
+          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          EXT_ELEMENT=""
+          if [ -n "$MANIFEST" ]; then
+            EXT_ELEMENT=$(sed -n 's/.*<element>\([^<]*\)<\/element>.*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ] && EXT_ELEMENT=$(basename "$MANIFEST" .xml | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+            case "$EXT_ELEMENT" in templatedetails|manifest) EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -') ;; esac
+          else
+            EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
+          fi
+
           NOTES=$(php /tmp/mokostandards-api/cli/release_notes.php --path . --version "$VERSION" 2>/dev/null)
           [ -z "$NOTES" ] && NOTES="Release ${VERSION}"
 
-          # Check if the major release already exists
+          RELEASE_NAME="${EXT_ELEMENT} ${VERSION} (stable)"
+
+          # Delete existing release if present (overwrite, not append)
           EXISTING=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
             "${API_BASE}/releases/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true)
           EXISTING_ID=$(echo "$EXISTING" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
 
-          if [ -z "$EXISTING_ID" ]; then
-            # First release for this major
-            curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              "${API_BASE}/releases" \
-              -d "$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.dumps({
-                'tag_name': '${RELEASE_TAG}',
-                'name': 'v${MAJOR} (latest: ${VERSION})',
-                'body': '''${NOTES}''',
-                'target_commitish': '${BRANCH}'
-              }))")"
-            echo "Release created: ${RELEASE_TAG} (${VERSION})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            # Append version notes to existing major release
-            CURRENT_BODY=$(echo "$EXISTING" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('body',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
-            UPDATED_BODY="${CURRENT_BODY}
-
-          ---
-          ### ${VERSION}
-
-          ${NOTES}"
-
-            curl -sf -X PATCH -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              "${API_BASE}/releases/${EXISTING_ID}" \
-              -d "$(python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.dumps({
-                'name': 'v${MAJOR} (latest: ${VERSION})',
-                'body': sys.stdin.read()
-              }))" <<< "$UPDATED_BODY")"
-            echo "Release updated: ${RELEASE_TAG} -> ${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          if [ -n "$EXISTING_ID" ]; then
+            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
+              "${API_BASE}/releases/${EXISTING_ID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
+              "${API_BASE}/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true
+            echo "Deleted previous stable release (id: ${EXISTING_ID})"
           fi
 
+          # Create fresh release
+          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            "${API_BASE}/releases" \
+            -d "$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.dumps({
+              'tag_name': '${RELEASE_TAG}',
+              'name': '${RELEASE_NAME}',
+              'body': '''## ${VERSION} ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))\n${NOTES}''',
+              'target_commitish': '${BRANCH}'
+            }))")"
+          echo "Release created: ${RELEASE_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
       # -- STEP 8: Build Joomla install ZIP + SHA-256 checksum ------------------
       - name: "Step 8: Build Joomla package and update checksum"
         if: >-