diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dispatch.yml
index 9c9cd65..8e138aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dispatch.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,21 @@ on:
         description: External fork PR number to approve (pins its head SHA) and preview. Leave empty to just re-deploy.
         required: false
         default: ""
+      retry-until:
+        description: >-
+          Internal — epoch-seconds deadline for auto-retrying a wedged Pages origin.
+          Don't set manually.
+        required: false
+        default: ""
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
     with:
-      version-name: ${{ inputs.version-name }}   # "" on dispatch → pure durable gather
-      pr: ${{ inputs.pr }}                        # set (dispatch only) → pin that fork head SHA
-      dispatch-workflow: publish-dispatch.yml     # the file the tag re-dispatch re-fires
+      version-name: ${{ inputs.version-name }}          # "" on dispatch → pure durable gather
+      pr: ${{ inputs.pr }}                               # set (dispatch only) → pin that fork head SHA
+      dispatch-workflow: publish-dispatch.yml            # the file the tag re-dispatch re-fires
+      retry-until: ${{ inputs.retry-until }}              # "" on workflow_call/no-retry dispatch → no auto-retry
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write     # publish.yml's re-dispatch job re-fires this shim via gh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 18b9bc6..904bdc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: publish-dispatch.yml
         type: string
+      retry-until:
+        description: >-
+          Internal — epoch-seconds deadline for auto-retrying a wedged Pages origin.
+          Empty means no retry budget (set only by the tag re-dispatch job, from the
+          release's publish time); carried unchanged through any retries. Don't set manually.
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   # Fork PR: read-only token, never deploys — surface the manual-opt-in hint on the PR.
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read     # checkout + read release assets
-      actions: read      # gh run download (this run's + cross-run docs artifacts)
+      actions: write     # gather cross-run docs artifacts (read) + retry-dispatch on a wedged origin (write)
       pages: write       # deploy to Pages
       id-token: write    # deploy-pages OIDC
       statuses: write    # set the preview-approved status on a fork PR head SHA
@@ -310,6 +318,7 @@ jobs:
       # so a fast/first-of-SHA deploy isn't slowed. On failure, dump the origin headers
       # (a frozen etag/last-modified is the wedge signature).
       - name: Verify the deployed origin matches what we assembled
+        id: verify
         env:
           PAGE_URL: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
           SITE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/site
@@ -343,6 +352,34 @@ jobs:
             sleep 5
           done
 
+      # A verify failure means the origin is wedged (see comment above) — and per
+      # observed external evidence (actions/deploy-pages#383: waiting longer does NOT
+      # recover a wedged origin, only a genuinely NEW deploy attempt does), the fix is a
+      # fresh workflow_dispatch, not a longer timeout. This must be a fresh dispatch and
+      # NOT a job rerun — rerunning would stack a second `github-pages` artifact under
+      # this same run and break deploy-pages' artifact lookup ("Multiple artifacts named
+      # github-pages"). Only tag/release deploys carry a retry-until budget (set by the
+      # re-dispatch job below, from the release's publish time, carried unchanged through
+      # each retry) — that's the same-SHA dedup wedge this targets, which a push/PR/manual
+      # deploy can't hit (those are always first-of-SHA). No budget → no auto-retry, just
+      # the red check.
+      - name: Retry via a fresh dispatch if the origin is wedged
+        if: failure() && steps.verify.outcome == 'failure' && inputs.retry-until != ''
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          WF: ${{ inputs.dispatch-workflow }}
+          DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          RETRY_UNTIL: ${{ inputs.retry-until }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ "$(date +%s)" -ge "$RETRY_UNTIL" ]; then
+            echo "::error::origin still wedged past the retry deadline ($(date -d "@$RETRY_UNTIL" -Is)) — giving up, manual re-dispatch needed"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          gh workflow run "$WF" --repo "$REPO" --ref "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" -f retry-until="$RETRY_UNTIL"
+          echo "::notice::origin wedged — dispatched a fresh retry (budget until $(date -d "@$RETRY_UNTIL" -Is))"
+
   # A tag can't deploy inline (same SHA as the default-branch push → Pages drops it
   # unless the event is workflow_dispatch). Wait for the release, then re-dispatch the
   # shim so the deploy runs on a workflow_dispatch event and re-serves.
@@ -364,10 +401,16 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           # ci.yml's release job attaches the tag's docs.zip in parallel; the dispatched
           # run gathers the tag from that asset, so don't dispatch until it exists.
+          published_at=""
           for _ in $(seq 1 36); do
-            gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            published_at=$(gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" --json publishedAt -q .publishedAt 2>/dev/null) && break
             sleep 5
           done
-          gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+          [ -n "$published_at" ] \
             || { echo "::error::release $TAG not found after 3 min — did the release job fail?"; exit 1; }
-          gh workflow run "$WF" --repo "$REPO" --ref "$DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          # Retry budget anchored on the release's publish time, not the commit's — a tag
+          # can be cut long after its commit was merged (this repo's own release flow
+          # allows it), so the commit's own timestamp would wrongly disqualify the exact
+          # same-SHA dedup wedge (deploy-pages#383) this budget exists to retry through.
+          retry_until=$(( $(date -d "$published_at" +%s) + 900 ))
+          gh workflow run "$WF" --repo "$REPO" --ref "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" -f retry-until="$retry_until"