diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
index f7e3a8a..da8d667 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 name: dev release
 
-# Publishes a dev-track build on every push to `dev` —
-# separate from release.yml's tag-triggered stable releases. See
-# bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md for the three-track policy
-# this is part of.
+# Publishes a dev-track build on every push to `main` (the trunk
+# branch — there is no separate `dev` branch). See bread-ecosystem's
+# docs/release-channels.md for the release-track policy this is part of.
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['dev']
+    branches: ['main']
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           rm -rf src && mkdir src
-          git clone --branch dev --depth 1 \
+          git clone --branch main --depth 1 \
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
 
       - name: build
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           # what's already installed and bakery would correctly refuse it.
           LATEST_TAG="$(git ls-remote --tags --refs \
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" 'v*' \
-            | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/^v//' | sort -V | tail -1)"
+            | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/^v//' | (grep -v -- '-' || true) | sort -V | tail -1)"
           if [ -n "${LATEST_TAG}" ]; then
             CUR="${LATEST_TAG}"
           else
@@ -75,6 +74,6 @@ jobs:
           # mktemp: a fixed clone path races when multiple repos' dev/beta
           # workflows run close together on the same self-hosted runner.
           ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-XXXXXX)"
-          git clone --branch dev https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"
+          git clone --branch main https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"
           TRACK=dev bash "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
           rm -rf "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e1dad..0000000
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Mirror to GitHub
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ['**']
-    tags: ['**']
-
-jobs:
-  mirror:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    steps:
-      - name: Mirror to GitHub
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          git clone --mirror "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" repo.git
-          cd repo.git
-          git push --prune \
-            "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MIRROR_TOKEN }}@github.com/Breadway/breadpaper.git" \
-            '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/beta-release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .forgejo/workflows/beta-release.yml
rename to .forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
index 229f035..3146063 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/beta-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-name: beta release
+name: beta (rc) release
 
-# Publishes a beta-track build on every push to `beta` — a frozen
-# stabilization branch cut from `dev` when ready to stabilize; only
-# fix/<issue> branches merged into `beta` should land here afterward.
-# See bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md for the three-track policy.
+# Publishes a beta-track build for any `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` prerelease tag
+# pushed to `main` — there is no separate `beta` branch; "freezing" is
+# just pausing pushes to main while an RC gets tested. See
+# bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md for the release-track policy.
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['beta']
+    tags: ['v*']
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-rc.') }}
     runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           rm -rf src && mkdir src
-          git clone --branch beta --depth 1 \
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
 
       - name: build
@@ -25,31 +26,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: test
         run: cd src && cargo test --release --locked
 
-      - name: compute beta version
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          cd src
-          # Base the beta version off the latest published stable tag,
-          # not Cargo.toml — Cargo.toml can go stale relative to the last
-          # real release (seen in practice: breadbox/breadpad/breadcrumbs/
-          # breadpaper), which would make a beta build sort as OLDER than
-          # what's already installed and bakery would correctly refuse it.
-          LATEST_TAG="$(git ls-remote --tags --refs \
-            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" 'v*' \
-            | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/^v//' | sort -V | tail -1)"
-          if [ -n "${LATEST_TAG}" ]; then
-            CUR="${LATEST_TAG}"
-          else
-            CUR="$(grep -m1 '^version' Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/.*"(.*)".*/\1/')"
-          fi
-          IFS='.' read -r MA MI PA <<< "${CUR}"
-          SHA="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-          TS="$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
-          echo "VERSION=${MA}.${MI}.$((PA + 1))-beta.${TS}+${SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: prepare artifacts
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
           PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/beta/breadpaper/${VERSION}"
           mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
           cp "src/target/release/breadpaper" "${PKG_DIR}/breadpaper-x86_64"
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index 0c45193..9785dfd 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.ref_name, '-rc.') }}
     runs-on: hestia
     defaults:
       run: