diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index f233725..b449820 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,51 +36,31 @@ jobs:
             -archivePath "$RUNNER_TEMP/KisaniCal.xcarchive" \
             -allowProvisioningUpdates
 
-      - name: Export IPA
+      # Write the App Store Connect API key to disk. xcodebuild's auto-discovery
+      # looks for exactly this filename pattern under ~/private_keys.
+      - name: Write App Store Connect API key
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/private_keys
+          echo "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8 }}" > ~/private_keys/AuthKey_${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}.p8
+
+      # Export AND upload in one step: passing the API key credentials to
+      # -exportArchive makes xcodebuild upload directly to App Store Connect
+      # (method "app-store" in ExportOptions.plist) — no separate altool/
+      # Transporter step needed. (altool's own upload path was retired by
+      # Apple in 2023; this is the current supported mechanism.)
+      - name: Export IPA and upload to TestFlight
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           xcodebuild -exportArchive \
             -archivePath "$RUNNER_TEMP/KisaniCal.xcarchive" \
             -exportOptionsPlist ExportOptions.plist \
             -exportPath "$RUNNER_TEMP/export" \
-            -allowProvisioningUpdates
+            -allowProvisioningUpdates \
+            -authenticationKeyPath ~/private_keys/AuthKey_${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}.p8 \
+            -authenticationKeyID ${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }} \
+            -authenticationKeyIssuerID ${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID }}
           ls -la "$RUNNER_TEMP/export"
 
-      # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-      # PLACEHOLDER: Upload to TestFlight / App Store Connect.
-      #
-      # Add these as Gitea repo secrets:  Settings → Actions → Secrets
-      #   APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID     (the "Key ID" from App Store Connect)
-      #   APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID      (the "Issuer ID")
-      #   APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8     (contents of the AuthKey_XXXX.p8 file)
-      #
-      # Then uncomment ONE of the approaches below.
-      # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-      # --- Option A: modern notarytool / App Store Connect API key (recommended) ---
-      # - name: Write API key to file
-      #   run: |
-      #     mkdir -p ~/private_keys
-      #     echo "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8 }}" > ~/private_keys/AuthKey_${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}.p8
-      #
-      # - name: Upload to TestFlight (altool with API key)
-      #   run: |
-      #     xcrun altool --upload-app \
-      #       --type ios \
-      #       --file "$RUNNER_TEMP/export/KisaniCal.ipa" \
-      #       --apiKey "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}" \
-      #       --apiIssuer "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID }}"
-
-      # --- Option B: notarytool (for notarizing a macOS build, not iOS TestFlight) ---
-      # - name: Notarize
-      #   run: |
-      #     xcrun notarytool submit "$RUNNER_TEMP/export/KisaniCal.ipa" \
-      #       --key ~/private_keys/AuthKey_${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}.p8 \
-      #       --key-id "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID }}" \
-      #       --issuer "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID }}" \
-      #       --wait
-
-      - name: Notice
-        run: |
-          echo "IPA exported. TestFlight upload step is a commented-out placeholder."
-          echo "Add App Store Connect API-key secrets and uncomment Option A in release.yml."
+      - name: Clean up API key
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -rf ~/private_keys
diff --git a/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md b/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
index 8033d02..0a2db03 100644
--- a/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
+++ b/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
@@ -2586,3 +2586,60 @@ against the real logic (not copies, not just read):
 The SwiftUI layer itself (the Stepper row, bindings, sheet wiring) is
 self-reviewed only — balanced braces/parens confirmed per-file, one
 pre-existing stray `(` in `TaskItem.swift` predates this (see KC-62).
+
+## KC-71 — Finish release.yml's TestFlight upload (Xcode Cloud ruled out for this repo)
+
+Status: Implemented — `release.yml` updated; live end-to-end run still
+pending the user adding the App Store Connect API key as Gitea secrets
+Reported by: User — wanted automated TestFlight delivery on merge to main
+Area: CI/CD (`.gitea/workflows/release.yml`)
+
+### Description
+Spent a long session trying to connect Apple's Xcode Cloud directly to this
+repo's self-hosted Gitea instance. Concluded it's not achievable:
+- Gitea was only reachable on the LAN (`10.10.1.21:3002`, plain HTTP) —
+  fixed by standing up Tailscale Funnel on the host (`titantwo`), giving
+  real public HTTPS at `https://titantwo.tail05af18.ts.net`. Also switched
+  the local `origin` remote to this URL (user's explicit call — the old
+  LAN address is no longer used anywhere).
+- Xcode Cloud's "GitHub Enterprise" provider option 404s against Gitea —
+  GitHub Enterprise's API lives at a fixed `/api/v3/` path, Gitea's is
+  `/api/v1/`.
+- Its "GitLab Self-Managed" option rejects Gitea's OAuth2 Client IDs — App
+  Store Connect strictly requires a 64-character hex string (real GitLab's
+  ID format); Gitea's OAuth2 provider generates 36-character UUIDs. Not
+  fixable from the Gitea side — confirmed by actually creating a real
+  Gitea OAuth2 application and having App Store Connect reject its ID.
+- Bitbucket Server wasn't tried — the same class of hard-coded-provider-
+  format problem was already proven twice, not worth a third confirmation.
+
+Conclusion: Apple only supports Gitea if it happens to be API/URL-
+compatible with GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket's *specific* hosted or enterprise
+products, and it isn't. Pivoted to finishing the automation this repo
+already had a placeholder for instead.
+
+### Change
+`release.yml`'s TestFlight upload step was a commented-out placeholder
+(altool-based) since it was originally set up. Replaced it with the
+currently-supported mechanism — `xcrun altool`'s own upload path was
+retired by Apple in 2023, so the placeholder would not have worked even if
+uncommented as-is. Now: write the App Store Connect API key (from a new
+Gitea secret) to `~/private_keys/AuthKey_<KEY_ID>.p8`, then pass
+`-authenticationKeyPath`/`-authenticationKeyID`/`-authenticationKeyIssuerID`
+directly to the existing `xcodebuild -exportArchive` call — this exports
+AND uploads to TestFlight in one step, no separate upload tool needed.
+Key file is deleted in an `if: always()` cleanup step regardless of
+success/failure.
+
+Needs 3 new Gitea secrets (Settings → Actions → Secrets), from an App
+Store Connect API key with App Manager role:
+`APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID`, `APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID`,
+`APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8`.
+
+Files: `.gitea/workflows/release.yml`.
+
+### Note
+Not run end-to-end yet — needs the user to generate the App Store Connect
+API key and add the 3 secrets before the next merge to `main` actually
+exercises this path. `ExportOptions.plist` needed no changes (already
+`method: app-store` with the correct team ID).