diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index bc2a89a..ad93965 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,41 +10,7 @@ env:
   REPO: LotusGuild/cinny-desktop
 
 jobs:
-  prepare-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      release_id: ${{ steps.create.outputs.release_id }}
-      version: ${{ steps.create.outputs.version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Create rolling latest release
-        id: create
-        env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('src-tauri/tauri.conf.json'))['version'])")
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          # Delete existing latest release+tag if present
-          OLD=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/latest" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          OLD_ID=$(echo "$OLD" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          if [ -n "$OLD_ID" ] && [ "$OLD_ID" != "None" ] && [ "$OLD_ID" != "" ]; then
-            curl -sf -X DELETE "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/$OLD_ID" -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" || true
-            curl -f  -X DELETE "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/tags/latest"     -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" || true
-          fi
-
-          # Create fresh release
-          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -X POST "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{\"tag_name\":\"latest\",\"name\":\"Lotus Chat $VERSION\",\"prerelease\":true,\"body\":\"Built from ${{ github.sha }}\"}" \
-            | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['id'])")
-          echo "release_id=$RELEASE_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
   build-windows:
-    needs: prepare-release
     runs-on: windows
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -84,9 +50,19 @@ jobs:
         shell: powershell
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          RELEASE_ID: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_id }}
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.version }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
         run: |
+          # Get or create the latest release
+          $release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$env:GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$env:REPO/releases/tags/latest" `
+            -Headers @{ Authorization = "token $TOKEN" } -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          if (-not $release) {
+            $release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$env:GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$env:REPO/releases" `
+              -Method Post `
+              -Headers @{ Authorization = "token $TOKEN"; "Content-Type" = "application/json" } `
+              -Body "{`"tag_name`":`"latest`",`"name`":`"Lotus Chat $VERSION`",`"prerelease`":true,`"body`":`"Built from ${{ github.sha }}`"}"
+          }
+          $releaseId = $release.id
+
           $nsis = "src-tauri\target\release\bundle\nsis"
           $files = @(
             "$nsis\Cinny_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe",
@@ -96,14 +72,13 @@ jobs:
           $names = @("LotusChat-x86_64-setup.exe", "LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip", "LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip.sig")
           for ($i = 0; $i -lt $files.Length; $i++) {
             $bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($files[$i])
-            Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$env:GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$env:REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$($names[$i])" `
+            Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$env:GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$env:REPO/releases/$releaseId/assets?name=$($names[$i])" `
               -Method Post `
               -Headers @{ Authorization = "token $TOKEN"; "Content-Type" = "application/octet-stream" } `
               -Body $bytes
           }
 
   build-linux:
-    needs: prepare-release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -154,9 +129,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload to release
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          RELEASE_ID: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_id }}
           VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
         run: |
+          # Get or create the latest release
+          RELEASE=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/latest" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ] || [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "None" ]; then
+            RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -X POST "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "{\"tag_name\":\"latest\",\"name\":\"Lotus Chat $VERSION\",\"prerelease\":true,\"body\":\"Built from ${{ github.sha }}\"}" \
+              | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['id'])")
+          fi
+
           deb="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.deb"
           appimage="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.AppImage"
           declare -A uploads=(