diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-release-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-release-docs.yml
index 95299582..0baf5097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-release-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-release-docs.yml
@@ -548,14 +548,16 @@ jobs:
           # authors write at open time. GH_TOKEN for auth is already
           # in the job env at the top of this workflow.
           #
-          # --max-turns 500: observed gen baselines are 89 turns
-          # (silent) to 397 (full content rebuild). 500 gives headroom
-          # over the worst legitimate run, while clipping a genuine
-          # runaway before it spirals. Hitting the cap produces a
-          # loud failure -- raise deliberately if a release needs more.
+          # --max-turns 1000: observed gen baselines are 20 turns
+          # (silent) to 152 (full content rebuild). 500 was the
+          # initial cap; bumped to 1000 for extra headroom on
+          # multi-feature releases and to stay well above the
+          # suspected-looping 397-turn v3-test run (still clips
+          # genuine runaways). Hitting the cap produces a loud
+          # failure -- raise deliberately if a release needs more.
           claude_args: |
             --model claude-opus-4-7
-            --max-turns 500
+            --max-turns 1000
             --allowed-tools "Bash(gh:*)"
           prompt: |
             You are running in GitHub Actions with no interactive user. Follow
@@ -738,12 +740,18 @@ jobs:
           display_report: true
           # gh access parallels skill_gen so the review pass can
           # re-verify claims against PR descriptions and linked
-          # issues if needed. --max-turns 30 is 6x the 4-5-turn
-          # baseline; if review ever needs more, the cap fails
-          # loudly and we raise it.
+          # issues if needed.
+          #
+          # --max-turns 200: initial cap of 30 was sized against
+          # silent-release baselines (4-6 turns) and was too tight
+          # for real content reviews. v0.24.0 (PR #788) hit it at
+          # turn 31 mid-review and failed the run; the editorial
+          # pass genuinely needs ~30-100 turns to walk a multi-
+          # file content PR. 200 gives 2x-6x headroom over that
+          # working range while still clipping a runaway.
           claude_args: |
             --model claude-opus-4-7
-            --max-turns 30
+            --max-turns 200
             --allowed-tools "Bash(gh:*)"
           prompt: |
             You are running in GitHub Actions with no interactive user. Follow