diff --git a/.github/actions/macos-code-sign/notary_helpers.sh b/.github/actions/macos-code-sign/notary_helpers.sh
index ad9757fe3c..f2c2158c00 100644
--- a/.github/actions/macos-code-sign/notary_helpers.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/macos-code-sign/notary_helpers.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ notarize_submission() {
     --key "$notary_key_path" \
     --key-id "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_KEY_ID" \
     --issuer "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_ISSUER_ID" \
-    --output-format json \
-    --wait)
+    --output-format json)
 
   local status submission_id
   status=$(printf '%s\n' "$submission_json" | jq -r '.status // "Unknown"')
@@ -37,10 +36,39 @@ notarize_submission() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  echo "::notice title=Notarization::$label submission ${submission_id} completed with status ${status}"
-
-  if [[ "$status" != "Accepted" ]]; then
-    echo "Notarization failed for ${label} (submission ${submission_id}, status ${status})"
-    exit 1
+  echo "::notice title=Notarization::$label submission ${submission_id} started with status ${status}"
+  if [[ "$status" == "Accepted" ]]; then
+    return 0
   fi
+
+  local started_at=$SECONDS
+  local timeout_seconds="${NOTARY_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-7200}"
+  while ((SECONDS - started_at < timeout_seconds)); do
+    sleep 30
+
+    submission_json=$(xcrun notarytool info "$submission_id" \
+      --key "$notary_key_path" \
+      --key-id "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_KEY_ID" \
+      --issuer "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_ISSUER_ID" \
+      --output-format json)
+    status=$(printf '%s\n' "$submission_json" | jq -r '.status // "Unknown"')
+    echo "::notice title=Notarization::$label submission ${submission_id} status ${status}"
+
+    case "$status" in
+      Accepted)
+        return 0
+        ;;
+      Invalid|Rejected)
+        xcrun notarytool log "$submission_id" \
+          --key "$notary_key_path" \
+          --key-id "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_KEY_ID" \
+          --issuer "$APPLE_NOTARIZATION_ISSUER_ID" || true
+        echo "Notarization failed for ${label} (submission ${submission_id}, status ${status})"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  echo "Timed out waiting for notarization of ${label} (submission ${submission_id}, last status ${status})"
+  exit 1
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
index 30e16c417d..06eecae8df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 name: rust-release
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags:
       - "rust-v*.*.*"
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            echo "Manual notarization probe; skipping tag validation"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
           echo "::group::Tag validation"
 
           # 1. Must be a tag and match the regex
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: tag-check
     name: Build - ${{ matrix.runner }} - ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs_on || matrix.runner }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 180
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
@@ -69,14 +75,14 @@ jobs:
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
           - runner: macos-15-xlarge
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          # - runner: ubuntu-24.04
+          #   target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          # - runner: ubuntu-24.04
+          #   target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          # - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+          #   target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+          # - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+          #   target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
@@ -234,12 +240,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: ${CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO}"
           cargo build --target ${{ matrix.target }} --release --timings --bin codex --bin codex-responses-api-proxy
 
-      - name: Upload Cargo timings
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
-        with:
-          name: cargo-timings-rust-release-${{ matrix.target }}
-          path: codex-rs/target/**/cargo-timings/cargo-timing.html
-          if-no-files-found: warn
+      # - name: Upload Cargo timings
+      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+      #   with:
+      #     name: cargo-timings-rust-release-${{ matrix.target }}
+      #     path: codex-rs/target/**/cargo-timings/cargo-timing.html
+      #     if-no-files-found: warn
 
       - if: ${{ contains(matrix.target, 'linux') }}
         name: Cosign Linux artifacts
@@ -320,400 +326,5 @@ jobs:
           apple-notarization-key-id: ${{ secrets.APPLE_NOTARIZATION_KEY_ID }}
           apple-notarization-issuer-id: ${{ secrets.APPLE_NOTARIZATION_ISSUER_ID }}
 
-      - name: Stage artifacts
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          dest="dist/${{ matrix.target }}"
-          mkdir -p "$dest"
-
-          cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/codex "$dest/codex-${{ matrix.target }}"
-          cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/codex-responses-api-proxy "$dest/codex-responses-api-proxy-${{ matrix.target }}"
-
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.target }}" == *linux* ]]; then
-            cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/codex.sigstore "$dest/codex-${{ matrix.target }}.sigstore"
-            cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/codex-responses-api-proxy.sigstore "$dest/codex-responses-api-proxy-${{ matrix.target }}.sigstore"
-          fi
-
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.target }}" == *apple-darwin ]]; then
-            cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/codex-${{ matrix.target }}.dmg "$dest/codex-${{ matrix.target }}.dmg"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Compress artifacts
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          # Path that contains the uncompressed binaries for the current
-          # ${{ matrix.target }}
-          dest="dist/${{ matrix.target }}"
-
-          # For compatibility with environments that lack the `zstd` tool we
-          # additionally create a `.tar.gz` alongside every binary we publish.
