diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 31d27eb..6e59e2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         run: brew install coreutils sponge
       - uses: cargo-bins/cargo-binstall@main
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: cargo binstall cargo-dist -y
+        run: cargo binstall cargo-dist@0.5.0 -y
       - name: Install IC SDK (dfx)
         uses: dfinity/setup-dfx@main
       - name: run test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-with-github.yml b/.github/workflows/release-with-github.yml
index 94a1777..338fe50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-with-github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-with-github.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ jobs:
           TITLE="chore(${{ inputs.whichCrate }}): release v${{ needs.create-release.outputs.nev_version }}"
           cat >BODY.md <<EOF
           PR created by this workflow: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
-          Link to release: https://github.com/${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/$TAG
+          Link to release: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/$TAG
           EOF
           gh pr create --base main --head "$HEAD" --title "$TITLE" --body-file BODY.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5ee7676..db511d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 # * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
 # * builds artifacts with cargo-dist (archives, installers, hashes)
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
-# * on success, uploads the artifacts to a Github Release™
+# * on success, uploads the artifacts to a Github Release
 #
-# Note that the Github Release™ will be created with a generated
+# Note that the Github Release will be created with a generated
 # title/body based on your changelogs.
+
 name: Release
 
 permissions:
@@ -21,20 +22,20 @@ permissions:
 # PACKAGE_NAME must be the name of a Cargo package in your workspace, and VERSION
 # must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
 #
-# If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the release will be for that
+# If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
 # package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't cargo-dist-able).
 #
-# If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the release will be for all
+# If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
 # (cargo-dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
 # intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
 # packages versioned/released in lockstep).
 #
 # If you push multiple tags at once, separate instances of this workflow will
-# spin up, creating an independent Github Release™ for each one. However Github
+# spin up, creating an independent announcement for each one. However Github
 # will hard limit this to 3 tags per commit, as it will assume more tags is a
 # mistake.
 #
-# If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the Github Release™
+# If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the release(s)
 # will be marked as a prerelease.
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "TAG=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "TAG=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-  # Run 'cargo dist plan' to determine what tasks we need to do
+  # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: determine-release-tag
@@ -86,11 +87,16 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ needs.determine-release-tag.outputs.release-tag }}
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.4.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
+      # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
+      # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
+      # (PRs run on the *source* but secrets are usually on the *target* -- that's *good*
+      # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
       - id: plan
         run: |
           cargo dist plan ${{ !github.event.pull_request && format('--tag={0}', needs.determine-release-tag.outputs.release-tag) || '' }} --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist plan ran successfully"
+          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
           cat dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
@@ -100,10 +106,11 @@ jobs:
           path: dist-manifest.json
 
   # Build and packages all the platform-specific things
-  upload-local-artifacts:
+  build-local-artifacts:
+    name: build-local-artifacts (${{ join(matrix.targets, ', ') }})
     # Let the initial task tell us to not run (currently very blunt)
     needs: plan
-    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).releases != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix.include != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       # Target platforms/runners are computed by cargo-dist in create-release.
@@ -129,6 +136,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
+      # Get the dist-manifest
+      - name: Fetch local artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: target/distrib/
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           ${{ matrix.packages_install }}
@@ -144,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         # inconsistent syntax between shell and powershell.
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Parse out what we just built and upload it to the Github Release™
+          # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           jq --raw-output ".artifacts[]?.path | select( . != null )" dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -158,27 +171,104 @@ jobs:
             ${{ steps.cargo-dist.outputs.paths }}
             ${{ env.BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME }}
 
-  should-publish:
+  # Build and package all the platform-agnostic(ish) things
+  build-global-artifacts:
     needs:
       - plan
-      - upload-local-artifacts
-    if: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      - build-local-artifacts
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/dist-manifest.json
     steps:
-      - name: print tag
-        run: echo "ok we're publishing!"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
+      - name: Fetch local artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: target/distrib/
+      - id: cargo-dist
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
 
-  # Create a Github Release with all the results once everything is done
-  publish-release:
-    needs: [plan, should-publish]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
+          echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          jq --raw-output ".artifacts[]?.path | select( . != null )" dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          cp dist-manifest.json "$BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME"
+      - name: "Upload artifacts"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: |
+            ${{ steps.cargo-dist.outputs.paths }}
+            ${{ env.BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME }}
+  # Determines if we should publish/announce
+  host:
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - build-local-artifacts
+      - build-global-artifacts
+    # Only run if we're "publishing", and only if local and global didn't fail (skipped is fine)
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    outputs:
+      val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
+      - name: Fetch artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: target/distrib/
+      # This is a harmless no-op for Github Releases, hosting for that happens in "announce"
+      - id: host
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cargo dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
+          cat dist-manifest.json
+          echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: dist-manifest.json
+
+  # Create a Github Release while uploading all files to it
+  announce:
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - host
+    # use "always() && ..." to allow us to wait for all publish jobs while
+    # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
+    # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: "Download artifacts"
+      - name: "Download Github Artifacts"
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: artifacts
@@ -186,12 +276,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cleanup
         run: |
           # Remove the granular manifests
-          rm artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
-      - name: Create Release
+          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
+      - name: Create Github Release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
           tag: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}
-          name: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_title }}
-          body: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_github_body }}
-          prerelease: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease }}
+          name: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_title }}
+          body: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_github_body }}
+          prerelease: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease }}
           artifacts: "artifacts/*"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 39114b4..2637309 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,18 +34,24 @@ url = "2.3.1"
 
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
-# CI backends to support (see 'cargo dist generate-ci')
+# CI backends to support
 ci = ["github"]
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = [
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
-    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
-]
+targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin"]
+# The archive format to use for non-windows builds (defaults .tar.xz)
 unix-archive = ".tar.gz"
+# Checksums to generate for each App
 checksum = "sha256"
+# Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
 dist = true
+# Skip checking whether the specified configuration files are up to date
 allow-dirty = ["ci"]
+# The installers to generate for each app
+installers = []
+# Publish jobs to run in CI
+pr-run-mode = "skip"
+# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.5.0"
 
 
 # The profile that 'cargo dist' will build with