diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
index b78e37dd099..ea9963315a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
         description: "Tag to publish (e.g., v1.0.0)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      skip_check_repo:
+        description: "Skip checking if packages have been modified (useful for backfilling missed releases)"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 env:
   # This env var is used by Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 for the cache
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           registry-token: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
           args: "--all-features"
           path: .
+          check-repo: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.skip_check_repo != true }}
   report-failure:
     name: Report Workflow Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
index 4c046593327..30d07658d17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
       - name: Check glibc version outside docker
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
       - name: Check glibc version outside docker
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Set up Java 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 32b1a3f7577..20195e679f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
       - name: Set up Python