diff --git a/.gitlab/datasources/flavors.yaml b/.gitlab/datasources/flavors.yaml
index e1e2d2097..992a10396 100644
--- a/.gitlab/datasources/flavors.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab/datasources/flavors.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ flavors:
     layer_name_base_suffix: ""
     max_layer_compressed_size_mb: 27
     max_layer_uncompressed_size_mb: 54
+    # Also build an unstripped copy on main (job "bottlecap symbols"), for size,
+    # ELF and benchmark analysis. The copy is a CI artifact only, never shipped.
+    keep_symbols: true
 
   - name: arm64
     arch: arm64
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ flavors:
     layer_name_base_suffix: "-ARM"
     max_layer_compressed_size_mb: 24
     max_layer_uncompressed_size_mb: 50
+    keep_symbols: true
 
   - name: amd64, alpine
     arch: amd64
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh
index 59d9779ff..e11643bda 100755
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ else
     printf "Debug mode requested: ${DEBUG}\n"
 fi
 
+if [ "$KEEP_SYMBOLS" != "1" ]; then
+    OUTPUT_NAME=bottlecap-$FILE_SUFFIX
+    KEEP_SYMBOLS_ARG=()
+else
+    if [ "$ALPINE" != "0" ]; then
+        printf "[ERROR]: KEEP_SYMBOLS=1 is only supported with Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile (ALPINE=0)\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    OUTPUT_NAME=bottlecap-$FILE_SUFFIX-unstripped
+    KEEP_SYMBOLS_ARG=(--build-arg KEEP_SYMBOLS=1)
+    printf "Keeping symbols: the output is %s and is not shipped\n" "$OUTPUT_NAME"
+fi
+
 if [ "$ALPINE" = "0" ]; then
     COMPILE_IMAGE=Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile
 else
@@ -53,7 +66,7 @@ cd $ROOT_DIR
 
 BINARY_DIR=".binaries"
 TARGET_DIR=$(pwd)/$BINARY_DIR
-BINARY_PATH=$TARGET_DIR/compiled-bottlecap-$FILE_SUFFIX
+BINARY_PATH=$TARGET_DIR/compiled-$OUTPUT_NAME
 
 mkdir -p $BINARY_DIR
 
@@ -75,11 +88,12 @@ docker_build() {
         --build-arg PLATFORM=$PLATFORM \
         --build-arg FIPS="${FIPS}" \
         --build-arg DEBUG="${DEBUG}" \
+        "${KEEP_SYMBOLS_ARG[@]}" \
         . -o $BINARY_PATH
 
     # Copy the compiled binary to the target directory with the expected name
     # If it already exist, it will be replaced
-    cp $BINARY_PATH/bottlecap $TARGET_DIR/bottlecap-$FILE_SUFFIX
+    cp "$BINARY_PATH/bottlecap" "$TARGET_DIR/$OUTPUT_NAME"
 }
 
 docker_build $ARCHITECTURE $COMPILE_IMAGE
diff --git a/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl b/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
index db89d1069..4fcd41768 100644
--- a/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
+++ b/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
@@ -95,6 +95,51 @@ bottlecap ({{ $flavor.name }}):
   script:
     - .gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh
 
+{{ if index $flavor "keep_symbols" }}
+# Per-commit release binaries for analysis. Runs on main and tags (manual elsewhere),
+# never blocks the pipeline. Bundles the shipped stripped binary from
+# `bottlecap ({{ $flavor.name }})` with a second compile that keeps the symbol table,
+# under one artifact named after the commit, kept for 90 days. The shipped layer does not change.
+#   latest main: $CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/.binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}-unstripped?job=bottlecap+symbols+({{ $flavor.name }})
+bottlecap symbols ({{ $flavor.name }}):
+  stage: compile
+  image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/docker:20.10
+  tags: ["arch:{{ $flavor.arch }}"]
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
+      allow_failure: true
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      allow_failure: true
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+  needs:
+    - bottlecap ({{ $flavor.name }})
+  timeout: 20m
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - stuck_or_timeout_failure
+      - runner_system_failure
+  artifacts:
+    name: bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
+    expire_in: 90 days
+    paths:
+      - .binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}
+      - .binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}-unstripped
+      - .binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}.build-info
+  variables:
+    ARCHITECTURE: {{ $flavor.arch }}
+    ALPINE: {{ $flavor.alpine }}
+    FIPS: {{ $flavor.fips }}
+    FILE_SUFFIX: {{ $flavor.suffix }}
+    KEEP_SYMBOLS: "1"
+  script:
+    - .gitlab/scripts/compile_bottlecap.sh
+    - printf 'commit=%s\nref=%s\npipeline=%s\njob=%s\n' "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" "$CI_PIPELINE_URL" "$CI_JOB_URL" > .binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}.build-info
+    - ls -la .binaries/
+    - echo "unstripped binary for ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}:" "${CI_JOB_URL}/artifacts/raw/.binaries/bottlecap-{{ $flavor.suffix }}-unstripped"
+{{ end }}{{/* end keep_symbols */}}
+
 layer ({{ $flavor.name }}):
   stage: build
   image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/docker:27.3.1@sha256:966b6cd18c53e3730e7aaea2c0ca6b6b9877dcff11d9446f25ee5bc2293585d0
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile b/images/Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile
index 877e6e21e..403d986c2 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.bottlecap.compile
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ ENV AWS_LC_FIPS_SYS_CC=clang
 ENV AWS_LC_FIPS_SYS_CXX=clang++
 
 WORKDIR /tmp/dd/bottlecap
+# KEEP_SYMBOLS=1 builds the same source and profile with strip disabled, so the
+# linker keeps the symbol table. Only the `bottlecap symbols` CI job sets it;
+# that output is never shipped. Declared here so both variants share the layers above.
+ARG KEEP_SYMBOLS=0
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=bind,source=.,target=/tmp/dd,rw \
@@ -49,6 +53,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
         export BUILD_MODE=debug; \
         export BUILD_FLAG=""; \
     fi; \
+    if [ "${KEEP_SYMBOLS}" = "1" ]; then \
+        export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_STRIP=false; \
+    fi; \
     # The `libddwaf` crate links against static objects that require `libclang_rt.builtins`, but
     # this is not presented to the linker by default on this platform, so we force it in.
     export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS:-} -Clinker=clang -L$(dirname $(clang --print-file-name="libclang_rt.builtins-$(uname -m).a")) -lclang_rt.builtins-$(uname -m)"; \