diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index ec43b5b5..18731fd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ jobs:
       enable_macos_checks: false
       macos_xcode_versions: '["16.3"]'
 
+  release-build:
+    name: Build (Release)
+    uses: swiftlang/github-workflows/.github/workflows/swift_package_test.yml@main
+    with:
+      linux_os_versions: '["jammy", "focal"]'
+      linux_build_command: "swift build -c release"
+      windows_build_command: "swift build -c release"
+      enable_macos_checks: false
+
+  static-sdk-build:
+    name: Build (6.2 Linux Static SDK)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: swiftlang/swift:nightly-6.2-noble
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: which curl || (apt -q update && apt -yq install curl)
+      - name: Mark script as executable
+        run: chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/install-and-build-with-6.2-static-sdk.sh
+      - name: Install static SDK and build
+        run: bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/install-and-build-with-6.2-static-sdk.sh
+
   soundness:
     name: Soundness
     uses: swiftlang/github-workflows/.github/workflows/soundness.yml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install-and-build-with-6.2-static-sdk.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install-and-build-with-6.2-static-sdk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8653a1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install-and-build-with-6.2-static-sdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+##
+## This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
+##
+## Copyright (c) 2025 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+## Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
+##
+## See https://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
+## See https://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
+##
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+log() { printf -- "** %s\n" "$*" >&2; }
+error() { printf -- "** ERROR: %s\n" "$*" >&2; }
+fatal() { error "$@"; exit 1; }
+
+# Detect OS from /etc/os-release
+detect_os_info() {
+    if [[ ! -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
+        fatal "Cannot detect OS: /etc/os-release not found"
+    fi
+
+    local os_id
+    os_id=$(grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    local version_id
+    version_id=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+
+    if [[ -z "$os_id" || -z "$version_id" ]]; then
+        fatal "Could not parse OS information from /etc/os-release"
+    fi
+
+    # Create both formats
+    local os_name
+    os_name="${os_id}$(echo "$version_id" | tr -d '.')"
+    local os_dotted="${os_id}${version_id}"
+
+    log "Detected OS from /etc/os-release: $os_name (dotted: $os_dotted)"
+
+    echo "$os_name|$os_dotted"
+}
+
+OS_INFO=$(detect_os_info)
+OS_NAME=$(echo "$OS_INFO" | cut -d'|' -f1)
+OS_DOTTED_VERSION=$(echo "$OS_INFO" | cut -d'|' -f2)
+
+log "Using OS: $OS_NAME"
+log "Dotted version of OS for filenames: $OS_DOTTED_VERSION"
+
+# Detect architecture to adjust platform name if needed
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+ARCH_SUFFIX=""
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+    ARCH_SUFFIX="-aarch64"
+    log "Detected aarch64 architecture, using suffix: $ARCH_SUFFIX"
+else
+    log "Detected $ARCH architecture, using no suffix"
+fi
+
+# Install curl if not already installed
+check_and_install_tools() {
+    if ! which curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log "Installing required tools: curl"
+        apt -q update && apt -yq install curl
+    fi
+}
+
+SWIFT_WEBROOT="https://download.swift.org/swift-6.2-branch"
+PLATFORM_NAME="${OS_NAME}${ARCH_SUFFIX}"
+PLATFORM_WEBROOT="${SWIFT_WEBROOT}/${PLATFORM_NAME}"
+STATIC_SDK_WEBROOT="${SWIFT_WEBROOT}/static-sdk"
+
+# Directory for extracted toolchain (if needed to match the static SDK)
+TOOLCHAIN_DIR="${HOME}/.swift-toolchains"
+
+# Get current Swift version from /.swift_tag
+get_current_swift_version() {
