diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 068462af09..13c0b6e16b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ parameters:
     type: boolean
     default: false
 
+  run-linux-publish:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+
+  run-macos-publish:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+
 # The config expects the following environment variables to be set:
 #  - "SLACK_WEBHOOK" Slack hook URL to send notifications.
 #
@@ -1030,56 +1038,6 @@ steps-electron-ts-compile-for-doc-change: &steps-electron-ts-compile-for-doc-cha
     #Compile ts/js to verify doc change didn't break anything
     - *step-ts-compile
 
-steps-electron-build-for-publish: &steps-electron-build-for-publish
-  steps:
-    - *step-checkout-electron
-    - *step-depot-tools-get
-    - *step-depot-tools-add-to-path
-    - *step-restore-brew-cache
-    - *step-get-more-space-on-mac
-    - *step-gclient-sync
-    - *step-setup-env-for-build
-    - *step-delete-git-directories
-    - *step-minimize-workspace-size-from-checkout
-    - *step-gn-gen-default
-
-    # Electron app
-    - *step-electron-build
-    - *step-maybe-generate-breakpad-symbols
-    - *step-maybe-electron-dist-strip
-    - *step-electron-dist-build
-    - *step-electron-dist-store
-    - *step-maybe-zip-symbols
-    - *step-symbols-store
-
-    # mksnapshot
-    - *step-mksnapshot-build
-    - *step-mksnapshot-store
-
-    # chromedriver
-    - *step-electron-maybe-chromedriver-gn-gen
-    - *step-electron-chromedriver-build
-    - *step-electron-chromedriver-store
-
-    # Node.js headers
-    - *step-nodejs-headers-build
-    - *step-nodejs-headers-store
-
-    # ffmpeg
-    - *step-ffmpeg-gn-gen
-    - *step-ffmpeg-build
-    - *step-ffmpeg-store
-
-    # hunspell
-    - *step-hunspell-build
-    - *step-hunspell-store
-
-    # typescript defs
-    - *step-maybe-generate-typescript-defs
-
-    # Publish
-    - *step-electron-publish
-
 steps-chromedriver-build: &steps-chromedriver-build
   steps:
     - attach_workspace:
@@ -1304,6 +1262,12 @@ commands:
       use-out-cache:
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      restore-src-cache:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      preserve-vendor-dirs:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
     steps:
       - when:
           condition: << parameters.attach >>
@@ -1330,17 +1294,38 @@ commands:
             - *step-get-more-space-on-mac
             - *step-generate-deps-hash
             - *step-touch-sync-done
-            - maybe-restore-portaled-src-cache
+            - when:
+                condition: << parameters.restore-src-cache >>
+                steps:
+                  - maybe-restore-portaled-src-cache
             - *step-maybe-restore-git-cache
             - *step-set-git-cache-path
             # This sync call only runs if .circle-sync-done is an EMPTY file
             - *step-gclient-sync
             # These next few steps reset Electron to the correct commit regardless of which cache was restored
+            - when:
+                condition: << parameters.preserve-vendor-dirs >>
+                steps:
+                  - run:
+                      name: Preserve vendor dirs for release
+                      command: |
+                        mv src/electron/vendor/boto .
+                        mv src/electron/vendor/requests .
             - run:
                 name: Wipe Electron
                 command: rm -rf src/electron
             - *step-checkout-electron
             - *step-run-electron-only-hooks
+            - when:
+                condition: << parameters.preserve-vendor-dirs >>
+                steps:
+                  - run:
+                      name: Preserve vendor dirs for release
+                      command: |
+                        rm -rf src/electron/vendor/boto
+                        rm -rf src/electron/vendor/requests
+                        mv boto src/electron/vendor
+                        mv requests src/electron/vendor/requests
             - *step-generate-deps-hash-cleanly
             - *step-mark-sync-done
             - *step-minimize-workspace-size-from-checkout
@@ -1439,10 +1424,80 @@ commands:
                 steps:
                   - *step-save-out-cache
 
-      # Trigger tests on arm hardware if needed
-      - *step-maybe-trigger-arm-test
+            # Trigger tests on arm hardware if needed
+            - *step-maybe-trigger-arm-test
 
