diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4e635df2b..52d6c1b7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  find-run:
+    name: "Find latest dist run"
+
   publish-to-test-pypi:
     name: "Publish to Test PyPI"
     if: ${{ github.event.action == 'publish-testpypi' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/try-download.yml b/.github/workflows/try-download.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c00a6634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/try-download.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# For details: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/blob/master/NOTICE.txt
+
+name: "Try Download"
+
+on:
+  push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  find-run:
+    name: "Find latest dist run"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+
+    steps:
+    - name: "Find latest kit.yml run"
+      id: runs
+      uses: octokit/request-action@v2.3.1
+      with:
+        route: GET /repos/nedbat/coveragepy/actions/workflows/kit.yml/runs
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  try-download:
+    name: "Try to download artifacts"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - find-run
+
+    # https://api.github.com/repos/nedbat/coveragepy/actions/workflows/kit.yml/runs
+
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Dump GitHub context
+      env:
+        GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+      run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
+    - name: Dump job context
+      env:
+        JOB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(job) }}
+      run: echo "$JOB_CONTEXT"
+    - name: Dump steps context
+      env:
+        STEPS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
+      run: echo "$STEPS_CONTEXT"
+
+    #- name: "Find latest kit.yml run"
+    #  id: runs
+    #  uses: octokit/request-action@v2.3.1
+    #  with:
+    #    route: GET /repos/nedbat/coveragepy/actions/workflows/kit.yml/runs
+    #  env:
+    #    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: "Download dists"
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+      with:
+        repository: "nedbat/coveragepy"
+        run-id: ${{ fromJson(steps.runs.outputs.data).workflow_runs[0].id }}
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        pattern: "dist-*"
+        merge-multiple: true
+        path: "dist/"
+
+    - name: "What did we get?"
+      run: |
+        ls -alR
+        echo "Number of dists:"
+        ls -1 dist | wc -l