diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index ef36c41..b72f897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ jobs:
           SAFE_TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.SAFE_TAG_NAME }}
         working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}/docker_practice-pdf-src
         run: |
+          # mdPress PDF generation drives headless Chrome, which intermittently dies with
+          # "websocket url timeout reached" + dbus errors. Retry the build, not the whole job.
+          mdpress() { local a; for a in 1 2 3; do command mdpress "$@" && return 0;
+            echo "::warning::mdpress attempt $a failed; retrying in 10s"; sleep 10; done; return 1; }
           mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist"
           mdpress build --format pdf \
             --output "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/docker_practice-${SAFE_TAG_NAME}.pdf"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index fd91639..a1e0980 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build PDF
         working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}/docker_practice-pdf-src
         run: |
+          # mdPress PDF generation drives headless Chrome, which intermittently dies with
+          # "websocket url timeout reached" + dbus errors. Retry the build, not the whole job.
+          mdpress() { local a; for a in 1 2 3; do command mdpress "$@" && return 0;
+            echo "::warning::mdpress attempt $a failed; retrying in 10s"; sleep 10; done; return 1; }
           mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist"
           mdpress build --format pdf --output "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/docker_practice.pdf"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-pdf.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-pdf.yml
index 8eca4d2..9056009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-pdf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-pdf.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build latest preview PDF
         working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}/docker_practice-pdf-src
         run: |
+          # mdPress PDF generation drives headless Chrome, which intermittently dies with
+          # "websocket url timeout reached" + dbus errors. Retry the build, not the whole job.
+          mdpress() { local a; for a in 1 2 3; do command mdpress "$@" && return 0;
+            echo "::warning::mdpress attempt $a failed; retrying in 10s"; sleep 10; done; return 1; }
           mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist"
           mdpress build --format pdf --output "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/docker_practice.pdf"