diff --git a/.github/workflows/gitcode-mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/gitcode-mirror.yml
index a7cc1c5..c4ba34c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gitcode-mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gitcode-mirror.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
       )
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 35
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Resolve release tag
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         run: gh release download "${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}" --dir artifacts
       - name: Publish GitCode mirror
         if: steps.release.outputs.should_mirror == 'true'
+        timeout-minutes: 30
         env:
           ARTIFACT_DIRECTORY: artifacts
           GITCODE_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITCODE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/scripts/publish-gitcode-release.mjs b/scripts/publish-gitcode-release.mjs
index 3cc245e..d6fb237 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-gitcode-release.mjs
+++ b/scripts/publish-gitcode-release.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { basename, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 const API_BASE = 'https://api.gitcode.com/api/v5';
+const API_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+const UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 180;
 
 function parseRepository(value) {
   const repository = String(value ?? '').trim();
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ async function apiRequest(path, {
       method,
       headers: body ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } : undefined,
       body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(API_TIMEOUT_MS),
     });
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(`GitCode API request failed for ${path}: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : error}`);
@@ -53,11 +56,10 @@ export function uploadFileWithCurl({ url, headers, path }) {
     '--silent',
     '--show-error',
     '--location',
-    '--retry', '3',
-    '--retry-delay', '5',
-    '--retry-all-errors',
     '--connect-timeout', '30',
-    '--max-time', '1800',
+    '--speed-limit', '1',
+    '--speed-time', '30',
+    '--max-time', String(UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS),
     '--request', 'PUT',
     '--upload-file', path,
     '--output', process.platform === 'win32' ? 'NUL' : '/dev/null',
@@ -147,11 +149,22 @@ export async function publishGitcodeRelease({
     const headers = Array.isArray(rawHeaders)
       ? Object.fromEntries(rawHeaders.map(({ key, name, value }) => [key ?? name, value]))
       : rawHeaders && typeof rawHeaders === 'object' ? rawHeaders : {};
-    await uploadImpl({
-      url: uploadUrl,
-      headers,
-      path: join(directory, entry.name),
-    });
+    console.log(`Uploading GitCode asset: ${entry.name}`);
+    try {
+      await uploadImpl({
+        url: uploadUrl,
+        headers,
+        path: join(directory, entry.name),
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(`GitCode upload command did not finish cleanly; verifying asset: ${entry.name}`);
+      const refreshedRelease = await apiRequest(releaseByTagPath, { token, fetchImpl });
+      const uploadedDespiteError = (refreshedRelease.assets ?? [])
+        .some((asset) => asset.name === entry.name);
+      if (!uploadedDespiteError) throw error;
+      console.log(`GitCode asset exists despite upload error: ${entry.name}`);
+    }
+    existingAssets.add(entry.name);
     console.log(`Uploaded GitCode asset: ${entry.name}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/gitcodeRelease.test.ts b/tests/gitcodeRelease.test.ts
index f4f813d..c038d28 100644
--- a/tests/gitcodeRelease.test.ts
+++ b/tests/gitcodeRelease.test.ts
@@ -53,4 +53,42 @@ describe('GitCode release mirror', () => {
       await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
   });
+
+  test('continues when GitCode stores an asset but the upload response times out', async () => {
+    const directory = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'easycli-gitcode-release-'));
+    const artifactName = 'EasyCLIProxyAPI-v1.2.3-Windows-amd64.zip';
+    let releaseRequests = 0;
+    try {
+      await writeFile(join(directory, artifactName), 'artifact');
+      const fetchImpl = async (input: URL | RequestInfo) => {
+        const url = String(input);
+        if (url.includes('/releases/tags/')) {
+          releaseRequests += 1;
+          return Response.json({
+            tag_name: 'v1.2.3',
+            assets: releaseRequests === 1 ? [] : [{ name: artifactName }],
+          });
+        }
+        if (url.includes('/upload_url?')) {
+          return Response.json({ upload_url: 'https://file-cdn.gitcode.com/presigned-upload' });
+        }
+        return new Response('', { status: 500 });
+      };
+
+      await expect(publishGitcodeRelease({
+        directory,
+        repository: 'mirror-owner/EasyCLIProxyAPI',
+        token: 'secret-token',
+        tag: 'v1.2.3',
+        fetchImpl,
+        uploadImpl: async () => {
+          throw new Error('upload response timed out');
+        },
+      })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+      expect(releaseRequests).toBe(2);
+    } finally {
+      await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });