diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 876366e..e696ba9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0-prerelease.2/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.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     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.
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ jobs:
 
   # Build and package all the platform-agnostic(ish) things
   build-global-artifacts:
-    needs: [plan, build-local-artifacts]
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - build-local-artifacts
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0-prerelease.2/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"
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
@@ -180,35 +182,54 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ${{ steps.cargo-dist.outputs.paths }}
             ${{ env.BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME }}
-
-  should-publish:
+  # Determines if we should publish/announce
+  host:
     needs:
       - plan
+      - build-local-artifacts
       - build-global-artifacts
-    if: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' }}
+    # 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:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0-prerelease.2/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage to upload them to permanent storage
+        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/
-      - id: cargo-dist
+      # 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
+          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 with all the results once everything is done
-  announce-release:
-    needs: [plan, should-publish]
+  # 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 }}
@@ -216,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: "Download artifacts"
+      - name: "Download Github Artifacts"
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: artifacts
@@ -224,12 +245,12 @@ 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/dist.toml b/dist.toml
index c4f42c6..fc2a757 100644
--- a/dist.toml
+++ b/dist.toml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 license = "WTFPL"
 repository = "https://github.com/mistydemeo/testprog"
 binaries = ["main"]
-build-command = ["make"]
+build-command = ["make", "clean", "all"]
 
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [dist]
 # The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.5.0-prerelease.2"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.5.0"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = ["github"]
 # The installers to generate for each app