diff --git a/scripts/dev/configure_container_auth.sh b/scripts/dev/configure_container_auth.sh
index ff3dc6b1e..d5805b85c 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/configure_container_auth.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/configure_container_auth.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ source scripts/funcs/kubernetes
 
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME="${CONTAINER_RUNTIME-"docker"}"
 
+# Registry URLs
+ECR_EU_WEST="268558157000.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
+ECR_US_EAST="268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
+ECR_SEARCH_US_EAST="901841024863.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
+
 setup_validate_container_runtime() {
   case "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" in
     "podman")
@@ -104,26 +109,44 @@ if [[ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]]; then
   write_file '{}' "${CONFIG_PATH}"
 fi
 
-if [[ -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]]; then
-  if [[ "${RUNNING_IN_EVG:-"false"}" != "true" ]]; then
-    echo "Checking if container registry credentials are valid..."
-    ecr_auth=$(exec_cmd jq -r '.auths."268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com".auth // empty' "${CONFIG_PATH}")
+check_if_login_required() {
+  echo "Checking if container registry credentials are valid..."
+
+  check_registry_credentials() {
+    registry_url=$1
+    image_path=$1
+    image_tag=$2
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+    ecr_auth=$(exec_cmd jq -r --arg registry "${registry_url}" '.auths.[$registry].auth // empty' "${CONFIG_PATH}")
 
     if [[ -n "${ecr_auth}" ]]; then
-      http_status=$(curl --head -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 3 "https://268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v2/dev/mongodb-kubernetes/manifests/latest" \
+      http_status=$(curl --head -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 3 "https://${registry_url}/v2/${image_path}/manifest/${image_tag}" \
         -H "Authorization: Basic ${ecr_auth}" 2>/dev/null || echo "error/timeout")
 
       if [[ "${http_status}" != "401" && "${http_status}" != "403" && "${http_status}" != "error/timeout" ]]; then
         echo "Container registry credentials are up to date - not performing the new login!"
-        exit
+        return 0
       fi
-      echo "Container login required (HTTP status: ${http_status})"
+      echo -e "${RED}Container login required (HTTP status: ${http_status})${NO_COLOR}"
     else
-      echo "No ECR credentials found in container config - login required"
+      echo -e "${RED}No ECR credentials found in container config - login required${NO_COLOR}"
     fi
+
+    return 0
+  }
+
+  check_registry_credentials "${ECR_EU_WEST}" "mongot/community" "1.47.0" | prepend "${ECR_EU_WEST}" || return 1
+  check_registry_credentials "${ECR_US_EAST}" "dev/mongodb-kubernetes" "latest" | prepend "${ECR_US_EAST}" || return 1
+  if [[ "${MDB_SEARCH_AWS_SSO_LOGIN:-"false"}" == "true" ]]; then
+    check_registry_credentials "${ECR_SEARCH_US_EAST}" "mongot-community/rapid-releases" "latest" | prepend "${ECR_SEARCH_US_EAST}" || return 1
   fi
 
+  return 0
+}
+
+login_to_registries() {
   title "Performing container login to ECR registries"
+  echo "$(aws --version)}"
 
   # There could be some leftovers on Evergreen (Docker-specific, skip for Podman)
   if [[ "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" == "docker" ]]; then
@@ -134,34 +157,42 @@ if [[ -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]]; then
       remove_element "credHelpers"
     fi
   fi
-fi
 
+  aws ecr get-login-password --region "us-east-1" | registry_login "AWS" "${ECR_US_EAST}"
 
-echo "$(aws --version)}"
+  if [[ "${MDB_SEARCH_AWS_SSO_LOGIN:"-false"}" == "true" ]]; then
+    aws sso login --profile devprod-platforms-ecr-user
+    aws --profile devprod-platforms-ecr-user  ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | registry_login "AWS" "${ECR_SEARCH_US_EAST}"
+  fi
 
