diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/runner-e2e-publish.yml b/.gitea/workflows/runner-e2e-publish.yml
index 54a932b9..bb6a4bfb 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/runner-e2e-publish.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/runner-e2e-publish.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,29 @@
-name: Gitea Runner E2E — publish + integrity check
-
+name: Gitea Runner E2E Publish
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: Test version to publish
-        required: true
-        default: 0.0.1-e2e.1
   push:
     branches: [runner/gitea-e2e]
 
-concurrency:
-  group: runner-e2e-publish-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, bytelyst, hostinger]
-    timeout-minutes: 15
     container:
       image: node:20-bookworm
       options: -v /home/gitea-runner/.gitea_npm_token:/run/secrets/gitea_npm_token:ro
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: Install pnpm
         run: |
           npm install -g pnpm@9.12.0
           pnpm --version
-
       - name: Set test version
         working-directory: packages/_runner-e2e-test
         run: |
-          VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then VERSION="0.0.1-e2e.1"; fi
+          VERSION="0.0.1-e2e.1"
           echo "TEST_VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           npm version "$VERSION" --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
           node -p "require('./package.json').version"
-
       - name: Configure registry .npmrc
         working-directory: packages/_runner-e2e-test
         run: |
@@ -48,13 +32,10 @@ jobs:
           @bytelyst:registry=https://gitea.bytelyst.com/api/packages/bytelyst/npm/
           //gitea.bytelyst.com/api/packages/bytelyst/npm/:_authToken=$TOKEN
           NPMRC
-          echo ".npmrc (token masked):"
           sed 's|_authToken=.*|_authToken=***|' .npmrc
-
       - name: Publish to Hostinger Gitea
         working-directory: packages/_runner-e2e-test
         run: pnpm publish --no-git-checks --registry https://gitea.bytelyst.com/api/packages/bytelyst/npm/
-
       - name: Verify package returned by Gitea
         run: |
           TOKEN=$(tr -d '\n' < /run/secrets/gitea_npm_token)
@@ -62,8 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           printf '%s' "$RESP" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; data=json.load(sys.stdin); print("package:", data.get("name")); print("versions:", ",".join(sorted(data.get("versions", {}).keys())))'
           echo "$RESP" | grep -q "\"$TEST_VERSION\"" || { echo "FAIL: version missing from Gitea"; exit 1; }
           echo "PASS: version in Gitea"
-
-      - name: Verify pnpm install + require works from a clean dir
+      - name: Verify pnpm install and require works
         run: |
           TOKEN=$(tr -d '\n' < /run/secrets/gitea_npm_token)
           mkdir -p /tmp/runner-e2e-consumer && cd /tmp/runner-e2e-consumer
@@ -77,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
           node -e "const m=require('@bytelyst/_runner-e2e-test'); console.log(m); process.exit(m.ok?0:1);"
           echo "PASS: install + require works"
-
       - name: Verify local pack matches Gitea stored tarball shasum
         working-directory: packages/_runner-e2e-test
         run: |