diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index ea06d44080c0..d0a1e2b89c6e 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ startup --experimental_remote_repo_contents_cache
 
 common --experimental_platform_in_output_dir
 
+# Match Cargo's MSVC static CRT policy and V8's allocator linkage. Only the
+# MSVC C/C++ toolchain consumes this feature; other toolchains ignore it.
+# Include host dependencies so native build tools use the same runtime.
+build --features=static_link_msvcrt
+build --host_features=static_link_msvcrt
+
 build --workspace_status_command=./scripts/workspace-status.sh
 build:windows --workspace_status_command=./scripts/workspace-status.cmd
 
@@ -225,5 +231,29 @@ common:v8-target-arm64 --@v8//bazel/config:v8_target_cpu=arm64
 # the matching runtime objects.
 common:rusty-v8-upstream-libcxx --@v8//:v8_use_rusty_v8_custom_libcxx=True
 
+# Release profile settings are also defined in codex-rs/Cargo.toml.
+# Packaging extracts symbols before stripping; the Rust toolchains retain
+# line tables and use split-debuginfo=off. opt mode selects Rust opt-level=3;
+# Cargo release disables assertions/checks even if a smoke build overrides
+# opt-level to 0, so these are explicit rather than inferred from optimization.
+build:release --compilation_mode=opt
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:lto=thin
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:codegen_units=4
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_rustc_flag=-Cdebug-assertions=no
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_rustc_flag=-Coverflow-checks=no
+# Match observed Cargo 1.95 build-tool commands: opt-level=0, assertions off,
+# and rustc's non-incremental default of 16 codegen units (not target's 4).
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flag=-Copt-level=0
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flag=-Ccodegen-units=16
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flag=-Cdebug-assertions=no
+build:release --@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flag=-Coverflow-checks=no
+
+# Compatibility: Cargo build scripts consume the Rust profile, including debug
+# info, and choose their native optimization. Preserve explicit user C/C++ flags.
+# Opt in for target and host dependencies; normal Bazel builds keep defaults.
+build:release --features=cargo-release-profile
+build:release --host_features=cargo-release-profile
+# Bubblewrap and voice set release options on their own native rules.
+
 # Optional per-user local overrides.
 try-import %workspace%/user.bazelrc
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index c7cbfee19dec..ed8303b1d90d 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -207,14 +207,16 @@ rules_rust.patch(
         # Carry the OpenAI setup fix that makes build-script tools available
         # through their runfiles after the rules_rs upgrade.
         "//patches:rules_rust_build_script_tools_transition.patch",
+        # Opt-in release profile compatibility for native Cargo build scripts.
+        "//patches:rules_rust_release_build_script_profile.patch",
         # Prefer Rust's direct linker for Windows/MSVC and keep hermetic
         # LLVM's non-.lib runtime artifacts compatible with it.
         "//patches:rules_rust_windows_msvc_direct_link_args.patch",
         # Skip transient native-Windows linker outputs while consolidating
         # dependency search paths.
         "//patches:rules_rust_windows_process_wrapper_skip_temp_outputs.patch",
-        # Group build-script argument files to avoid Windows command-line limits.
-        "//patches:rules_rust_group_build_script_arg_files.patch",
+        # Spill wrapper arguments to a params file to avoid Windows command-line limits.
+        "//patches:rules_rust_process_wrapper_param_file.patch",
         "//patches:rules_rust_windows_execroot_separators.patch",
         "//patches:rules_rust_compiler_thp.patch",
     ],
@@ -292,9 +294,19 @@ nightly_rust.repository_set(
 )
 use_repo(nightly_rust, "rust_toolchains")
 
+# Match Cargo's MSVC static CRT policy for target and host dependencies. V8's
+# allocator shim must not also import the dynamic UCRT. Selecting by target
+# triple applies to cross builds without affecting Windows GNU, Linux or macOS.
+MSVC_RUSTC_FLAGS = {
+    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc": ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"],
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc": ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"],
+}
+
 toolchains = use_extension("@rules_rs//rs/toolchains:module_extension.bzl", "toolchains")
 toolchains.toolchain(
     edition = "2024",
+    extra_exec_rustc_flags = MSVC_RUSTC_FLAGS,
+    extra_rustc_flags = MSVC_RUSTC_FLAGS,
     version = "1.95.0",
 )
 use_repo(toolchains, "default_rust_toolchains")
@@ -592,6 +604,13 @@ inject_repo(crate, "v8_targets")
 llvm = use_extension("@llvm//extensions:llvm.bzl", "llvm")
 use_repo(llvm, "llvm-project")
 
