diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
index 784e8f0a67..96fca10989 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Key links:
 - [ ] Review merged PRs, make sure release-notes label is applied appropriately
 - [ ] PRs with release-notes label must have excellent title & description (title will be pasted literally in release note bullet list)
 - [ ] Draft release notes (PR and self-merge, so others can comment there rather than on the commits)
+    - Starting point: `gh api --paginate -X GET search/issues -f q='repo:scala/scala is:pull-request is:merged milestone:2.12.14 label:release-notes' -q '.items[] | "  * \(.title) ([#\(.number)](\(.html_url)) by [@\(.user.login)](\(.user.html_url)))"'`
 - [ ] On contributors thread, link to release note file and request feedback
 
 ### N days before release
diff --git a/releases/2.12.14.md b/releases/2.12.14.md
index 63b40001e1..6cda165663 100644
--- a/releases/2.12.14.md
+++ b/releases/2.12.14.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Scala 2.12.14:
     ([#9589](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9589), [#9595](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9595) and [#9620](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9620) by [@smarter](https://github.com/smarter) and [@neko-kai](https://github.com/neko-kai))
   * Reduces lock contention between compilers when reading classpath JAR files. ([#9549](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9549) by [@retronym](https://github.com/retronym))
   * Propagate custom `TaskSupport` through operations of parallel collections. ([#9529](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9529), backport of fix for [scala/scala-parallel-collections#152](https://github.com/scala/scala-parallel-collections/issues/152), by [@lrytz](https://github.com/lrytz)) 
-  * Update version of ASM dependency, enabling interop with Java 17-compiled classes. ([#9488](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9488) by [@sethtisue](https://github.com/sethtisue))
+  * upgrade to asm 9.1, for JDK 17 support ([#9488](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9488) by [@SethTisue](https://github.com/SethTisue))
+  * Fix cyclic error in runtime reflection (protobuf), a regression that [prevented Spark upgrading](https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/31223) to 2.12.13  ([#9478](https://api.github.com/repos/scala/scala/pulls/9478) by [@retronym](https://github.com/retronym))
   * Allow annotated literals inside as annotation args. ([#9342](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/9342) by [@gzm0](https://github.com/gzm0))
 
 For complete 2.12.14 change lists, see [all merged PRs](https://github.com/scala/scala/pulls?q=is%3Amerged%20milestone%3A2.12.14) and [all closed bugs](https://github.com/scala/bug/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A2.12.14).