diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/ChangelogTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/ChangelogTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1a90603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/metadata/ChangelogTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.subtracks.metadata
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+
+class ChangelogTest {
+    @Test
+    fun changelogsFitStoreLimit() {
+        val root =
+            generateSequence(File(".").canonicalFile) { it.parentFile }
+                .first { File(it, "settings.gradle.kts").isFile }
+        val files =
+            File(root, "metadata")
+                .listFiles()
+                .orEmpty()
+                .flatMap { locale -> File(locale, "changelogs").listFiles().orEmpty().toList() }
+                .filter { it.isFile && it.extension == "txt" }
+        assertTrue("no changelog files found under metadata/", files.isNotEmpty())
+        files.forEach { file ->
+            val text = file.readText()
+            val length = text.codePointCount(0, text.length)
+            assertTrue(
+                "metadata changelogs must be at most $LIMIT characters; ${file.name} is $length",
+                length <= LIMIT,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val LIMIT = 500
+    }
+}
diff --git a/metadata/en-US/changelogs/8.txt b/metadata/en-US/changelogs/8.txt
index fa3d0226..a1d37131 100644
--- a/metadata/en-US/changelogs/8.txt
+++ b/metadata/en-US/changelogs/8.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-## New
+Top Songs now falls back to searching songs by the artist and sorting by play count or rating if the server has no getTopSongs endpoint.
 
-* Top Songs in the Artist view now tries to fallback to searching for songs by the artist and sorting by play count/rating if the server doesn't support the getTopSongs endpoint
-* Images are now downloaded in the background via the Android DownloadManager and won't be corrupted if the app is closed
-  * Note: the cache file structure has been changed, so all images will be erased on update and new images will be downloaded as normal
+Images download in the background and, since the cache layout changed, redownload once after updating.
 
-## Fixed
-
-* Fixed some screens displaying under the status bar on certain devices (#83)
-* Fixed occasional pausing after playing a few tracks (#66)
-* Fixed repeat mode not being persisted after skipping tracks (#56)
-* Search no longer clears the query when going back from the "more" results screen
+- Fixed screens under the status bar on some devices (#83)
+- Fixed occasional pausing after a few tracks (#66)
+- Repeat mode now persists after skipping (#56)
+- Search keeps its query when going back from the results
diff --git a/metadata/en-US/changelogs/9.txt b/metadata/en-US/changelogs/9.txt
index 014327f3..18f2fb30 100644
--- a/metadata/en-US/changelogs/9.txt
+++ b/metadata/en-US/changelogs/9.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/austinried/subtracks/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
+Full changelog: https://github.com/austinried/subtracks/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
 
-## What's Changed
-### New
-* Localization support by @austinried in https://github.com/austinried/subtracks/pull/99
-  * 9 new languages: Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Russian
-  * Thanks to @comradekingu, @clyhtsuriva, @nortio, @retiolus, @hillwah, @shoddysheep and more users from @weblate!
-### Fixed
-* Remove unused CHECK_LICENSE permission by @austinried in https://github.com/austinried/subtracks/pull/109
-* Fix performance issue/crash with large playlists by @austinried in https://github.com/austinried/subtracks/pull/111
+Localization support, with 9 new languages: Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål and Russian. Thanks to @comradekingu, @clyhtsuriva, @nortio, @retiolus, @hillwah, @shoddysheep and Weblate contributors.
+
+- Remove the unused CHECK_LICENSE permission
+- Fix a performance issue and crash with large playlists