+crate.annotation(
+    # Disable SQLite intrinsics that can crash at startup on older x64 Windows CPUs.
+    build_script_env_select = {
+        "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc": '{"LIBSQLITE3_FLAGS": "SQLITE_DISABLE_INTRINSIC"}',
+    },
+    crate = "libsqlite3-sys",
+)
 crate.annotation(
     # Provide the hermetic SDK path so the build script doesn't try to invoke an unhermetic `xcrun --show-sdk-path`.
     build_script_data = [
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server-client/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/app-server-client/src/lib.rs
index df5dc3e99f75..ca41cb0037b8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Release builds exceed rustc's default query depth when laying out the async
+// MessageProcessor::handle_initialized_client_request future.
+#![recursion_limit = "256"]
+
 //! Shared in-process app-server client facade for CLI surfaces.
 //!
 //! This crate wraps [`codex_app_server::in_process`] behind a single async API
diff --git a/codex-rs/bwrap/BUILD.bazel b/codex-rs/bwrap/BUILD.bazel
index f58d703ef9ec..b1b932ac4885 100644
--- a/codex-rs/bwrap/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/codex-rs/bwrap/BUILD.bazel
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ genrule(
     visibility = ["//codex-rs/linux-sandbox:__pkg__"],
 )
 
+config_setting(
+    name = "optimized",
+    values = {"compilation_mode": "opt"},
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "bwrap-ffi",
     srcs = ["//codex-rs/vendor:bubblewrap_c_sources"],
@@ -45,7 +50,16 @@ cc_library(
     copts = [
         "-D_GNU_SOURCE",
         "-Dmain=bwrap_main",
-    ],
+    ] + select({
+        # Cargo cc-rs uses release OPT_LEVEL=3 and DEBUG=true, without
+        # the C toolchain's default NDEBUG; retain native symbols for packaging.
+        ":optimized": [
+            "-O3",
+            "-g",
+            "-UNDEBUG",
+        ],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }),
     includes = ["."],
     target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:linux"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
diff --git a/codex-rs/exec/src/main.rs b/codex-rs/exec/src/main.rs
index 61eaecdd0a85..69d432acc090 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/main.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Release builds exceed rustc's default query depth when laying out the async
+// MessageProcessor::handle_initialized_client_request future.
+#![recursion_limit = "256"]
+
 //! Entry-point for the `codex-exec` binary.
 //!
 //! When this CLI is invoked normally, it parses the standard `codex-exec` CLI
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/main.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/main.rs
index 5a196d614a92..789c7f15f208 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/main.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Release builds exceed rustc's default query depth when laying out the async
+// MessageProcessor::handle_initialized_client_request future.
+#![recursion_limit = "256"]
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use codex_arg0::Arg0DispatchPaths;
 use codex_arg0::arg0_dispatch_or_else;
diff --git a/defs.bzl b/defs.bzl
index 8d1b1a378fe6..a297207b8662 100644
--- a/defs.bzl
+++ b/defs.bzl
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_binary", "rust_library", "rust_proc_mac
 load("//bazel/rules/testing:foreign_platform_binary.bzl", "foreign_platform_binary")
 load("//bazel/rules/testing/wine:wine_runtime.bzl", "WINE_TEST_TARGET_COMPATIBLE_WITH", "wine_test_runtime")
 
