diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
index e7c2b90..6327b69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-name: Windows installer release
+name: Windows installer packaging
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -12,8 +9,6 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   package:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     env:
       SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_BASE64: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_BASE64 }}
       SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
@@ -85,14 +80,3 @@ jobs:
             artifacts/windows-installer/SHA256SUMS
             server-monitor-manager-win-x64-sbom.json
           if-no-files-found: error
-
-      - name: Attach installer to GitHub Release
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3d0d9888cb7fd7b750713d6e236d1fcb99157228  # v3.0.2
-        with:
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
-          files: |
-            artifacts/windows-installer/ServerMonitorManager-win-x64.msix
-            artifacts/windows-installer/ServerMonitorManager-test-signing.cer
-            artifacts/windows-installer/SHA256SUMS
-            server-monitor-manager-win-x64-sbom.json
diff --git a/docs/release-policy.md b/docs/release-policy.md
index dc929a3..08d40c2 100644
--- a/docs/release-policy.md
+++ b/docs/release-policy.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ Published tags and release assets are immutable.
 
 A tag that has been published must never be moved, reused, deleted and recreated, or supplied with replacement assets under the same names. If a published build or installer is wrong, preserve the existing release and publish a new, higher version tag containing the correction.
 
-Release artifacts are built from the commit named by the tag through the repository release workflows, including `.github/workflows/linux-release.yml` and `.github/workflows/windows-release.yml`. The tracked production source for the convenience installer is `deploy/smm-setup.sh`; the Linux release workflow copies that exact file to the release artifact set, records its SHA-256 in the signed manifest, and publishes its standalone checksum. The default release in that source must match the tag being produced.
+`.github/workflows/linux-release.yml` is the sole GitHub Release publisher. On a version tag, it builds the Linux and Windows packages from the tagged commit, generates the signed manifest, and publishes the complete release asset set. `.github/workflows/windows-release.yml` is manual-only and may package and verify a Windows installer as a workflow artifact, but it never publishes or replaces GitHub Release assets. The tracked production source for the convenience installer is `deploy/smm-setup.sh`; the Linux release workflow copies that exact file to the release artifact set, records its SHA-256 in the signed manifest, and publishes its standalone checksum. The default release in that source must match the tag being produced.
 
 For `v0.1.0-alpha.9`, this makes `smm-setup.sh`, `smm-setup.sh.sha256`, the bootstrap script, platform archives, SBOMs, and the signed manifest reproducible from the tagged tree. The installer fetches only same-tag assets and verifies the bootstrap checksum before execution. Corrections after publication require another tag; the `v0.1.0-alpha.9` tag and assets remain unchanged.
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap/test-release-contract.sh b/tests/bootstrap/test-release-contract.sh
index 62fd0c4..fa764ce 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap/test-release-contract.sh
+++ b/tests/bootstrap/test-release-contract.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 root="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
 setup="$root/deploy/smm-setup.sh"
 workflow="$root/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml"
+windows_workflow="$root/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml"
 policy="$root/docs/release-policy.md"
 installer_contract="$root/docs/installer-contract.md"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,22 @@ fi
 grep -Fq 'install -m 0755 deploy/smm-setup.sh "$DIST_DIR/smm-setup.sh"' "$workflow"
 grep -Fq 'smm-setup.sh.sha256' "$workflow"
 grep -Fq 'dist/smm-setup.sh' "$workflow"
+grep -Fq "      - 'v*'" "$workflow"
+grep -Fq 'contents: write' "$workflow"
+grep -Fq 'softprops/action-gh-release@' "$workflow"
+grep -Fq 'workflow_dispatch:' "$windows_workflow"
+if grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]+tags:' "$windows_workflow"; then
+    printf '%s\n' 'Windows packaging workflow must not trigger on tags' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+if grep -Fq 'softprops/action-gh-release@' "$windows_workflow"; then
+    printf '%s\n' 'Windows packaging workflow must not publish GitHub Release assets' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+if grep -Eq 'contents:[[:space:]]*write' "$windows_workflow"; then
+    printf '%s\n' 'Windows packaging workflow must not have contents write permission' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
 grep -Fq 'Published tags and release assets are immutable.' "$policy"
 grep -Fq 'publish a new, higher version tag' "$policy"
 grep -Fq 'Published release tags and their assets are immutable.' "$installer_contract"