diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-webhook.yml b/.github/workflows/release-webhook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fceb7560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-webhook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+name: Release Webhook
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  send-webhook:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Send release webhook
+        env:
+          WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}
+        run: |
+          # Generate UUID for delivery ID
+          DELIVERY_ID=$(uuidgen)
+          HOOK_ID="release-webhook-$(date +%s)"
+          
+          # Create webhook payload matching GitHub release webhook format
+          PAYLOAD=$(cat <<EOF
+          {
+            "action": "published",
+            "release": {
+              "id": ${{ github.event.release.id }},
+              "node_id": "${{ github.event.release.node_id }}",
+              "url": "${{ github.event.release.url }}",
+              "html_url": "${{ github.event.release.html_url }}",
+              "assets_url": "${{ github.event.release.assets_url }}",
+              "upload_url": "${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}",
+              "tag_name": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}",
+              "target_commitish": "${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}",
+              "name": ${{ toJSON(github.event.release.name) }},
+              "body": ${{ toJSON(github.event.release.body) }},
+              "draft": ${{ github.event.release.draft }},
+              "prerelease": ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }},
+              "created_at": "${{ github.event.release.created_at }}",
+              "published_at": "${{ github.event.release.published_at }}",
+              "author": {
+                "login": "${{ github.event.release.author.login }}",
+                "id": ${{ github.event.release.author.id }},
+                "node_id": "${{ github.event.release.author.node_id }}",
+                "avatar_url": "${{ github.event.release.author.avatar_url }}",
+                "url": "${{ github.event.release.author.url }}",
+                "html_url": "${{ github.event.release.author.html_url }}",
+                "type": "${{ github.event.release.author.type }}",
+                "site_admin": ${{ github.event.release.author.site_admin }}
+              },
+              "tarball_url": "${{ github.event.release.tarball_url }}",
+              "zipball_url": "${{ github.event.release.zipball_url }}",
+              "assets": ${{ toJSON(github.event.release.assets) }}
+            },
+            "repository": {
+              "id": ${{ github.event.repository.id }},
+              "node_id": "${{ github.event.repository.node_id }}",
+              "name": "${{ github.event.repository.name }}",
+              "full_name": "${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}",
+              "private": ${{ github.event.repository.private }},
+              "owner": {
+                "login": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}",
+                "id": ${{ github.event.repository.owner.id }},
+                "node_id": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.node_id }}",
+                "avatar_url": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.avatar_url }}",
+                "url": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.url }}",
+                "html_url": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.html_url }}",
+                "type": "${{ github.event.repository.owner.type }}",
+                "site_admin": ${{ github.event.repository.owner.site_admin }}
+              },
+              "html_url": "${{ github.event.repository.html_url }}",
+              "clone_url": "${{ github.event.repository.clone_url }}",
+              "git_url": "${{ github.event.repository.git_url }}",
+              "ssh_url": "${{ github.event.repository.ssh_url }}",
+              "url": "${{ github.event.repository.url }}",
+              "created_at": "${{ github.event.repository.created_at }}",
+              "updated_at": "${{ github.event.repository.updated_at }}",
+              "pushed_at": "${{ github.event.repository.pushed_at }}",
+              "default_branch": "${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}",
+              "fork": ${{ github.event.repository.fork }}
+            },
+            "sender": {
+              "login": "${{ github.event.sender.login }}",
+              "id": ${{ github.event.sender.id }},
+              "node_id": "${{ github.event.sender.node_id }}",
+              "avatar_url": "${{ github.event.sender.avatar_url }}",
+              "url": "${{ github.event.sender.url }}",
+              "html_url": "${{ github.event.sender.html_url }}",
+              "type": "${{ github.event.sender.type }}",
+              "site_admin": ${{ github.event.sender.site_admin }}
+            }
+          }
+          EOF
+          )
+          
+          # Generate HMAC-SHA256 signature
+          SIGNATURE=$(echo -n "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$WEBHOOK_SECRET" -hex | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          
+          # Send webhook with required headers
+          curl -X POST "$WEBHOOK_URL" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Event: release" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Delivery: $DELIVERY_ID" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Hook-ID: $HOOK_ID" \
+            -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=$SIGNATURE" \
+            -H "User-Agent: GitHub-Actions-Webhook/1.0" \
+            -d "$PAYLOAD" \
+            --fail --silent --show-error
+          
+          echo "✅ Release webhook sent successfully"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/stable-release.yml
index a046ff9ea..61105abe4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stable-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stable-release.yml
@@ -102,5 +102,4 @@ jobs:
           file: ComfyUI_windows_portable_nvidia.7z
           tag: ${{ inputs.git_tag }}
           overwrite: true
-          prerelease: true
-          make_latest: false
+          draft: true
diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index 0d09f3891..d66ba33f7 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--windows-standalone-build", action="store_true", help="Win
 
 parser.add_argument("--disable-metadata", action="store_true", help="Disable saving prompt metadata in files.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-all-custom-nodes", action="store_true", help="Disable loading all custom nodes.")
+parser.add_argument("--whitelist-custom-nodes", type=str, nargs='+', default=[], help="Specify custom node folders to load even when --disable-all-custom-nodes is enabled.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-api-nodes", action="store_true", help="Disable loading all api nodes.")
 
