diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 41b9738..85265c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           releaseBody: 'See the assets below to download and install this version.'
           releaseDraft: true
           prerelease: false
-          uploadUpdaterJson: true
+          includeUpdaterJson: true
           updaterJsonPreferNsis: true
           # Cargo args after `--`: ship the CPU/DirectML build — default
           # features enable candle-cuda, which runners (and most users) lack.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df5794f..b31ee25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,5 +40,9 @@ dist-ssr
 # locally; ~600 MB, never committed). See RELEASE_PLAN.md "CUDA release variant".
 src-tauri/cuda-redist/
 
-# Keep the CUDA build config overlay tracked despite the *.json rule above.
+# Keep the Tauri configs tracked despite the *.json rule above. tauri.conf.json
+# must also be un-ignored so tauri-action can find it: it globs for the config
+# honoring .gitignore, and an ignored config makes the release build fail with
+# "Failed to resolve Tauri path".
+!src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
 !src-tauri/tauri.cuda.conf.json