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+---
+name: Release on version.js update
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    paths:
+      - 'public/js/version.js'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency:
+      group: release-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.sha }}
+      cancel-in-progress: false
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Read version from version.js
+        id: ver
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ ! -f public/js/version.js ]]; then
+            echo "version.js not found"; exit 1
+          fi
+          VER=$(grep -Eo "APP_VERSION\s*=\s*'v[^']+'" public/js/version.js | sed -E "s/.*'([^']+)'.*/\1/")
+          if [[ -z "$VER" ]]; then
+            echo "Could not parse APP_VERSION from version.js"; exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "version=$VER" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Parsed version: $VER"
+
+      - name: Skip if tag already exists
+        id: tagcheck
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git fetch --tags --quiet
+          if git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}" >/dev/null; then
+            echo "exists=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Tag ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} already exists. Skipping release."
+          else
+            echo "exists=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Prepare release notes from CHANGELOG.md (optional)
+        if: steps.tagcheck.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        id: notes
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          NOTES_PATH=""
+          if [[ -f CHANGELOG.md ]]; then
+            # Extract from first "## " until a line that is exactly "---"
+            awk '
+              BEGIN{found=0}
+              /^## / && !found {found=1}
+              found && /^---$/ {exit}
+              found {print}
+            ' CHANGELOG.md > RELEASE_BODY.md || true
+
+            # Clean up trailing blank lines
+            sed -i -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;ba' -e '}' RELEASE_BODY.md || true
+
+            if [[ -s RELEASE_BODY.md ]]; then
+              NOTES_PATH="RELEASE_BODY.md"
+              echo "Using extracted notes:"
+              head -n 60 RELEASE_BODY.md
+            else
+              echo "Top section not found or empty; will use auto-generated notes."
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "No CHANGELOG.md; will use auto-generated notes."
+          fi
+
+          echo "path=${NOTES_PATH}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: (optional) Build archive to attach
+        if: steps.tagcheck.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          zip -r "FileRise-${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}.zip" public/ README.md LICENSE >/dev/null || true
+          ls -l "FileRise-${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}.zip" || true
+
+      # Path A: we have extracted notes -> use body_path
+      - name: Create GitHub Release (with CHANGELOG snippet)
+        if: steps.tagcheck.outputs.exists == 'false' && steps.notes.outputs.path != ''
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
+          body_path: ${{ steps.notes.outputs.path }}
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          files: |
+            FileRise-${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}.zip
+
+      # Path B: no notes -> let GitHub auto-generate from commits
+      - name: Create GitHub Release (auto notes)
+        if: steps.tagcheck.outputs.exists == 'false' && steps.notes.outputs.path == ''
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: |
+            FileRise-${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}.zip