-      - *step-maybe-notify-slack-failure
+            - *step-maybe-notify-slack-failure
+
+  electron-publish:
+    parameters:
+      attach:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      checkout:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+    steps:
+      - when:
+          condition: << parameters.attach >>
+          steps:
+            - attach_workspace:
+                at: .
+      - when:
+          condition: << parameters.checkout >>
+          steps:
+            - *step-depot-tools-get
+      - *step-depot-tools-add-to-path
+      - *step-restore-brew-cache
+      - *step-get-more-space-on-mac
+      - when:
+          condition: << parameters.checkout >>
+          steps:
+            - *step-checkout-electron
+            - *step-gclient-sync
+            - *step-delete-git-directories
+            - *step-minimize-workspace-size-from-checkout
+      - *step-fix-sync-on-mac            
+      - *step-setup-env-for-build
+      - *step-gn-gen-default
+
+      # Electron app
+      - *step-electron-build
+      - *step-show-sccache-stats
+      - *step-maybe-generate-breakpad-symbols
+      - *step-maybe-electron-dist-strip
+      - *step-electron-dist-build
+      - *step-electron-dist-store
+      - *step-maybe-zip-symbols
+      - *step-symbols-store
+
+      # mksnapshot
+      - *step-mksnapshot-build
+      - *step-mksnapshot-store
+
+      # chromedriver
+      - *step-electron-maybe-chromedriver-gn-gen
+      - *step-electron-chromedriver-build
+      - *step-electron-chromedriver-store
+
+      # Node.js headers
+      - *step-nodejs-headers-build
+      - *step-nodejs-headers-store
+
+      # ffmpeg
+      - *step-ffmpeg-gn-gen
+      - *step-ffmpeg-build
+      - *step-ffmpeg-store
+
+      # hunspell
+      - *step-hunspell-build
+      - *step-hunspell-store
+
+      # typescript defs
+      - *step-maybe-generate-typescript-defs
+
+      # Publish
+      - *step-electron-publish      
 
 # List of all jobs.
 jobs:
@@ -1461,6 +1516,20 @@ jobs:
     <<: *steps-electron-ts-compile-for-doc-change
 
   # Layer 1: Checkout.
+  linux-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge
+      GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_arm=True --custom-var=checkout_arm64=True --custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
+    steps:
+      - electron-build:
+          persist: false
+          build: false
+          checkout: true
+          persist-checkout: true
+          restore-src-cache: false
+          preserve-vendor-dirs: true
+
   linux-checkout-fast:
     <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
     environment:
@@ -1504,6 +1573,22 @@ jobs:
           checkout: true
           persist-checkout: true
 
+  mac-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge
+      <<: *env-testing-build
+      <<: *env-macos-build
+      GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_mac=True --custom-var=host_os=mac --custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
+    steps:
+      - electron-build:
+          persist: false
+          build: false
+          checkout: true
+          persist-checkout: true
+          restore-src-cache: false
+          preserve-vendor-dirs: true
+
   mac-checkout-fast:
     <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
     environment:
@@ -1591,7 +1676,22 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-release-build
       <<: *env-enable-sccache
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  linux-x64-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge-release
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   linux-ia32-testing:
     <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
@@ -1640,7 +1740,24 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-enable-sccache
       <<: *env-32bit-release
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  linux-ia32-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge-release
+      <<: *env-ia32
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      <<: *env-32bit-release
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   linux-arm-testing:
     <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
@@ -1690,7 +1807,24 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-32bit-release
       GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_arm=True --custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  linux-arm-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge-release
+      <<: *env-arm
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      <<: *env-32bit-release
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   linux-arm64-testing:
     <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
@@ -1747,7 +1881,23 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-enable-sccache
       GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_arm64=True --custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  linux-arm64-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-linux-2xlarge
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-linux-2xlarge-release
+      <<: *env-arm64
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   osx-testing:
     <<: *machine-mac-large
@@ -1801,7 +1951,22 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-enable-sccache
       GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  osx-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-mac-large
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-mac-large-release
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   mas-testing:
     <<: *machine-mac-large
@@ -1859,7 +2024,23 @@ jobs:
       <<: *env-enable-sccache
       GCLIENT_EXTRA_ARGS: '--custom-var=checkout_boto=True --custom-var=checkout_requests=True'
       UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
-    <<: *steps-electron-build-for-publish
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: false
+          checkout: true
+
+  mas-publish-skip-checkout:
+    <<: *machine-mac-large
+    environment:
+      <<: *env-mac-large-release
+      <<: *env-mas
+      <<: *env-release-build
+      <<: *env-enable-sccache
+      UPLOAD_TO_S3: << pipeline.parameters.upload-to-s3 >>
+    steps:
+      - electron-publish:  
+          attach: true
+          checkout: false
 
   # Layer 3: Tests.
   linux-x64-unittests:
@@ -2149,6 +2330,27 @@ workflows:
   # will need to be updated and there will most likely need to be changes to
   # sudowoodo
 
+  publish-linux:
+    when: << pipeline.parameters.run-linux-publish >>
+    jobs:
+    - linux-checkout
+    - linux-x64-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - linux-checkout
+        context: release-env
+    - linux-ia32-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - linux-checkout
+        context: release-env
+    - linux-arm-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - linux-checkout
+        context: release-env
+    - linux-arm64-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - linux-checkout
+        context: release-env
+
   publish-x64-linux:
     when: << pipeline.parameters.run-linux-x64-publish >>
     jobs:
@@ -2185,6 +2387,17 @@ workflows:
     - mas-publish:
         context: release-env
 
+  publish-macos:
+    when: << pipeline.parameters.run-macos-publish >>
+    jobs:
+    - mac-checkout
+    - osx-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - mac-checkout
+    - mas-publish-skip-checkout:
+        requires:
+          - mac-checkout
+
   lint:
     when: << pipeline.parameters.run-lint >>
     jobs:
diff --git a/script/release/ci-release-build.js b/script/release/ci-release-build.js
index 3bbcf49ddb..3a52cf53a8 100644
--- a/script/release/ci-release-build.js
+++ b/script/release/ci-release-build.js
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ const circleCIJobs = [
   'osx-publish'
 ]
 
+const circleCIPublishWorkflows = [
+  'linux-publish',
+  'macos-publish'
+]
+
 const vstsArmJobs = [
   'electron-arm-testing',
   'electron-arm64-testing',
@@ -87,13 +92,18 @@ async function circleCIcall (targetBranch, job, options) {
     if (workflowId === -1) {
       return
     }
-    console.log(`CircleCI release build workflow running at https://circleci.com/workflow-run/${workflowId} for ${job}.`)
-    const jobNumber = await getCircleCIJobNumber(workflowId)
-    if (jobNumber === -1) {
-      return
+    const workFlowUrl = `https://circleci.com/workflow-run/${workflowId}`
+    if (options.runningPublishWorkflows) {
+      console.log(`CircleCI release workflow request for ${job} successful. Check ${workFlowUrl} for status.`)
+    } else {
+      console.log(`CircleCI release build workflow running at https://circleci.com/workflow-run/${workflowId} for ${job}.`)
+      const jobNumber = await getCircleCIJobNumber(workflowId)
+      if (jobNumber === -1) {
+        return
+      }
+      const jobUrl = `https://circleci.com/gh/electron/electron/${jobNumber}`
+      console.log(`CircleCI release build request for ${job} successful.  Check ${jobUrl} for status.`)
     }
-    const jobUrl = `https://circleci.com/gh/electron/electron/${jobNumber}`
-    console.log(`CircleCI release build request for ${job} successful.  Check ${jobUrl} for status.`)
   } catch (err) {
     console.log('Error calling CircleCI: ', err)
   }
@@ -232,7 +242,8 @@ function buildCircleCI (targetBranch, options) {
     assert(circleCIJobs.includes(options.job), `Unknown CircleCI job name: ${options.job}. Valid values are: ${circleCIJobs}.`)
     circleCIcall(targetBranch, options.job, options)
   } else {
-    circleCIJobs.forEach((job) => circleCIcall(targetBranch, job, options))
+    options.runningPublishWorkflows = true
+    circleCIPublishWorkflows.forEach((job) => circleCIcall(targetBranch, job, options))
   }
 }