diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-bake-preview.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-bake-preview.yaml
index 641787f5b..5912e781e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-bake-preview.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-bake-preview.yaml
@@ -421,3 +421,43 @@ jobs:
           dockerhub-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           snyk-org: ${{ secrets.SNYK_ORG }}
           snyk-token: '${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}'
+
+  workbench-session-init-daily:
+    needs: [versions]
+    name: Workbench Session Init - Daily
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4x
+
+    env:
+      target: "workbench-session-init-daily"
+      WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION: ${{ needs.versions.outputs.WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION }}
+      WORKBENCH_PREVIEW_VERSION: ${{ needs.versions.outputs.WORKBENCH_PREVIEW_VERSION }}
+      PACKAGE_MANAGER_DAILY_VERSION: ${{ needs.versions.outputs.PACKAGE_MANAGER_DAILY_VERSION }}
+      PACKAGE_MANAGER_PREVIEW_VERSION: ${{ needs.versions.outputs.PACKAGE_MANAGER_PREVIEW_VERSION }}
+      CONNECT_DAILY_VERSION: ${{ needs.versions.outputs.CONNECT_DAILY_VERSION }}
+      BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+    concurrency:
+      group: bake-workbench-session-init-daily-${{ github.ref }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        id: setup-buildx
+        with:
+          buildkitd-config: ./share/buildkitd.toml
+
+      - name: Build, Test, and Push
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bake-test-push
+        with:
+          target: ${{ env.target }}
+          bakefile: docker-bake.preview.hcl
+          push-image: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev-rspm' }}
+          ghcr-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          dockerhub-username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          dockerhub-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          snyk-org: ${{ secrets.SNYK_ORG }}
+          snyk-token: '${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
index 2f9917747..5900804b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ on:
           - workbench
           - workbench-for-google-cloud-workstations
           - workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml
+          - workbench-session-init
       type:
         description: "The type of image being built."
         required: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 8503bb735..55c018330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           - {product: 'connect-content-init', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
           - {product: 'package-manager', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
           - {product: 'r-session-complete', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
+          - {product: 'workbench-session-init', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
           - {product: 'workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
           - {product: 'content/base', os: 'ubuntu1804'}
           - {product: 'content/base', os: 'ubuntu2204'}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
index 0e264b21b..65715320d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           - {prefix: 'rstudio-', repository: 'package-manager', readme_path: './package-manager/README.md'}
           - {prefix: '', repository: 'r-session-complete', readme_path: './r-session-complete/README.md'}
           - {prefix: 'rstudio-', repository: 'workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml', readme_path: './workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml/README.md'}
+          - {prefix: '', repository: 'workbench-session-init', readme_path: './workbench-session-init/README.md'}
 
     steps:
       - name: Check Out Repo
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index ac062e795..1cda2d0ca 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -295,16 +295,17 @@ update-rsw-versions:
     r-session-complete/.env \
     workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml/.env \
     r-session-complete/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 \
-    r-session-complete/Dockerfile.centos7 \
     workbench/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 \
-    workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
+    workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 \
+    workbench-session-init/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
   sed {{ sed_vars }} "s/RSW_VERSION:.*/RSW_VERSION: {{ RSW_VERSION }}/g" docker-compose.yml
   sed {{ sed_vars }} "s/rstudio\/rstudio-workbench:.*/rstudio\/rstudio-workbench:$(just _get-clean-version {{ RSW_VERSION }})/g" docker-compose.yml
   sed {{ sed_vars }} "s/^RSW_VERSION := .*/RSW_VERSION := \"{{ RSW_VERSION }}\"/g" \
     Justfile
   sed {{ sed_vars }} "s/[0-9]\{4\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}/`just _get-clean-version {{ RSW_VERSION }}`/g" \
     workbench/README.md \
-    r-session-complete/README.md
+    r-session-complete/README.md \
+    workbench-session-init/README.md
   awk -v new_version="{{ RSW_VERSION }}" '
   /variable WORKBENCH_VERSION/ { print; getline; print "    default = \"" new_version "\""; next }
   { print }
diff --git a/ci.Justfile b/ci.Justfile
index 1de52f56d..bfdf18b1c 100644
--- a/ci.Justfile
+++ b/ci.Justfile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ get-product-args $PRODUCT $OS $VERSION $USE_S3="false" $BRANCH=`git branch --sho
     RSW_DOWNLOAD_URL=$(just -f ci.Justfile _get-rsw-download-url preview $OS)
   fi
 
