diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docker-image.yml
index 7d07688feb..6d36a94e80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docker-image.yml
@@ -202,9 +202,33 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_PASSWORD }}
 
       - name: Sign manifest
+        env:
+          IMAGE: ${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}
         run: |
-          cosign sign --yes --recursive --new-bundle-format=false --use-signing-config=false \
-            "${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}"
+          # cosign gives up after two internal attempts when a Sigstore transparency
+          # log write fails, so a brief rekor.sigstore.dev blip is enough to fail a
+          # release. Retry the whole command instead; five attempts 60s apart cover a
+          # ~4-minute outage. The sbom job carries a verbatim copy of this function:
+          # the jobs run on separate runners, so sharing it would take a checkout or a
+          # third-party action in the signing path. Keep the two copies identical.
+          retry() {
+            local attempt
+            for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+              if "$@"; then
+                return 0
+              fi
+              if [ "${attempt}" -lt 5 ]; then
+                echo "::warning::${1} ${2} failed (attempt ${attempt}/5), retrying in 60s"
+                sleep 60
+              fi
+            done
+            echo "::error::${1} ${2} failed after 5 attempts"
+            return 1
+          }
+
+          retry cosign sign --yes --recursive \
+            --new-bundle-format=false --use-signing-config=false \
+            "${IMAGE}"
 
   sbom:
     needs: merge
@@ -236,20 +260,16 @@ jobs:
             "${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}" \
             --output cyclonedx-json=infrahub-sbom.cdx.json
 
-      - name: Attest SBOM (SPDX)
-        run: |
-          cosign attest --yes \
-            --type spdxjson \
-            --predicate infrahub-sbom.spdx.json \
-            "${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}"
-
-      - name: Attest SBOM (CycloneDX)
-        run: |
-          cosign attest --yes \
-            --type cyclonedx \
-            --predicate infrahub-sbom.cdx.json \
-            "${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}"
-
+      # Uploaded before the attestations so that a transparency-log outage cannot cost
+      # us the SBOMs themselves: v1.10.7 shipped without any because the attest step
+      # failed first and skipped this one.
+      #
+      # overwrite is required precisely because this now runs before a step that can
+      # fail. Artifacts are scoped to the run rather than the attempt, so on a re-run
+      # this name already exists from the earlier attempt and the default overwrite:
+      # false would fail the upload, breaking the recovery path this ordering exists to
+      # protect. Every caller passes a version unique to its invocation, so the only
+      # artifact this can replace is the same SBOM from a previous attempt.
       - name: Upload SBOM artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
@@ -258,3 +278,37 @@ jobs:
             infrahub-sbom.spdx.json
             infrahub-sbom.cdx.json
           retention-days: 90
+          overwrite: true
+
+      - name: Attest SBOMs
+        env:
+          IMAGE: ${{ vars.HARBOR_HOST }}/${{ github.repository }}@${{ needs.merge.outputs.digest }}
+        run: |
+          # Same transparency-log flakiness the sign job guards against; this is a
+          # verbatim copy of that job's retry function (separate runners, so it cannot
+          # be shared without a checkout or a third-party action in the signing path).
+          # Keep the two copies identical.
+          retry() {
+            local attempt
+            for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+              if "$@"; then
+                return 0
+              fi
+              if [ "${attempt}" -lt 5 ]; then
+                echo "::warning::${1} ${2} failed (attempt ${attempt}/5), retrying in 60s"
+                sleep 60
+              fi
+            done
+            echo "::error::${1} ${2} failed after 5 attempts"
+            return 1
+          }
+
+          retry cosign attest --yes \
+            --type spdxjson \
+            --predicate infrahub-sbom.spdx.json \
+            "${IMAGE}"
+
+          retry cosign attest --yes \
+            --type cyclonedx \
+            --predicate infrahub-sbom.cdx.json \
+            "${IMAGE}"