+    # Check /.swift_tag file
+    if [[ -f "/.swift_tag" ]]; then
+        local swift_tag
+        swift_tag=$(tr -d '\n' < /.swift_tag | tr -d ' ')
+        if [[ -n "$swift_tag" ]]; then
+            log "Found Swift tag in /.swift_tag: $swift_tag"
+            echo "$swift_tag"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    log "No Swift tag found in /.swift_tag"
+    echo "none"
+}
+
+parse_yaml_value() {
+    local key="$1"
+    local content="$2"
+    echo "$content" | grep "^${key}:" | sed "s/^${key}:[[:space:]]*//"
+}
+
+download_and_verify() {
+    local url="$1"
+    local sig_url="$2"
+    local output_file="$3"
+    local temp_sig="${output_file}.sig"
+
+    log "Downloading ${url##*/}"
+    curl -fsSL "$url" -o "$output_file"
+
+    log "Downloading signature"
+    curl -fsSL "$sig_url" -o "$temp_sig"
+
+    log "Setting up GPG for verification"
+    local gnupghome
+    gnupghome="$(mktemp -d)"
+    export GNUPGHOME="$gnupghome"
+    curl -fSsL https://swift.org/keys/all-keys.asc | zcat -f | gpg --import - >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+    log "Verifying signature"
+    if gpg --batch --verify "$temp_sig" "$output_file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log "✅ Signature verification successful"
+    else
+        fatal "Signature verification failed"
+    fi
+
+    rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" "$temp_sig"
+}
+
+# Uses the static SDK snapshot name to find the correct toolchain snapshot
+# E.g. takes "swift-6.2-DEVELOPMENT-SNAPSHOT-2025-07-22-a" as input
+download_and_extract_toolchain() {
+    local dir_name="$1"
+
+    log "Downloading Swift toolchain: $dir_name"
+
+    # "swift-6.2-DEVELOPMENT-SNAPSHOT-2025-07-22-a-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz"
+    # "swift-6.2-DEVELOPMENT-SNAPSHOT-2025-07-22-a-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz.sig"
+    local toolchain_filename="${dir_name}-${OS_DOTTED_VERSION}${ARCH_SUFFIX}.tar.gz"
+    local toolchain_sig_filename="${toolchain_filename}.sig"
+
+    local toolchain_url="${PLATFORM_WEBROOT}/${dir_name}/${toolchain_filename}"
+    local toolchain_sig_url="${PLATFORM_WEBROOT}/${dir_name}/${toolchain_sig_filename}"
+
+    # Check if toolchain is available
+    local http_code
+    http_code=$(curl -sSL --head -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null "$toolchain_url")
+    if [[ "$http_code" == "404" ]]; then
+        log "❌ Toolchain not found: ${toolchain_url##*/}"
+        log "Exiting workflow..."
+        # Don't fail the workflow if we can't find the right toolchain
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    # Create toolchain directory
+    mkdir -p "$TOOLCHAIN_DIR"
+    local toolchain_path="${TOOLCHAIN_DIR}/${dir_name}"
+
+    # Check if toolchain already exists
+    if [[ -d "$toolchain_path" && -f "${toolchain_path}/usr/bin/swift" ]]; then
+        log "Toolchain already exists at: $toolchain_path"
+        echo "$toolchain_path/usr/bin/swift"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Create temporary directory
+    local temp_dir
+    temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+    local toolchain_file="${temp_dir}/swift_toolchain.tar.gz"
+
+    # Download and verify toolchain
+    download_and_verify "$toolchain_url" "$toolchain_sig_url" "$toolchain_file"
+
+    log "Extracting toolchain to: $toolchain_path"
+    mkdir -p "$toolchain_path"
+    tar -xzf "$toolchain_file" --directory "$toolchain_path" --strip-components=1
+
+    # Clean up
+    rm -rf "$temp_dir"
+
+    local swift_executable="${toolchain_path}/usr/bin/swift"
+    if [[ -f "$swift_executable" ]]; then
+        log "✅ Swift toolchain extracted successfully"
+        echo "$swift_executable"
+    else
+        fatal "Swift executable not found at expected path: $swift_executable"
+    fi
+}
+
+install_static_sdk() {
+    local sdk_info="$1"
+    local swift_executable="$2"
+    local download_name
+    download_name=$(parse_yaml_value "download" "$sdk_info")
+    local dir_name
+    dir_name=$(parse_yaml_value "dir" "$sdk_info")