-# Match Cargo's Windows linker behavior so Bazel-built binaries and tests use
-# the same stack reserve on both Windows ABIs and resolve UCRT imports on MSVC.
+# Reserve 8 MiB of stack on Windows and statically link the CRT on MSVC.
+# V8's x64 allocator shim defines malloc/free; importing them from dynamic UCRT
+# as well replaces the import thunks during linking.
 WINDOWS_GNULLVM_RUSTC_LINK_FLAGS = [
     "-C",
     "link-arg=-Wl,--stack,8388608",  # 8 MiB
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ WINDOWS_RUSTC_LINK_FLAGS = select({
         "-C",
         "link-arg=/STACK:8388608",  # 8 MiB
         "-C",
-        "link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libucrt.lib",
-        "-C",
-        "link-arg=ucrt.lib",
+        "target-feature=+crt-static",
     ],
     "//conditions:default": [],
 })
@@ -414,8 +413,8 @@ def codex_rust_crate(
             crate_root = main,
             deps = all_crate_deps() + maybe_deps + deps_extra,
             edition = crate_edition,
-            # Keep per-binary Cargo link behavior scoped to the matching
-            # generated rust_binary instead of leaking it to sibling binaries.
+            # Scope each binary's compile data and linker flags to its generated
+            # rust_binary so they do not affect sibling binaries.
             compile_data = binary_compile_data_extra.get(binary, []),
             rustc_flags = rustc_flags_extra + binary_rustc_flags_extra.get(binary, []) + WINDOWS_RUSTC_LINK_FLAGS,
             rustc_env = rustc_env,
diff --git a/patches/BUILD.bazel b/patches/BUILD.bazel
index 6fd6aded05a4..13ea7919ebff 100644
--- a/patches/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/patches/BUILD.bazel
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ exports_files([
     "llvm_windows_mingw_compat.patch",
     "rules_rust_build_script_tools_transition.patch",
     "rules_rust_compiler_thp.patch",
-    "rules_rust_group_build_script_arg_files.patch",
+    "rules_rust_process_wrapper_param_file.patch",
+    "rules_rust_release_build_script_profile.patch",
     "rules_rust_windows_execroot_separators.patch",
     "rules_rust_windows_msvc_direct_link_args.patch",
     "rules_rust_windows_process_wrapper_skip_temp_outputs.patch",
diff --git a/patches/rules_rust_group_build_script_arg_files.patch b/patches/rules_rust_group_build_script_arg_files.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e65873ba529..000000000000
--- a/patches/rules_rust_group_build_script_arg_files.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/rust/private/rustc.bzl b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
---- a/rust/private/rustc.bzl
-+++ b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
-@@ -1125,5 +1125,7 @@
-     for build_env_file in build_env_files:
-         process_wrapper_flags.add("--env-file", build_env_file)
- 
--    process_wrapper_flags.add_all(build_flags_files, before_each = "--arg-file")
-+    # The wrapper accepts multiple files per flag. Reduce native Windows
-+    # command-line length without changing the files or their order.
-+    process_wrapper_flags.add_all("--arg-file", build_flags_files)
- 
diff --git a/patches/rules_rust_process_wrapper_param_file.patch b/patches/rules_rust_process_wrapper_param_file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..969357eaf1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/rules_rust_process_wrapper_param_file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff --git a/rust/private/rustc.bzl b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
+--- a/rust/private/rustc.bzl
++++ b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
+@@ -1121,6 +1121,9 @@
+ 
+     # Wrapper args first
+     process_wrapper_flags = ctx.actions.args()
++    # Build-script file paths can exceed Windows' command-line limit by themselves.
++    process_wrapper_flags.set_param_file_format("multiline")
++    process_wrapper_flags.use_param_file("@%s")
+ 
+     for build_env_file in build_env_files:
+         process_wrapper_flags.add("--env-file", build_env_file)
+diff --git a/util/process_wrapper/options.rs b/util/process_wrapper/options.rs
+--- a/util/process_wrapper/options.rs
++++ b/util/process_wrapper/options.rs
+@@ -136,10 +136,17 @@
+         &mut require_explicit_unstable_features,
+     );
+ 
+-    let mut child_args = match flags
+-        .parse(env::args().collect())
+-        .map_err(OptionError::FlagError)?
+-    {
++    let mut args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
++    // Bazel may spill the leading wrapper arguments to a multiline params file.
++    // Read them verbatim; child rustc @files after `--` are handled separately.
++    if let Some(path) = args.get(1).and_then(|arg| arg.strip_prefix('@')) {
++        let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|err| {
++            OptionError::Generic(format!("reading wrapper arguments from {path:?}: {err}"))
++        })?;
++        args.splice(1..2, contents.lines().map(str::to_owned));
++    }
++
++    let mut child_args = match flags.parse(args).map_err(OptionError::FlagError)? {
+         ParseOutcome::Help(help) => {
+             eprintln!("{help}");
+             exit(0);
diff --git a/patches/rules_rust_release_build_script_profile.patch b/patches/rules_rust_release_build_script_profile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a849512e9a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/rules_rust_release_build_script_profile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+--- a/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl
++++ b/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ load("@apple_support//lib:apple_support.bzl", "apple_support")
+ load("@bazel_skylib//lib:paths.bzl", "paths")
+ load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
++load("@platforms//host:constraints.bzl", "HOST_CONSTRAINTS")
+ load("@rules_cc//cc:action_names.bzl", "ACTION_NAMES")
+ load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+ load("//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_common")
+@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
+ # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+ load(
+     "//rust/private:rustc.bzl",
++    "collect_extra_rustc_flags",
+     "get_compilation_mode_opts",
+     "get_linker_and_args",
+ )
+@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
