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+name: Build and test release wheel
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      gitref:
+        description: "git tag, commit or branch name for the release"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: 'v0.4.0'
+
+jobs:
+  build-test-release-wheel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.gitref }}
+      
+      - name: Build PyPi Wheel
+        id: build
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/pypi_build@main
+        with:
+          dev: false
+          release: true
+
+      - name: Set Env
+        run: |
+          pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
+          pip3 install virtualenv
+          virtualenv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+
+      - name: upload whl
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: success() || failure()
+        with:
+          name: "wheel-compressed-tensors"
+          path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.whlname }}
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: upload tar.gz
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: success() || failure()
+        with:
+          name: "tar-compressed-tensors"
+          path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.tarname }}
+          retention-days: 7
+      
+      - name: Install whl
+        run: |
+            pip3 install ${{ steps.build.outputs.whlname }}[dev]
+      
+      - name: Remove src files and run tests
+        run: |
+              rm -rf src
+              make test