-          # The end result is:
-          #   codex-<target>.zst          (existing)
-          #   codex-<target>.tar.gz       (new)
-
-          # 1. Produce a .tar.gz for every file in the directory *before* we
-          #    run `zstd --rm`, because that flag deletes the original files.
-          for f in "$dest"/*; do
-            base="$(basename "$f")"
-            # Skip files that are already archives (shouldn't happen, but be
-            # safe).
-            if [[ "$base" == *.tar.gz || "$base" == *.zip || "$base" == *.dmg ]]; then
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            # Don't try to compress signature bundles.
-            if [[ "$base" == *.sigstore ]]; then
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            # Create per-binary tar.gz
-            tar -C "$dest" -czf "$dest/${base}.tar.gz" "$base"
-
-            # Also create .zst and remove the uncompressed binaries to keep
-            # non-Windows artifact directories small.
-            zstd -T0 -19 --rm "$dest/$base"
-          done
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
-        with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          # Upload the per-binary .zst files as well as the new .tar.gz
-          # equivalents we generated in the previous step.
-          path: |
-            codex-rs/dist/${{ matrix.target }}/*
-
-  build-windows:
-    needs: tag-check
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/rust-release-windows.yml
-    with:
-      release-lto: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-alpha') && 'thin' || 'fat' }}
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  argument-comment-lint-release-assets:
-    name: argument-comment-lint release assets
-    needs: tag-check
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/rust-release-argument-comment-lint.yml
-    with:
-      publish: true
-
-  zsh-release-assets:
-    name: zsh release assets
-    needs: tag-check
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/rust-release-zsh.yml
-
-  release:
-    needs:
-      - build
-      - build-windows
-      - argument-comment-lint-release-assets
-      - zsh-release-assets
-    name: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      actions: read
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.release_name.outputs.name }}
-      tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-      should_publish_npm: ${{ steps.npm_publish_settings.outputs.should_publish }}
-      npm_tag: ${{ steps.npm_publish_settings.outputs.npm_tag }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-
-      - name: Generate release notes from tag commit message
-        id: release_notes
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          # On tag pushes, GITHUB_SHA may be a tag object for annotated tags;
-          # peel it to the underlying commit.
-          commit="$(git rev-parse "${GITHUB_SHA}^{commit}")"
-          notes_path="${RUNNER_TEMP}/release-notes.md"
-
-          # Use the commit message for the commit the tag points at (not the
-          # annotated tag message).
-          git log -1 --format=%B "${commit}" > "${notes_path}"
-          # Ensure trailing newline so GitHub's markdown renderer doesn't
-          # occasionally run the last line into subsequent content.
-          echo >> "${notes_path}"
-
-          echo "path=${notes_path}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
-        with:
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: List
-        run: ls -R dist/
-
-      - name: Delete entries from dist/ that should not go in the release
-        run: |
-          rm -rf dist/windows-binaries*
-          # cargo-timing.html appears under multiple target-specific directories.