+     "expand_dict_value_locations",
+     "find_cc_toolchain",
+     "find_toolchain",
++    "is_exec_configuration",
+     _name_to_crate_name = "name_to_crate_name",
+ )
+
+@@ -66,6 +69,43 @@
+     },
+     executable = True,
+ )
++
++def _release_user_opts(ctx, flags):
++    # Bazel 9.2's default exec transition appends -g0 to host copts/cxxopts on
++    # non-Windows servers. Remove only that suffix; preserve explicit -g0.
++    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/9.2.0/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl
++    if is_exec_configuration(ctx) and "@platforms//os:windows" not in HOST_CONSTRAINTS and flags and flags[-1] == "-g0":
++        return flags[:-1]
++    return flags
++
++def _cargo_profile_native_flags(flags):
++    # Let cc-rs/cmake derive optimization and debug info from Cargo's profile.
++    # Filter toolchain defaults only; explicit user flags are appended afterwards.
++    profile_defaults = [
++        "-O0",
++        "-O1",
++        "-O2",
++        "-O3",
++        "-Og",
++        "-Os",
++        "-Oz",
++        "-Ofast",
++        "-g0",
++        "-DNDEBUG",
++        "-DNDEBUG=1",
++        "/Od",
++        "/O1",
++        "/O2",
++        "/Ox",
++        "/Ob0",
++        "/Ob1",
++        "/Ob2",
++        "/Ob3",
++        "/Oi",
++        "/DNDEBUG",
++        "/DNDEBUG=1",
++    ]
++    return [flag for flag in flags if flag not in profile_defaults]
+
+ def get_cc_compile_args_and_env(cc_toolchain, feature_configuration):
+     """Gather cc environment variables from the given `cc_toolchain`
+@@ -469,6 +509,22 @@
+         env["CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PRE"] = patch[1] if len(patch) > 1 else ""
+         env["CARGO_PKG_VERSION"] = ctx.attr.version
+
++    cargo_release_profile = _feature_enabled(ctx, "cargo-release-profile")
++    if cargo_release_profile:
++        # Compatibility with Cargo release profiles that retain debug info:
++        # DEBUG describes symbol generation, not debug assertions. Read the
++        # consuming crate's configuration, not the build-script executable's.
++        debug_info = get_compilation_mode_opts(ctx, toolchain).debug_info
++        flags = collect_extra_rustc_flags(ctx, toolchain, None, "rlib")
++        for flag in flags:
++            # Accept both -Copt-level=N and the split -C opt-level=N spelling.
++            codegen = flag.removeprefix("-C").removeprefix("--codegen=")
++            if codegen.startswith("opt-level="):
++                env["OPT_LEVEL"] = codegen.removeprefix("opt-level=")
++            elif codegen.startswith("debuginfo="):
++                debug_info = codegen.removeprefix("debuginfo=")
++        env["DEBUG"] = "false" if debug_info in ["0", "none"] else "true"
++
+     # Pull in env vars which may be required for the cc_toolchain to work (e.g. on OSX, the SDK version).
+     # We hope that the linker env is sufficient for the whole cc_toolchain.
+     cc_toolchain, feature_configuration = find_cc_toolchain(ctx)
+@@ -484,6 +540,13 @@
+     if cc_toolchain:
+         # MSVC requires INCLUDE to be set
+         cc_c_args, cc_cxx_args, cc_env = get_cc_compile_args_and_env(cc_toolchain, feature_configuration)
++        if cargo_release_profile:
++            # Preserve SDK, ABI, CRT and security options. User copts and crate
++            # build_script_env overrides retain precedence over these defaults.
++            copts = _release_user_opts(ctx, ctx.fragments.cpp.copts)
++            cxxopts = _release_user_opts(ctx, ctx.fragments.cpp.cxxopts)
++            cc_c_args = _cargo_profile_native_flags(cc_c_args) + copts + ctx.fragments.cpp.conlyopts
++            cc_cxx_args = _cargo_profile_native_flags(cc_cxx_args) + copts + cxxopts
+         include = cc_env.get("INCLUDE")
+         if include:
+             if toolchain.exec_triple.str.find("windows") > 0:
+@@ -837,6 +900,10 @@
+         "_cargo_manifest_dir_filename_suffixes_to_retain": attr.label(
+             default = Label("//cargo/settings:cargo_manifest_dir_filename_suffixes_to_retain"),
+         ),
++        "_extra_exec_rustc_flag": attr.label(default = Label("//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flag")),
++        "_extra_exec_rustc_flags": attr.label(default = Label("//rust/settings:extra_exec_rustc_flags")),
++        "_extra_rustc_flag": attr.label(default = Label("//rust/settings:extra_rustc_flag")),
++        "_extra_rustc_flags": attr.label(default = Label("//rust/settings:extra_rustc_flags")),
+         "_debug_std_streams_output_group": attr.label(
+             default = Label("//cargo/settings:debug_std_streams_output_group"),
+         ),
diff --git a/third_party/v8/BUILD.bazel b/third_party/v8/BUILD.bazel
index 7f764c625561..6b6f8449d836 100644
--- a/third_party/v8/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/third_party/v8/BUILD.bazel
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ alias(
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm": ":v8_150_4_0_aarch64_pc_windows_gnullvm",
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:aarch64-pc-windows-msvc": ":v8_150_4_0_aarch64_pc_windows_msvc",
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": ":v8_150_4_0_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu_bazel",
-        ":platform_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl": ":v8_150_4_0_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl_release_base",
+        # Rust's compiler-builtins archive does not supply V8's __clear_cache.
+        # Use the merged archive containing the ARM64 compiler-rt builtins.
+        ":platform_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl": ":v8_150_4_0_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl_release",
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:x86_64-apple-darwin": ":v8_150_4_0_x86_64_apple_darwin_bazel",
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm": ":v8_150_4_0_x86_64_pc_windows_gnullvm",
         "@rules_rs//rs/platforms/config:x86_64-pc-windows-msvc": ":v8_150_4_0_x86_64_pc_windows_msvc",
diff --git a/third_party/voice/BUILD.bazel b/third_party/voice/BUILD.bazel
index b3c5f0930e49..94adba1b5e3b 100644
--- a/third_party/voice/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/third_party/voice/BUILD.bazel
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ filegroup(
     tags = ["manual"],
 )
 
