diff --git a/scripts/publish-apt.sh b/scripts/publish-apt.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ---- required env ----
+: "${GH_REPO:?}"
+: "${S3_BUCKET:?}"
+: "${AWS_REGION:?}"
+: "${CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID:?}"
+: "${PKG_NAME:?}"
+: "${SUITE:?}"
+: "${COMPONENT:?}"
+: "${APT_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY:?}"
+
+S3_PREFIX="${S3_PREFIX:-}"
+if [[ -n "${S3_PREFIX}" && "${S3_PREFIX}" != */ ]]; then
+  S3_PREFIX="${S3_PREFIX}/"
+fi
+
+WORKDIR="$(pwd)"
+mkdir -p repo/apt assets build
+
+echo "${APT_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY}" | gpg --batch --import >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+KEYID="$(gpg --list-secret-keys --with-colons | awk -F: '$1=="sec"{print $5; exit}')"
+if [[ -z "${KEYID}" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: No GPG secret key available after import."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Determine which tags to process
+TAGS=""
+if [[ "${BACKFILL_ALL:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "Backfill mode: collecting all release tags..."
+  TAGS="$(gh release list -R "${GH_REPO}" --limit 200 --json tagName --jq '.[].tagName')"
+else
+  if [[ -n "${INPUT_TAG:-}" ]]; then
+    TAGS="${INPUT_TAG}"
+  elif [[ -n "${EVENT_TAG:-}" ]]; then
+    TAGS="${EVENT_TAG}"
+  else
+    echo "No tag provided; using latest release tag..."
+    TAGS="$(gh release view -R "${GH_REPO}" --json tagName --jq '.tagName')"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "Tags to process:"
+printf '%s\n' "${TAGS}"
+
+# Pull existing repo from S3 so we keep older versions
+echo "Sync existing repo from S3..."
+aws s3 sync "s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${S3_PREFIX}apt/" repo/apt/ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+# Build and add packages
+while IFS= read -r TAG; do
+  [[ -z "${TAG}" ]] && continue
+  echo "=== Processing tag: ${TAG} ==="
+
+  rm -rf assets build
+  mkdir -p assets build
+
+  gh release download "${TAG}" -R "${GH_REPO}" -p "newt_linux_amd64" -D assets
+  gh release download "${TAG}" -R "${GH_REPO}" -p "newt_linux_arm64" -D assets
+
+  VERSION="${TAG#v}"
+
+  for arch in amd64 arm64; do
+    bin="assets/newt_linux_${arch}"
+    if [[ ! -f "${bin}" ]]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Missing release asset: ${bin}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    install -Dm755 "${bin}" "build/newt"
+
+    # Create nfpm config from template file (no heredoc here)
+    sed \
+      -e "s/__PKG_NAME__/${PKG_NAME}/g" \
+      -e "s/__ARCH__/${arch}/g" \
+      -e "s/__VERSION__/${VERSION}/g" \
+      scripts/nfpm.yaml.tmpl > nfpm.yaml
+
+    nfpm package -p deb -f nfpm.yaml -t "build/${PKG_NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb"
+  done
+
+  mkdir -p "repo/apt/pool/${COMPONENT}/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/${PKG_NAME}/"
+  cp -v build/*.deb "repo/apt/pool/${COMPONENT}/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/${PKG_NAME}/"
+
+done <<< "${TAGS}"
+
+# Regenerate metadata
+cd repo/apt
+
+for arch in amd64 arm64; do
+  mkdir -p "dists/${SUITE}/${COMPONENT}/binary-${arch}"
+  dpkg-scanpackages -a "${arch}" pool > "dists/${SUITE}/${COMPONENT}/binary-${arch}/Packages"
+  gzip -fk "dists/${SUITE}/${COMPONENT}/binary-${arch}/Packages"
+done
+
+# Release file with hashes
+cat > apt-ftparchive.conf <<EOF
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin "fosrl";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label "newt";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite "${SUITE}";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename "${SUITE}";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architectures "amd64 arm64";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Components "${COMPONENT}";
+APT::FTPArchive::Release::Description "Newt APT repository";
+EOF
+
+apt-ftparchive -c apt-ftparchive.conf release "dists/${SUITE}" > "dists/${SUITE}/Release"
+
+# Sign Release
+cd "dists/${SUITE}"
+
+gpg --batch --yes --pinentry-mode loopback \
+  ${APT_GPG_PASSPHRASE:+--passphrase "${APT_GPG_PASSPHRASE}"} \
+  --local-user "${KEYID}" \
+  --clearsign -o InRelease Release
+
+gpg --batch --yes --pinentry-mode loopback \
+  ${APT_GPG_PASSPHRASE:+--passphrase "${APT_GPG_PASSPHRASE}"} \
+  --local-user "${KEYID}" \
+  -abs -o Release.gpg Release
+
+# Export public key into apt repo root
+cd ../../..
+gpg --batch --yes --armor --export "${KEYID}" > public.key
+
+# Upload to S3
+echo "Uploading to S3..."
+aws s3 sync "${WORKDIR}/repo/apt" "s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${S3_PREFIX}apt/" --delete
+
+# Invalidate metadata
+echo "CloudFront invalidation..."
+aws cloudfront create-invalidation \
+  --distribution-id "${CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID}" \
+  --paths "/${S3_PREFIX}apt/dists/*" "/${S3_PREFIX}apt/public.key"
+
+echo "Done. Repo base: ${REPO_BASE_URL}"