diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/src/minimizer/filters/glab.rs b/crates/pi-shell/src/minimizer/filters/glab.rs
index 641694cf5..4b6b05015 100644
--- a/crates/pi-shell/src/minimizer/filters/glab.rs
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/src/minimizer/filters/glab.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,18 @@ fn filter_release_view(input: &str) -> String {
 	for line in input.lines() {
 		let trimmed = line.trim();
 
-		// Skip SOURCES section (archive download URLs)
+		// Strip trailing "View this release on GitLab" link
+		if trimmed.starts_with("View this release on GitLab") {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		// Strip "ASSETS" / "There are no assets..." section
+		if trimmed == "ASSETS" {
+			in_sources = true; // reuse state machine; next non-empty line is "There are no assets..."
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		// Strip SOURCES section (archive download URLs)
 		if trimmed == "SOURCES" {
 			in_sources = true;
 			continue;
@@ -478,6 +489,12 @@ section_end:1711234600:build_script[0K
 		assert!(!out.text.contains("Image:"));
 		// HTML comments stripped
 		assert!(!out.text.contains("<!-- internal"));
+		// Footer stripped (noise)
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("View this release"));
+		// ASSETS/SOURCES sections stripped
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("ASSETS"));
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("SOURCES"));
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("archive/v2.0.0"));
 	}
 
 	#[test]
@@ -493,8 +510,12 @@ section_end:1711234600:build_script[0K
 		assert!(out.text.contains("Added widget support"));
 		assert!(out.text.contains("Fixed authentication bug"));
 		assert!(out.text.contains("@alice_dev @bob_dev"));
-		// Footer preserved
-		assert!(out.text.contains("View this release"));
+		// Footer stripped (noise)
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("View this release"));
+		// ASSETS/SOURCES sections stripped
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("ASSETS"));
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("SOURCES"));
+		assert!(!out.text.contains("archive/v2.0.0"));
 	}
 
 	// ── MR/issue view tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.cmd b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96f59b0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+glab ci trace
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.raw b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.raw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a65fd8123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/ci-trace.raw
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+section_start:1711234567:prepare_executor[0K
+Running with gitlab-runner 16.9.0 (656c1943)
+  on runner-abc123 system ID: r_defGHI456
+Using Docker executor with image node:20-alpine ...
+Preparing the "docker" executor
+Using Docker executor with image node:20-alpine ...
+Running on runner-abc123-project-42-concurrent-0 via runner-host...
+section_end:1711234570:prepare_executor[0K
+section_start:1711234570:get_sources[0K
+Getting source from Git repository
+Fetching changes with git depth set to 20...
+Initialized empty Git repository in /builds/acme/toolkit/.git/
+Created fresh repository.
+Checking out abc12345 as main...
+Skipping Git submodules setup
+section_end:1711234575:get_sources[0K
+section_start:1711234575:download_artifacts[0K
+Downloading artifacts for build (job_id=98765)...
+Downloading artifacts from coordinator... ok  host=runner-host id=98765 responseStatus=200 OK token=abc123
+section_end:1711234578:download_artifacts[0K
+section_start:1711234578:build_script[0K
+$ npm ci
+added 847 packages in 12s
+$ npm run build
+> acme-toolkit@3.2.1 build
+> tsc && vite build
+[36;1mvite v5.2.0[0m building for production...
+[32m✓[0m 142 modules transformed.
+[33m⚠[0m Some chunks are larger than 500 kB after minification.
+dist/index.html              0.45 kB │ gzip:  0.29 kB
+dist/assets/main-a1b2c3.js  156.78 kB │ gzip: 48.23 kB
+dist/assets/style-d4e5f6.css  12.34 kB │ gzip:  3.45 kB
+[32m✓[0m built in 4.56s
+$ npm test
+> acme-toolkit@3.2.1 test
+> vitest run
+[32m✓[0m src/utils.test.ts (3 tests) 45ms
+[32m✓[0m src/api.test.ts (7 tests) 123ms
+[31m✗[0m src/auth.test.ts (2 tests) 67ms
+  FAIL  src/auth.test.ts > validateToken > should reject expired tokens
+    AssertionError: expected true to be false
+      at src/auth.test.ts:42:18
+Test Files  1 failed | 2 passed | 3 total
+Tests       1 failed | 11 passed | 12 total
+Duration    0.89s
+section_end:1711234600:build_script[0K
+section_start:1711234600:upload_artifacts[0K
+Uploading artifacts...
+Uploading artifacts as "archive" to coordinator... ok  id=98765 responseStatus=201 Created token=abc123
+section_end:1711234605:upload_artifacts[0K
+section_start:1711234605:cleanup_file_variables[0K
+Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
+section_end:1711234606:cleanup_file_variables[0K
+[31;1mERROR: Job failed: exit code 1[0m
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.cmd b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba5bc6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+glab release list
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.min b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.min
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dfecd7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.min
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Releases
+  v3.2.1 (about 2 days ago)
+  v3.2.0 (about 1 week ago)
+  v3.1.0 (about 3 weeks ago)
+  v3.0.0 (about 1 month ago)
+  v2.5.0 (about 3 months ago)
+  v2.4.1 (about 5 months ago)
+  v2.4.0 (about 6 months ago)
+  v2.3.0 (about 9 months ago)
+  v2.2.0 (about 1 year ago)
+  v2.1.0 (about 2 years ago)
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.raw b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.raw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a919148b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-list.raw
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Showing 10 releases on acme/toolkit.
+
+Name	Tag	Created
+v3.2.1	v3.2.1	about 2 days ago
+v3.2.0	v3.2.0	about 1 week ago
+v3.1.0	v3.1.0	about 3 weeks ago
+v3.0.0	v3.0.0	about 1 month ago
+v2.5.0	v2.5.0	about 3 months ago
+v2.4.1	v2.4.1	about 5 months ago
+v2.4.0	v2.4.0	about 6 months ago
+v2.3.0	v2.3.0	about 9 months ago
+v2.2.0	v2.2.0	about 1 year ago
+v2.1.0	v2.1.0	about 2 years ago
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.cmd b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b57a73c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+glab release view v2.0
diff --git a/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.raw b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.raw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88893ee37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pi-shell/tests/fixtures/minimizer/glab/release-view.raw
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Test Release v2.0
+alice_dev released this 3 days ago
+abc1234 - v2.0.0
+
+  ## What's Changed
+
+  - Added widget support
+  - Fixed authentication bug
+
+  ### Contributors
+
+  @alice_dev @bob_dev
+
+  --------
+
+  Image: logo → https://example.com/logo.png
+
+  <!-- internal tracking: PROJ-123 -->
+
+
+ASSETS
+There are no assets for this release
+SOURCES
+https://gitlab.example.com/acme/toolkit/-/archive/v2.0.0/toolkit-v2.0.0.zip
+https://gitlab.example.com/acme/toolkit/-/archive/v2.0.0/toolkit-v2.0.0.tar.gz
+https://gitlab.example.com/acme/toolkit/-/archive/v2.0.0/toolkit-v2.0.0.tar.bz2
+https://gitlab.example.com/acme/toolkit/-/archive/v2.0.0/toolkit-v2.0.0.tar
+
+
+View this release on GitLab at https://gitlab.example.com/acme/toolkit/-/releases/v2.0.0