-aws ecr get-login-password --region "us-east-1" | registry_login "AWS" "268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
+  # by default docker tries to store credentials in an external storage (e.g. OS keychain) - not in the config.json
+  # We need to store it as base64 string in config.json instead so we need to remove the "credsStore" element
+  # This is Docker-specific behavior, Podman stores credentials directly in auth.json
+  if [[ "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" == "docker" ]] && exec_cmd grep -q "credsStore" "${CONFIG_PATH}"; then
+    remove_element "credsStore"
 
-# by default docker tries to store credentials in an external storage (e.g. OS keychain) - not in the config.json
-# We need to store it as base64 string in config.json instead so we need to remove the "credsStore" element
-# This is Docker-specific behavior, Podman stores credentials directly in auth.json
-if [[ "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" == "docker" ]] && exec_cmd grep -q "credsStore" "${CONFIG_PATH}"; then
-  remove_element "credsStore"
+    # login again to store the credentials into the config.json
+    aws ecr get-login-password --region "us-east-1" | registry_login "AWS" "${ECR_US_EAST}"
+  fi
 
-  # login again to store the credentials into the config.json
-  aws ecr get-login-password --region "us-east-1" | registry_login "AWS" "268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
-fi
+  aws ecr get-login-password --region "eu-west-1" | registry_login "AWS" "${ECR_EU_WEST}"
+
+  if [[ -n "${PRERELEASE_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON:-}" ]]; then
+    # log in to quay.io for the mongodb/mongodb-search-community private repo
+    # TODO remove once we switch to the official repo in Public Preview
+    quay_io_auth_file=$(mktemp)
+    config_tmp=$(mktemp)
+    echo "${PRERELEASE_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON}" | base64 -d > "${quay_io_auth_file}"
+    exec_cmd jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' "${quay_io_auth_file}" "${CONFIG_PATH}" > "${config_tmp}"
+    exec_cmd mv "${config_tmp}" "${CONFIG_PATH}"
+    rm "${quay_io_auth_file}"
+  fi
+}
 
-aws ecr get-login-password --region "eu-west-1" | registry_login "AWS" "268558157000.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
-
-if [[ -n "${PRERELEASE_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON:-}" ]]; then
-  # log in to quay.io for the mongodb/mongodb-search-community private repo
-  # TODO remove once we switch to the official repo in Public Preview
-  quay_io_auth_file=$(mktemp)
-  config_tmp=$(mktemp)
-  echo "${PRERELEASE_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON}" | base64 -d > "${quay_io_auth_file}"
-  exec_cmd jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' "${quay_io_auth_file}" "${CONFIG_PATH}" > "${config_tmp}"
-  exec_cmd mv "${config_tmp}" "${CONFIG_PATH}"
-  rm "${quay_io_auth_file}"
+if [[ "${RUNNING_IN_EVG:-"false"}" != "true" ]]; then
+  check_if_login_required
+else
+  login_to_registries
 fi
 
 create_image_registries_secret
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template b/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
index 2a95eaf42..45c2df2e9 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
@@ -101,3 +101,7 @@ export PRERELEASE_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON="<dockerconfigjson secret>"
 
