diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-macos-release.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-macos-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31073cb4..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-macos-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-name: Desktop macOS Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: 'Release tag to create or update (defaults to v<package version>)'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-      release_name:
-        description: 'Release name (defaults to "CloudCLI Desktop macOS <tag>")'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-      prerelease:
-        description: 'Mark the GitHub release as a prerelease'
-        required: true
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-
-jobs:
-  build-macos:
-    name: Build signed macOS desktop app
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-          cache: npm
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Typecheck
-        run: npm run typecheck
-
-      - name: Resolve release metadata
-        id: release
-        env:
-          TAG_INPUT: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_NAME_INPUT: ${{ inputs.release_name }}
-        run: |
-          VERSION="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
-          TAG="$TAG_INPUT"
-          if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-            TAG="v${VERSION}"
-          fi
-          TAG="$(printf '%s' "$TAG" | tr -d '\r\n' | sed 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/-/g')"
-          if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-            echo "Resolved release tag is empty after normalization." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          RELEASE_NAME="$RELEASE_NAME_INPUT"
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_NAME" ]; then
-            RELEASE_NAME="CloudCLI Desktop macOS ${TAG}"
-          fi
-          RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER="release_name_$(uuidgen)"
-
-          {
-            echo "tag=$TAG"
-            echo "release_name<<$RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER"
-            printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_NAME"
-            echo "$RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER"
-            echo "server_bundle_tag=cloudcli-local-server-${TAG}"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Configure release server bundle source
-        env:
-          SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
-        run: printf '{"releaseTag":"%s"}\n' "$SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG" > electron/server-bundle-config.json
-
-      - name: Verify signing secrets are configured
-        run: |
-          test -n "$CSC_LINK"
-          test -n "$CSC_KEY_PASSWORD"
-          test -n "$APPLE_ID"
-          test -n "$APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD"
-          test -n "$APPLE_TEAM_ID"
-        env:
-          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.CSC_LINK }}
-          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
-          APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD }}
-          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
-
-      - name: Build signed and notarized macOS artifacts
-        run: npm run desktop:dist:mac -- --publish never
-        env:
-          CLOUDCLI_SEMANTICS_BUILD_REQUIRED: "1"
-          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.CSC_LINK }}
-          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
-          APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD }}
-          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
-
-      - name: Build local server bundle
-        run: node scripts/release/build-server-bundle.js
-
-      - name: Verify local server runtime artifacts
-        run: |
-          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz' -print -quit)"
-          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz.sha256' -print -quit)"
-
-      - name: Publish local server runtime assets
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
-          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
-          name: CloudCLI Local Server Runtime (${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }})
-          body: |
-            This prerelease contains the Local mode runtime for CloudCLI Desktop.
-
-            Download CloudCLI Desktop from the main ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }} release. When you open Local CloudCLI, the desktop app automatically downloads the matching runtime from this prerelease.
-
-            You do not need to download these runtime files manually.
-          prerelease: true
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: false
-          overwrite_files: true
-          files: |
-            release/local-server/*
-
-      - name: Verify macOS artifacts
-        run: |
-          test -n "$(find release/desktop -maxdepth 1 -name '*.dmg' -print -quit)"
-          shasum -a 256 release/desktop/*.dmg > release/SHASUMS256.txt
-          cat release/SHASUMS256.txt
-
-      - name: Publish GitHub release assets
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
-          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
-          name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_name }}
-          body: |
-            Download the CloudCLI Desktop installer for your Mac.
-
-            The local server runtime used by local mode is installed automatically by the desktop app. You do not need to download any server bundle manually.
-          prerelease: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: false
-          files: |
-            release/desktop/*.dmg
-            release/SHASUMS256.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43e5fda9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+name: Desktop Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "Release tag to create or update (defaults to v<package version>)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      release_name:
+        description: 'Release name (defaults to "CloudCLI Desktop <tag>")'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: "Mark the GitHub release as a prerelease"
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  resolve-release:
+    name: Resolve release metadata
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
+      release_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_name }}
+      server_bundle_tag: ${{ steps.release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Resolve release metadata
+        id: release
+        env:
+          TAG_INPUT: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          RELEASE_NAME_INPUT: ${{ inputs.release_name }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
+          TAG="$TAG_INPUT"
+          if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+            TAG="v${VERSION}"
+          fi
+          TAG="$(printf '%s' "$TAG" | tr -d '\r\n' | sed 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/-/g')"
+          if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+            echo "Resolved release tag is empty after normalization." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          RELEASE_NAME="$RELEASE_NAME_INPUT"
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_NAME" ]; then
+            RELEASE_NAME="CloudCLI Desktop ${TAG}"
+          fi
+          RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER="release_name_${GITHUB_RUN_ID}_${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}"
+
+          {
+            echo "tag=$TAG"
+            echo "release_name<<$RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER"
+            printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_NAME"
+            echo "$RELEASE_NAME_DELIMITER"
+            echo "server_bundle_tag=cloudcli-local-server-${TAG}"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  build-macos:
+    name: Build signed macOS desktop app
+    needs: resolve-release
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: npm run typecheck
+
+      - name: Configure release server bundle source
+        env:
+          SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG: ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
+        run: printf '{"releaseTag":"%s"}\n' "$SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG" > electron/server-bundle-config.json
+
+      - name: Verify macOS signing secrets are configured
+        run: |
+          test -n "$CSC_LINK"
+          test -n "$CSC_KEY_PASSWORD"
+          test -n "$APPLE_ID"
+          test -n "$APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD"
+          test -n "$APPLE_TEAM_ID"
+        env:
+          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.CSC_LINK }}
+          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
+          APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
+
+      - name: Build signed and notarized macOS artifacts
+        run: npm run desktop:dist:mac -- --publish never
+        env:
+          CLOUDCLI_SEMANTICS_BUILD_REQUIRED: "1"
+          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.CSC_LINK }}
+          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
+          APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
+
+      - name: Build macOS local server bundle
+        run: node scripts/release/build-server-bundle.js
+
+      - name: Stage macOS release assets
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p desktop-release-assets server-release-assets
+          test -n "$(find release/desktop -maxdepth 1 -name '*.dmg' -print -quit)"
+          shasum -a 256 release/desktop/*.dmg > desktop-release-assets/SHASUMS256-macos.txt
+          cp release/desktop/*.dmg desktop-release-assets/
+
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz' -print -quit)"
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz.sha256' -print -quit)"
+          cp release/local-server/* server-release-assets/
+
+      - name: Upload macOS desktop assets
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: desktop-release-macos
+          path: desktop-release-assets/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Upload macOS server assets
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: server-release-macos
+          path: server-release-assets/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  build-windows:
+    name: Build Windows desktop app
+    needs: resolve-release
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: npm run typecheck
+
+      - name: Configure release server bundle source
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG: ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
+        run: printf '{"releaseTag":"%s"}\n' "$SERVER_BUNDLE_TAG" > electron/server-bundle-config.json
+
+      - name: Check Windows signing secrets
+        id: windows-signing
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          WINDOWS_CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CSC_LINK }}
+          WINDOWS_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$WINDOWS_CSC_LINK" ] && [ -n "$WINDOWS_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD" ]; then
+            echo "enabled=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "enabled=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build signed Windows artifacts
+        if: steps.windows-signing.outputs.enabled == 'true'
+        run: npm run desktop:dist:win -- --publish never
+        env:
+          CLOUDCLI_SEMANTICS_BUILD_REQUIRED: "1"
+          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CSC_LINK }}
+          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Build unsigned Windows artifacts
+        if: steps.windows-signing.outputs.enabled != 'true'
+        run: npm run desktop:dist:win -- --publish never
+        env:
+          CLOUDCLI_SEMANTICS_BUILD_REQUIRED: "1"
+          CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY: "false"
+
+      - name: Build Windows local server bundle
+        run: node scripts/release/build-server-bundle.js
+
+      - name: Stage Windows release assets
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p desktop-release-assets server-release-assets
+          test -n "$(find release/desktop -maxdepth 1 -name '*.exe' -print -quit)"
+          sha256sum release/desktop/*.exe > desktop-release-assets/SHASUMS256-windows.txt
+          cp release/desktop/*.exe desktop-release-assets/
+
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz' -print -quit)"
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz.sha256' -print -quit)"
+          cp release/local-server/* server-release-assets/
+
+      - name: Upload Windows desktop assets
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: desktop-release-windows
+          path: desktop-release-assets/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Upload Windows server assets
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: server-release-windows
+          path: server-release-assets/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish desktop release
+    needs:
+      - resolve-release
+      - build-macos
+      - build-windows
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download desktop assets
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6
+        with:
+          pattern: desktop-release-*
+          path: release/desktop
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Download server assets
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6
+        with:
+          pattern: server-release-*
+          path: release/local-server
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Verify release assets
+        run: |
+          test -n "$(find release/desktop -maxdepth 1 -name '*.dmg' -print -quit)"
+          test -n "$(find release/desktop -maxdepth 1 -name '*.exe' -print -quit)"
+          test -f release/desktop/SHASUMS256-macos.txt
+          test -f release/desktop/SHASUMS256-windows.txt
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz' -print -quit)"
+          test -n "$(find release/local-server -maxdepth 1 -name 'cloudcli-local-server-*.tar.gz.sha256' -print -quit)"
+          find release -maxdepth 2 -type f -print | sort
+
+      - name: Publish local server runtime assets
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.server_bundle_tag }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          name: CloudCLI Local Server Runtime (${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.tag }})
+          body: |
+            This prerelease contains the Local mode runtime for CloudCLI Desktop.
+
+            Download CloudCLI Desktop from the main ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.tag }} release. When you open Local CloudCLI, the desktop app automatically downloads the matching runtime from this prerelease.
+
+            You do not need to download these runtime files manually.
+          prerelease: true
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: false
+          overwrite_files: true
+          files: |
+            release/local-server/*
+
+      - name: Publish GitHub release assets
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.tag }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ${{ needs.resolve-release.outputs.release_name }}
+          body: |
+            Download the CloudCLI Desktop installer for your platform.
+
+            The local server runtime used by local mode is installed automatically by the desktop app. You do not need to download any server bundle manually.
+          prerelease: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: false
+          overwrite_files: true
+          files: |
+            release/desktop/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d33fd337..a1253ca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       increment:
-        description: 'Version bump: patch, minor, major, or explicit (e.g. 1.27.0)'
+        description: "Version bump: patch, minor, major, or explicit (e.g. 1.27.0)"
         required: true
-        default: 'patch'
+        default: "patch"
         type: string
       release_name:
         description: 'Custom release name (optional, defaults to "CloudCLI UI vX.Y.Z")'
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ jobs:
           path: server/modules/computer-use/semantics/bin
           merge-multiple: true
 
+      - name: Restore semantic helper permissions
+        run: find server/modules/computer-use/semantics/bin -path '*/darwin-*/CloudCLISemantics' -type f -exec chmod 755 {} +
+
       - name: Verify bundled semantic helpers
         run: |
           test -x server/modules/computer-use/semantics/bin/darwin-arm64/CloudCLISemantics