 parser.add_argument("--multi-user", action="store_true", help="Enables per-user storage.")
diff --git a/comfy/samplers.py b/comfy/samplers.py
index efe9bf867..078a675f4 100644
--- a/comfy/samplers.py
+++ b/comfy/samplers.py
@@ -1039,13 +1039,13 @@ class SchedulerHandler(NamedTuple):
     use_ms: bool = True
 
 SCHEDULER_HANDLERS = {
-    "normal": SchedulerHandler(normal_scheduler),
+    "simple": SchedulerHandler(simple_scheduler),
+    "sgm_uniform": SchedulerHandler(partial(normal_scheduler, sgm=True)),
     "karras": SchedulerHandler(k_diffusion_sampling.get_sigmas_karras, use_ms=False),
     "exponential": SchedulerHandler(k_diffusion_sampling.get_sigmas_exponential, use_ms=False),
-    "sgm_uniform": SchedulerHandler(partial(normal_scheduler, sgm=True)),
-    "simple": SchedulerHandler(simple_scheduler),
     "ddim_uniform": SchedulerHandler(ddim_scheduler),
     "beta": SchedulerHandler(beta_scheduler),
+    "normal": SchedulerHandler(normal_scheduler),
     "linear_quadratic": SchedulerHandler(linear_quadratic_schedule),
     "kl_optimal": SchedulerHandler(kl_optimal_scheduler, use_ms=False),
 }
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
index 6c6f71767..f051cbf9a 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
@@ -69,8 +69,17 @@ class Guider_PerpNeg(comfy.samplers.CFGGuider):
         negative_cond = self.conds.get("negative", None)
         empty_cond = self.conds.get("empty_negative_prompt", None)
 
-        (noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_empty) = \
-            comfy.samplers.calc_cond_batch(self.inner_model, [positive_cond, negative_cond, empty_cond], x, timestep, model_options)
+        conds = [positive_cond, negative_cond, empty_cond]
+
+        out = comfy.samplers.calc_cond_batch(self.inner_model, conds, x, timestep, model_options)
+
+        # Apply pre_cfg_functions since sampling_function() is skipped
+        for fn in model_options.get("sampler_pre_cfg_function", []):
+            args = {"conds":conds, "conds_out": out, "cond_scale": self.cfg, "timestep": timestep,
+                    "input": x, "sigma": timestep, "model": self.inner_model, "model_options": model_options}
+            out = fn(args)
+
+        noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_empty = out
         cfg_result = perp_neg(x, noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_empty, self.neg_scale, self.cfg)
 
         # normally this would be done in cfg_function, but we skipped
@@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ class Guider_PerpNeg(comfy.samplers.CFGGuider):
                 "denoised": cfg_result,
                 "cond": positive_cond,
                 "uncond": negative_cond,
+                "cond_scale": self.cfg,
                 "model": self.inner_model,
                 "uncond_denoised": noise_pred_neg,
                 "cond_denoised": noise_pred_pos,
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index cd6980bdd..24344cf1a 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ def apply_custom_paths():
 
 
 def execute_prestartup_script():
+    if args.disable_all_custom_nodes and len(args.whitelist_custom_nodes) == 0:
+        return
+
     def execute_script(script_path):
         module_name = os.path.splitext(script_path)[0]
         try:
@@ -69,9 +72,6 @@ def execute_prestartup_script():
             logging.error(f"Failed to execute startup-script: {script_path} / {e}")
         return False
 
-    if args.disable_all_custom_nodes:
-        return
-
     node_paths = folder_paths.get_folder_paths("custom_nodes")
     for custom_node_path in node_paths:
         possible_modules = os.listdir(custom_node_path)
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ def execute_prestartup_script():
 
             script_path = os.path.join(module_path, "prestartup_script.py")
             if os.path.exists(script_path):
+                if args.disable_all_custom_nodes and possible_module not in args.whitelist_custom_nodes:
+                    logging.info(f"Prestartup Skipping {possible_module} due to disable_all_custom_nodes and whitelist_custom_nodes")
+                    continue
                 time_before = time.perf_counter()
                 success = execute_script(script_path)
                 node_prestartup_times.append((time.perf_counter() - time_before, module_path, success))
@@ -291,7 +294,10 @@ def start_comfyui(asyncio_loop=None):
         comfyui_manager.start()
 
     hook_breaker_ac10a0.save_functions()
-    nodes.init_extra_nodes(init_custom_nodes=not args.disable_all_custom_nodes, init_api_nodes=not args.disable_api_nodes)
+    nodes.init_extra_nodes(
+        init_custom_nodes=(not args.disable_all_custom_nodes) or len(args.whitelist_custom_nodes) > 0,
+        init_api_nodes=not args.disable_api_nodes
+    )
     hook_breaker_ac10a0.restore_functions()
 
     cuda_malloc_warning()
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index b00d1fcd9..31d11fda3 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -2190,6 +2190,9 @@ def init_external_custom_nodes():
             module_path = os.path.join(custom_node_path, possible_module)
             if os.path.isfile(module_path) and os.path.splitext(module_path)[1] != ".py": continue
             if module_path.endswith(".disabled"): continue
+            if args.disable_all_custom_nodes and possible_module not in args.whitelist_custom_nodes:
+                logging.info(f"Skipping {possible_module} due to disable_all_custom_nodes and whitelist_custom_nodes")
+                continue
 
             if not args.disable_manager:
                 if comfyui_manager.should_be_disabled(module_path):