 # uncomment to enable license update with pre-commit script
 # export MDB_UPDATE_LICENSES=true
+
+# enable only for getting mongodb search rapid-releases from
+# 901841024863.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/mongot-community/rapid-releases
+export MDB_SEARCH_AWS_SSO_LOGIN="false"
diff --git a/scripts/dev/publish_artifacts_to_staging_quay.sh b/scripts/dev/publish_artifacts_to_staging_quay.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e44aaccd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/publish_artifacts_to_staging_quay.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to publish (mirror) container images and helm charts to staging registry.
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+test "${MDB_BASH_DEBUG:-0}" -eq 1 && set -x
+
+source scripts/dev/set_env_context.sh
+source scripts/funcs/printing
+
+BASE_REPO_URL="268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev"
+STAGING_BASE_URL="quay.io/mongodb/staging"
+
+if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
+    echo "The tool mirrors images built in any given evg patch id (or latest) from ${BASE_REPO_URL} to ${STAGING_BASE_URL}"
+    echo "It publishes helm oci image of the helm chart with chart version \"<prerelease helm version>-<version_id>\""
+    echo "Usage: $0 <prerelease helm version> <version_id>"
+    echo "Example: $0 1.4.0-prerelease 68b1a853973bae0007d5eaa0"
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+helm_chart_version_prefix="$1"
+operator_version="$2"
+search_version=${3:-"latest"}
+
+helm_chart_version="${helm_chart_version_prefix}-${operator_version}"
+
+get_arch_digest() {
+    local image="$1"
+    local arch="$2"
+    local manifest_json
+    manifest_json=$(docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw "${image}" 2>/dev/null || echo '{}')
+
+    local media_type
+    media_type=$(echo "$manifest_json" | jq -r '.mediaType // empty')
+
+    if [[ "$media_type" == *"manifest.list"* ]]; then
+        # this is a multi-arch manifest
+        local arch_digest
+        arch_digest=$(echo "$manifest_json" | jq -r ".manifests[] | select(.platform.architecture == \"${arch}\" and .platform.os == \"linux\") | .digest")
+
+        if [[ -n "$arch_digest" && "$arch_digest" != "null" ]]; then
+            echo "$arch_digest"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    elif [[ "${arch}" == "amd64" ]]; then
+      # otherwise it must be a single-arch (image) manifest, so we return it only if we ask for amd64
+      local arch_digest
+      arch_digest="sha256:$(echo -n "$manifest_json" | sha256)"
+      echo "$arch_digest"
+    fi
+
+    echo ""
+    return 0
+}
+
+process_image() {
+    local source_image="$1"
+    local target_image="$2"
+
+    echo "  Processing ${source_image}..."
+
+    local digest_arm64
+    local digest_amd64
+    digest_arm64=$(get_arch_digest "${source_image}" arm64)
+    digest_amd64=$(get_arch_digest "${source_image}" amd64)
+
+    if [[ -n "${digest_amd64}" ]]; then
+      docker pull "${source_image}@${digest_amd64}"
+      docker tag "${source_image}@${digest_amd64}" "${target_image}-amd64"
+      docker push "${target_image}-amd64"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "${digest_arm64}" ]]; then
+      docker pull "${source_image}@${digest_arm64}"
+      docker tag "${source_image}@${digest_arm64}" "${target_image}-arm64"
+      docker push "${target_image}-arm64"
+    fi
+
+    docker manifest create "${target_image}" ${digest_amd64:+--amend ${target_image}-amd64} ${digest_arm64:+--amend ${target_image}-arm64}
+    docker manifest push "${target_image}"
+}
+
+publish_images() {
+  local names=()
+  local sources=()
+  local destinations=()
+
+  operator_images=(
+      "mongodb-kubernetes"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-database"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-init-appdb"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-init-database"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-init-ops-manager"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-readinessprobe"
+      "mongodb-kubernetes-operator-version-upgrade-post-start-hook"
+  )
+
+  if [[ -n "${search_version}" ]]; then
+      names+=("mongodb-search")
+      sources+=("901841024863.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/mongot-community/rapid-releases:${search_version}")
+      destinations+=("${STAGING_BASE_URL}/mongodb-search:${search_version}")
