diff --git a/apps/desktop/changelog/1.8.0.md b/apps/desktop/changelog/1.8.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..210bba08f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/changelog/1.8.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# What's new in v1.8.0
+
+## Shiny new things
+
+- Added an Eagle action to image context menus
+
+## No longer broken
+
+- Fixed tray menu refreshes losing the active tray instance
+- Fixed desktop auth cookies missing max-age persistence
+- Fixed unavailable AI summaries breaking summary state
+- Fixed final entries and mark-read footers near the end of entry lists
+- Delayed feed error indicators to avoid premature error states
diff --git a/apps/desktop/changelog/next.md b/apps/desktop/changelog/next.md
index 8f5eac449..1ddc33dcb 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/changelog/next.md
+++ b/apps/desktop/changelog/next.md
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # What's new in vNEXT_VERSION
 
-## Shiny new things
-
 ## Improvements
 
+- Upgraded AI summaries to a more powerful Kimi model
+- Improved Obsidian integration metadata and markdown handling
+- Improved scroll mark-read reliability with batched updates, retry handling, and local read-state preservation
+- Improved action rule editor state stability
+- Routed direct desktop downloads through OTA-backed delivery
+
 ## No longer broken
 
-## Thanks
-
-Special thanks to volunteer contributors @ for their valuable contributions
+- Fixed stale desktop context menus after web menu changes
+- Fixed native image context menus being replaced unexpectedly
+- Fixed duplicate timeline page requests
+- Fixed timeline refreshes not returning to the top first
+- Fixed starred collection pagination order
+- Fixed Obsidian file path separator handling
+- Fixed unread counts after time-limited mark-read actions