diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 041ffa09..e2dcab3e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         # --env-file order: obs.env first (git-tracked defaults), obs-secrets.env
         # second (CI-written secrets). Later files win on duplicate keys, so
         # obs-secrets.env overrides POSTGRES_HOST set in obs.env.
-        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml.
+        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml (#603).
         run: |
           docker compose \
             -f /opt/familienarchiv/docker-compose.observability.yml \
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         # Non-secret config from obs.env (git-tracked); secrets from obs-secrets.env
         # (written fresh from Gitea secrets above). --env-file order: obs.env first,
         # obs-secrets.env second — later file wins on duplicate keys.
-        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml.
+        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml (#603).
         run: |
           docker compose \
             -f /opt/familienarchiv/docker-compose.observability.yml \
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ jobs:
         # docker compose up --wait covers services WITH healthcheck directives only.
         # obs-promtail, obs-cadvisor, obs-node-exporter, and obs-glitchtip-worker have
         # no healthcheck — they are considered "started" as soon as the process runs.
-        # This step explicitly asserts the four healthchecked critical services are
+        # This step explicitly asserts the five healthchecked critical services are
         # healthy before the smoke test proceeds.
-        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml.
+        # Keep in sync with the equivalent step in nightly.yml (#603).
         run: |
           set -e
           unhealthy=""
-          for svc in obs-loki obs-prometheus obs-grafana obs-tempo; do
+          for svc in obs-loki obs-prometheus obs-grafana obs-tempo obs-glitchtip; do
             status=$(docker inspect "$svc" --format '{{.State.Health.Status}}' 2>/dev/null || echo "missing")
             if [ "$status" != "healthy" ]; then
               echo "::error::$svc is not healthy (status: $status)"