diff --git a/cypress/integration/persistent-identifiers.spec.js b/cypress/integration/persistent-identifiers.spec.js
--- a/cypress/integration/persistent-identifiers.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/persistent-identifiers.spec.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   before(function() {
     origin = this.origin[1];
     url = `${this.Urls.browse_origin_content()}?origin_url=${origin.url}&path=${origin.content[0].path}`;
-    url = `${url}&release=${origin.release}#L${firstSelLine}-L${lastSelLine}`;
+    url = `${url}&release=${origin.release.name}#L${firstSelLine}-L${lastSelLine}`;
     originBadgeUrl = this.Urls.swh_badge('origin', origin.url);
     originBrowseUrl = `${this.Urls.browse_origin()}?origin_url=${origin.url}`;
     cy.visit(url).window().then(win => {
diff --git a/cypress/integration/vault.spec.js b/cypress/integration/vault.spec.js
--- a/cypress/integration/vault.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/vault.spec.js
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     this.vaultRevisionUrl = this.Urls.api_1_vault_cook_revision_gitfast(this.revision);
     this.vaultFetchRevisionUrl = this.Urls.api_1_vault_fetch_revision_gitfast(this.revision);
 
+    const release = this.origin[1].release;
+    this.releaseUrl = this.Urls.browse_release(release.id) + `?origin_url=${this.origin[1].url}`;
+    this.vaultReleaseDirectoryUrl = this.Urls.api_1_vault_cook_directory(release.directory);
+
     vaultItems[0] = {
       'object_type': 'revision',
       'object_id': this.revision,
@@ -364,6 +368,47 @@
     });
   });
 
+  it('should create a directory cooking task from the release view', function() {
+
+    // Browse a directory
+    cy.visit(this.releaseUrl);
+
+    // Stub responses when requesting the vault API to simulate
+    // a task has been created
+    cy.route({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: this.vaultReleaseDirectoryUrl,
+      response: {'exception': 'NotFoundExc'}
+    }).as('checkVaultCookingTask');
+
+    cy.route({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: this.vaultReleaseDirectoryUrl,
+      response: this.genVaultDirCookingResponse('new')
+    }).as('createVaultCookingTask');
+
+    cy.contains('button', 'Download')
+      .click();
+
+    cy.route({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: this.vaultReleaseDirectoryUrl,
+      response: this.genVaultDirCookingResponse('new')
+    }).as('checkVaultCookingTask');
+
+    // Create a vault cooking task through the GUI
+    cy.get('.modal-dialog')
+        .contains('button:visible', 'Ok')
+        .click();
+
+    cy.wait('@createVaultCookingTask');
+
+    // Check success alert is displayed
+    cy.get('.alert-success')
+        .should('be.visible')
+        .should('contain', 'Archive cooking request successfully submitted.');
+  });
+
   it('should offer to recook an archive if no more available to download', function() {
 
     updateVaultItemList(this.Urls.browse_vault(), vaultItems);
diff --git a/cypress/support/index.js b/cypress/support/index.js
--- a/cypress/support/index.js
+++ b/cypress/support/index.js
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@
     }],
     directory: [],
     revisions: ['1c480a4573d2a003fc2630c21c2b25829de49972'],
-    release: 'v2.6.0'
+    release: {
+      name: 'v2.6.0',
+      id: '6877028d6e5412780517d0bfa81f07f6c51abb41',
+      directory: '5b61d50ef35ca9a4618a3572bde947b8cccf71ad'
+    }
   }];
 
   const getMetadataForOrigin = async originUrl => {
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/utils.py b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@
 
     """
     query_params = _snapshot_context_query_params(snapshot_context)
+    # remove query parameters not needed for a revision view
     query_params.pop("revision", None)
+    query_params.pop("release", None)
 
     return reverse(
         "browse-revision", url_args={"sha1_git": revision_id}, query_params=query_params
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/release.py b/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
     if origin_url:
         try:
             snapshot_context = get_snapshot_context(
-                snapshot_id, origin_url, timestamp, visit_id
+                snapshot_id,
+                origin_url,
+                timestamp,
+                visit_id,
+                release_name=release["name"],
             )
         except NotFoundExc as e:
             raw_rel_url = reverse("browse-release", url_args={"sha1_git": sha1_git})
@@ -70,7 +74,9 @@
                 raise e
         origin_info = snapshot_context["origin_info"]
     elif snapshot_id:
-        snapshot_context = get_snapshot_context(snapshot_id)
+        snapshot_context = get_snapshot_context(
+            snapshot_id, release_name=release["name"]
+        )
 
     snapshot_id = snapshot_context.get("snapshot_id", None)
 
@@ -95,6 +101,8 @@
     if release["message"]:
         release_note_lines = release["message"].split("\n")
 
+    swh_objects = [SWHObjectInfo(object_type=RELEASE, object_id=sha1_git)]
+
     vault_cooking = None
 
     rev_directory = None
@@ -115,6 +123,12 @@
                 "revision_context": True,
                 "revision_id": release["target"],
             }
+            swh_objects.append(
+                SWHObjectInfo(object_type=REVISION, object_id=release["target"])
+            )
+            swh_objects.append(
+                SWHObjectInfo(object_type=DIRECTORY, object_id=rev_directory)
+            )
         except Exception as exc:
             sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
     elif release["target_type"] == DIRECTORY:
@@ -133,6 +147,9 @@
                 "revision_context": False,
                 "revision_id": None,
             }
+            swh_objects.append(
+                SWHObjectInfo(object_type=DIRECTORY, object_id=release["target"])
+            )
         except Exception as exc:
             sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
     elif release["target_type"] == CONTENT:
@@ -142,6 +159,9 @@
             link_text=None,
             link_attrs=None,
         )
+        swh_objects.append(
+            SWHObjectInfo(object_type=CONTENT, object_id=release["target"])
+        )
     elif release["target_type"] == RELEASE:
         target_link = gen_release_link(
             release["target"],
@@ -178,8 +198,6 @@
     release["directory_link"] = directory_link
     release["target_link"] = target_link
 
-    swh_objects = [SWHObjectInfo(object_type=RELEASE, object_id=sha1_git)]
-
     if snapshot_context:
         snapshot_id = snapshot_context["snapshot_id"]