How to manage sprint releases in Agile without affecting next sprint timeline?
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Make sure you story point your tickets (jobs, tasks, stories, whatever you call them) so you've got an idea of how much effort they'll take, then you can assign an appropriate amount to each sprint.
When estimating a ticket, decide on a limit on when something is too large to handle effectively. If a tickets estimated to be over that limit, it needs splitting up.
As well as being easier to manage from a time perspective, it will make Pull Requests and code reviews easier and favours an incremental approach to development and releases.
Over time you'll get an idea of how much you can handle per sprint. Be sure to re-evaluate as you go along in case the scope of an item changes, and bake in some spare time to handle defects and incidents that come up during sprint.
If you're having a good sprint and have capacity at the end, bring more items into sprint. This way you wont miss sprint goals and can stay on target.
Requesting feedback and insights gained to refine also optimize the release process. also improving the practices, this will gradually streamline the release process and minimize disruptions, using the automated testing tools can reduce the time.
Keep sprints short and commit to an achievable number of user storie
Maintain a stable development environment