diff --git a/.github/reproducibility/patches/cargo-macos-aarch64-metadata.patch b/.github/reproducibility/patches/cargo-macos-aarch64-metadata.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc3eec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/reproducibility/patches/cargo-macos-aarch64-metadata.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_runner/compilation_files.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_runner/compilation_files.rs
+--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_runner/compilation_files.rs
++++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_runner/compilation_files.rs
+@@ -864,6 +864,12 @@
+         for line in bcx.rustc().verbose_version.lines() {
+             if unit.kind.is_host() || !line.starts_with("host: ") {
++                // Normalize hash input only; keep the real host for compilation.
++                let line = if line.starts_with("host: ") {
++                    "host: aarch64-apple-darwin"
++                } else {
++                    line
++                };
+                 line.hash(hasher);
+             }
+         }
+         return;
+@@ -881,3 +887,3 @@
+     if unit.kind.is_host() {
+-        bcx.rustc().host.hash(hasher);
++        "aarch64-apple-darwin".hash(hasher);
+     }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 75aabd7..18dee84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Restore Cargo downloads
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         uses: $/.github/actions/restore-cargo-downloads
+
+      - name: Select pinned macOS SDK
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        env:
+          DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer
+        run: |
+          echo "DEVELOPER_DIR=${DEVELOPER_DIR}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "SDKROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx15.5 --show-sdk-path)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       
       - name: Install Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@6bed0761d98439e5a578e2877258200ad565ba87 # stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_reproducible.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_reproducible.yml
index ee73a2d..992f8fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_reproducible.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_reproducible.yml
@@ -490,8 +490,7 @@ jobs:
           XWIN_SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-xwin.outputs.xwin_sdk_version }}
           XWIN_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-xwin.outputs.xwin_version }}
         run: >-
-          cargo xwin build --locked --release --target "${TARGET}"
-          --no-default-features --features from-toml,from-yaml,greppable,from-xml
+          cargo auditable xwin build --locked --release --target "${TARGET}"
           --xwin-version "${XWIN_VERSION}"
           --xwin-sdk-version "${XWIN_SDK_VERSION}"
           --xwin-crt-version "${XWIN_CRT_VERSION}"
@@ -549,3 +548,183 @@ jobs:
           (cd artifacts/windows-2025 && sha256sum celq.exe celq-windows-x86_64.zip) > original.sha256
           (cd artifacts/windows-11-vs2026-arm && sha256sum celq.exe celq-windows-x86_64.zip) > verification.sha256
           diff -u original.sha256 verification.sha256
+
+  patched_cargo_mac:
+    name: Patched Cargo (x86_64-apple-darwin)
+    runs-on: macos-15
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    env:
+      DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "11.0"
+      TARGET: x86_64-apple-darwin
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Checkout Cargo source
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rust-lang/cargo
+          ref: 29ea6fb6a5db279426f4cc4e17aa385f05a0cfbc
+          path: cargo-source
+          persist-credentials: false
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            src
+            crates
+            credential
+            benches/benchsuite
+            benches/capture
+
+      - name: Select pinned macOS SDK
+        run: echo "SDKROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx15.5 --show-sdk-path)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@9376cdc5a5e25b16da71af47712785cf06b0d6d4 # 1.94.1
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ env.TARGET }}
+
+      - name: Patch Cargo
+        working-directory: cargo-source
+        run: |
+          git apply --check ../.github/reproducibility/patches/cargo-macos-aarch64-metadata.patch
+          git apply ../.github/reproducibility/patches/cargo-macos-aarch64-metadata.patch
+
+      - name: Cross-compile patched Cargo
+        working-directory: cargo-source
+        env:
+          CFG_RELEASE: 1.94.1
+          CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL: stable
+          CFG_VER_DESCRIPTION: macos-aarch64-metadata-patch
+        run: cargo build --locked --release --package cargo --bin cargo --features all-static --target "$TARGET"
+
+      - name: Upload patched Cargo
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        with:
+          name: patched-cargo-x86_64-apple-darwin
+          path: cargo-source/target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/cargo
+          retention-days: 1
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  macos:
+    name: macOS (${{ matrix.runner }}, ${{ matrix.target }})
+    needs: patched_cargo_mac
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runner: [macos-15, macos-15-intel]
+        target: [aarch64-apple-darwin]
+    env:
+      DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "11.0"
+      NAME: celq
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Select pinned macOS SDK
+        run: |
+          xcodebuild -version
+          echo "SDKROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx15.5 --show-sdk-path)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@9376cdc5a5e25b16da71af47712785cf06b0d6d4 # 1.94.1
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Install cargo-auditable
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@1ed6d7be6168f6c9046541087ff549b6bc581fdf # v2.87.2
+        with:
+          tool: cargo-auditable@0.7.5
+          fallback: none
+
+      - name: Download patched Cargo
+        if: matrix.runner == 'macos-15-intel'
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
+        with:
+          name: patched-cargo-x86_64-apple-darwin
+          path: patched-cargo