-  if [[ $PRODUCT == "workbench" || $PRODUCT == "r-session-complete" || $PRODUCT == "workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml" ]]; then
+  if [[ $PRODUCT == "workbench" || $PRODUCT == "workbench-session-init" || $PRODUCT == "r-session-complete" || $PRODUCT == "workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml" ]]; then
     SHORT_NAME="RSW"
   elif [[ $PRODUCT == "connect" || $PRODUCT == "connect-content-init" ]]; then
     SHORT_NAME="RSC"
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ get-prerelease-args $TYPE $PRODUCT $OS $VERSION $BRANCH=`git branch --show`:
 
   RSW_DOWNLOAD_URL=$(just -f ci.Justfile _get-rsw-download-url $TYPE $OS)
 
-  if [[ $PRODUCT == "workbench" || $PRODUCT == "r-session-complete" || $PRODUCT == "workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml" ]]; then
+  if [[ $PRODUCT == "workbench" ||  $PRODUCT == "workbench-session-init" ||  $PRODUCT == "r-session-complete" || $PRODUCT == "workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml" ]]; then
     SHORT_NAME="RSW"
   elif [[ $PRODUCT == "connect" || $PRODUCT == "connect-content-init" ]]; then
     SHORT_NAME="RSC"
diff --git a/docker-bake.preview.hcl b/docker-bake.preview.hcl
index 400b13f73..b81c79862 100644
--- a/docker-bake.preview.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.preview.hcl
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ variable WORKBENCH_BUILD_MATRIX {
     }
 }
 
+variable WORKBENCH_SESSION_INIT_BUILD_MATRIX {
+    default = {
+        builds = [
+            {os = "ubuntu2204"},
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
 ### Group definitions ###
 group "default" {
     targets = [
@@ -175,6 +183,7 @@ group "default" {
         "r-session-complete-daily",
         "workbench-preview",
         "workbench-daily",
+        "workbench-session-init-daily",
     ]
 }
 
@@ -450,3 +459,20 @@ target "workbench-preview" {
         RSW_DOWNLOAD_URL = get_rsw_download_url(builds.os)
     }
 }
+
+target "workbench-session-init-daily" {
+    inherits = ["base"]
+    target = "build"
+
+    name = "workbench-session-init-daily-${builds.os}-${replace(tag_safe_version(WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION), ".", "-")}"
+    tags = get_tags(builds.os, "workbench-session-init-preview", WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION, "daily")
+
+    dockerfile = "Dockerfile.${builds.os}"
+    context = "workbench-session-init"
+
+    matrix = WORKBENCH_SESSION_INIT_BUILD_MATRIX
+
+    args = {
+        RSW_VERSION = WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/dockerhub_clean.py b/tools/dockerhub_clean.py
index 0bace396b..5cb1c592f 100755
--- a/tools/dockerhub_clean.py
+++ b/tools/dockerhub_clean.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "rstudio-workbench",
     "rstudio-workbench-for-microsoft-azure-ml",
     "rstudio-workbench-preview",
+    "workbench-session-init-preview",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tools/get-version.py b/tools/get-version.py
index 411d18eac..bba275d10 100755
--- a/tools/get-version.py
+++ b/tools/get-version.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def clean_product_selection(product: str) -> str:
 
 
 def rstudio_workbench_daily():
-    version_json = download_json("https://dailies.rstudio.com/rstudio/cranberry-hibiscus/index.json")
+    version_json = download_json("https://dailies.rstudio.com/rstudio/kousa-dogwood/index.json")
     return version_json['workbench']['platforms']['jammy-amd64']['version']
 
