diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 0324f2500..8127942ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - release
+  # Manual trigger. A run can be created with zero jobs attached, in which case
+  # it sits in `queued` forever and `gh run rerun` cannot recover it: rerun
+  # replays the same empty run object. Only a new run object recovers, and
+  # without this a throwaway commit is the only way to make one.
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
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