diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/container_dev.yml
index d602a16aa..edbb09338 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container_dev.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name: "docker: build dev containers"
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release1.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f073fc52..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-name: "docker: build release containers for normal volume"
-
-# DISABLED: Merged into container_release_unified.yml
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force_run:
-        description: 'This workflow is disabled. Use container_release_unified.yml instead'
-        required: true
-        default: 'disabled'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        platform: [amd64, arm64, arm, 386]
-        include:
-          - platform: amd64
-            qemu: false
-          - platform: arm64
-            qemu: true
-          - platform: arm
-            qemu: true
-          - platform: 386
-            qemu: true
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Free Disk Space
-        run: |
-          echo "Available disk space before cleanup:"
-          df -h
-          # Remove pre-installed tools
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/ghc /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          # Clean package managers
-          sudo apt-get clean
-          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          # Clean Docker aggressively
-          sudo docker system prune -af --volumes
-          # Clean Go cache if it exists
-          [ -d ~/.cache/go-build ] && rm -rf ~/.cache/go-build || true
-          [ -d /go/pkg ] && rm -rf /go/pkg || true
-          echo "Available disk space after cleanup:"
-          df -h
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag
-          flavor: latest=false
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        if: matrix.qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      - name: Create BuildKit config
-        run: |
-          cat > /tmp/buildkitd.toml <<EOF
-          [registry."docker.io"]
-            mirrors = ["https://mirror.gcr.io"]
-          EOF
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          buildkitd-config: /tmp/buildkitd.toml
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.platform }}
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        env:
-          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
-        with:
-          context: ./docker
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.go_build
-          platforms: linux/${{ matrix.platform }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ matrix.platform }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-          build-args: |
-            BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1
-            BRANCH=${{ github.sha }}
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          # Clean up Docker build cache and temporary files
-          sudo docker system prune -f
-          # Remove Go build cache
-          sudo rm -rf /tmp/go-build*
-
-  create-manifest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag
-          flavor: latest=false
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Create and push manifest
-        run: |
-          # Function to retry command with exponential backoff
-          retry_with_backoff() {
-            local max_attempts=5
-            local timeout=1
-            local attempt=1
-            local exit_code=0
-            
-            while [ $attempt -le $max_attempts ]; do
-              if "$@"; then
-                return 0
-              else
-                exit_code=$?
-              fi
-              
-              if [ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]; then
-                echo "Attempt $attempt failed. Retrying in ${timeout}s..." >&2
-                sleep $timeout
-                timeout=$((timeout * 2))
-              fi
-              
-              attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-            done
-            
-            echo "Command failed after $max_attempts attempts" >&2
-            return $exit_code
-          }
-          
-          # Create manifest with retry
-          retry_with_backoff docker buildx imagetools create -t ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }} \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-amd64 \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-arm64 \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-arm \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-386
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release2.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release2.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 678f10ad1..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release2.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-name: "docker: build release containers for large volume"
-
-# DISABLED: Merged into container_release_unified.yml
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force_run:
-        description: 'This workflow is disabled. Use container_release_unified.yml instead'
-        required: true
-        default: 'disabled'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        platform: [amd64, arm64, arm, 386]
-        include:
-          - platform: amd64
-            qemu: false
-          - platform: arm64
-            qemu: true
-          - platform: arm
-            qemu: true
-          - platform: 386
-            qemu: true
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Free Disk Space
-        run: |
-          echo "Available disk space before cleanup:"
-          df -h
-          # Remove pre-installed tools
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/ghc /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          # Clean package managers
-          sudo apt-get clean
-          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          # Clean Docker aggressively
-          sudo docker system prune -af --volumes
-          # Clean Go cache if it exists
-          [ -d ~/.cache/go-build ] && rm -rf ~/.cache/go-build || true
-          [ -d /go/pkg ] && rm -rf /go/pkg || true
-          echo "Available disk space after cleanup:"
-          df -h
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag,suffix=_large_disk
-          flavor: latest=false
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        if: matrix.qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      - name: Create BuildKit config
-        run: |
-          cat > /tmp/buildkitd.toml <<EOF
-          [registry."docker.io"]
-            mirrors = ["https://mirror.gcr.io"]
-          EOF
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          buildkitd-config: /tmp/buildkitd.toml
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.platform }}
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        env:
-          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
-        with:
-          context: ./docker
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.go_build
-          build-args: |
-            TAGS=5BytesOffset
-            BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1
-            BRANCH=${{ github.sha }}
-          platforms: linux/${{ matrix.platform }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ matrix.platform }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          # Clean up Docker build cache and temporary files
-          sudo docker system prune -f
-          # Remove Go build cache
-          sudo rm -rf /tmp/go-build*
-
-  create-manifest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag,suffix=_large_disk
-          flavor: latest=false
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Create and push manifest
-        run: |
-          # Function to retry command with exponential backoff
-          retry_with_backoff() {
-            local max_attempts=5
-            local timeout=1
-            local attempt=1
-            local exit_code=0
-            
-            while [ $attempt -le $max_attempts ]; do
-              if "$@"; then
-                return 0
-              else
-                exit_code=$?
