diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a17b920d5a..2d10012f87a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -371,20 +371,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           run-install: true
 
-      - name: Download relay client tracing config
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: relay-client-tracing-config
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/relay-client-tracing
-
-      - name: Load relay client tracing config
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          config_path="$RUNNER_TEMP/relay-client-tracing/relay-client-tracing.env"
-          tracing_token="$(sed -n 's/^T3CODE_RELAY_CLIENT_OTLP_TRACES_TOKEN=//p' "$config_path")"
-          echo "::add-mask::$tracing_token"
-          cat "$config_path" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: Align package versions to release version
         run: node scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}"
 
@@ -668,20 +654,6 @@ jobs:
               - --filter=@t3tools/web...
               - --filter=@t3tools/scripts...
 
-      - name: Download relay client tracing config
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: relay-client-tracing-config
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/relay-client-tracing
-
-      - name: Load relay client tracing config
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          config_path="$RUNNER_TEMP/relay-client-tracing/relay-client-tracing.env"
-          tracing_token="$(sed -n 's/^T3CODE_RELAY_CLIENT_OTLP_TRACES_TOKEN=//p' "$config_path")"
-          echo "::add-mask::$tracing_token"
-          cat "$config_path" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: Align package versions to release version
         run: node scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}"
 
@@ -844,20 +816,6 @@ jobs:
               - --filter=@t3tools/scripts...
               - --filter=@t3tools/web...
 
-      - name: Download relay client tracing config
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: relay-client-tracing-config
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/relay-client-tracing
-
-      - name: Load relay client tracing config
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          config_path="$RUNNER_TEMP/relay-client-tracing/relay-client-tracing.env"
-          tracing_token="$(sed -n 's/^T3CODE_RELAY_CLIENT_OTLP_TRACES_TOKEN=//p' "$config_path")"
-          echo "::add-mask::$tracing_token"
-          cat "$config_path" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: Align package versions to release version
         run: node scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}"
 
diff --git a/FORK.md b/FORK.md
index 71981dc1eb4..e65c80ecf16 100644
--- a/FORK.md
+++ b/FORK.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This repository is a fork of `pingdotgg/t3code`. Keep this file focused on fork
 ### Release And CI
 
 - Fork workflows disable scheduled releases, relay jobs, hosted deploys, and fork-unsafe publish paths.
+- Release build jobs skip relay client tracing config because the relay config job is disabled.
 - Release builds publish updater metadata against the fork repository.
 - Fork release versions are derived in the release workflow so package manifests stay close to upstream.
 - macOS release signing is separate from Apple notarization.
diff --git a/infra/relay/scripts/deploy.test.ts b/infra/relay/scripts/deploy.test.ts
index 992cb2d887b..3e512e2818c 100644
--- a/infra/relay/scripts/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/infra/relay/scripts/deploy.test.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe("serializeRelayClientTracingEnvironment", () => {
 });
 
 describe("release workflow tracing config propagation", () => {
-  it.effect("uses an artifact instead of a masked cross-job token output", () =>
+  it.effect("keeps relay tracing config isolated to the disabled relay job", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const fileSystem = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
       const path = yield* Path.Path;
@@ -167,9 +167,13 @@ describe("release workflow tracing config propagation", () => {
 
       expect(workflow).not.toContain("client_tracing_token:");
       expect(workflow).not.toContain("needs.relay_public_config.outputs.client_tracing_token");
+      expect(workflow).toContain(
+        "if: ${{ false }} # Disabled for the fork: no production relay config.",
+      );
       expect(workflow).toContain('--github-env-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/relay-client-tracing.env"');
       expect(workflow).toContain("name: relay-client-tracing-config");
-      expect(workflow).toContain('cat "$config_path" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"');
+      expect(workflow).not.toContain('cat "$config_path" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"');
+      expect(workflow).not.toContain("Download relay client tracing config");
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
   );
 });