+    local checksum
+    checksum=$(parse_yaml_value "checksum" "$sdk_info")
+
+    # Check if the static SDK is already installed
+    if "$swift_executable" sdk list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^$dir_name"; then
+        log "✅ Static SDK $dir_name is already installed, skipping installation"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    log "Installing Swift Static SDK: $dir_name"
+
+    local sdk_url="${STATIC_SDK_WEBROOT}/${dir_name}/${download_name}"
+
+    log "Running: ${swift_executable} sdk install ${sdk_url} --checksum $checksum"
+
+    if "$swift_executable" sdk install "$sdk_url" --checksum "$checksum"; then
+        log "✅ Static SDK installed successfully"
+    else
+        fatal "Failed to install static SDK"
+    fi
+}
+
+get_static_sdk_name() {
+    local sdk_info="$1"
+    local download_name
+    download_name=$(parse_yaml_value "download" "$sdk_info")
+    # Note: we want to keep the "_static-linux-0.0.1"
+    echo "${download_name%.artifactbundle.tar.gz}"
+}
+
+run_swift_static_sdk_build() {
+    local swift_executable="$1"
+    local sdk_name="$2"
+
+    log "Running Swift build with static SDK"
+    log "Command: $swift_executable build --swift-sdk $sdk_name"
+
+    if "$swift_executable" build --swift-sdk "$sdk_name"; then
+        log "✅ Swift build with static SDK completed successfully"
+    else
+        fatal "Swift build with static SDK failed"
+    fi
+}
+
+main() {
+    log "Starting Swift 6.2 Static SDK and Toolchain setup for $OS_NAME"
+    log "Platform URL: $PLATFORM_WEBROOT"
+
+    check_and_install_tools
+
+    local current_swift_version
+    current_swift_version=$(get_current_swift_version)
+    log "Current Swift version: $current_swift_version"
+
+    log "Fetching latest 6.2 static SDK information"
+    local sdk_info
+    if ! sdk_info=$(curl -fsSL "${STATIC_SDK_WEBROOT}/latest-build.yml"); then
+        fatal "Failed to fetch static SDK information"
+    fi
+
+    local sdk_dir
+    sdk_dir=$(parse_yaml_value "dir" "$sdk_info")
+    local sdk_checksum
+    sdk_checksum=$(parse_yaml_value "checksum" "$sdk_info")
+
+    log "Latest static SDK: $sdk_dir"
+    log "Static SDK checksum: ${sdk_checksum:0:16}..."
+
+    local swift_executable=""
+    local sdk_name=""
+
+    # Check if current Swift version matches the static SDK version
+    if [[ "$current_swift_version" == "$sdk_dir" ]]; then
+        log "✅ Current Swift version matches latest static SDK version"
+        log "Using system Swift and installing static SDK"
+
+        swift_executable="swift"
+        install_static_sdk "$sdk_info" "$swift_executable"
+        sdk_name=$(get_static_sdk_name "$sdk_info")
+
+    else
+        # Either no Swift or version mismatch, so download matching toolchain
+        if [[ "$current_swift_version" == "none" ]]; then
+            log "No Swift installation detected"
+        else
+            log "Current Swift version ($current_swift_version) does not match latest static SDK ($sdk_dir)"
+        fi
+
+        log "Downloading matching toolchain and installing static SDK"
+
+        # Download the toolchain that matches the static SDK snapshot name
+        swift_executable=$(download_and_extract_toolchain "$sdk_dir")
+        install_static_sdk "$sdk_info" "$swift_executable"
+        sdk_name=$(get_static_sdk_name "$sdk_info")
+    fi
+
+    # Uncomment to save paths to files for other scripting
+    # echo "$swift_executable" > swift_executable_path.txt
+    # echo "$sdk_name" > static_sdk_name.txt
+
+    # log "Paths saved to:"
+    # log "  swift_executable_path.txt"
+    # log "  static_sdk_name.txt"
+
+    # Run Swift build with static SDK
+    log ""
+    run_swift_static_sdk_build "$swift_executable" "$sdk_name"
+
+    # Success
+    log ""
+    log "✅ Setup and build completed successfully!"
+    log ""
+    log "Swift executable path: $swift_executable"
+    log "Static SDK name: $sdk_name"
+    log ""
+    log "To run manually:"
+    log "  $swift_executable build --swift-sdk $sdk_name"
+
+}
+
+main "$@"