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+name: release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        java_version: [11, 17]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Environment
+        run: env | sort
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Setup Java ${{ matrix.java_version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{matrix.java_version}}
+          architecture: x64
+
+      - name: Compile
+        run: ./gradlew assemble
+
+      - name: Tests
+        run: ./gradlew check
+        env:
+          GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
+
+  publish-gpr:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 19 for x64
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: "19"
+          distribution: "temurin"
+          architecture: x64
+
+      - name: build artifacts
+        run: ./gradlew clean jsonPlugin -x test -P version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+
+      - name: Upload artifact and release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          body_path: CHANGELOG.md
+          files: |
+            ./plugins/nf-kafka/build/plugin/*