diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-changelog.yml
index 72b4fc1..802c8db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-changelog.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
         working-directory: site
 
+      - name: List the tags before
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: gh api "repos/${REPOSITORY}/tags" --paginate --jq '.[].name' | sort > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/tags-before"
+
       - name: Tag a new version and draft its entries
         working-directory: site
         env:
@@ -43,6 +49,18 @@ jobs:
           REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: npm run sync:releases -- --cut "--repo=${REPOSITORY}"
 
+      - name: Publish a GitHub release for each new tag
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          gh api "repos/${REPOSITORY}/tags" --paginate --jq '.[].name' | sort > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/tags-after"
+          comm -13 "${RUNNER_TEMP}/tags-before" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/tags-after" | while read -r tag; do
+            gh release create "$tag" --repo "$REPOSITORY" --verify-tag --generate-notes --title "$tag"
+            echo "Published the ${tag} release."
+          done
+
       - run: node scripts/compile.mjs
         working-directory: site
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-deploy.yml
index c47ece7..1c7285b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-deploy.yml
@@ -59,32 +59,34 @@ jobs:
           echo "slug=${SLUG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "kind=${kind}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Record tags
+      - name: Record the image tag
         if: ${{ steps.entry.outputs.kind == 'compose' || steps.entry.outputs.kind == 'pages' }}
         env:
-          SERVICES: ${{ inputs.services }}
           TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           SLUG: ${{ steps.entry.outputs.slug }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           export TAG="${TAG:-sha-${GITHUB_SHA::7}}"
 
+          if [ ! -d "deploy/${SLUG}" ]; then
+            echo "No deploy/${SLUG}/ in the platform repository, so ${SLUG} is not deployed; nothing to record."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
           python3 - <<'PY'
-          import json, os, pathlib
+          import os, pathlib
 
-          path = pathlib.Path("tags") / f"{os.environ['SLUG']}.json"
-          path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-          tags = json.loads(path.read_text()) if path.exists() else {}
-          tags.update(dict.fromkeys(json.loads(os.environ["SERVICES"]), os.environ["TAG"]))
-          path.write_text(json.dumps(tags, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
+          path = pathlib.Path("deploy") / os.environ["SLUG"] / "values"
+          lines = [line for line in (path.read_text().splitlines() if path.exists() else []) if not line.startswith("IMAGE_TAG=")]
+          path.write_text("\n".join([f"IMAGE_TAG={os.environ['TAG']}", *lines]) + "\n")
           PY
 
           git config user.name "graphite-deploy"
           git config user.email "deploy@project-graphite.com"
-          git add "tags/${SLUG}.json"
+          git add "deploy/${SLUG}/values"
 
           if git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "Tags already at ${TAG}; nothing to record."
+            echo "IMAGE_TAG is already ${TAG}; nothing to record."
             exit 0
           fi
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-sync-registry.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-sync-registry.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index def79ba..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-sync-registry.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync registry
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  dispatch:
-    name: Request registry sync
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        id: read-token
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          permission-contents: read
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/platform
-          token: ${{ steps.read-token.outputs.token }}
-          path: .platform
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.14"
-
-      - run: pip install pyyaml jsonschema
-
-      - name: Validate .graphite.yml
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.read-token.outputs.token }}
-        run: python .platform/scripts/sync.py "${{ github.event.repository.name }}" .graphite.yml
-
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        id: app-token
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          repositories: platform
-          permission-contents: write
-
-      - name: Dispatch to the registry
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh api "repos/${{ github.repository_owner }}/platform/dispatches" \
-            --field event_type=sync-registry