diff --git a/backend/apps/help/changelog.py b/backend/apps/help/changelog.py
index 48fd14a7..bea3b380 100644
--- a/backend/apps/help/changelog.py
+++ b/backend/apps/help/changelog.py
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ P_RELEASES: List[ReleaseNote] = [
     # Only lines that are true of the built app belong here. This one file feeds the in-app card, the
     # GitHub body AND the Help agent's context, so a line written for a planned feature becomes the
     # agent confidently describing something that does not exist.
+    ReleaseNote(
+        version="1.7.10-exp.4",
+        headline="The startup self-heal now waits for the router to actually be ready.",
+        highlights=[
+            "A chat that starts while the app's model router is still waking up now recovers on its own instead of failing with an error card.",
+        ],
+        fixes=[
+            "The automatic recovery for a chat that started during a router restart no longer retries before the router is ready, and it now recognises the error even when the router cuts the message short.",
+        ],
+    ),
     ReleaseNote(
         version="1.7.10-exp.3",
         headline="A model hiccup at startup can no longer sink a long run an hour later.",
diff --git a/electron/package-lock.json b/electron/package-lock.json
index 3e9eed90..b8947476 100644
--- a/electron/package-lock.json
+++ b/electron/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "openswarm",
-  "version": "1.7.10-exp.3",
+  "version": "1.7.10-exp.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "openswarm",
-      "version": "1.7.10-exp.3",
+      "version": "1.7.10-exp.4",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/electron/package.json b/electron/package.json
index 92a0b12e..78f2ea2f 100644
--- a/electron/package.json
+++ b/electron/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openswarm",
-  "version": "1.7.10-exp.3",
+  "version": "1.7.10-exp.4",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "description": "OpenSwarm \u2014 AI Agent Orchestrator",
   "author": "openswarm-ai",