diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 82a8364e435c..d4b46032ba24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1285,123 +1285,133 @@ jobs:
           path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
 
-#   ubuntu-22-rocm:
-#     needs: [check-release, get-version]
-#     if: ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
-
-#     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-#     permissions:
-#       actions: write
-
-#     strategy:
-#       matrix:
-#         include:
-#           - ROCM_VERSION: "7.14.0"
-#             gpu_targets: "gfx908;gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1010;gfx1011;gfx1012;gfx1030;gfx1031;gfx1032;gfx1033;gfx1034;gfx1035;gfx1036;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102;gfx1150;gfx1151;gfx1152;gfx1200;gfx1201"
-#             build: 'x64'
-
-#     steps:
-#       - name: Clone
-#         id: checkout
-#         uses: actions/checkout@v6
-#         with:
-#           fetch-depth: 0
-
-#       - name: Setup Node.js
-#         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-#         with:
-#           node-version: "24"
-#           cache: "npm"
-#           cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
-
-#       - name: Free up disk space
-#         uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
-#         with:
-#           tool-cache: true
-
-#       # - name: ccache
-#       #   uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-#       #   with:
-#       #     key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
-
-#       - name: Dependencies
-#         id: depends
-#         run: |
-#           sudo apt install -y build-essential git cmake wget
-
-#       - name: Setup TheRock with Wheels
-#         id: therock_env
-#         run: |
-#           # Create Python virtual environment
-#           python3 -m venv .venv
-#           source .venv/bin/activate
-
-#           # Install ROCm wheels for build
-#           # libraries = HIP runtime and CMake configs needed for linking
-#           # devel = compilers, headers, static libs
-#           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-#           python -m pip install --index-url https://repo.amd.com/rocm/whl-multi-arch/ "rocm[libraries,devel]==${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}"
-
-#           # Get ROCm installation paths using the rocm-sdk CLI tool
-#           ROCM_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --root)
-#           CMAKE_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --cmake)
-#           BIN_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --bin)
-#           echo "ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH"
-#           echo "CMAKE_PATH=$CMAKE_PATH"
-#           echo "BIN_PATH=$BIN_PATH"
-
-#           # Set environment variables
-#           echo "ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-#           echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-#           echo "HIP_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-#           echo "PATH=$BIN_PATH:${PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-#           echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROCM_PATH/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-#           # Keep venv activated for subsequent steps
-#           echo "$(pwd)/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-#       - name: Build with native CMake HIP support
-#         id: cmake_build
-#         run: |
-#           cmake -B build -S . \
-#             -DCMAKE_HIP_COMPILER="$(hipconfig -l)/clang" \
-#             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-#             -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON \
-#             -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
-#             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH='$ORIGIN' \
-#             -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
-#             -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON \
-#             -DGPU_TARGETS="${{ matrix.gpu_targets }}" \
-#             -DGGML_HIP=ON \
-#             -DHIP_PLATFORM=amd \
-#             -DHF_UI_VERSION=${{ needs.get-version.outputs.ui_version }} \
-#             ${{ env.CMAKE_ARGS }}
-#           cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
-
-#       # - name: ccache-clear
-#       #   uses: ./.github/actions/ccache-clear
-#       #   with:
-#       #     key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
-
-#       - name: Determine tag name
-#         id: tag
-#         uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
-
-#       - name: Get ROCm short version
-#         run: echo "ROCM_VERSION_SHORT=$(echo '${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}' | cut -d '.' -f 1,2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-#       - name: Pack artifacts
-#         id: pack_artifacts
-#         run: |
-#           cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
-#           tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
-
-#       - name: Upload artifacts
-#         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-#         with:
-#           path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
-#           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
+  ubuntu-22-rocm:
+    needs: [check-release, get-version]
+    if: ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - ROCM_VERSION: "7.14.0"
+            gpu_targets: "gfx908;gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1010;gfx1011;gfx1012;gfx1030;gfx1031;gfx1032;gfx1033;gfx1034;gfx1035;gfx1036;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102;gfx1150;gfx1151;gfx1152;gfx1200;gfx1201"
+            build: 'x64'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
+
+      - name: Free up disk space
+        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+        with:
+          tool-cache: true
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
+          max-size: "2G"
+
+      - name: Tune ccache for reinstalled ROCm toolchain
+        run: |
+          # ROCm is pip-installed fresh each run, so the clang binary's mtime
+          # changes every time. With the default compiler_check=mtime that
+          # invalidates the cache; hash compiler contents instead so warm
+          # builds hit.
+          ccache --set-config=compiler_check=content
+          ccache --set-config=sloppiness=time_macros,include_file_mtime,include_file_ctime
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y build-essential git cmake wget
+
+      - name: Setup TheRock with Wheels
+        id: therock_env
+        run: |
+          # Create Python virtual environment
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+
+          # Install ROCm wheels for build
+          # libraries = HIP runtime and CMake configs needed for linking
+          # devel = compilers, headers, static libs
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --index-url https://repo.amd.com/rocm/whl-multi-arch/ "rocm[libraries,devel]==${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}"
+
+          # Get ROCm installation paths using the rocm-sdk CLI tool
+          ROCM_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --root)
+          CMAKE_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --cmake)
+          BIN_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --bin)
+          echo "ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH"
+          echo "CMAKE_PATH=$CMAKE_PATH"
+          echo "BIN_PATH=$BIN_PATH"
+
+          # Set environment variables
+          echo "ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "HIP_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PATH=$BIN_PATH:${PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROCM_PATH/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          # Keep venv activated for subsequent steps
+          echo "$(pwd)/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Build with native CMake HIP support
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -S . \
+            -DCMAKE_HIP_COMPILER="$(hipconfig -l)/clang" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON \
+            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH='$ORIGIN' \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
+            -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON \
+            -DGPU_TARGETS="${{ matrix.gpu_targets }}" \
+            -DGGML_HIP=ON \
+            -DHIP_PLATFORM=amd \
+            -DHF_UI_VERSION=${{ needs.get-version.outputs.ui_version }} \
+            ${{ env.CMAKE_ARGS }}
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: ccache-clear
+        uses: ./.github/actions/ccache-clear
+        with:
+          key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Determine tag name
+        id: tag
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
+
+      - name: Get ROCm short version
+        run: echo "ROCM_VERSION_SHORT=$(echo '${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}' | cut -d '.' -f 1,2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Pack artifacts
+        id: pack_artifacts
+        run: |
+          cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
+          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
+          name: llama-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
 
   ios-xcode:
     needs: [check-release, get-version]
@@ -1578,7 +1588,7 @@ jobs:
       #- windows-sycl
       - windows-rocm
       - windows-openvino
-      #- ubuntu-22-rocm
+      - ubuntu-22-rocm
       - ubuntu-cpu
       - ubuntu-vulkan
       - ubuntu-24-openvino
@@ -1688,7 +1698,7 @@ jobs:
             - [Ubuntu s390x (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-s390x.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (Vulkan)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-x64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu arm64 (Vulkan)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-arm64.tar.gz)
-            - Ubuntu x64 (ROCm 7.14)[DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/26969)
+            - [Ubuntu x64 (ROCm 7.14)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-7.14-x64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (OpenVINO)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-openvino-${{ needs.ubuntu-24-openvino.outputs.openvino_version }}-x64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (SYCL FP32)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-fp32-x64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (SYCL FP16)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-fp16-x64.tar.gz)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rocm-build-timing.yml b/.github/workflows/rocm-build-timing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17496dcd8c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rocm-build-timing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# TEMP eval workflow to measure ubuntu-22-rocm build time (cold vs warm
+# ccache) on stock GitHub runners. Runs ONLY the ROCm build, on manual dispatch.
+# Do NOT merge - remove before this PR lands.
+name: ROCm build timing (temp)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - jimwu.restore-ubuntu-rocm-release
+
+env:
+  CMAKE_ARGS: "-DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=ON -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON"
+
+jobs:
+  ubuntu-22-rocm-timing:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - ROCM_VERSION: "7.14.0"
+            gpu_targets: "gfx908;gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1010;gfx1011;gfx1012;gfx1030;gfx1031;gfx1032;gfx1033;gfx1034;gfx1035;gfx1036;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102;gfx1150;gfx1151;gfx1152;gfx1200;gfx1201"
+            build: 'x64'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Free up disk space
+        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+        with:
+          tool-cache: true
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
+          max-size: "2G"
+
+      - name: Tune ccache for reinstalled ROCm toolchain
+        run: |
+          # The ROCm toolchain is pip-installed fresh each run, so the clang
+          # binary's mtime changes every time. With the default
+          # compiler_check=mtime that invalidates the whole cache. Hash the
+          # compiler contents instead so warm builds actually hit.
+          ccache --set-config=compiler_check=content
+          ccache --set-config=sloppiness=time_macros,include_file_mtime,include_file_ctime
+          ccache -p | grep -E "compiler_check|sloppiness"
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y build-essential git cmake wget
+
+      - name: Setup TheRock with Wheels
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --index-url https://repo.amd.com/rocm/whl-multi-arch/ "rocm[libraries,devel]==${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}"
+          ROCM_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --root)
+          CMAKE_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --cmake)
+          BIN_PATH=$(rocm-sdk path --bin)
+          echo "ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "HIP_PATH=$ROCM_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PATH=$BIN_PATH:${PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROCM_PATH/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "$(pwd)/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: ccache stats (before build)
+        run: ccache -s
+
+      - name: Build with native CMake HIP support
+        run: |
+          start=$(date +%s)
+          cmake -B build -S . \
+            -DCMAKE_HIP_COMPILER="$(hipconfig -l)/clang" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON \
+            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH='$ORIGIN' \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
+            -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON \
+            -DGPU_TARGETS="${{ matrix.gpu_targets }}" \
+            -DGGML_HIP=ON \
+            -DHIP_PLATFORM=amd \
+            ${{ env.CMAKE_ARGS }}
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+          end=$(date +%s)
+          echo "BUILD_SECONDS=$((end - start))" | tee -a $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: ccache stats (after build)
+        run: ccache -s | tee -a $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY