diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 85949ed..dce00e7 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ timestamp check. Installation, examples and tests passed, with 2,980 passing
 test assertions and no test warnings or failures. The RNG chunk-invariance
 test now exercises two and three chunks using at most two worker processes.
 
-[CI](https://github.com/jakeberv/bifrost/pull/254/checks)
+[CI](https://github.com/jakeberv/bifrost/pull/255/checks)
 also checks macOS and Windows R release, and Ubuntu R release, devel and
 oldrel-1 (`--as-cran --run-donttest --no-manual`). A Windows temporary-file
 note was traced to the worker-cancellation test; its worker files now use a
diff --git a/tools/releases/0.2.2.md b/tools/releases/0.2.2.md
index 9985598..da145de 100644
--- a/tools/releases/0.2.2.md
+++ b/tools/releases/0.2.2.md
@@ -63,8 +63,14 @@ for details. GitHub publication does not update CRAN automatically.
   clean Windows check and exactly 100% coverage with zero uncovered rows.
 - [x] Rebuild and check the PR #254 source archive with the Zenodo README update,
   including both manuals, in an isolated library.
-- [ ] Merge PR #254 through normal review and confirm its CI. Select the exact
-  release commit and use the verified submission archive recorded below.
+- [x] PR #254 merged as `053b2a7d`; all post-merge checks passed, including
+  exactly 100% coverage with zero uncovered rows and a clean Windows check.
+- [x] Rebuild and check the PR #255 author-metadata correction, including both
+  manuals, in an isolated library.
+- [x] PR #255 merged as `ff805582`; the author-metadata correction is on main.
+- [ ] Confirm PR #255 post-merge CI and merge the follow-up check-evidence PR
+  through normal review. Select the exact release commit and use the verified
+  submission archive recorded below.
 - [ ] Retain the documented deferral of #231; this preparation does not fix it.
   Keep the initialization/convergence follow-up (#242) and RRphylo dependency
   work (#247) separate from this release.
@@ -78,7 +84,31 @@ for details. GitHub publication does not update CRAN automatically.
 - [ ] Apply the publication-time documentation edits below through a PR.
   Update CRAN availability separately, only after CRAN actually publishes it.
 
-## Latest check: PR #254 Zenodo concept DOI update
+## Latest check: PR #255 author-metadata correction
+
+Source commit: `2f7b5a528757e281eca56c272d9b11aff7be919b`; checked on 2026-10-17 UTC.
+Archive SHA-256: `9800f576b5ba807e8ffa98da55a87c2a767dcfccd4db6be59a70c8dcaa1eed7a`.
+
+`R CMD check --as-cran --run-donttest`, including PDF and HTML manuals,
+returned **0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 note** (`unable to verify current time`).
+All **2,980 assertions passed**, with zero test warnings/failures and 138
+expected skips. The 101-page PDF also passed `qpdf --check`.
+
+Validation used a fresh isolated library with existing dependencies accessed
+read-only, two advertised cores, and one numerical thread per worker.
+Dependency DESCRIPTION hashes remained unchanged. Only `DESCRIPTION` differs
+from the previous checked archive: Julien Clavel's contributor/copyright-holder
+entry is removed from `Authors@R` and the generated Author field, alongside
+the new packaging timestamp. Attribution in `R/mvgls-starts.R` and the mvMORPH
+paper citations remain unchanged. No package code or tests changed.
+
+Evidence: `output/release-0.2.2-author-check/run-wbvv4gjx/`, including the archive,
+`SHA256SUMS`, `final-summary.txt`, `bifrost.Rcheck/00check.log`, and the manual.
+Confirm post-merge CI for `ff805582` before submission.
+This archive supersedes the earlier archives recorded below;
+use its path and checksum for any later authorized submission.
+
+## Earlier check: PR #254 Zenodo concept DOI update
 
 Source commit: `b3940d7c3cd2c8dec9392433358ea6823832b7bb`; checked on 2026-10-17 UTC.
 Archive SHA-256: `846b0c6b9c97c51f16f8937919c687959eb28a6fd7a2a2dd35a3249348dc1c70`.