diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-early-testers.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-early-testers.yml
index 72d639626..61ecc3928 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-early-testers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-early-testers.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       checks: read
       contents: write # Create immutable source tags; never move an existing tag.
+      statuses: write # Record verified internal distribution and symbol upload per source SHA.
     if: github.repository == 'inline-chat/inline' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 90
diff --git a/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.mjs b/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.mjs
index 18f9aa061..3eea07b25 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createPrivateKey, sign } from "node:crypto"
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process"
 import { appendFileSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
-import { join } from "node:path"
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path"
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url"
 
 export const APP = "6736995294"
@@ -53,6 +53,46 @@ export async function list(api, path) {
   return items
 }
 
+export async function buildGroups(api, buildId) {
+  const groups = await list(api, `/v1/apps/${APP}/betaGroups?limit=200`)
+  const members = []
+  for (const group of groups) {
+    // Apple's documented filter[builds] is rejected for some builds.
+    const builds = await list(api, `/v1/betaGroups/${group.id}/relationships/builds?limit=200`)
+    if (builds.some((build) => build.id === buildId)) members.push(group)
+  }
+  return members
+}
+
+export function publicationReceipt(env = process.env, fetcher = fetch) {
+  if (env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY !== "inline-chat/inline" || !env.GH_TOKEN) throw new Error("Trusted GitHub release token required")
+  const root = "https://api.github.com/repos/inline-chat/inline"
+  const request = async (path, data) => {
+    const response = await fetcher(`${root}/${path}`, {
+      method: data ? "POST" : "GET", redirect: "error", signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env.GH_TOKEN}`, Accept: "application/vnd.github+json", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      ...(data ? { body: JSON.stringify(data) } : {}),
+    })
+    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`GitHub release receipt failed: ${response.status}`)
+    return response.json()
+  }
+  const context = "ios/early-testers"
+  const description = (build) => `Early Testers build ${build}`
+  return {
+    isPublished: async (sha, build) => {
+      // The combined-status endpoint omits creator; individual statuses retain it.
+      const statuses = await request(`commits/${sha}/statuses?per_page=100`)
+      const status = statuses.find((item) => item.context === context)
+      return status?.state === "success" && status.description === description(build)
+        && status.creator?.login === "github-actions[bot]"
+    },
+    markPublished: async (result) => request(`statuses/${result.sha}`, {
+      state: "success", context, description: description(result.build),
+      target_url: `https://github.com/inline-chat/inline/actions/runs/${env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`,
+    }),
+  }
+}
+
 export function validateGroup(group, app) {
   if (group.id !== GROUP || group.attributes?.isInternalGroup !== true || app.id !== APP) {
     throw new Error("Refusing distribution outside Inline internal Early Testers")
@@ -73,8 +113,10 @@ export function validateBuild(build, app, version) {
   }
 }
 
-export function reusableRun(runs, sha) {
+export function reusableRun(runs, sha, now = Date.now()) {
   return runs.find((run) => run.attributes?.sourceCommit?.commitSha === sha
+    // Refresh before TestFlight's 90-day expiry even if main has been inactive.
+    && (!run.attributes.createdDate || Date.parse(run.attributes.createdDate) > now - 84 * 86_400_000)
     && (run.attributes.executionProgress !== "COMPLETE" || run.attributes.completionStatus === "SUCCEEDED"))
 }
 
@@ -132,13 +174,13 @@ async function uploadSymbols(api, runId) {
   const archive = join(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "inline-ios-symbols-")), "archive.zip")
   writeFileSync(archive, Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer()))
   execFileSync("npx", ["--yes", "--package", "@sentry/cli@3.8.0", "sentry-cli", "debug-files", "upload", "--wait", archive], {
-    stdio: "inherit", timeout: 600_000,
+    stdio: "inherit", timeout: 600_000, cwd: dirname(archive),
     env: { PATH: process.env.PATH, HOME: process.env.HOME, SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN,
       SENTRY_ORG: "usenoor", SENTRY_PROJECT: "inline-ios-macos", SENTRY_URL: "https://us.sentry.io" },
   })
 }
 
