diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/components/ReleaseMenuButton/ReleaseMenuButton.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/components/ReleaseMenuButton/ReleaseMenuButton.tsx
index 1279aabd977..04f68870ec6 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/components/ReleaseMenuButton/ReleaseMenuButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/components/ReleaseMenuButton/ReleaseMenuButton.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import {useTelemetry} from '@sanity/telemetry/react'
 import {Box, Flex, Menu, Spinner, Text} from '@sanity/ui'
 import {useState} from 'react'
+import {LoadingBlock} from 'sanity'
 
 import {Button, Dialog, MenuButton, MenuItem} from '../../../../../ui-components'
 import {useTranslation} from '../../../../i18n'
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ export const ReleaseMenuButton = ({disabled, release}: ReleaseMenuButtonProps) =
 
   const resetSelectedAction = () => setSelectedAction(undefined)
 
-  const handleArchive = async () => {
+  const handleArchive = async (e) => {
     if (releaseMenuDisabled) return
+    e.preventDefault()
 
     setIsPerformingOperation(true)
     await archive(release._id)
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ export const ReleaseMenuButton = ({disabled, release}: ReleaseMenuButtonProps) =
               text={t('action.edit')}
               data-testid="edit-release"
             />
+            {/* <MenuItem onClick={() => setSelectedAction('')} /> */}
             <MenuItem
               onClick={() => setSelectedAction('confirm-archive')}
               icon={isReleaseArchived ? UnarchiveIcon : ArchiveIcon}
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ export const ReleaseMenuButton = ({disabled, release}: ReleaseMenuButtonProps) =
               {/* TODO localize string */}
               {/* eslint-disable-next-line i18next/no-literal-string */}
               <Text>Are you sure you want to archive the release? There's no going back (yet)</Text>
+              {isPerformingOperation && <LoadingBlock showText title={'archiving, wait'} />}
             </Box>
             <Flex justify="flex-end" paddingTop={5}>
               <Button
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/overview/ReleasesOverviewColumnDefs.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/overview/ReleasesOverviewColumnDefs.tsx
index a4c54677f17..06191f5e9d2 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/overview/ReleasesOverviewColumnDefs.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/releases/tool/overview/ReleasesOverviewColumnDefs.tsx
@@ -20,18 +20,20 @@ import {ReleaseDocumentsCounter} from './ReleaseDocumentsCounter'
 import {type TableRelease} from './ReleasesOverview'
 
 const ReleaseTime = ({release}: {release: TableRelease}) => {
-  const {t: tCore} = useTranslation()
+  const {t} = useTranslation()
   const {publishAt, metadata} = release
 
   const getTimeString = () => {
     if (metadata.releaseType === 'asap') {
-      return tCore('release.type.asap')
+      return t('release.type.asap')
     }
     if (metadata.releaseType === 'undecided') {
-      return tCore('release.type.undecided')
+      return t('release.type.undecided')
     }
 
-    return publishAt ? format(new Date(publishAt), 'PPpp') : null
+    const publishDate = publishAt || metadata.intendedPublishAt
+
+    return publishDate ? format(new Date(publishDate), 'PPpp') : null
   }
 
   return (
@@ -137,8 +139,10 @@ export const releasesOverviewColumnDefs: (
       sorting: true,
       sortTransform: ({metadata, publishAt}) => {
         if (metadata.releaseType === 'undecided') return Infinity
-        if (metadata.releaseType === 'asap' || !publishAt) return 0
-        return new Date(publishAt).getTime()
+
+        const publishDate = publishAt || metadata.intendedPublishAt
+        if (metadata.releaseType === 'asap' || !publishDate) return 0
+        return new Date(publishDate).getTime()
       },
       width: 250,
       header: (props) => (