diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-temp-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-temp-releases.yml
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+name: Cleanup Temporary Branch Releases when Pull Request is Merged
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  cleanup-temp-releases:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Normalize merged branch name
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+
+          SAFE_BRANCH="${BRANCH_NAME//\//-}"
+          SAFE_BRANCH="${SAFE_BRANCH//_/-}"
+          SAFE_BRANCH="$(echo "$SAFE_BRANCH" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "SAFE_BRANCH=$SAFE_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          echo "Merged branch: $BRANCH_NAME"
+          echo "Safe branch: $SAFE_BRANCH"
+
+      - name: Delete all temporary releases and tags for merged branch
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          PREFIX="temp-${SAFE_BRANCH}-v"
+
+          echo "Repository: ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          echo "Looking for temp releases with prefix: ${PREFIX}"
+
+          gh api \
+            --paginate \
+            "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases" \
+            --jq '.[] | [.id, .tag_name] | @tsv' \
+            > releases.tsv
+
+          echo "All release tags currently visible:"
+          cut -f2 releases.tsv || true
+
+          MATCHES="$(
+            awk -v prefix="$PREFIX" '
+              BEGIN { prefix_len = length(prefix) }
+              index($2, prefix) == 1 {
+                suffix = substr($2, prefix_len + 1)
+                if (suffix ~ /^[0-9]+$/) {
+                  print $1 "\t" $2
+                }
+              }
+            ' releases.tsv
+          )"
+
+          if [ -z "$MATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "No matching temporary releases found for branch: ${BRANCH_NAME}"
+            echo "Expected tags like: ${PREFIX}1, ${PREFIX}2, ${PREFIX}3"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          echo "Matching releases to delete:"
+          echo "$MATCHES"
+
+          echo "$MATCHES" | while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r RELEASE_ID TAG; do
+            if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ] || [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            echo "Deleting release id=${RELEASE_ID}, tag=${TAG}"
+
+            gh api \
+              --method DELETE \
+              "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}"
+
+            echo "Deleting git tag ref: ${TAG}"
+
+            gh api \
+              --method DELETE \
+              "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs/tags/${TAG}" \
+              || echo "Tag ${TAG} was already deleted or did not exist"
+          done
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
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+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "**"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: iit-DLSLab/cicd_tools/.github/workflows/dls2_build_test.yml@main
+    with:
+      test-command: "ls"
+      output_workflow_artifact_name: build
+    secrets:
+      GHCR_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GHCR_USERNAME }}
+      CICD_PAT: ${{ secrets.CICD_PAT }}
+
+  release-on-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          set-safe-directory: true
+
+      - name: Normalize branch name
+        run: |
+          SAFE_BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}"
+          SAFE_BRANCH="${SAFE_BRANCH//_/-}"
+          SAFE_BRANCH="$(echo "$SAFE_BRANCH" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+
+          echo "SAFE_BRANCH=$SAFE_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Download build artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build
+          path: build
+
+      - name: Compute release tag
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags --force
+
+          if [ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = "main" ]; then
+            LAST_VERSION="$(
+              git tag --list 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' \
+                | sed 's/^v//' \
+                | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
+                | sort -V \
+                | tail -n 1
+            )"
+
+            if [ -z "$LAST_VERSION" ]; then
+              NEXT_VERSION="0.1.0"
+            else
+              MAJOR="$(echo "$LAST_VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)"
+              MINOR="$(echo "$LAST_VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)"
+              PATCH="$(echo "$LAST_VERSION" | cut -d. -f3)"
+
+              MINOR=$((MINOR + 1))
+              PATCH=0
+
+              NEXT_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${PATCH}"
+            fi
+
+            RELEASE_TAG="v${NEXT_VERSION}"
+          else
+            PREFIX="temp-${SAFE_BRANCH}-v"
+
+            LAST_NUMBER="$(
+              git tag --list "${PREFIX}*" \
+                | sed "s/^${PREFIX}//" \
+                | grep -E '^[0-9]+$' \
+                | sort -n \
+                | tail -n 1
+            )"
+
+            if [ -z "$LAST_NUMBER" ]; then
+              NEXT_NUMBER=1
+            else
+              NEXT_NUMBER=$((LAST_NUMBER + 1))
+            fi
+
+            RELEASE_TAG="${PREFIX}${NEXT_NUMBER}"
+          fi
+
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "Computed release tag: $RELEASE_TAG"
+
+      - name: Package build artifact
+        run: |
+          tar -czf build.tar.gz -C build .
+          echo "Created build.tar.gz ($(du -sh build.tar.gz | cut -f1))"
+
+      - name: Create main GitHub release and upload assets
+        if: github.ref_name == 'main'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          files: build.tar.gz
+          make_latest: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create branch GitHub release and upload assets
+        if: github.ref_name != 'main'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          files: build.tar.gz
+          make_latest: false
+          prerelease: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}