-              fi
-              
-              if [ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]; then
-                echo "Attempt $attempt failed. Retrying in ${timeout}s..." >&2
-                sleep $timeout
-                timeout=$((timeout * 2))
-              fi
-              
-              attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-            done
-            
-            echo "Command failed after $max_attempts attempts" >&2
-            return $exit_code
-          }
-          
-          # Create manifest with retry
-          retry_with_backoff docker buildx imagetools create -t ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }} \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-amd64 \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-arm64 \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-arm \
-            ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}-386
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release3.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release3.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c5075b605..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release3.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: "docker: build release containers for rocksdb"
-
-# DISABLED: Merged into container_release_unified.yml
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force_run:
-        description: 'This workflow is disabled. Use container_release_unified.yml instead'
-        required: true
-        default: 'disabled'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-
-  build-large-release-container_rocksdb:
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-
-    steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      -
-        name: Free Disk Space
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/ghc
-          sudo docker system prune -af
-      -
-        name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag,suffix=_large_disk_rocksdb
-          flavor: latest=false
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=seaweedfs
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, to store and serve billions of files fast!
-            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=Chris Lu
-      -
-        name: Create BuildKit config
-        run: |
-          cat > /tmp/buildkitd.toml <<EOF
-          [registry."docker.io"]
-            mirrors = ["https://mirror.gcr.io"]
-          EOF
-      -
-        name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          buildkitd-config: /tmp/buildkitd.toml
-      -
-        name: Login to Docker Hub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      -
-        name: Build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: ./docker
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.rocksdb_large
-          build-args: |
-            BRANCH=${{ github.sha }}
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release4.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release4.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 713380ee5..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release4.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-name: "docker: build release containers for all tags"
-
-# DISABLED: Merged into container_release_unified.yml
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force_run:
-        description: 'This workflow is disabled. Use container_release_unified.yml instead'
-        required: true
-        default: 'disabled'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build-default-release-container:
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-
-    steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      -
-        name: Free Disk Space
-        run: |
-          echo "Before cleanup:"
-          df -h
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          sudo docker system prune -af
-          echo "After cleanup:"
-          df -h
-      -
-        name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: |
-            chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=tag,suffix=_full
-          flavor: |
-            latest=false
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=seaweedfs
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, to store and serve billions of files fast!
-            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=Chris Lu
-      -
-        name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Login to Docker Hub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      -
-        name: Build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: ./docker
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.go_build
-          build-args: TAGS=elastic,gocdk,rclone,sqlite,tarantool,tikv,ydb
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release5.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release5.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 471028d4d..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release5.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-name: "docker: build release containers for all tags and large volume"
-
-# DISABLED: Merged into container_release_unified.yml
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force_run:
-        description: 'This workflow is disabled. Use container_release_unified.yml instead'
-        required: true
-        default: 'disabled'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build-default-release-container:
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-
-    steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      -
-        name: Free Disk Space
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/ghc
-          sudo docker system prune -af
-      -
-        name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag,suffix=_large_disk_full
-          flavor: latest=false
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=seaweedfs
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, to store and serve billions of files fast!
-            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=Chris Lu
-      -
-        name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Login to Docker Hub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      -
-        name: Build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: ./docker
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.go_build
-          build-args: TAGS=5BytesOffset,elastic,gocdk,rclone,sqlite,tarantool,tikv,ydb
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_release_unified.yml b/.github/workflows/container_release_unified.yml
index 147d809e0..b40de20ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container_release_unified.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container_release_unified.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ on:
           - full
           - large_disk_full
           - rocksdb
+      release_tag:
+        description: 'Release tag to publish (e.g. 3.93)'
+        required: true
+        default: ''
       rocksdb_version:
         description: 'RocksDB git tag to use when variant=rocksdb'
         required: false
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.release_tag || github.ref_name }}
+
 # Limit concurrent builds to avoid rate limits
 concurrency:
   group: release-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           images: |
             chrislusf/seaweedfs
             ghcr.io/chrislusf/seaweedfs
-          tags: type=ref,event=tag,suffix=${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
+          tags: type=raw,value=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
           flavor: latest=false
           labels: |
             org.opencontainers.image.title=seaweedfs
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
           # Push to GHCR to avoid Docker Hub rate limits on pulls
           tags: |
-            ghcr.io/chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ github.ref_name }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
+            ghcr.io/chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
           labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
           cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.variant }}
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.variant }}
@@ -246,8 +253,8 @@ jobs:
           # This is much more efficient than pulling/pushing individual arch images
           echo "Copying ${{ matrix.variant }} from GHCR to Docker Hub..."
           retry_with_backoff crane copy \
-            ghcr.io/chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ github.ref_name }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }} \
-            chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ github.ref_name }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
+            ghcr.io/chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }} \
+            chrislusf/seaweedfs:${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}${{ matrix.tag_suffix }}
           
           echo "✓ Successfully copied ${{ matrix.variant }} to Docker Hub"
 
@@ -268,5 +275,3 @@ jobs:
           target_dir: helm
           branch: gh-pages
           helm_version: "3.18.4"
-
-