diff --git a/.github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh b/.github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh
index 34a5fe6..0148a2c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Purges @latest and @main for each file given.
-set -euo pipefail
+# Purges @latest for each file given and prints the files whose purge failed. A throttled purge still
+# answers HTTP 200, so the body decides.
+set -uo pipefail
+failed=0
 for f in "$@"; do
-  for ref in latest main; do
-    url="https://purge.jsdelivr.net/gh/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}@${ref}/${f}"
-    echo "Purging ${url}"
-    curl -sfS --retry 3 "${url}" > /dev/null || { echo "::error::Purge failed for ${url}"; exit 1; }
-  done
+  url="https://purge.jsdelivr.net/gh/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}@latest/${f}"
+  body=$(curl -sfS --max-time 30 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60 "${url}") || body=""
+  if jq -e '[.paths[] | .throttled == false and ([.providers[]] | all)] | all' <<< "${body}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Purged ${url}" >&2
+  else
+    echo "::error::Purge failed or was throttled for ${url}: ${body:-no response}" >&2
+    echo "${f}"
+    failed=1
+  fi
 done
+exit "${failed}"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/stale-jsdelivr-files.sh b/.github/scripts/stale-jsdelivr-files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7eccafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/stale-jsdelivr-files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Prints each file whose @latest copy is not version $1.
+set -uo pipefail
+version=$1
+shift
+for f in "$@"; do
+  v=$(curl -sfSI --max-time 20 "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}@latest/${f}" \
+    | tr -d '\r' | awk -F': ' 'tolower($1) == "x-jsd-version" { print $2 }') || v=""
+  echo "${f}: ${v:-unavailable}" >&2
+  [ "${v}" = "${version}" ] || echo "${f}"
+done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-purge.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-purge.yml
index f2e444e..ab0d995 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-purge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-purge.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ env:
   FILES: surface_tag.js surface_tag.min.js surface_embed_v1.js surface_embed_v1.min.js
 
 jobs:
-  release-and-purge:
+  release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       # jsDelivr @latest resolves to the highest SEMVER release, and this repo already uses v1.1.x — so
       # bump the PATCH of the latest release (v1.1.8 -> v1.1.9). Date-based tags would break @latest:
       # leading zeros (2026.09.02) are not valid semver, so jsDelivr would ignore them. target = the exact
@@ -79,41 +80,55 @@ jobs:
             -f target_commitish="${GITHUB_SHA}" \
             -f name="${RELEASE_TAG}" \
             -f body="Surface Tag synced from surface-forms (packages/surface-scripts)."
-          echo "Released ${RELEASE_TAG}; jsDelivr @latest now resolves to this commit."
+          echo "Released ${RELEASE_TAG} at ${GITHUB_SHA}." | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
           echo "version=${RELEASE_TAG#v}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
-      # An edge that refills between the purge and jsDelivr picking up the new release caches the
-      # previous version for 12 hours. Purge, re-purge until every @latest file reports the new
-      # version, then purge once more.
+  # A separate job, so "Re-run failed jobs" repeats the purge without cutting another release.
+  purge:
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
       - name: Purge jsDelivr cache
-        run: .github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh ${FILES}
+        id: purge
+        run: |
+          failed=$(.github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh ${FILES} | xargs) || true
+          echo "failed=${failed}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "- Purge failed for: ${failed:-none}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
 
-      - name: Wait for @latest to serve v${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
+      # A file whose purge failed is retried even when this runner's CDN server already serves it fresh.
+      - name: Check @latest serves v${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+        id: check
         env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
+          FAILED: ${{ steps.purge.outputs.failed }}
         run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          served_version() {
-            curl -sfS -D - -o /dev/null "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}@latest/$1" \
-              | tr -d '\r' | awk -F': ' 'tolower($1) == "x-jsd-version" { print $2 }'
-          }
-          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-            sleep 10
-            stale=""
-            for f in ${FILES}; do
-              v=$(served_version "${f}" || true)
-              [ "${v}" = "${VERSION}" ] || stale="${stale} ${f}"
-              echo "${f}: ${v:-unavailable}"
-            done
-            if [ -z "${stale}" ]; then
-              echo "@latest serves ${VERSION} for every file." | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            echo "Stale (${i}/30):${stale}"
-            .github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh ${stale}
-          done
-          echo "::error::@latest still serves an older version after 5 minutes:${stale}"
-          exit 1
+          stale=$(.github/scripts/stale-jsdelivr-files.sh "${VERSION}" ${FILES} | xargs)
+          retry=$(printf '%s\n' ${stale} ${FAILED} | sort -u | xargs)
+          echo "retry=${retry}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "- Stale after the first purge: ${stale:-none}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      # jsDelivr caches a repo's version list for up to 10 minutes and a purge doesn't refresh it, so a
+      # purge before then refills with the previous release (jsdelivr/jsdelivr#18376).
+      - name: Wait 10 minutes, then purge those files again
+        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.retry != '' }}
+        env:
+          RETRY: ${{ steps.check.outputs.retry }}
+        run: |
+          sleep 600
+          .github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh ${RETRY} > /dev/null
 
-      - name: Purge jsDelivr cache again
-        run: .github/scripts/purge-jsdelivr.sh ${FILES}
+      - name: Check @latest serves v${{ needs.release.outputs.version }} again
+        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.retry != '' }}
+        run: |
+          stale=$(.github/scripts/stale-jsdelivr-files.sh "${VERSION}" ${FILES} | xargs)
+          if [ -n "${stale}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::@latest still serves an older version of: ${stale}. Customer sites load these files. Purging again within the hour is throttled; re-run failed jobs after an hour."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "- Every @latest file serves ${VERSION}." | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"