diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_approval_drift.py b/.github/scripts/check_approval_drift.py
index 7202eb9eac..739aba06c5 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_approval_drift.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_approval_drift.py
@@ -123,12 +123,15 @@ def audit_pr(
     if not reviewed_head:
         latest = approvals[-1]
         reviewer = (latest.get("user") or {}).get("login", "?")
-        approved_on = _short(latest.get("commit_id"))
+        approved_sha = latest.get("commit_id")
+        approved_on = _short(approved_sha)
+        merged_head = _short(head_sha)
+        diff_link = _compare_link(repo, approved_sha, head_sha, merged_head)
         return (
             "changed-after-approval",
             (
                 f"last approval by @{reviewer} was on {approved_on}, but merged "
-                f"head was {_short(head_sha)} — commits landed after review"
+                f"head was {diff_link} — commits landed after review"
             ),
         )
 
@@ -139,6 +142,19 @@ def _short(sha: object) -> str:
     return str(sha)[:9] if sha else "?"
 
 
+def _compare_link(
+    repo: str, base: object, head: object, label: str
+) -> str:
+    """Markdown link to the GitHub compare page between *base* and *head*.
+
+    Falls back to plain text if either SHA is missing so the report never
+    breaks on a sparse API response.
+    """
+    if not base or not head:
+        return label
+    return f"[{label}](https://github.com/{repo}/compare/{base}...{head})"
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN") or os.environ.get("GH_TOKEN")
     repo = resolve_repo()
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_dependency_diff.py b/.github/scripts/check_dependency_diff.py
index b61c271538..e049aeb269 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_dependency_diff.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_dependency_diff.py
@@ -138,11 +138,27 @@ def main() -> int:
         if before[n]["version"] != after[n]["version"]
     }
 
+    # First-party openhands-* packages are version-bumped on every release;
+    # exclude them from the external-dep count but still surface them below.
+    def _is_openhands(name: str) -> bool:
+        return name.lower().startswith("openhands-")
+
+    bumped_external = {
+        n: v for n, v in bumped.items() if not _is_openhands(n)
+    }
+    bumped_openhands = {
+        n: v for n, v in bumped.items() if _is_openhands(n)
+    }
+
     report.add(f"Baseline: `{baseline}`")
     report.add(
-        f"Added: **{len(added)}**, bumped: **{len(bumped)}**, "
+        f"Added: **{len(added)}**, bumped: **{len(bumped_external)}**, "
         f"removed: **{len(removed)}**."
     )
+    if bumped_openhands:
+        report.add(
+            f"_(plus {len(bumped_openhands)} internal `openhands-*` bump(s))_"
+        )
     report.add("")
 
     # --- non-registry sources on new/changed packages (supply-chain surface) --
@@ -199,11 +215,17 @@ def main() -> int:
         for name in sorted(added):
             report.add(f"- `{name}=={added[name]['version']}`")
         report.add("\n</details>")
-    if bumped:
+    if bumped_external:
         report.add("<details><summary>Bumped dependencies</summary>\n")
-        for name in sorted(bumped):
-            old, new = bumped[name]
-            report.add(f"- `{name}`: {old} → {new}")
+        for name in sorted(bumped_external):
+            old_v, new_v = bumped_external[name]
+            report.add(f"- `{name}`: {old_v} → {new_v}")
+        report.add("\n</details>")
+    if bumped_openhands:
+        report.add("<details><summary>Internal `openhands-*` bumps</summary>\n")
+        for name in sorted(bumped_openhands):
+            old_v, new_v = bumped_openhands[name]
+            report.add(f"- `{name}`: {old_v} → {new_v}")
         report.add("\n</details>")
 
     sys.stdout.write(report.render())
diff --git a/.github/scripts/security_scan_common.py b/.github/scripts/security_scan_common.py
index 2238863e00..fac274966a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/security_scan_common.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/security_scan_common.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def warn(self, reason: str) -> None:
 
     def render(self) -> str:
         if self.blocking:
-            status = f"❌ {len(self.blocking)} blocking finding(s)"
+            status = f"❌ {len(self.blocking)} finding(s)"
         elif self.warnings:
             status = f"⚠️ {len(self.warnings)} warning(s), nothing blocking"
         else: