diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_beta_docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_beta_docker_image.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fa838c6ff..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build_publish_beta_docker_image.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-name: Docker beta build
-
-on:
-    push:
-      branches:
-        - master
-jobs:
-    build:
-        if: github.repository == 'rclone/rclone'
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        name: Build image job
-        steps:
-            - name: Free some space
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                df -h .
-                # Remove android SDK
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android || true
-                # Remove .net runtime
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
-                df -h .
-            - name: Checkout master
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
-              with:
-                fetch-depth: 0
-            - name: Login to Docker Hub
-              uses: docker/login-action@v3
-              with:
-                username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-                password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-            - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-              id: meta
-              uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-              with:
-                images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-            - name: Set up QEMU
-              uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-            - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-              uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-            - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-              uses: docker/login-action@v3
-              with:
-                registry: ghcr.io
-                # This is the user that triggered the Workflow. In this case, it will
-                # either be the user whom created the Release or manually triggered
-                # the workflow_dispatch.
-                username: ${{ github.actor }}
-                # `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN` is a secret that's automatically generated by
-                # GitHub Actions at the start of a workflow run to identify the job.
-                # This is used to authenticate against GitHub Container Registry.
-                # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#about-the-github_token-secret
-                # for more detailed information.
-                password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-            - name: Show disk usage
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                df -h .
-            - name: Build and publish image
-              uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-              with:
-                file: Dockerfile
-                context: .
-                push: true # push the image to ghcr
-                tags: |
-                  ghcr.io/rclone/rclone:beta
-                  rclone/rclone:beta
-                labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-                platforms: linux/amd64,linux/386,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v6
-                cache-from: type=gha, scope=${{ github.workflow }}
-                cache-to: type=gha, mode=max, scope=${{ github.workflow }}
-                provenance: false
-              # Eventually cache will need to be cleared if builds more frequent than once a week
-              # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/252
-            - name: Show disk usage
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                df -h .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6719fbf29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+---
+# Github Actions release for rclone
+# -*- compile-command: "yamllint -f build_publish_docker_image.yml" -*-
+
+name: Build & Push Docker Images
+
+# Trigger the workflow on push or pull request
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      manual:
+        description: Manual run (bypass default conditions)
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-image:
+    if: inputs.manual || (github.repository == 'rclone/rclone' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name))
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - platform: linux/amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          - platform: linux/386
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          - platform: linux/arm64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          - platform: linux/arm/v7
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          - platform: linux/arm/v6
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    name: Build Docker Image for ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Free Space
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          df -h .
+          # Remove android SDK
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android || true
+          # Remove .net runtime
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
+          df -h .
+
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set REPO_NAME Variable
+        run: |
+          echo "REPO_NAME=`echo ${{github.repository}} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Set PLATFORM Variable
+        run: |
+          platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
+          echo "PLATFORM=${platform//\//-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Set CACHE_NAME Variable
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          import os, re
+
+          def slugify(input_string, max_length=63):
+            slug = input_string.lower()
+            slug = re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9 -]', ' ', slug)
+            slug = slug.strip()
+            slug = re.sub(r'\s+', '-', slug)
+            slug = re.sub(r'-+', '-', slug)
+            slug = slug[:max_length]
+            slug = re.sub(r'[-]+$', '', slug)
+            return slug
+
+          ref_name_slug = "cache"
+
+          if os.environ.get("GITHUB_REF_NAME") and os.environ['GITHUB_EVENT_NAME'] == "pull_request":
+            ref_name_slug += "-pr-" + slugify(os.environ['GITHUB_REF_NAME'])
+
+          with open(os.environ['GITHUB_ENV'], 'a') as env:
+              env.write(f"CACHE_NAME={ref_name_slug}\n")
+
+      - name: Extract Metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        env:
+          DOCKER_METADATA_ANNOTATIONS_LEVELS: manifest,manifest-descriptor # Important for digest annotation (used by Github packages)
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/rclone/rclone/pkgs/container/rclone
+            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=${{ github.repository_owner }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.authors=rclone <https://github.com/rclone>
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
+          tags: |
+            type=sha
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=raw,value=beta,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+
+      - name: Setup QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Load Go Build Cache for Docker
+        id: go-cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          # Cache only the go builds, the module download is cached via the docker layer caching
+          path: |
+            go-build-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+
+      - name: Inject Go Build Cache into Docker
+        uses: reproducible-containers/buildkit-cache-dance@v3
+        with:
+          cache-map: |
+            {
+              "go-build-cache": "/root/.cache/go-build"
+            }
+          skip-extraction: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.go-cache-hit }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          # This is the user that triggered the Workflow. In this case, it will
+          # either be the user whom created the Release or manually triggered
+          # the workflow_dispatch.
