diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ba51057d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Keep the Docker build context small. Without this, `COPY . .` ships the
+# entire .git history (~115MB) and every bin/obj into the build context,
+# bloating uploads and invalidating layer caches on every build.
+
+# Version control
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+
+# .NET build outputs - rebuilt inside the image
+**/bin/
+**/obj/
+**/.vs/
+*.user
+
+# Editor / OS cruft
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+.DS_Store
+
+# Node tooling (if any)
+**/node_modules/
+
+# CI config - never needed at build or runtime
+.github/
+
+# The Docker build files themselves
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 9c71dc6b3..47291691e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: Set up .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 72e494805..378dbcf94 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src
 
+# The SDK image sets NUGET_XMLDOC_MODE=skip; the API page generator needs Radzen.Blazor.xml from the
+# restored package, so re-enable XML doc extraction during restore.
+ENV NUGET_XMLDOC_MODE=none
+
 # Copy project files first for better caching
 COPY Radzen.Blazor/*.csproj Radzen.Blazor/
 COPY Radzen.Blazor.Api/*.csproj Radzen.Blazor.Api/
@@ -12,19 +16,22 @@ COPY RadzenBlazorDemos/*.csproj RadzenBlazorDemos/
 COPY RadzenBlazorDemos.Host/*.csproj RadzenBlazorDemos.Host/
 COPY RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools/*.csproj RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools/
 
-# Restore dependencies (Host + Tools + API page generator)
-RUN dotnet restore RadzenBlazorDemos.Host/RadzenBlazorDemos.Host.csproj \
+# Restore for Release so the Radzen.Blazor NuGet package (referenced only in Release) is downloaded
+# for both the publish below and the API page generator.
+RUN dotnet restore RadzenBlazorDemos.Host/RadzenBlazorDemos.Host.csproj -p:Configuration=Release \
  && dotnet restore RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools/RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools.csproj \
  && dotnet restore Radzen.Blazor.Api.Generator/Radzen.Blazor.Api.Generator.csproj
 
 # Copy full source after restore layer
 COPY . .
 
-# Pre-generate API reference pages (must exist on disk before publish evaluates globs)
-RUN dotnet build Radzen.Blazor/Radzen.Blazor.csproj -c Release \
+# Pre-generate API reference pages from the published Radzen.Blazor package - the deployed site uses that
+# same package, so there is no need to compile Radzen.Blazor (and its Sass/JS assets) from source.
+# Pages must exist on disk before publish evaluates the Api project's Razor globs.
+RUN RADZEN_DLL=$(find /root/.nuget/packages/radzen.blazor -path '*/lib/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.dll' | sort -V | tail -1) \
+ && test -n "$RADZEN_DLL" \
  && dotnet run --project Radzen.Blazor.Api.Generator -- \
-      Radzen.Blazor/bin/Release/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.dll \
-      Radzen.Blazor/bin/Release/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.xml \
+      "$RADZEN_DLL" "${RADZEN_DLL%.dll}.xml" \
       Radzen.Blazor.Api/Generated/Pages
 
 # Publish the Blazor host app (generated pages are now on disk for the SDK to discover)
diff --git a/Radzen.Blazor.Api/Radzen.Blazor.Api.csproj b/Radzen.Blazor.Api/Radzen.Blazor.Api.csproj
index 7b6c596a1..57daa6306 100644
--- a/Radzen.Blazor.Api/Radzen.Blazor.Api.csproj
+++ b/Radzen.Blazor.Api/Radzen.Blazor.Api.csproj
@@ -6,16 +6,25 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Radzen.Blazor\Radzen.Blazor.csproj" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Radzen.Blazor" Version="*" GeneratePathProperty="true" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Radzen.Blazor\Radzen.Blazor.csproj" Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Release'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RadzenBlazorDll>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\Radzen.Blazor.dll</RadzenBlazorDll>
-    <RadzenBlazorXml>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXml>
     <GeneratorProject>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor.Api.Generator\Radzen.Blazor.Api.Generator.csproj</GeneratorProject>
     <GeneratedPagesDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Generated\Pages</GeneratedPagesDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Release reflects over the published package (what the site ships); Debug over the source build. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
+    <RadzenBlazorDll>$(PkgRadzen_Blazor)/lib/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.dll</RadzenBlazorDll>
+    <RadzenBlazorXml>$(PkgRadzen_Blazor)/lib/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXml>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Release'">
+    <RadzenBlazorDll>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\Radzen.Blazor.dll</RadzenBlazorDll>
+    <RadzenBlazorXml>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXml>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Usage: dotnet build -p:GenerateApiPages=true -->
   <Target Name="GenerateApiPages" BeforeTargets="ResolveProjectStaticWebAssets;AssignTargetPaths"
           Inputs="$(RadzenBlazorDll)"
diff --git a/RadzenBlazorDemos/RadzenBlazorDemos.csproj b/RadzenBlazorDemos/RadzenBlazorDemos.csproj
index 77847dd09..3003a1121 100644
--- a/RadzenBlazorDemos/RadzenBlazorDemos.csproj
+++ b/RadzenBlazorDemos/RadzenBlazorDemos.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Radzen.Blazor" Version="*" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Radzen.Blazor" Version="*" GeneratePathProperty="true" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Radzen.Blazor\Radzen.Blazor.csproj" Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Release'" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Radzen.Blazor.Api\Radzen.Blazor.Api.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="10.*-*" />
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
       <LlmsTxtToolDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\</LlmsTxtToolDir>
       <LlmsTxtToolExe Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(LlmsTxtToolDir)RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools.exe</LlmsTxtToolExe>
       <LlmsTxtToolExe Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">$(LlmsTxtToolDir)RadzenBlazorDemos.Tools</LlmsTxtToolExe>
-      <RadzenBlazorXmlDoc>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXmlDoc>
+      <!-- Release builds use the published package (no source build); reflect over its XML doc. -->
+      <RadzenBlazorXmlDoc Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">$(PkgRadzen_Blazor)/lib/net10.0/Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXmlDoc>
+      <RadzenBlazorXmlDoc Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Release'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\Radzen.Blazor.xml</RadzenBlazorXmlDoc>
       <RadzenBlazorSourceDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Radzen.Blazor\</RadzenBlazorSourceDir>
     </PropertyGroup>