diff --git a/.github/scripts/archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh b/.github/scripts/archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3e5894bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh \
+  --target <rust-target> \
+  --artifact-name <artifact-name> \
+  --release-dir <dir> \
+  --archive-dir <dir> \
+  --binaries "<space-delimited binary basenames>"
+EOF
+}
+
+target=""
+artifact_name=""
+release_dir=""
+archive_dir=""
+binaries=""
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --target)
+      target="${2:?--target requires a value}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --artifact-name)
+      artifact_name="${2:?--artifact-name requires a value}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --release-dir)
+      release_dir="${2:?--release-dir requires a value}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --archive-dir)
+      archive_dir="${2:?--archive-dir requires a value}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --binaries)
+      binaries="${2:?--binaries requires a value}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      usage
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unexpected argument: $1" >&2
+      usage >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$target" || -z "$artifact_name" || -z "$release_dir" || -z "$archive_dir" || -z "$binaries" ]]; then
+  usage >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+symbols_root="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/codex-symbols-${artifact_name}"
+symbols_dir="${symbols_root}/codex-symbols-${artifact_name}"
+archive_path="${archive_dir%/}/codex-symbols-${artifact_name}.tar.gz"
+rm -rf "$symbols_root"
+mkdir -p "$symbols_dir" "$archive_dir"
+read -r -a binary_names <<< "$binaries"
+
+case "$target" in
+  *apple-darwin)
+    for binary in "${binary_names[@]}"; do
+      binary_path="${release_dir%/}/${binary}"
+      dsym_path="${binary_path}.dSYM"
+      if [[ ! -f "$binary_path" ]]; then
+        echo "Binary $binary_path not found" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      if [[ ! -d "$dsym_path" ]]; then
+        echo "dSYM $dsym_path not found" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+
+      cp -RL "$dsym_path" "${symbols_dir}/${binary}.dSYM"
+      strip -S -x "$binary_path"
+    done
+    ;;
+  *linux*)
+    objcopy_bin="${OBJCOPY:-objcopy}"
+    strip_bin="${STRIP:-strip}"
+    for binary in "${binary_names[@]}"; do
+      binary_path="${release_dir%/}/${binary}"
+      debug_path="${symbols_dir}/${binary}.debug"
+      if [[ ! -f "$binary_path" ]]; then
+        echo "Binary $binary_path not found" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+
+      "$objcopy_bin" --only-keep-debug "$binary_path" "$debug_path"
+      "$strip_bin" --strip-debug --strip-unneeded "$binary_path"
+      "$objcopy_bin" --add-gnu-debuglink="$debug_path" "$binary_path"
+    done
+    ;;
+  *windows*)
+    for binary in "${binary_names[@]}"; do
+      pdb_path="${release_dir%/}/${binary}.pdb"
+      if [[ ! -f "$pdb_path" ]]; then
+        echo "PDB $pdb_path not found" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+
+      cp "$pdb_path" "${symbols_dir}/${binary}.pdb"
+    done
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "No symbols packaging support for target: $target" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+rm -f "$archive_path"
+tar -C "$symbols_root" -czf "$archive_path" "codex-symbols-${artifact_name}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-release-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-release-windows.yml
index 3b4d3cfeb..91887cbe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-release-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-release-windows.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: codex-rs
     env:
       CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: ${{ inputs.release-lto }}
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_DEBUG: full
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_STRIP: "false"
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p "$output_dir"
           for binary in ${{ matrix.binaries }}; do
             cp "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${binary}.exe" "$output_dir/${binary}.exe"
+            cp "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${binary}.pdb" "$output_dir/${binary}.pdb"
           done
 
       - name: Upload Windows binaries
@@ -213,6 +216,23 @@ jobs:
           account-name: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TRUSTED_SIGNING_ACCOUNT_NAME }}
           certificate-profile-name: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TRUSTED_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_PROFILE_NAME }}
 
+      - name: Build symbols archive
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          bash "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/scripts/archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh" \
+            --target "${{ matrix.target }}" \
+            --artifact-name "${{ matrix.target }}" \
+            --release-dir "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release" \
+            --archive-dir "symbols-dist/${{ matrix.target }}" \
+            --binaries "${WINDOWS_BINARIES}"
+
+      - name: Upload symbols archive
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.target }}-symbols
+          path: codex-rs/symbols-dist/${{ matrix.target }}/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
       - name: Stage artifacts
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
index db72ab830..364fe7890 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-release.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ jobs:
       # 2026-03-04: temporarily change releases to use thin LTO because
       # Ubuntu ARM is timing out at 60 minutes.
       CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-alpha') && 'thin' || 'thin' }}
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_DEBUG: full
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_SPLIT_DEBUGINFO: ${{ contains(matrix.target, 'apple-darwin') && 'packed' || 'off' }}
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_STRIP: "false"
       # Use the git CLI instead of Cargo's libgit2 path for git dependencies.
       # macOS release runners have intermittently failed to fetch nested
       # submodules through SecureTransport/libgit2, especially libwebrtc's
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           sudo apt-get update -y
-          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends pkg-config libcap-dev
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends binutils pkg-config libcap-dev
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@e081816240890017053eacbb1bdf337761dc5582 # 1.95.0
         with:
           targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -308,6 +311,10 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+          # Codex embeds this digest at build time and verifies the bundled
+          # bwrap resource before use. Strip bwrap before hashing so the digest
+          # covers the exact bytes that the release packages.
+          strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded "$bwrap_path"
           digest="$(sha256sum "$bwrap_path" | awk '{print $1}')"
           echo "CODEX_BWRAP_SHA256=${digest}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "Built bwrap ${bwrap_path} with sha256:${digest}"
@@ -321,6 +328,11 @@ jobs:
           fi
           build_args=()
           for binary in ${{ matrix.binaries }}; do
+            # bwrap was built, finalized, and hashed before this build so
+            # Codex can embed the digest of the bytes that will be packaged.
+            if [[ "$binary" == "bwrap" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
             build_args+=(--bin "$binary")
           done
           echo "CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: ${CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO}"
@@ -333,6 +345,32 @@ jobs:
           path: codex-rs/target/**/cargo-timings/cargo-timing.html
           if-no-files-found: warn
 
+      - name: Build symbols archive and strip binaries
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          binaries=()
+          for binary in ${{ matrix.binaries }}; do
+            # bwrap is already stripped before hashing. Its symbols are not
+            # useful enough to justify a separate pre-Codex symbols pass.
+            if [[ "$binary" == "bwrap" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            binaries+=("$binary")
+          done
+          bash "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/scripts/archive-release-symbols-and-strip-binaries.sh" \
+            --target "${{ matrix.target }}" \
+            --artifact-name "${{ matrix.artifact_name }}" \
+            --release-dir "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release" \
+            --archive-dir "symbols-dist/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}" \
+            --binaries "${binaries[*]}"
+
+      - name: Upload symbols archive
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}-symbols
+          path: codex-rs/symbols-dist/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
       - if: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' && env.SIGN_MACOS != 'true' }}
         name: Stage unsigned macOS artifacts
         shell: bash
@@ -1031,6 +1069,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           find dist -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d \
             ! -name '*-apple-darwin*-unsigned' \
+            ! -name '*-symbols' \
             ! -name 'aarch64-unknown-linux-musl' \
             ! -name 'aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-app-server' \
             ! -name 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl' \