+
+      - name: Select patched Cargo
+        if: matrix.runner == 'macos-15-intel'
+        run: |
+          chmod +x "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/patched-cargo/cargo"
+          echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/patched-cargo" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          echo "CARGO=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/patched-cargo/cargo" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "RUSTC=$(rustup which rustc)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "RUSTDOC=$(rustup which rustdoc)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Configure reproducible builds
+        run: |
+          echo "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "TZ=UTC" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "LC_ALL=C" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          RUST_SYSROOT=$(rustc --print sysroot)
+          echo "RUSTFLAGS=--remap-path-prefix=${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}=/cargo --remap-path-prefix=${RUST_SYSROOT}=/rust-toolchain --remap-path-prefix=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}=/src" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo auditable build --locked --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Install GNU tar
+        run: brew install gnu-tar
+
+      - name: Create release archive
+        env:
+          TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          PRETTY_TARGET: macos-aarch64
+        run: |
+          BIN_PATH="target/${TARGET}/release/${NAME}"
+          ARCHIVE_NAME="${NAME}-${PRETTY_TARGET}.tar.gz"
+          gtar --format=gnu --sort=name --mtime="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" \
+            --owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner --mode=0755 \
+            -cf "${ARCHIVE_NAME%.gz}" -C "target/${TARGET}/release" "${NAME}"
+          gzip -n -9 "${ARCHIVE_NAME%.gz}"
+
+          mkdir -p artifacts
+          cp "${BIN_PATH}" "${ARCHIVE_NAME}" artifacts/
+
+      - name: Upload archive and binary
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        with:
+          name: reproducible-aarch64-apple-darwin-${{ matrix.runner }}
+          path: |
+            artifacts/celq
+            artifacts/celq-macos-aarch64.tar.gz
+          retention-days: 1
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  macos_hashes:
+    name: SHA-256 (macOS ARM64 vs Intel hosts)
+    needs: macos
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Download ARM64-host artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
+        with:
+          name: reproducible-aarch64-apple-darwin-macos-15
+          path: artifacts/macos-15
+
+      - name: Download Intel-host artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
+        with:
+          name: reproducible-aarch64-apple-darwin-macos-15-intel
+          path: artifacts/macos-15-intel
+
+      - name: Print and compare SHA-256 hashes
+        run: |
+          find artifacts -type f -exec sha256sum {} +
+          (cd artifacts/macos-15 && sha256sum celq celq-macos-aarch64.tar.gz) > original.sha256
+          (cd artifacts/macos-15-intel && sha256sum celq celq-macos-aarch64.tar.gz) > verification.sha256
+          diff -u original.sha256 verification.sha256
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_github.yml b/.github/workflows/release_github.yml
index c0a6e20..6aeca3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_github.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     environment: github_release
+    env:
+      DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_16.4.app/Contents/Developer
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "11.0"
     permissions:
       contents: write
       id-token: write
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Select pinned macOS SDK
+        run: echo "SDKROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx15.5 --show-sdk-path)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@9376cdc5a5e25b16da71af47712785cf06b0d6d4 # 1.94.1
         with:
@@ -69,15 +75,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: cargo auditable build --locked --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
+      - name: Install GNU tar
+        run: brew install gnu-tar
+
       - name: Create release archive
         id: archive
         run: |
           BIN_PATH="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${NAME}"
           ARCHIVE_NAME="${NAME}-${{ matrix.pretty_target }}.tar.gz"
-          tar czf "${ARCHIVE_NAME}" -C "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release" "${NAME}"
+          gtar --format=gnu --sort=name --mtime="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" \
+            --owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner --mode=0755 \
+            -cf "${ARCHIVE_NAME%.gz}" -C "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release" "${NAME}"
+          gzip -n -9 "${ARCHIVE_NAME%.gz}"
           
-          echo "BIN_PATH=${BIN_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "ARCHIVE_NAME=${ARCHIVE_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "BIN_PATH=${BIN_PATH}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "ARCHIVE_NAME=${ARCHIVE_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Generate attestation for release binary
         uses: actions/attest@1e69f48acb82d1966a394da916b4c1698aa569d6 # v4.2.2
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload release archive
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release upload ${VERSION} ${{ steps.archive.outputs.ARCHIVE_NAME }}
+        run: gh release upload "${VERSION}" "${{ steps.archive.outputs.ARCHIVE_NAME }}"
 
   build_xwin:
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
diff --git a/.github/zizmor.yml b/.github/zizmor.yml
index 12cbadb..1476e3f 100644
--- a/.github/zizmor.yml
+++ b/.github/zizmor.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ rules:
   template-injection:
     ignore:
       - release_choco.yml
-      - release_github.yml:95
-      - release_github.yml:275
-      - release_github.yml:302
-      - release_github.yml:340
+      - release_github.yml:107
+      - release_github.yml:287
+      - release_github.yml:314
+      - release_github.yml:352
       - release_sub_homebrew.yml:29
       - release_sub_homebrew.yml:56
       - release_sub_homebrew.yml:69