diff --git a/scripts/publish-release.sh b/scripts/publish-release.sh
index 23d8cdc..a7732e3 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-release.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
 # same-named assets instead of failing with 409.
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Every API call goes through here. Publishing runs from CI containers that
+# reach Forgejo through Cloudflare, where a bare HTTP/2 request intermittently
+# dies with curl exit 92 (stream error) — retries plus forcing HTTP/1.1 make
+# that a non-event.
+api_curl() {
+  curl -sS --http1.1 --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 \
+    --connect-timeout 20 --max-time 300 "$@"
+}
+
 tag="${1:?usage: publish-release.sh <tag> <name> <body-file> <asset>...}"
 name="${2:?missing release name}"
 body_file="${3:?missing body file}"
@@ -41,18 +50,18 @@ if sys.argv[3]:
 print(json.dumps(payload))
 PY
 
-code=$(curl -s -o /tmp/release-rel.json -w '%{http_code}' \
+code=$(api_curl -o /tmp/release-rel.json -w '%{http_code}' \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" "$api/releases/tags/$tag")
 if [ "$code" = "404" ]; then
   echo "publish: creating release $tag"
-  curl -sf -X POST "$api/releases" \
+  api_curl -sf -X POST "$api/releases" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data @/tmp/release-body.json -o /tmp/release-rel.json
 elif [ "$code" = "200" ]; then
   echo "publish: release $tag exists, updating"
   rid=$(jqp "d['id']" < /tmp/release-rel.json)
-  curl -sf -X PATCH "$api/releases/$rid" \
+  api_curl -sf -X PATCH "$api/releases/$rid" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data @/tmp/release-body.json -o /tmp/release-rel.json
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ echo "publish: release id $rid ($tag)"
 for f in "$@"; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || { echo "publish: missing asset $f" >&2; exit 1; }
   asset=$(basename "$f")
-  curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" "$api/releases/$rid/assets" \
+  api_curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" "$api/releases/$rid/assets" \
     | python3 -c "
 import json,sys
 for a in json.load(sys.stdin):
@@ -75,11 +84,11 @@ for a in json.load(sys.stdin):
 " | while read -r aid aname; do
       if [ "$aname" = "$asset" ]; then
         echo "publish: deleting stale asset $aname ($aid)"
-        curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
+        api_curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
           "$api/releases/$rid/assets/$aid" > /dev/null
       fi
     done
-  curl -sf -X POST "$api/releases/$rid/assets?name=$asset" \
+  api_curl -sf -X POST "$api/releases/$rid/assets?name=$asset" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
     -F "attachment=@$f" -o /tmp/release-asset.json
   python3 -c "
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ import json;d=json.load(open('/tmp/release-asset.json'))
 print('publish: uploaded', d['name'], d['size'], 'bytes')"
 done
 
-curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" "$api/releases/$rid/assets" \
+api_curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $FORGEJO_TOKEN" "$api/releases/$rid/assets" \
   | python3 -c "
 import json,sys
 for a in json.load(sys.stdin):