diff --git a/.CI/format-recent-changes.py b/.CI/format-recent-changes.py
index 630cfb85c..253ecb6dd 100644
--- a/.CI/format-recent-changes.py
+++ b/.CI/format-recent-changes.py
@@ -16,37 +16,43 @@ LINE_REGEX = re.compile(
 )
 VERSION_REGEX = re.compile(r"^#+\s*v?\d")
 
-# contains lines in the form of
-# {commit-sha} (<{email}>\s+{date}\s+{line-no}) {line}
-p = subprocess.run(
-    ["git", "blame", "-e", "--date=iso", "../CHANGELOG.md"],
-    cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
-    text=True,
-    check=True,
-    capture_output=True,
-)
 
-unreleased_lines: list[tuple[datetime, str]] = []
-for line in p.stdout.splitlines():
-    if not line:
-        continue
-    m = LINE_REGEX.match(line)
-    assert m, f"Failed to match '{line}'"
-    content = m.group("content")
+def get_unreleased_lines(file: str):
+    # contains lines in the form of
+    # {commit-sha} (<{email}>\s+{date}\s+{line-no}) {line}
+    p = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "blame", "-e", "--date=iso", file],
+        cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+        text=True,
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+    )
 
-    if not content:
-        continue
-    if content.startswith("#"):
-        if VERSION_REGEX.match(content):
-            break
-        continue  # ignore lines with '#'
+    unreleased_lines: list[tuple[datetime, str]] = []
+    for line in p.stdout.splitlines():
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        m = LINE_REGEX.match(line)
+        assert m, f"Failed to match '{line}'"
+        content = m.group("content")
 
-    d = datetime.fromisoformat(m.group("date"))
-    d = d.astimezone(tz=timezone.utc)
-    content = content.replace("- ", f"- [{d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}] ", 1)
-    unreleased_lines.append((d, content))
+        if not content:
+            continue
+        if content.startswith("#"):
+            if VERSION_REGEX.match(content):
+                break
+            continue  # ignore lines with '#'
 
-unreleased_lines.sort(key=lambda it: it[0], reverse=True)
+        d = datetime.fromisoformat(m.group("date"))
+        d = d.astimezone(tz=timezone.utc)
+        content = content.replace("- ", f"- [{d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}] ", 1)
+        unreleased_lines.append((d, content))
+
+    unreleased_lines.sort(key=lambda it: it[0], reverse=True)
+    return unreleased_lines
+
+
+unreleased_lines = get_unreleased_lines("../CHANGELOG.md")
 
 if len(unreleased_lines) == 0:
     print("No changes since last release.")
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cee04890..4d8e97668 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 - Dev: Moved some responsibility away from Application into WindowManager. (#5551)
 - Dev: Fixed benchmarks segfaulting on run. (#5559)
 - Dev: Refactored `MessageBuilder` to be a single class. (#5548)
-- Dev: Recent changes are now shown in the nightly release description. (#5553, #5554)
+- Dev: Recent changes are now shown in the nightly release description. (#5553, #5554, #5593)
 - Dev: The timer for `StreamerMode` is now destroyed on the correct thread. (#5571)
 - Dev: Cleanup some parts of the `magic_enum` adaptation for Qt. (#5587)