diff --git a/.github/workflows/moq-release.yml b/.github/workflows/moq-release.yml
index 4487d3ff9..f1484d27b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/moq-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/moq-release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Publishes moq-noq-proto, moq-noq-udp, moq-noq, and web-transport-moq when a `v*` tag
 # is pushed. The tag must match `workspace.package.version`.
 #
+# Crates already on crates.io are skipped, so a run that stopped partway can be finished
+# by dispatching this workflow with the same tag.
+#
 # Uses crates.io trusted publishing, so each crate must list this repository
 # and workflow as a trusted publisher. The very first version of a crate has to
 # be published with a token from a maintainer's machine.
@@ -10,6 +13,11 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: Existing tag to publish, such as v1.3.2
+        required: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -17,21 +25,41 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    # Room for every crate's index wait below.
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     environment: release
     permissions:
       id-token: write
+    env:
+      TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ env.TAG }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - name: Tag matches the workspace version
         run: |
           version=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name == "moq-noq") | .version')
-          test "v$version" = "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" || { echo "tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} but Cargo.toml says $version"; exit 1; }
+          test "v$version" = "$TAG" || { echo "tag $TAG but Cargo.toml says $version"; exit 1; }
       - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
         id: auth
-      - run: cargo publish --workspace --locked
+      # One crate at a time, in dependency order. Cargo waits only 60s for a published crate
+      # to reach the index (longer needs a nightly flag), and the next crate cannot build
+      # until it does, so wait here instead.
+      - name: Publish
         env:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          version=${TAG#v}
+          for crate in moq-noq-proto moq-noq-udp moq-noq web-transport-moq; do
+            # Sparse index path for names of four or more characters.
+            listed() { curl -sf "https://index.crates.io/${crate:0:2}/${crate:2:2}/$crate" | grep -qF "\"vers\":\"$version\""; }
+            if listed; then
+              echo "$crate $version is already published"
+              continue
+            fi
+            cargo publish -p "$crate" --locked
+            for _ in $(seq 60); do listed && break; sleep 10; done
+            listed || { echo "$crate $version is not in the index after 10 minutes"; exit 1; }
+          done