diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-dist-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-dist-tag.yml
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-name: Manage npm dist-tag
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      package_version:
-        description: "Published genlayer version to point the dist-tag at, e.g. 0.40.0-rc2"
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      dist_tag:
-        description: "npm dist-tag to set, e.g. clarke"
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  set-dist-tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: Publish
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "24"
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-
-      - name: Validate inputs
-        env:
-          PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.package_version }}
-          DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.dist_tag }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          PACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION#v}"
-
-          if [[ ! "$PACKAGE_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z._-]+)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z._-]+)?$ ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid package_version: $PACKAGE_VERSION" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [[ ! "$DIST_TAG" =~ ^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9._-]*$ ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid dist_tag: $DIST_TAG" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [ "$DIST_TAG" = "latest" ]; then
-            echo "This workflow intentionally refuses to move latest." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [[ "$DIST_TAG" =~ ^v?[0-9] ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid dist_tag '$DIST_TAG': dist-tags must not look like versions." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          PUBLISHED_VERSION="$(npm view "genlayer@$PACKAGE_VERSION" version)"
-          if [ "$PUBLISHED_VERSION" != "$PACKAGE_VERSION" ]; then
-            echo "Published package mismatch: requested $PACKAGE_VERSION, npm returned $PUBLISHED_VERSION" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          {
-            echo "package_version=$PACKAGE_VERSION"
-            echo "dist_tag=$DIST_TAG"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Set npm dist-tag
-        run: npm dist-tag add "genlayer@$package_version" "$dist_tag"
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN || secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Verify npm dist-tag
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          ACTUAL_VERSION="$(npm view "genlayer@$dist_tag" version)"
-          if [ "$ACTUAL_VERSION" != "$package_version" ]; then
-            echo "dist-tag $dist_tag points at $ACTUAL_VERSION, expected $package_version" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "genlayer@$dist_tag -> $ACTUAL_VERSION"