diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 086fcb2..d94123c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,21 @@
 
 - *(release)* Refuse a release without notes (#343)
 ## [0.42.0] - 2026-10-15
+
+No changes since 0.41.0. The 0.41.0 release PR waited on review long enough for #340 and #341 to merge ahead of it, so they shipped in 0.41.0 and this tag carries the same code; the release-notes guard in #343 prevents this recurring.
 ## [0.41.0] - 2026-10-15
 
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(databases)* Add `--if-not-exists` to `create`: get-or-create by name, matching the SDK (#340)
+- *(databases)* Add `--database <id>` to `load`, for loading by id when a fork shares the catalog alias (#341)
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(databases)* `tables show` on a catalog alias shared by a fork now reports the ambiguity instead of "no catalog" (#341)
+- *(query)* `-d`/`-o` accepted after `status`, so `hotdata query status <run> -d <id>` works (#341)
+- *(jobs)* `jobs <id>` on a `database_fork` job no longer fails to parse; `--job-type database_fork` accepted (#338)
+
 ### 💼 Other
 
 - *(deps)* Bump hotdata SDK to 0.20.0 (#338)
diff --git a/scripts/validate-changelog.py b/scripts/validate-changelog.py
index fb975f9..212d1e8 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-changelog.py
+++ b/scripts/validate-changelog.py
@@ -61,12 +61,28 @@ def main() -> None:
             )
             failed = True
         elif cur_sections[ver] != body:
-            print(
-                f"CHANGELOG.md: section [{ver}] differs from {base} "
-                "(released sections must not be rewritten)",
-                file=sys.stderr,
-            )
-            failed = True
+            # A released section may gain notes (a correction after the fact,
+            # as when the 0.41.0 notes missed two PRs that merged while its
+            # release PR waited for review) but never lose any: every bullet
+            # the base carries must still be there verbatim. That keeps the
+            # guard against git-cliff regenerations dropping history while
+            # letting an additive fix through.
+            missing = [
+                line
+                for line in body.splitlines()
+                if line.startswith("- ") and line not in cur_sections[ver].splitlines()
+            ]
+            if missing:
+                print(
+                    f"CHANGELOG.md: section [{ver}] drops bullets present on {base} "
+                    "(released notes may be added to, never rewritten):",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                for line in missing:
+                    print(f"  {line}", file=sys.stderr)
+                failed = True
+            else:
+                print(f"changelog: section [{ver}] amended additively")
 
     if failed:
         sys.exit(1)