+  fi
+
+  for image in "${operator_images[@]}"; do
+      names+=("${image}")
+      sources+=("${BASE_REPO_URL}/${image}:${operator_version}")
+      destinations+=("${STAGING_BASE_URL}/${image}:${helm_chart_version}")
+  done
+
+  echo "Starting Docker image re-tagging and publishing to staging..."
+  echo "Version ID: ${operator_version}"
+  echo "Source repository: ${BASE_REPO_URL}"
+  echo "Target repository: ${STAGING_BASE_URL}"
+  echo ""
+
+  for i in "${!names[@]}"; do
+      process_image "${sources[$i]}" "${destinations[$i]}"
+  done
+
+  echo "=== SUMMARY ==="
+  echo "All images have been successfully re-tagged and pushed to staging!"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Images processed:"
+  for i in "${!names[@]}"; do
+      echo "  ${names[$i]}: ${sources[$i]} -> ${destinations[$i]}"
+  done
+}
+
+update_helm_values() {
+  scripts/evergreen/release/update_helm_values_files.py
+  yq eval ".version = \"${helm_chart_version}\"" -i helm_chart/Chart.yaml
+  echo "Updated helm_chart/Chart.yaml version to: ${helm_chart_version}"
+
+  yq eval \
+     ".registry.operator = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.database = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.initDatabase = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.initOpsManager = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.initAppDb = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.appDb = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.versionUpgradeHook = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\" |
+     .registry.readinessProbe = \"${STAGING_BASE_URL}\"
+  " -i helm_chart/values.yaml
+  echo "Updated helm_chart/values.yaml registry to: ${STAGING_BASE_URL}"
+}
+
+prepare_helm_oci_image() {
+  mkdir -p tmp
+  helm package helm_chart -d tmp/
+}
+
+push_helm_oci_image() {
+  export HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG=~/.docker/config.json
+  helm push "tmp/mongodb-kubernetes-${helm_chart_version}.tgz" "oci://${STAGING_BASE_URL}/helm-chart"
+}
+
+update_release_json() {
+  if [[ ! -f "release.json" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: release.json file not found"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Updating release.json with versions..."
+
+  # Update operator and init versions
+  jq --arg version "${helm_chart_version}" \
+     --arg registry "${STAGING_BASE_URL}" \
+    '.mongodbOperator = $version |
+     .initDatabaseVersion = $version |
+     .initOpsManagerVersion = $version |
+     .initAppDbVersion = $version |
+     .databaseImageVersion = $version' \
+    release.json > release.json.tmp && mv release.json.tmp release.json
+
+  # Update search community version
+  jq --arg searchVersion "${search_version}" \
+     --arg searchRepo "${STAGING_BASE_URL}" \
+     --arg searchImageName "mongodb-search" \
+    '.search.community.repo = $searchRepo |
+    .search.community.name = $searchImageName |
+    .search.community.version = $searchVersion' \
+    release.json > release.json.tmp && mv release.json.tmp release.json
+
+  echo "Updated release.json with:"
+  echo "  - Operator versions: ${helm_chart_version}"
+  echo "  - Search community version: ${MDB_SEARCH_COMMUNITY_VERSION}"
+}
+
+revert_changes_to_local_files() {
+  echo "Reverting generated/updated files: helm_chart/ public/ config/ release.json"
+  git checkout -- helm_chart/ public/ config/ release.json
+}
+
+publish_images
+update_release_json
+update_helm_values
+prepare_helm_oci_image
+push_helm_oci_image
+revert_changes_to_local_files
diff --git a/scripts/evergreen/release/update_helm_values_files.py b/scripts/evergreen/release/update_helm_values_files.py
index 5510acb14..8d8fd4b4c 100755
--- a/scripts/evergreen/release/update_helm_values_files.py
+++ b/scripts/evergreen/release/update_helm_values_files.py
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ def update_helm_charts(operator_version, release):
     set_value_in_yaml_file(
         "helm_chart/values.yaml", "search.community.version", release["search"]["community"]["version"]
     )
+    set_value_in_yaml_file(
+        "helm_chart/values.yaml", "search.community.repo", release["search"]["community"]["repo"]
+    )
+    set_value_in_yaml_file(
+        "helm_chart/values.yaml", "search.community.name", release["search"]["community"]["name"]
+    )
 
 
 def update_cluster_service_version(operator_version):