diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cfa6adee..0343d49b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -259,8 +259,34 @@ jobs:
                   mv -v target/release/conduwuit static-${{ matrix.target }}
                   mv -v target/release/${{ matrix.target }}.deb ${{ matrix.target }}.deb
 
-            # quick smoke test of the x86_64 static binary
-            - name: Run x86_64 static binary
+            # quick smoke test of the x86_64 static release binary
+            - name: Run x86_64 static release binary
+              run: |
+                  # GH actions default runners are x86_64 only
+                  if file result/bin/conduit | grep x86-64; then
+                    result/bin/conduit --version
+                  fi
+
+            - name: Build static debug ${{ matrix.target }}
+              run: |
+                  CARGO_DEB_TARGET_TUPLE=$(echo ${{ matrix.target }} | grep -o -E '^([^-]*-){3}[^-]*')
+                  SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+
+                  bin/nix-build-and-cache just .#static-${{ matrix.target }}-all-features-debug
+
+                  # > warning: dev profile is not supported and will be a hard error in the future. cargo-deb is for making releases, and it doesn't make sense to use it with dev profiles.
+                  # so we need to coerce cargo-deb into thinking this is a release binary
+                  mkdir -v -p target/release/
+                  mkdir -v -p target/$CARGO_DEB_TARGET_TUPLE/release/
+                  cp -v -f result/bin/conduit target/release/conduwuit
+                  cp -v -f result/bin/conduit target/$CARGO_DEB_TARGET_TUPLE/release/conduwuit
+                  # -p conduit is the main crate name
+                  direnv exec . cargo deb --verbose --no-build --no-strip -p conduit --target=$CARGO_DEB_TARGET_TUPLE --output target/release/${{ matrix.target }}-debug.deb
+                  mv -v target/release/conduwuit static-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+                  mv -v target/release/${{ matrix.target }}-debug.deb ${{ matrix.target }}-debug.deb
+
+            # quick smoke test of the x86_64 static debug binary
+            - name: Run x86_64 static debug binary
               run: |
                   # GH actions default runners are x86_64 only
                   if file result/bin/conduit | grep x86-64; then
@@ -282,11 +308,31 @@ jobs:
                   if-no-files-found: error
                   compression-level: 0
 
+            - name: Upload static-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: static-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+                  path: static-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+                  if-no-files-found: error
+
+            - name: Upload deb ${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: deb-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+                  path: ${{ matrix.target }}-debug.deb
+                  if-no-files-found: error
+                  compression-level: 0
+
             - name: Build OCI image ${{ matrix.target }}
               run: |
                   bin/nix-build-and-cache just .#oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}-all-features
                   cp -v -f result oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz
 
+            - name: Build debug OCI image ${{ matrix.target }}
+              run: |
+                  bin/nix-build-and-cache just .#oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}-all-features-debug
+                  cp -v -f result oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}-debug.tar.gz
+
             - name: Upload OCI image ${{ matrix.target }}
               uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
               with:
@@ -295,6 +341,14 @@ jobs:
                   if-no-files-found: error
                   compression-level: 0
 
+            - name: Upload OCI image ${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}-debug
+                  path: oci-image-${{ matrix.target }}-debug.tar.gz
+                  if-no-files-found: error
+                  compression-level: 0
+
     docker:
         name: Docker publish
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -345,8 +399,10 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Move OCI images into position
               run: |
-                  mv -v oci-image-x86_64-*/*.tar.gz oci-image-amd64.tar.gz
-                  mv -v oci-image-aarch64-*/*.tar.gz oci-image-arm64v8.tar.gz
+                  mv -v oci-image-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/*.tar.gz oci-image-amd64.tar.gz
+                  mv -v oci-image-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/*.tar.gz oci-image-arm64v8.tar.gz
+                  mv -v oci-image-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-debug/*.tar.gz oci-image-amd64-debug.tar.gz
+                  mv -v oci-image-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-debug/*.tar.gz oci-image-arm64v8-debug.tar.gz
 
             - name: Load and push amd64 image
               if: ${{ (vars.DOCKER_USERNAME != '') && (env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') }}
@@ -370,6 +426,28 @@ jobs:
                   docker push ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }}
                   docker push ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }}
 
+            - name: Load and push amd64 debug image
+              if: ${{ (vars.DOCKER_USERNAME != '') && (env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') }}
+              run: |
+                  docker load -i oci-image-amd64-debug.tar.gz
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.DOCKER_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.DOCKER_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+
+            - name: Load and push arm64 debug image
+              if: ${{ (vars.DOCKER_USERNAME != '') && (env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') }}
+              run: |
+                  docker load -i oci-image-arm64v8-debug.tar.gz
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.DOCKER_ARM64 }}-debug
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }}-debug
+                  docker tag $(docker images -q conduit:main) ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.DOCKER_ARM64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }}-debug
+                  docker push ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }}-debug
+
             - name: Create Docker combined manifests
               run: |
                   # Dockerhub Container Registry
@@ -379,9 +457,21 @@ jobs:
                   docker manifest create ${{ env.GHCR_TAG }} --amend ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }} --amend ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}
                   docker manifest create ${{ env.GHCR_BRANCH }} --amend ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }} --amend ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}
                   # GitLab Container Registry
-                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }} --amend ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }} --amend ${{ env.GCCR_AMD64 }}
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }} --amend ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }} --amend ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}
                   docker manifest create ${{ env.GLCR_BRANCH }} --amend ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }} --amend ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}
 
+            - name: Create Docker combined debug manifests
+              run: |
+                  # Dockerhub Container Registry
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}-debug --amend ${{ env.DOCKER_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.DOCKER_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.DOCKER_BRANCH }}-debug --amend ${{ env.DOCKER_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.DOCKER_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  # GitHub Container Registry
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GHCR_TAG }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GHCR_BRANCH }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GHCR_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GHCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  # GitLab Container Registry
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+                  docker manifest create ${{ env.GLCR_BRANCH }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GLCR_ARM64 }}-debug --amend ${{ env.GLCR_AMD64 }}-debug
+
             - name: Push manifests to Docker registries
               if: ${{ (vars.DOCKER_USERNAME != '') && (env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') }}
               run: |
@@ -391,6 +481,12 @@ jobs:
                   docker manifest push ${{ env.GHCR_BRANCH }}
                   docker manifest push ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }}
                   docker manifest push ${{ env.GLCR_BRANCH }}
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}-debug
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.DOCKER_BRANCH }}-debug
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.GHCR_TAG }}-debug
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.GHCR_BRANCH }}-debug
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }}-debug
+                  docker manifest push ${{ env.GLCR_BRANCH }}-debug
 
             - name: Add Image Links to Job Summary
               if: ${{ (vars.DOCKER_USERNAME != '') && (env.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') }}
@@ -398,3 +494,6 @@ jobs:
                   echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
                   echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.GHCR_TAG }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
                   echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}-debug\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.GHCR_TAG }}-debug\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "- \`docker pull ${{ env.GLCR_TAG }}-debug\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY