diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ca9dd9308d0..6ae679ef83c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ jobs:
       OPENAI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}'
       OPENAI_BASE_URL: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_BASE_URL }}'
       OPENAI_MODEL: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_MODEL }}'
+      RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT: '${{ runner.environment }}'
 
     steps:
       # Shared ECS runners can retain root-owned files from an earlier
@@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ jobs:
       OPENAI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}'
       OPENAI_BASE_URL: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_BASE_URL }}'
       OPENAI_MODEL: '${{ secrets.OPENAI_MODEL }}'
+      RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT: '${{ runner.environment }}'
 
     steps:
       # Shared ECS runners can retain root-owned files from an earlier
diff --git a/scripts/tests/release-workflow.test.js b/scripts/tests/release-workflow.test.js
index e3435669e6d..063566fd618 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/release-workflow.test.js
+++ b/scripts/tests/release-workflow.test.js
@@ -1203,6 +1203,14 @@ describe('release lane runner routing', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('passes the runner environment to integration test configuration', () => {
+    for (const name of ['integration_none', 'integration_docker']) {
+      expect(releaseYaml.jobs[name].env.RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT, name).toBe(
+        '${{ runner.environment }}',
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
   it('keeps publishing and failure notification on hosted runners', () => {
     expect(releaseYaml.jobs.publish['runs-on']).toBe('ubuntu-latest');
     expect(releaseYaml.jobs.publish['runs-on']).not.toContain('ecs-qwen');