diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-exes.yml b/.github/workflows/build-exes.yml
index f87fcc3..55b1cf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-exes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-exes.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ name: Build Windows EXEs
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
+      - develop
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -87,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   release:
-    name: Publish Release
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    name: Publish Rolling Release
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
     needs: build-windows-x64
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -99,14 +97,35 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: fca-exes-windows-x64
+          path: dist/windows-x64
 
-      - name: Create Release and upload assets
+      - name: Remove existing rolling assets
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if gh release view rolling --json assets -q '.assets[].name' > /tmp/rolling_assets.txt; then
+            cat /tmp/rolling_assets.txt | xargs -r -I {} gh release delete-asset rolling "{}" -y
+          else
+            echo "Rolling release not found yet; skipping asset cleanup."
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Create or update rolling release and upload assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          tag_name: rolling
+          name: Rolling Release
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          body: |
+            Build from ${{ github.sha }}
+
+            ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
           files: dist/windows-x64/*
-          generate_release_notes: true
-          allow_updates: true
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          overwrite_files: true
+          prerelease: true
+          make_latest: true
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a5460a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+name: Manual Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_tag:
+        description: "Release tag (e.g., v1.2.3)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      release_name:
+        description: "Release title"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      release_notes:
+        description: "Release notes (optional; leave blank to auto-generate)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: "Mark this release as a prerelease"
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test (unittest + pytest)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: python
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements-build.txt
+          pip install pytest
+
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        working-directory: python
+        run: python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
+
+      - name: Run pytest
+        working-directory: python
+        run: pytest tests/ -v
+
+  build-windows-x64:
+    name: Build (windows-x64)
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        working-directory: python
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -r requirements-build.txt
+
+      - name: Run parity smoke test
+        working-directory: python
+        run: |
+          python -m unittest tests.test_fca_unittest.TestFCAToolParity.test_tool_encode_decode_matches_standalone -v
+
+      - name: Ensure icon file exists
+        working-directory: python
+        run: |
+          if (!(Test-Path small-logo.ico)) {
+            python build_icon.py --input-file small-logo.png --output-file small-logo.ico
+          }
+
+      - name: Build executables
+        working-directory: python
+        run: |
+          python -m PyInstaller --clean --noconfirm --onefile --icon small-logo.ico --name fca-encode --distpath ../dist/windows-x64 fca_encode.py
+          python -m PyInstaller --clean --noconfirm --onefile --icon small-logo.ico --name fca-decode --distpath ../dist/windows-x64 fca_decode.py
+          python -m PyInstaller --clean --noconfirm --onefile --icon small-logo.ico --name fca-tool --distpath ../dist/windows-x64 fca_tool.py
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fca-exes-windows-x64
+          path: dist/windows-x64
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  release:
+    name: Publish Release
+    needs: build-windows-x64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download windows-x64 artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fca-exes-windows-x64
+          path: dist/windows-x64
+
+      - name: Create release and upload assets
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+          name: ${{ inputs.release_name }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          body: ${{ inputs.release_notes }}
+          generate_release_notes: ${{ inputs.release_notes == '' }}
+          files: dist/windows-x64/*
+          overwrite_files: true
+          make_latest: true
+          prerelease: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          # Placeholder for custom changelog input:
+          # append_body: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}