diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index e32e4c1..9c850b0 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ spec:
     SUITE_NAME = 'soteria'
     PUSHGATEWAY_URL = 'http://platform-quality-gateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:9091'
   }
+  options {
+    disableConcurrentBuilds()
+  }
+  parameters {
+    booleanParam(
+      name: 'PUBLISH_IMAGES',
+      defaultValue: false,
+      description: 'Build and push the Soteria runtime image (enable for release runs).'
+    )
+  }
+  triggers {
+    pollSCM('H/5 * * * *')
+  }
   stages {
     stage('Checkout') {
       steps {
@@ -118,12 +131,77 @@ spec:
               "skipped": ${tests_skipped}
             }
 EOF
+            printf '%s\n' "${test_rc}" > build/test.exitcode
+          '''
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Publish test metrics') {
+      steps {
+        container('tester') {
+          sh '''
+            set -eu
+            apt-get update >/dev/null
+            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl jq >/dev/null
+            suite="${SUITE_NAME}"
+            gateway="${PUSHGATEWAY_URL}"
+            test_rc="$(cat build/test.exitcode 2>/dev/null || echo 1)"
+            status="ok"
+            if [ "${test_rc}" -ne 0 ]; then
+              status="failed"
+            fi
+            fetch_counter() {
+              status_name="$1"
+              line="$(curl -fsS "${gateway}/metrics" 2>/dev/null | awk -v suite="${suite}" -v status="${status_name}" '
+                /platform_quality_gate_runs_total/ {
+                  if (index($0, "job=\\"platform-quality-ci\\"") && index($0, "suite=\\"" suite "\\"") && index($0, "status=\\"" status "\\"")) {
+                    print $2
+                    exit
+                  }
+                }
+              ' || true)"
+              [ -n "${line}" ] && printf '%s\n' "${line}" || printf '0\n'
+            }
+            ok_count="$(fetch_counter ok)"
+            failed_count="$(fetch_counter failed)"
+            if [ "${status}" = "ok" ]; then
+              ok_count=$((ok_count + 1))
+            else
+              failed_count=$((failed_count + 1))
+            fi
+            tests_passed="$(jq -r '.passed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+            tests_failed="$(jq -r '.failed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+            tests_errors="$(jq -r '.errors // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+            tests_skipped="$(jq -r '.skipped // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+            cat <<METRICS | curl -fsS --data-binary @- "${gateway}/metrics/job/platform-quality-ci/suite/${suite}" >/dev/null
+# TYPE platform_quality_gate_runs_total counter
+platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="ok"} ${ok_count}
+platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="failed"} ${failed_count}
+# TYPE soteria_quality_gate_tests_total gauge
+soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="passed"} ${tests_passed}
+soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="failed"} ${tests_failed}
+soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="error"} ${tests_errors}
+soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="skipped"} ${tests_skipped}
+METRICS
+          '''
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Enforce test result') {
+      steps {
+        container('tester') {
+          sh '''
+            set -eu
+            test_rc="$(cat build/test.exitcode 2>/dev/null || echo 1)"
             exit "${test_rc}"
           '''
         }
       }
     }
     stage('Compute version') {
+      when {
+        expression { return params.PUBLISH_IMAGES }
+      }
       steps {
         container('builder') {
           script {
@@ -139,6 +217,9 @@ EOF
       }
     }
     stage('Buildx setup') {
+      when {
+        expression { return params.PUBLISH_IMAGES }
+      }
       steps {
         container('builder') {
           sh '''
@@ -154,6 +235,9 @@ EOF
       }
     }
     stage('Build & push image') {
+      when {
+        expression { return params.PUBLISH_IMAGES }
+      }
       steps {
         container('builder') {
           withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'harbor-robot', usernameVariable: 'HARBOR_USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'HARBOR_PASSWORD')]) {
@@ -173,82 +257,6 @@ EOF
     }
   }
   post {
-    success {
-      container('builder') {
-        sh '''
-          set -eu
-          suite="${SUITE_NAME}"
-          gateway="${PUSHGATEWAY_URL}"
-          fetch_counter() {
-            status="$1"
-            line="$(curl -fsS "${gateway}/metrics" 2>/dev/null | awk -v suite="${suite}" -v status="${status}" '
-              /platform_quality_gate_runs_total/ {
-                if (index($0, "job=\\"platform-quality-ci\\"") && index($0, "suite=\\"" suite "\\"") && index($0, "status=\\"" status "\\"")) {
-                  print $2
-                  exit
-                }
-              }
-            ' || true)"
-            [ -n "${line}" ] && printf '%s\n' "${line}" || printf '0\n'
-          }
-          ok_count="$(fetch_counter ok)"
-          failed_count="$(fetch_counter failed)"
-          ok_count=$((ok_count + 1))
-          tests_passed="$(jq -r '.passed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_failed="$(jq -r '.failed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_errors="$(jq -r '.errors // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_skipped="$(jq -r '.skipped // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          cat <<METRICS | curl -fsS --data-binary @- "${gateway}/metrics/job/platform-quality-ci/suite/${suite}" >/dev/null
-# TYPE platform_quality_gate_runs_total counter
-platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="ok"} ${ok_count}
-platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="failed"} ${failed_count}
-# TYPE soteria_quality_gate_tests_total gauge
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="passed"} ${tests_passed}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="failed"} ${tests_failed}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="error"} ${tests_errors}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="skipped"} ${tests_skipped}
-METRICS
-        '''
-      }
-    }
-    failure {
-      container('builder') {
-        sh '''
-          set -eu
-          suite="${SUITE_NAME}"
-          gateway="${PUSHGATEWAY_URL}"
-          fetch_counter() {
-            status="$1"
-            line="$(curl -fsS "${gateway}/metrics" 2>/dev/null | awk -v suite="${suite}" -v status="${status}" '
-              /platform_quality_gate_runs_total/ {
-                if (index($0, "job=\\"platform-quality-ci\\"") && index($0, "suite=\\"" suite "\\"") && index($0, "status=\\"" status "\\"")) {
-                  print $2
-                  exit
-                }
-              }
-            ' || true)"
-            [ -n "${line}" ] && printf '%s\n' "${line}" || printf '0\n'
-          }
-          ok_count="$(fetch_counter ok)"
-          failed_count="$(fetch_counter failed)"
-          failed_count=$((failed_count + 1))
-          tests_passed="$(jq -r '.passed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_failed="$(jq -r '.failed // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_errors="$(jq -r '.errors // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          tests_skipped="$(jq -r '.skipped // 0' build/test-summary.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
-          cat <<METRICS | curl -fsS --data-binary @- "${gateway}/metrics/job/platform-quality-ci/suite/${suite}" >/dev/null
-# TYPE platform_quality_gate_runs_total counter
-platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="ok"} ${ok_count}
-platform_quality_gate_runs_total{suite="${suite}",status="failed"} ${failed_count}
-# TYPE soteria_quality_gate_tests_total gauge
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="passed"} ${tests_passed}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="failed"} ${tests_failed}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="error"} ${tests_errors}
-soteria_quality_gate_tests_total{suite="${suite}",result="skipped"} ${tests_skipped}
-METRICS
-        '''
-      }
-    }
     always {
       script {
         if (fileExists('build.env')) {