-export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag, symbols = async () => {}, pause = sleep, now = Date.now, log = console.log }) {
+export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag, symbols = async () => {}, isPublished = async () => false, markPublished = async () => {}, pause = sleep, now = Date.now, log = console.log }) {
   if (!/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(sha || "")) throw new Error("Expected a full qualified main SHA")
   const deadline = now() + 75 * 60_000
   const wait = async () => {
@@ -150,7 +192,7 @@ export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag,
   validateGroup(group, groupApp)
   await qualify()
   const runs = await list(api, `/v1/ciWorkflows/${WORKFLOW}/buildRuns?sort=-number&limit=100`)
-  let run = reusableRun(runs, sha)
+  let run = reusableRun(runs, sha, now())
   if (!run) {
     const canonicalName = await sourceTag(sha)
     let source
@@ -169,7 +211,9 @@ export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag,
   } else log(`Resuming Xcode Cloud run ${run.id} for ${sha}`)
   while (true) {
     run = (await api(`/v1/ciBuildRuns/${run.id}`)).data
-    if (run.attributes.sourceCommit) validateRun(run, sha)
+    // Apple may return an empty sourceCommit while a new run is pending.
+    // Reject a resolved mismatch immediately; require an exact SHA at completion.
+    if (run.attributes.sourceCommit?.commitSha) validateRun(run, sha)
     if (run.attributes.executionProgress === "COMPLETE") break
     await wait()
   }
@@ -191,11 +235,11 @@ export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag,
   const app = (await api(`/v1/builds/${build.id}/app`)).data
   const version = (await api(`/v1/builds/${build.id}/preReleaseVersion`)).data
   validateBuild(build, app, version)
-  const groupsPath = `/v1/betaGroups?filter[app]=${APP}&filter[builds]=${build.id}&limit=200`
-  const groups = await list(api, groupsPath)
-  if (groups.some((item) => item.id === GROUP)) {
+  const result = { sha, run: run.id, build: build.id, version: build.attributes.version }
+  const groups = await buildGroups(api, build.id)
+  if (groups.some((item) => item.id === GROUP) && await isPublished(sha, build.id)) {
     log(`Already available to internal Early Testers: ${sha}, build ${build.attributes.version}`)
-    return { sha, run: run.id, build: build.id, version: build.attributes.version }
+    return result
   }
   if (groups.some((item) => item.attributes.isInternalGroup !== true)) {
     throw new Error("Build already has external distribution; refusing automatic promotion")
@@ -207,12 +251,13 @@ export async function publish({ api, sha, qualify, sourceTag = ensureSourceTag,
   if (!groups.some((item) => item.id === GROUP)) {
     await api(`/v1/betaGroups/${GROUP}/relationships/builds`, { data: [{ type: "builds", id: build.id }] })
   }
-  const final = await list(api, groupsPath)
+  const final = await buildGroups(api, build.id)
   if (!final.some((item) => item.id === GROUP) || final.some((item) => !item.attributes.isInternalGroup)) {
     throw new Error("Internal distribution readback failed")
   }
+  await markPublished(result)
   log(`Verified iOS ${version.attributes.version} (${build.attributes.version}) for internal Early Testers: ${sha}`)
-  return { sha, run: run.id, build: build.id, version: build.attributes.version }
+  return result
 }
 
 if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href) {
@@ -225,6 +270,7 @@ if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href)
     const result = await publish({ api: appleClient(process.env), sha: process.env.EXPECTED_SHA,
       qualify: () => execFileSync("python3", ["scripts/ci/nightly-tip-gate.py", "qualify"], { stdio: "inherit" }),
       symbols: uploadSymbols,
+      ...publicationReceipt(),
     })
     if (process.env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY) appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY,
       `Internal Early Testers: build **${result.version}**, source \`${result.sha}\`, Xcode Cloud run \`${result.run}\`.\n`)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.test.ts b/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.test.ts
index e89901e01..c28402971 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/ios-early-testers.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
 import { generateKeyPairSync, verify } from "node:crypto"
-import { APP, GROUP, WORKFLOW, appleClient, ensureSourceTag, makeToken, publish, reusableRun } from "./ios-early-testers.mjs"
+import { APP, GROUP, WORKFLOW, appleClient, ensureSourceTag, makeToken, publicationReceipt, publish, reusableRun } from "./ios-early-testers.mjs"
 
