diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b935a90..1c00395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,24 +26,83 @@ jobs:
     needs: should-run
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
 
-  # Release only after all prerequisites complete
-  release:
+  # Generate release benchmark documentation on consistent Namespace hardware.
+  # GitHub-hosted CPU performance is too variable for published comparisons.
+  benchmark-docs:
     runs-on: namespace-profile-default
     needs: [lint, test, build]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
+          # Preserve the runtime used by the release benchmarks before OIDC
+          # publishing required the release job itself to use Node.js 24.
           node-version: 25
           cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Update benchmark documentation
+        run: npm run update-benchmark-docs -- --quiet
+
+      - name: Upload benchmark documentation
+        # Pass only non-executable benchmark output into the privileged job.
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-benchmark-docs-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: README.md
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  # Release only after all prerequisites complete
+  release:
+    # npm trusted publishing currently accepts only GitHub-hosted runners.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: benchmark-docs
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Download benchmark documentation
+        # Extract outside the checkout so the artifact cannot add package files.
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-benchmark-docs-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/release-benchmark-docs
+
+      - name: Apply benchmark documentation
+        run: cp "$RUNNER_TEMP/release-benchmark-docs/README.md" README.md
+
+      - name: Verify benchmark documentation scope
+        # The trusted job consumes the Namespace result only as README data;
+        # executable release inputs must still come from the checked-out SHA.
+        run: git diff --exit-code -- . ':(exclude)README.md'
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          package-manager-cache: false
+
+      - name: Install npm with trusted publishing support
+        # Trusted publishing requires npm >=11.5.1; pin the major so a future
+        # npm release cannot silently change the privileged release toolchain.
+        run: npm install --global npm@11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
@@ -57,8 +116,9 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
       - name: Release
-        run: npm run release -- --ci
+        # Skip release-it's token-only npm preflight and override only its
+        # benchmark hook: Namespace already generated the README, so the
+        # variable GitHub-hosted CPU must not replace those measurements.
+        run: npm run release -- --ci --npm.skipChecks --hooks.after:bump="npm run format"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}