 
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 b/workbench-session-init/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ccfb3cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04 AS build
+
+# Install required tools:
+# - ca-certificates installs necessary certificates to use cURL with HTTPS websites
+# - curl is used to download the runtime tar.gz
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ARG RSW_VERSION=2024.09.0+375.pro3
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+RUN mkdir -p /pwb-staging && \
+    RSW_VERSION_URL=$(echo -n "${RSW_VERSION}" | sed 's/+/-/g') && \
+    echo "Downloading https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/session/multi/x86_64/rsp-session-multi-linux-${RSW_VERSION_URL}-x86_64.tar.gz" && \
+    curl -fsSL -o /pwb-staging/rsp-session-multi-linux.tar.gz "https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/session/multi/x86_64/rsp-session-multi-linux-${RSW_VERSION_URL}-x86_64.tar.gz" && \
+    mkdir -p /opt/session-components && \
+    tar -C /opt/session-components -xf /pwb-staging/rsp-session-multi-linux.tar.gz && \
+    chmod -R 755 /opt/session-components && \
+    rm -rf /pwb-staging
+
+COPY --chmod=755 run.sh /usr/local/bin/run.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/run.sh"]
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/NEWS.md b/workbench-session-init/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4789c2473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# 2024.11.0
+
+- Add NEWS.md
+- Add daily builds
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/README.md b/workbench-session-init/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecae3c923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Posit Workbench Session Init Container
+
+This directory contains a Dockerfile and script that will create an init container to copy session runtime components from a release package into a target mount directory. This init container can be used to pull the session runtime components into another base sesssion image, which can then be used to run Workbench sessions.
+
+## Quick reference
+
+* Maintained by: [the Posit Docker team](https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio-docker-products)
+* Where to get help: [our Github Issues page](https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio-docker-products/issues)
+* Posit Workbench image: [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/rstudio/rstudio-workbench)
+* RStudio r-session-complete image: [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/rstudio/r-session-complete)
+* Workbench Session Init image (Daily/Preview): [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/rstudio/rstudio-workbench-session-init-preview)
+
+## Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links
+
+* [`jammy-daily`, `ubuntu2204-daily`, `jammy-2024.11.0`, `ubuntu2204-2024.11.0`](https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio-docker-products/blob/main/workbench-session-init/Dockerfile.2204)
+
+## Building
+
+Currently daily builds are supported. To build the image, run:
+
+```console
+just preview-bake workbench-session-init-daily
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+You can observe what gets copied by the container:
+
+```console
+mkdir init
+docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/init:/mnt/init rstudio/workbench-session-init-preview:workbench-session-init-jammy-2024.11.0-daily-328.pro3
+# The init directory has been populated with the Workbench session runtime components.
+```
+
+You can also test using GOSS:
+
+```console
+just preview-test workbench-session-init-daily
+```
+
+## Licensing
+
+The license associated with the RStudio Docker Products repository is located [in LICENSE.md](https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio-docker-products/blob/main/LICENSE.md).
+
+As is the case with all container images, the images themselves also contain other software which may be under other
+licenses (i.e. bash, linux, system libraries, etc., along with any other direct or indirect dependencies of the primary
+software being contained).
+
+It is an image user's responsibility to ensure that use of this image (and any of its dependent layers) complies with
+all relevant licenses for the software contained in the image.
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/run.sh b/workbench-session-init/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c29238e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+set -x
+
+S=/opt/session-components
+
+# The target should exist and be an empty directory.
+T=/mnt/init
+
+if [ ! -d "${T}" ] ; then
+    echo "Cannot find the copy target ${T}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Copying files from /session-components to /mnt/init"
+time cp -r $S/* $T
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/test/goss.yaml b/workbench-session-init/test/goss.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c9ab9e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/test/goss.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package:
+  curl:
+    installed: true
+
+file:
+  /opt/session-components/:
+    exists: true
+    mode: "0755"
+    filetype: directory
+  /usr/local/bin/run.sh:
+    exists: true
+    filetype: file
+    mode: "0755"
diff --git a/workbench-session-init/test/run_tests.sh b/workbench-session-init/test/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fc48b0e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workbench-session-init/test/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install goss
+GOSS_FILE=${GOSS_FILE:-/test/goss.yaml}
+GOSS_VERSION=${GOSS_VERSION:-0.4.6}
+GOSS_MAX_CONCURRENT=${GOSS_MAX_CONCURRENT:-50}
+
+if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+  OS="ubuntu"
+else
+  echo "OS not supported. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# install goss to tmp location and make executable
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/releases/download/v$GOSS_VERSION/goss-linux-amd64 -o /tmp/goss \
+  && chmod +x /tmp/goss \
+  && GOSS=/tmp/goss
+
+OS=$OS GOSS_FILE=$GOSS_FILE $GOSS v --format documentation --max-concurrent $GOSS_MAX_CONCURRENT