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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '21'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Build Indexer jar
+        run: mvn -B -DskipTests package
+
+      - name: Get version and pre-release status
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Changes file headings have no leading "v" (e.g. "0.65 2026-05-12").
+          echo "version=${TAG_NAME#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [[ "$TAG_NAME" =~ (alpha|beta|rc) ]]; then
+            echo "prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Extract release notes from Changes
+        id: changelog
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
+          # Pull the section for this version: everything between the heading
+          # line that starts with "<version> " and the next version heading.
+          # The Changes file is authored by hand (Gerrit workflow, no PRs to
+          # mine for notes).
+          NOTES=$(awk -v ver="$VERSION" '
+            /^[0-9]+\.[0-9]/ {
+              if ($1 == ver) { flag=1; next }
+              else if (flag) { exit }
+            }
+            flag { print }
+          ' Changes)
+          if [ -z "$(echo "$NOTES" | tr -d '[:space:]')" ]; then
+            echo "No Changes section found for $VERSION; falling back to a generic body." >&2
+            NOTES="Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.tag_name }}"
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "notes<<__CHANGELOG_EOF__"
+            echo "$NOTES"
+            echo "__CHANGELOG_EOF__"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.tag_name }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.tag_name }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.prerelease }}
+          files: |
+            target/Krill-Indexer.jar
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}