-          # If included in files: dist/**, release upload races on duplicate
-          # asset names and can fail with 404s.
-          find dist -type f -name 'cargo-timing.html' -delete
-          find dist -type d -empty -delete
-
-          ls -R dist/
-
-      - name: Add config schema release asset
-        run: |
-          cp codex-rs/core/config.schema.json dist/config-schema.json
-
-      - name: Define release name
-        id: release_name
-        run: |
-          # Extract the version from the tag name, which is in the format
-          # "rust-v0.1.0".
-          version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#rust-v}"
-          echo "name=${version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Determine npm publish settings
-        id: npm_publish_settings
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.release_name.outputs.name }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          version="${VERSION}"
-
-          if [[ "${version}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "should_publish=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "npm_tag=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          elif [[ "${version}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-alpha\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "should_publish=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "npm_tag=alpha" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "should_publish=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "npm_tag=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@a8198c4bff370c8506180b035930dea56dbd5288 # v5
-        with:
-          run_install: false
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js for npm packaging
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      # stage_npm_packages.py requires DotSlash when staging releases.
-      - uses: facebook/install-dotslash@1e4e7b3e07eaca387acb98f1d4720e0bee8dbb6a # v2
-      - name: Stage npm packages
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.release_name.outputs.name }}
-        run: |
-          ./scripts/stage_npm_packages.py \
-            --release-version "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
-            --package codex \
-            --package codex-responses-api-proxy \
-            --package codex-sdk
-
-      - name: Stage installer scripts
-        run: |
-          cp scripts/install/install.sh dist/install.sh
-          cp scripts/install/install.ps1 dist/install.ps1
-
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # v2
-        with:
-          name: ${{ steps.release_name.outputs.name }}
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          body_path: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.path }}
-          files: dist/**
-          # Mark as prerelease only when the version has a suffix after x.y.z
-          # (e.g. -alpha, -beta). Otherwise publish a normal release.
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(steps.release_name.outputs.name, '-') }}
-
-      - uses: facebook/dotslash-publish-release@9c9ec027515c34db9282a09a25a9cab5880b2c52 # v2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          config: .github/dotslash-config.json
-
-      - uses: facebook/dotslash-publish-release@9c9ec027515c34db9282a09a25a9cab5880b2c52 # v2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          config: .github/dotslash-zsh-config.json
-
-      - uses: facebook/dotslash-publish-release@9c9ec027515c34db9282a09a25a9cab5880b2c52 # v2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          config: .github/dotslash-argument-comment-lint-config.json
-
-      - name: Trigger developers.openai.com deploy
-        # Only trigger the deploy if the release is not a pre-release.
-        # The deploy is used to update the developers.openai.com website with the new config schema json file.
-        if: ${{ !contains(steps.release_name.outputs.name, '-') }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        env:
-          DEV_WEBSITE_VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.DEV_WEBSITE_VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL }}
-        run: |
-          if ! curl -sS -f -o /dev/null -X POST "$DEV_WEBSITE_VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL"; then
-            echo "::warning title=developers.openai.com deploy hook failed::Vercel deploy hook POST failed for ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-  # Publish to npm using OIDC authentication.
-  # July 31, 2025: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-31-npm-trusted-publishing-with-oidc-is-generally-available/
-  # npm docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers
-  publish-npm:
-    # Publish to npm for stable releases and alpha pre-releases with numeric suffixes.
-    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.should_publish_npm == 'true' }}
-    name: publish-npm
-    needs: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # Required for OIDC
-      contents: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
-        with:
-          # Node 24 bundles npm >= 11.5.1, which trusted publishing requires.
