diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
index 5b25e60..94799c3 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
@@ -323,8 +323,9 @@ jobs:
           DOWNLOAD_URL="${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/download/v${VERSION}/${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.zip"
           INFO_URL="${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/tag/v${VERSION}"
 
-          # -- Build stable entry to temp file
-          {
+          # -- Build update entry for a given stability tag
+          build_entry() {
+            local TAG_NAME="$1"
             printf '%s\n' '  <update>'
             printf '%s\n' "    <name>${EXT_NAME}</name>"
             printf '%s\n' "    <description>${EXT_NAME} update</description>"
@@ -333,9 +334,7 @@ jobs:
             printf '%s\n' "    <version>${VERSION}</version>"
             [ -n "$CLIENT_TAG" ] && printf '%s\n' "    ${CLIENT_TAG}"
             [ -n "$FOLDER_TAG" ] && printf '%s\n' "    ${FOLDER_TAG}"
-            printf '%s\n' '    <tags>'
-            printf '%s\n' '      <tag>stable</tag>'
-            printf '%s\n' '    </tags>'
+            printf '%s\n' "    <tags><tag>${TAG_NAME}</tag></tags>"
             printf '%s\n' "    <infourl title=\"${EXT_NAME}\">${INFO_URL}</infourl>"
             printf '%s\n' '    <downloads>'
             printf '%s\n' "      <downloadurl type=\"full\" format=\"zip\">${DOWNLOAD_URL}</downloadurl>"
@@ -345,34 +344,22 @@ jobs:
             printf '%s\n' '    <maintainer>Moko Consulting</maintainer>'
             printf '%s\n' '    <maintainerurl>https://mokoconsulting.tech</maintainerurl>'
             printf '%s\n' '  </update>'
-          } > /tmp/stable_entry.xml
-
-          # -- Write updates.xml preserving dev/rc entries
-          # Extract existing entries for other stability levels
-          if [ -f "updates.xml" ]; then
-            printf 'import re, sys\n' > /tmp/extract.py
-            printf 'with open("updates.xml") as f: c = f.read()\n' >> /tmp/extract.py
-            printf 'tag = sys.argv[1]\n' >> /tmp/extract.py
-            printf 'm = re.search(r"(  <update>.*?<tag>" + re.escape(tag) + r"</tag>.*?</update>)", c, re.DOTALL)\n' >> /tmp/extract.py
-            printf 'if m: print(m.group(1))\n' >> /tmp/extract.py
-          fi
-          DEV_ENTRY=$(python3 /tmp/extract.py development 2>/dev/null || true)
-          ALPHA_ENTRY=$(python3 /tmp/extract.py alpha 2>/dev/null || true)
-          BETA_ENTRY=$(python3 /tmp/extract.py beta 2>/dev/null || true)
-          RC_ENTRY=$(python3 /tmp/extract.py rc 2>/dev/null || true)
+          }
 
+          # -- Write updates.xml with cascading channels
+          # Stable release updates ALL channels (development, alpha, beta, rc, stable)
           {
             printf '%s\n' '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
             printf '%s\n' '<updates>'
-            [ -n "$DEV_ENTRY" ] && echo "$DEV_ENTRY"
-            [ -n "$ALPHA_ENTRY" ] && echo "$ALPHA_ENTRY"
-            [ -n "$BETA_ENTRY" ] && echo "$BETA_ENTRY"
-            [ -n "$RC_ENTRY" ] && echo "$RC_ENTRY"
-            cat /tmp/stable_entry.xml
+            build_entry "development"
+            build_entry "alpha"
+            build_entry "beta"
+            build_entry "rc"
+            build_entry "stable"
             printf '%s\n' '</updates>'
           } > updates.xml
 
-          echo "updates.xml: ${VERSION} (stable + rc/dev preserved)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "updates.xml: ${VERSION} (all channels updated to stable)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
       # -- Commit all changes ---------------------------------------------------
       - name: Commit release changes
diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
index eded1e1..6dca78e 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
@@ -283,23 +283,45 @@ jobs:
           printf '%b' "$NEW_ENTRY" > /tmp/new_entry.xml
 
           # -- Merge into updates.xml (only update this stability channel) -
+          # Cascading update: each stability level updates itself and all lower levels
+          # stable → all | rc → rc,beta,alpha,dev | beta → beta,alpha,dev | alpha → alpha,dev | dev → dev
+          CASCADE_MAP="stable:development,alpha,beta,rc,stable rc:development,alpha,beta,rc beta:development,alpha,beta alpha:development,alpha development:development"
+          TARGETS=""
+          for entry in $CASCADE_MAP; do
+            key="${entry%%:*}"
+            vals="${entry#*:}"
+            if [ "$key" = "${STABILITY}" ]; then
+              TARGETS="$vals"
+              break
+            fi
+          done
+          [ -z "$TARGETS" ] && TARGETS="${STABILITY}"
+
           if [ ! -f "updates.xml" ]; then
             printf '%s\n' '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' > updates.xml
             printf '%s\n' '<updates>' >> updates.xml
             cat /tmp/new_entry.xml >> updates.xml
             printf '\n%s\n' '</updates>' >> updates.xml
           else
-            # Remove existing entry for this stability, insert new one
+            # Replace each cascading channel with the new entry (different tag)
+            export PY_TARGETS="$TARGETS"
             python3 << PYEOF
-          import re
+          import re, os
+          targets = os.environ["PY_TARGETS"].split(",")
           stability = "${STABILITY}"
           with open("updates.xml") as f:
               content = f.read()
           with open("/tmp/new_entry.xml") as f:
-              new_entry = f.read()
-          pattern = r"  <update>.*?<tag>" + re.escape(stability) + r"</tag>.*?</update>\n?"
-          content = re.sub(pattern, "", content, flags=re.DOTALL)
-          content = content.replace("</updates>", new_entry + "\n</updates>")
+              new_entry_template = f.read()
+          for tag in targets:
+              tag = tag.strip()
+              # Build entry with this tag
+              new_entry = re.sub(r"<tag>[^<]*</tag>", f"<tag>{tag}</tag>", new_entry_template)
+              # Remove existing entry for this tag
+              pattern = r"  <update>.*?<tag>" + re.escape(tag) + r"</tag>.*?</update>\n?"
+              content = re.sub(pattern, "", content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+              # Insert before </updates>
+              content = content.replace("</updates>", new_entry + "\n</updates>")
           content = re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", content)
           with open("updates.xml", "w") as f:
               f.write(content)