 const sha = "a".repeat(40)
 const run = { id: "run", attributes: { sourceCommit: { commitSha: sha }, executionProgress: "COMPLETE", completionStatus: "SUCCEEDED" } }
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ function fixture(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
       groups = [group]
       return {}
     }
-    if (path.startsWith("/v1/betaGroups?")) return { data: groups }
+    if (path === `/v1/apps/${APP}/betaGroups?limit=200`) return { data: [group, ...groups.filter((item: any) => item.id !== GROUP)] }
+    if (path.includes("/relationships/builds?")) {
+      const id = path.split("/")[3]
+      return { data: groups.some((item: any) => item.id === id) ? [{ id: "build" }] : [] }
+    }
     if (!(path in routes)) throw new Error(`Unexpected request: ${path}`)
     return { data: routes[path] }
   }
@@ -47,8 +51,30 @@ describe("internal iOS release boundary", () => {
   it("is idempotent when the exact build is already internal", async () => {
     const f = fixture()
     f.setGroups([group])
-    await publish({ api: f.api, sha, qualify: () => {}, log: () => {} })
+    let uploads = 0
+    await publish({ api: f.api, sha, qualify: () => {}, isPublished: async () => true, symbols: async () => { uploads++ }, log: () => {} })
     expect(f.mutations).toEqual([])
+    expect(uploads).toBe(0)
+  })
+  it("uploads symbols even when all-build access precedes the first publication receipt", async () => {
+    const f = fixture()
+    f.setGroups([group])
+    const order: string[] = []
+    await publish({ api: f.api, sha, qualify: () => {}, symbols: async () => { order.push("symbols") }, markPublished: async () => { order.push("receipt") }, log: () => {} })
+    expect(order).toEqual(["symbols", "receipt"])
+    expect(f.mutations).toEqual([])
+  })
+  it("accepts only an exact-build receipt issued by GitHub Actions", async () => {
+    const env = { GITHUB_REPOSITORY: "inline-chat/inline", GH_TOKEN: "test-token", GITHUB_RUN_ID: "123" }
+    const bodies: unknown[] = []
+    const receipt = publicationReceipt(env, async (_url: string, options: { body?: string }) => {
+      if (options.body) { bodies.push(JSON.parse(options.body)); return Response.json({}) }
+      return Response.json([{ context: "ios/early-testers", state: "success", description: "Early Testers build build", creator: { login: "github-actions[bot]" } }])
+    })
+    expect(await receipt.isPublished(sha, "build")).toBe(true)
+    expect(await receipt.isPublished(sha, "other")).toBe(false)
+    await receipt.markPublished({ sha, build: "build" })
+    expect(bodies).toEqual([{ context: "ios/early-testers", state: "success", description: "Early Testers build build", target_url: "https://github.com/inline-chat/inline/actions/runs/123" }])
   })
   it("rejects external groups, wrong app/platform/source, expired builds and individual assignments", async () => {
     const cases = [
@@ -80,6 +106,13 @@ describe("internal iOS release boundary", () => {
     expect(reusableRun([run], "b".repeat(40))).toBeUndefined()
     expect(reusableRun([{ ...run, attributes: { ...run.attributes, executionProgress: "RUNNING" } }], sha)).toBeDefined()
   })
+  it("refreshes successful archives before their TestFlight expiry", () => {
+    const now = Date.parse("2026-09-30T00:00:00Z")
+    const old = { ...run, attributes: { ...run.attributes, createdDate: "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z" } }
+    const fresh = { ...run, attributes: { ...run.attributes, createdDate: "2026-09-29T00:00:00Z" } }
+    expect(reusableRun([old, fresh], sha, now)).toBe(fresh)
+    expect(reusableRun([old], sha, now)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
   it("creates an immutable source tag and refuses to move an existing tag", async () => {
     const env = { GITHUB_REPOSITORY: "inline-chat/inline", GH_TOKEN: "test-token" }
     const calls: Array<{ url: string; body?: string }> = []
@@ -107,6 +140,25 @@ describe("internal iOS release boundary", () => {
     } } }])
     expect(f.mutations.length).toBe(1)
   })
+  it("waits for a pending run's source to resolve and rejects unresolved completed runs", async () => {
+    const f = fixture()
+    let reads = 0
+    let pauses = 0
+    const api = async (path: string, data?: unknown) => {
+      if (path === "/v1/ciBuildRuns/run" && ++reads === 1) return { data: {
+        id: "run", attributes: { sourceCommit: {}, executionProgress: "PENDING" },
+      } }
+      return f.api(path, data)
+    }
+    await publish({ api, sha, qualify: () => {}, pause: async () => { pauses++ }, log: () => {} })
+    expect(pauses).toBe(1)
+    expect(f.mutations.length).toBe(1)
+    const unresolved = fixture({ "/v1/ciBuildRuns/run": { id: "run", attributes: {
+      sourceCommit: {}, executionProgress: "COMPLETE", completionStatus: "SUCCEEDED",
+    } } })
+    await expect(publish({ api: unresolved.api, sha, qualify: () => {}, log: () => {} })).rejects.toThrow("source differs")
+    expect(unresolved.mutations).toEqual([])
+  })
   it("signs short lived Apple JWTs without disclosing credentials to pagination hosts", async () => {
     const pair = generateKeyPairSync("ec", { namedCurve: "prime256v1" })
     const env = { ASC_KEY_ID: "id", ASC_ISSUER_ID: "issuer", ASC_PRIVATE_KEY: pair.privateKey.export({ type: "pkcs8", format: "pem" }).toString() }