-          node-version: 24
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-          scope: "@openai"
-
-      - name: Download npm tarballs from release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.release.outputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          version="$RELEASE_VERSION"
-          tag="$RELEASE_TAG"
-          mkdir -p dist/npm
-          patterns=(
-            "codex-npm-${version}.tgz"
-            "codex-npm-linux-*-${version}.tgz"
-            "codex-npm-darwin-*-${version}.tgz"
-            "codex-npm-win32-*-${version}.tgz"
-            "codex-responses-api-proxy-npm-${version}.tgz"
-            "codex-sdk-npm-${version}.tgz"
-          )
-          for pattern in "${patterns[@]}"; do
-            gh release download "$tag" \
-              --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
-              --pattern "$pattern" \
-              --dir dist/npm
-          done
-
-      # No NODE_AUTH_TOKEN needed because we use OIDC.
-      - name: Publish to npm
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
-          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.release.outputs.npm_tag }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          prefix=""
-          if [[ -n "${NPM_TAG}" ]]; then
-            prefix="${NPM_TAG}-"
-          fi
-
-          shopt -s nullglob
-          tarballs=(dist/npm/*-"${VERSION}".tgz)
-          if [[ ${#tarballs[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-            echo "No npm tarballs found in dist/npm for version ${VERSION}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          for tarball in "${tarballs[@]}"; do
-            filename="$(basename "${tarball}")"
-            tag=""
-
-            case "${filename}" in
-              codex-npm-linux-*-"${VERSION}".tgz|codex-npm-darwin-*-"${VERSION}".tgz|codex-npm-win32-*-"${VERSION}".tgz)
-                platform="${filename#codex-npm-}"
-                platform="${platform%-${VERSION}.tgz}"
-                tag="${prefix}${platform}"
-                ;;
-              codex-npm-"${VERSION}".tgz|codex-responses-api-proxy-npm-"${VERSION}".tgz|codex-sdk-npm-"${VERSION}".tgz)
-                tag="${NPM_TAG}"
-                ;;
-              *)
-                echo "Unexpected npm tarball: ${filename}"
-                exit 1
-                ;;
-            esac
-
-            publish_cmd=(npm publish "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${tarball}")
-            if [[ -n "${tag}" ]]; then
-              publish_cmd+=(--tag "${tag}")
-            fi
-
-            echo "+ ${publish_cmd[*]}"
-            set +e
-            publish_output="$("${publish_cmd[@]}" 2>&1)"
-            publish_status=$?
-            set -e
-
-            echo "${publish_output}"
-            if [[ ${publish_status} -eq 0 ]]; then
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            if grep -qiE "previously published|cannot publish over|version already exists" <<< "${publish_output}"; then
-              echo "Skipping already-published package version for ${filename}"
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            exit "${publish_status}"
-          done
-
-  winget:
-    name: winget
-    needs: release
-    # Only publish stable/mainline releases to WinGet; pre-releases include a
-    # '-' in the semver string (e.g., 1.2.3-alpha.1).
-    if: ${{ !contains(needs.release.outputs.version, '-') }}
-    # This job only invokes a GitHub Action to open/update the winget-pkgs PR;
-    # it does not execute Windows-only tooling, so Linux is sufficient.
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Publish to WinGet
-        uses: vedantmgoyal9/winget-releaser@7bd472be23763def6e16bd06cc8b1cdfab0e2fd5
-        with:
-          identifier: OpenAI.Codex
-          version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
-          release-tag: ${{ needs.release.outputs.tag }}
-          fork-user: openai-oss-forks
-          installers-regex: '^codex-(?:x86_64|aarch64)-pc-windows-msvc\.exe\.zip$'
-          token: ${{ secrets.WINGET_PUBLISH_PAT }}
-
-  update-branch:
-    name: Update latest-alpha-cli branch
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    needs: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Update latest-alpha-cli branch
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          gh api \
-            repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs/heads/latest-alpha-cli \
-            -X PATCH \
-            -f sha="${GITHUB_SHA}" \
-            -F force=true
+      # Release staging, release artifact upload, publishing, WinGet, and branch update
+      # steps are intentionally disabled on this branch.