diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
index 55987feb8..30deef9ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
             commit-suffix: win-x86
             nuget-rid: win-x86
             target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
-            cross: 'true'
+
 
           - name: ARM64-windows
             suffix: win-arm64
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-24.04
             target-cpu: x86-64
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-            target-feature: +crt-static
+            target-feature: -crt-static
             features: mimalloc
             cross: 'true'
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
             nuget-rid: linux-musl-arm64
             os: ubuntu-24-arm-32gb
             target-cpu: generic
-            target-feature: +crt-static
+            target-feature: -crt-static
             target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
             features: mimalloc
             cross: 'true'
@@ -151,9 +151,10 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "TARGET_DIR=target/${{ matrix.target }}/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "REL_BINARIES_DIR=target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "TAG_SHA_SUFFIX=${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.suffix }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "RUSTFLAGS=${{ matrix.target-cpu && format('-C target-cpu={0}',matrix.target-cpu) }} ${{ matrix.target-feature && format('-C target-feature={0}',matrix.target-feature) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PROFILE=release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "REL_BINARIES_DIR=target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set env vars IMAGEFLOW_TOOL_PATH, ESTIMATED_ARTIFACT_URL
         shell: bash
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGEFLOW_TOOL_PATH=${{ env.REL_BINARIES_DIR }}imageflow_tool${{ contains(matrix.os, 'windows') && '.exe' || '' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "ESTIMATED_ARTIFACT_URL=${{ env.HTTPS_IMAGEFLOW_NIGHTLIES }}/${{ env.IMAGEFLOW_TAG_SHA_SUFFIX }}.${{ env.EXTENSION }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "RELATIVE_ARTIFACT_ARCHIVE=./artifacts/github/${{ env.IMAGEFLOW_TAG_SHA_SUFFIX }}.${{ env.EXTENSION }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "CARGO_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS=${{ matrix.target && format('--target={0}',matrix.target) }} ${{ matrix.features && format('--features={0}',matrix.features) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS=--${{ env.PROFILE }} ${{ matrix.target && format('--target={0}',matrix.target) }} ${{ matrix.features && format('--features={0}',matrix.features) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CROSS_ARGS=--locked --${{ env.PROFILE }} ${{ matrix.features && format('--features={0}',matrix.features) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "RUSTFLAGS=${{ matrix.target-cpu && format('-C target-cpu={0}',matrix.target-cpu) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "FETCH_COMMIT_SUFFIX=${{ matrix.commit-suffix }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CI_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -175,24 +177,28 @@ jobs:
           echo "CI_BUILD_URL=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "ESTIMATED_DOCS_URL=${{ env.HTTPS_IMAGEFLOW_NIGHTLIES }}/doc" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DEBUG=False" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PROFILE=release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "TARGET_CPU=${{ matrix.target-cpu }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Build Release
-        if: matrix.cross != 'true'
-        run: cargo build --all --release ${{ env.CARGO_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
+
+      - name: "Build ${{ env.PROFILE }}"
+        if: matrix.cross != 'true' && matrix.woa != 'true'
+        run: cargo build --all ${{ env.CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
         shell: bash
         #env:
           # OPT_LEVEL: 0
 
-      - name: Cross Build Release
+      - name: "Build ${{ env.PROFILE }}"
+        if: matrix.woa == 'true'
+        run: "& Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 | cargo build --all ${{ env.CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}"
+        shell: powershell
+
+      - name: "Build ${{ env.PROFILE }} (Cross)"
         uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v1.0.1
         with:
           command: "build"
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           toolchain: stable
-          args:
-            "--locked --release ${{ matrix.features && format('--features={0}',matrix.features) }}"
+          args: "${{ env.CROSS_ARGS }}"
         if: matrix.cross == 'true'
 
 
@@ -200,35 +206,34 @@ jobs:
         run: "${{ env.IMAGEFLOW_TOOL_PATH }} diagnose --show-compilation-info"
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Test
-        run: cargo test --all --locked --release ${{ env.CARGO_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
+      - name: "Test ${{ env.PROFILE }}"
+        run: cargo test --all --locked ${{ env.CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
         shell: bash
-        env:
-          RUSTFLAGS: "${{ env.RUSTFLAGS }}"
         if: matrix.cross != 'true'
 
-      - name: Cross Test
+      - name: "Test ${{ env.PROFILE }} (WOA)"
+        run: "& Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 | cargo test --all  ${{ env.CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}"
+        shell: powershell
+        if: matrix.woa == 'true'
+
+      - name: "Test ${{ env.PROFILE }} (Cross)"
         uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v1.0.1
         with:
           command: "test"
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           toolchain: stable
-          args:
-            "--locked --release ${{ matrix.features && format('--features={0}',matrix.features) }}"
+          args: "${{ env.CROSS_ARGS }}"
         if: matrix.cross == 'true'
 
-      - name: Build Docs
-        run: cargo doc --all --release --no-deps ${{ env.CARGO_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
+      - name: "Build ${{ env.PROFILE }} Docs"
+        run: cargo doc --all --no-deps ${{ env.CARGO_PROFILE_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}
         if: matrix.cross != 'true'
 
-      - name: Cross Build Docs
-        uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v1.0.1
-        with:
-          command: "doc"
-          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          toolchain: stable
-          args:
-            "--all --release --no-deps ${{ env.CARGO_TARGET_FEATURES_ARGS }}"
+      # actions-rust-cross does not support cargo doc
+      - name: "mkdir -p ./${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}doc"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}doc
+          touch ./${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}doc/not-available.txt
         if: matrix.cross == 'true'
 
       - name: Create .zip / .tar.gz files for upload to Github Release & S3
@@ -239,7 +244,7 @@ jobs:
             cd ./${TARGET_DIR}doc
             tar czf "../docs.${{ env.EXTENSION }}" ./*
           )
-          mv ./${TARGET_DIR}docs.${{ env.EXTENSION }} ./artifacts/staging/
+          mv ./${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}docs.${{ env.EXTENSION }} ./artifacts/staging/
 
           cp -R ./${REL_BINARIES_DIR}/{imageflow_,libimageflow}*  ./artifacts/staging/
           cp bindings/headers/*.h  ./artifacts/staging/headers/
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
           cp "${TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME}" "./artifacts/upload/releases/${{ github.ref_name }}/${{ env.IMAGEFLOW_TAG_SHA_SUFFIX }}.${{ env.EXTENSION }}"
           cp "${TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME}" "./artifacts/upload/commits/${{ github.sha }}/${{ matrix.commit-suffix }}.${{ env.EXTENSION }}"
         env:
-          TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME: "./artifacts/staging/archive${{ env.EXTENSION }}"
+          TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME: "./artifacts/staging/archive.${{ env.EXTENSION }}"
 
 
       - name: Upload archive to Github Release