diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 4dcd42194..0414f60a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ github, version_check ]
     if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v') || needs.version_check.outputs.PCAPKIT_TAG_EXISTS == 'false' }}
     strategy:
+      ## one leg failing must not cancel its siblings: each leg still has its own
+      ## wheel to attach to the GitHub Release, and a cancelled leg never does
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "3.10"
@@ -234,7 +237,12 @@ jobs:
           skip-existing: true
           attestations: false
 
+      ## TestPyPI is a secondary target and its availability must not gate the
+      ## real release. A transient ``test.pypi.org`` read timeout failed the
+      ## 1.5.0b2 Python 3.12 leg *after* PyPI had already accepted the upload,
+      ## which skipped the GitHub Release step below and lost that wheel.
       - name: Publish package to TestPyPI
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           # password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}