+config_setting(
+    name = "optimized",
+    values = {"compilation_mode": "opt"},
+)
+
 # Configure probes execute target binaries: constrain each action's host too.
 _NATIVE_PLATFORMS = [
     ("macos", "aarch64", "apple-darwin"),
@@ -198,6 +203,12 @@ _NATIVE_PLATFORMS = [
     native_prefix(
         name = "native_prefix_" + os + "_" + cpu,
         archives = [":archives"],
+        # Preserve the native recipe's Meson/CMake release optimization after
+        # toolchain flags, without optimizing unrelated native targets or tools.
+        copts = select({
+            ":optimized": ["-O3"],
+            "//conditions:default": [],
+        }),
         exec_compatible_with = [
             "@platforms//os:" + os,
             "@platforms//cpu:" + cpu,
diff --git a/third_party/voice/native.bzl b/third_party/voice/native.bzl
index b70c6b8cc2ef..5dacbcaf229e 100644
--- a/third_party/voice/native.bzl
+++ b/third_party/voice/native.bzl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ native_prefix = rule(
     implementation = _native_prefix_impl,
     attrs = {
         "archives": attr.label_list(allow_files = True, mandatory = True),
+        "copts": attr.string_list(),
         "target": attr.string(mandatory = True),
         "_driver": attr.label(default = "//third_party/voice:bazel_native.py", allow_single_file = True),
         "_recipe": attr.label(default = "//third_party/voice:native_recipe"),