diff --git a/core b/core
index 9e8bb238a4..d9d9ab6419 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9e8bb238a44076c2f913a7c1cd6d77cd7df6f89e
+Subproject commit d9d9ab64199fb9bb23ca3b824425c86d915f3238
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/jobs/publish-npm.yml b/eng/pipelines/jobs/publish-npm.yml
index 5222c35099..da9cfbb155 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/jobs/publish-npm.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/jobs/publish-npm.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       inputs:
         - input: pipelineArtifact
           artifactName: ${{ parameters.artifactName }}
-          itemPattern: "**/*.tgz"
+          # Download the whole artifact (the .tgz packages plus publish-npm-packages.ts, which the
+          # checkout-less release job runs to publish them).
+          itemPattern: "**"
           targetPath: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{ parameters.artifactName }}/
 
     strategy:
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/pack.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/pack.yml
index 73adf132c8..c663383f38 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/pack.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/pack.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@ steps:
       echo "Create manifest of unpublished packages in $summaryFilePath"
 
       node core/eng/tsp-core/scripts/filter-unpublished-packages.ts "$outDir" --manifest $summaryFilePath
+
+      echo "Copy the publish script into the artifact so the (checkout-less) release job can run it"
+      Copy-Item core/eng/tsp-core/scripts/publish-npm-packages.ts "$outDir/publish-npm-packages.ts"
     name: pack_${{ parameters.name }}
     displayName: Pack packages ${{ parameters.artifactName }}
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/release/ado-feed-release.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/release/ado-feed-release.yml
index b53aa59934..b1d4bf9ba3 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/release/ado-feed-release.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/release/ado-feed-release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# cspell:ignore EPUBLISHCONFLICT
 parameters:
   - name: tag
     type: string
@@ -8,6 +7,9 @@ parameters:
   - name: registryUrl
     type: string
     default: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/azure-sdk/public/_packaging/azure-sdk-for-js/npm/registry/
+  - name: nodeVersion
+    type: string
+    default: 24.16.0
 
 steps:
   # Publishing the packages directly to the Azure DevOps `azure-sdk-for-js` feed bypasses the
@@ -18,32 +20,17 @@ steps:
       npmrcPath: ${{ parameters.path }}/.npmrc
       registryUrl: ${{ parameters.registryUrl }}
 
-  - pwsh: |
-      $packageFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path . -Filter '*.tgz'
-      $hadError = $false
-      foreach ($file in $packageFiles.Name) {
-        Write-Host "npm publish $file --verbose --access public --tag ${{ parameters.tag }}"
-        $output = npm publish $file --verbose --access public --tag ${{ parameters.tag }} 2>&1
-        $output | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_ }
-        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
-          $text = $output -join "`n"
-          # Treat "version already exists" as a no-op, matching the npm/ESRP behavior of not
-          # republishing an existing version. Any other failure is a genuine error and must fail.
-          if ($text -match 'EPUBLISHCONFLICT' -or
-              $text -match 'cannot publish over the previously published versions' -or
-              $text -match 'You cannot publish over the previously published versions' -or
-              $text -match 'previously published version' -or
-              $text -match '\b409\b') {
-            Write-Warning "Version for $file already exists in the feed, skipping."
-          } else {
-            Write-Error "Failed to publish $file to the DevOps feed."
-            $hadError = $true
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      if ($hadError) {
-        exit 1
-      }
+  # This is a 1ES release (deployment) job, which forbids `checkout`, so publish-npm-packages.ts is
+  # shipped inside the packages artifact (copied there by the pack step) and run from there.
+  - task: UseNode@1
+    inputs:
+      version: ${{ parameters.nodeVersion }}
+    displayName: Install Node.js
+    retryCountOnTaskFailure: 3
+
+  # The script publishes every *.tgz, treating "version already exists" (ADO feed immutability or an
+  # existing upstream copy on npmjs) as a skippable no-op while failing on any genuine error. It
+  # controls its own exit code, so there is no leaked pwsh $LASTEXITCODE to fail the task on a skip.
+  - script: node "${{ parameters.path }}/publish-npm-packages.ts" "${{ parameters.path }}" --tag ${{ parameters.tag }}
     displayName: Publish to DevOps feed (${{ parameters.tag }})
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['SkipPublishing'], 'true'))
-    workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.path }}