diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
index d3fb654c..4bd171ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' && (github.event_name != 'push' || !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')) }}
+    # Release commits must still report PR CI when dev is promoted to main.
+    # Skip recursive dev releases by subject instead of GitHub's global [skip ci].
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' && (github.event_name != 'push' || !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore(release): ')) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions:
diff --git a/scripts/dev-release.sh b/scripts/dev-release.sh
index 5b372216..de01bde0 100755
--- a/scripts/dev-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev-release.sh
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ STABLE=${STABLE_TAG#v}
 CURRENT_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)
 HEAD_SUBJECT=$(git log -1 --pretty=%s 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 DEV_VERSION_REGEX="^${STABLE//./\\.}-dev\\.[0-9]+$"
+CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT="chore(release): ${CURRENT_VERSION}"
+LEGACY_CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT="${CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT} [skip ci]"
 PREVIOUS_DEV_TAG=""
 RECOVERY_MODE=false
 
 log_info "Current stable version: ${STABLE}"
 
-if [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ $DEV_VERSION_REGEX ]] && [[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" == "chore(release): ${CURRENT_VERSION} [skip ci]" ]]; then
+if [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ $DEV_VERSION_REGEX ]] && { [[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" == "$CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT" ]] || [[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" == "$LEGACY_CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT" ]]; }; then
   VERSION="$CURRENT_VERSION"
   CURRENT_TAG="v${VERSION}"
   PREVIOUS_DEV_TAG=$(git tag -l "v${STABLE}-dev.*" --sort=-v:refname | grep -vx "$CURRENT_TAG" | head -1 || echo "")
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ else
 
   # Commit version change
   git add package.json
-  git commit -m "chore(release): ${VERSION} [skip ci]"
+  git commit -m "chore(release): ${VERSION}"
   log_info "Created release commit"
 
   # Create tag
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripts/github/dev-release-workflow.test.ts b/tests/unit/scripts/github/dev-release-workflow.test.ts
index 5f103afb..86dbb948 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripts/github/dev-release-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/scripts/github/dev-release-workflow.test.ts
@@ -31,4 +31,20 @@ describe('dev release workflow', () => {
     expect(releaseSection).not.toContain('GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}');
     expect(releaseSection).not.toContain('GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}');
   });
+
+  test('keeps release commits visible to promotion PR CI', () => {
+    const workflowPath = resolvePath('../../../../.github/workflows/dev-release.yml');
+    const scriptPath = resolvePath('../../../../scripts/dev-release.sh');
+
+    const workflow = fs.readFileSync(workflowPath, 'utf8');
+    const script = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+
+    expect(workflow).toContain("!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore(release): ')");
+    expect(workflow).not.toContain("contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')");
+    expect(script).toContain('LEGACY_CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT="${CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT} [skip ci]"');
+    expect(script).toContain('[[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" == "$CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT" ]]');
+    expect(script).toContain('[[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" == "$LEGACY_CURRENT_RELEASE_SUBJECT" ]]');
+    expect(script).toContain('git commit -m "chore(release): ${VERSION}"');
+    expect(script).not.toContain('git commit -m "chore(release): ${VERSION} [skip ci]"');
+  });
 });