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and Publish Image Digest
+        id: build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          file: Dockerfile
+          context: .
+          provenance: false
+          # don't specify 'tags' here (error "get can't push tagged ref by digest")
+          # tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          annotations: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.annotations }}
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+          outputs: |
+            type=image,name=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }},push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
+          cache-from: |
+            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:build-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+          cache-to: |
+            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:build-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }},image-manifest=true,mode=max,compression=zstd
+
+      - name: Export Image Digest
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/digests
+          digest="${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
+          touch "/tmp/digests/${digest#sha256:}"
+
+      - name: Upload Image Digest
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: digests-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+          path: /tmp/digests/*
+          retention-days: 1
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  merge-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-image
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Image Digests
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/digests
+          pattern: digests-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Set REPO_NAME Variable
+        run: |
+          echo "REPO_NAME=`echo ${{github.repository}} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Extract Metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        env:
+          DOCKER_METADATA_ANNOTATIONS_LEVELS: index
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REPO_NAME }}
+            ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/rclone/rclone/pkgs/container/rclone
+            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=${{ github.repository_owner }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.authors=rclone <https://github.com/rclone>
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
+          tags: |
+            type=sha
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=raw,value=beta,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+
+      - name: Extract Tags
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          import json, os
+
+          metadata_json = os.environ['DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON']
+          metadata = json.loads(metadata_json)
+
+          tags = [f"--tag '{tag}'" for tag in metadata["tags"]]
+          tags_string = " ".join(tags)
+
+          with open(os.environ['GITHUB_ENV'], 'a') as env:
+              env.write(f"TAGS={tags_string}\n")
+
+      - name: Extract Annotations
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          import json, os
+
+          metadata_json = os.environ['DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON']
+          metadata = json.loads(metadata_json)
+
+          annotations = [f"--annotation '{annotation}'" for annotation in metadata["annotations"]]
+          annotations_string = " ".join(annotations)
+
+          with open(os.environ['GITHUB_ENV'], 'a') as env:
+              env.write(f"ANNOTATIONS={annotations_string}\n")
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          # This is the user that triggered the Workflow. In this case, it will
+          # either be the user whom created the Release or manually triggered
+          # the workflow_dispatch.
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create & Push Manifest List
+        working-directory: /tmp/digests
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create \
+          ${{ env.TAGS }} \
+          ${{ env.ANNOTATIONS }} \
+          $(printf 'ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}@sha256:%s ' *)
+
+      - name: Inspect and Run Multi-Platform Image
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw ${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+          docker run --rm ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }} version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_plugin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4056cb04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_publish_docker_plugin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+---
+# Github Actions release for rclone
+# -*- compile-command: "yamllint -f parsable build_publish_docker_plugin.yml" -*-
+
+name: Release Build for Docker Plugin
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+
+    build_docker_volume_plugin:
+        if: github.repository == 'rclone/rclone'
+        needs: build
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        name: Build docker plugin job
+        steps:
+            - name: Free some space
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                df -h .
+                # Remove android SDK
+                sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android || true
+                # Remove .net runtime
+                sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
+                df -h .
+            - name: Checkout master
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                fetch-depth: 0
+            - name: Build and publish docker plugin
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                VER=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+                PLUGIN_USER=rclone
+                docker login --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USER }} \
+                             --password-stdin <<< "${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD }}"
+                for PLUGIN_ARCH in amd64 arm64 arm/v7 arm/v6 ;do
+                    export PLUGIN_USER PLUGIN_ARCH
+                    make docker-plugin PLUGIN_TAG=${PLUGIN_ARCH/\//-}
+                    make docker-plugin PLUGIN_TAG=${PLUGIN_ARCH/\//-}-${VER#v}
+                done
+                make docker-plugin PLUGIN_ARCH=amd64 PLUGIN_TAG=latest
+                make docker-plugin PLUGIN_ARCH=amd64 PLUGIN_TAG=${VER#v}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_release_docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_release_docker_image.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b69285a7e..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build_publish_release_docker_image.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-name: Docker release build
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-    build:
-        if: github.repository == 'rclone/rclone'
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        name: Build image job
-        steps:
-            - name: Free some space
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                df -h .
-                # Remove android SDK
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android || true
-                # Remove .net runtime
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
-                df -h .
-            - name: Checkout master
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
-              with:
-                fetch-depth: 0
-            - name: Get actual patch version
-              id: actual_patch_version
-              run: echo ::set-output name=ACTUAL_PATCH_VERSION::$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d / -f 3 | sed 's/v//g')
-            - name: Get actual minor version
-              id: actual_minor_version
-              run: echo ::set-output name=ACTUAL_MINOR_VERSION::$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d / -f 3 | sed 's/v//g' | cut -d "." -f 1,2)
-            - name: Get actual major version
-              id: actual_major_version
-              run: echo ::set-output name=ACTUAL_MAJOR_VERSION::$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d / -f 3 | sed 's/v//g' | cut -d "." -f 1)
-            - name: Set up QEMU
-              uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-            - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-              uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-            - name: Login to Docker Hub
-              uses: docker/login-action@v3
-              with:
-                username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USER }}
-                password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD }}
-            - name: Build and publish image
-              uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-              with:
-                file: Dockerfile
-                context: .
-                platforms: linux/amd64,linux/386,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v6
-                push: true
-                tags: |
-                  rclone/rclone:latest
-                  rclone/rclone:${{ steps.actual_patch_version.outputs.ACTUAL_PATCH_VERSION }}
-                  rclone/rclone:${{ steps.actual_minor_version.outputs.ACTUAL_MINOR_VERSION }}
-                  rclone/rclone:${{ steps.actual_major_version.outputs.ACTUAL_MAJOR_VERSION }}
-
-    build_docker_volume_plugin:
-        if: github.repository == 'rclone/rclone'
-        needs: build
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        name: Build docker plugin job
-        steps:
-            - name: Free some space
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                df -h .
-                # Remove android SDK
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android || true
-                # Remove .net runtime
-                sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
-                df -h .
-            - name: Checkout master
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
-              with:
-                fetch-depth: 0
-            - name: Build and publish docker plugin
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                VER=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-                PLUGIN_USER=rclone
-                docker login --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USER }} \
-                             --password-stdin <<< "${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD }}"
-                for PLUGIN_ARCH in amd64 arm64 arm/v7 arm/v6 ;do
-                    export PLUGIN_USER PLUGIN_ARCH
-                    make docker-plugin PLUGIN_TAG=${PLUGIN_ARCH/\//-}
-                    make docker-plugin PLUGIN_TAG=${PLUGIN_ARCH/\//-}-${VER#v}
-                done
-                make docker-plugin PLUGIN_ARCH=amd64 PLUGIN_TAG=latest
-                make docker-plugin PLUGIN_ARCH=amd64 PLUGIN_TAG=${VER#v}