diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c7ff6c7518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"packages/logger": "4.0.2",
+	"packages/fs": "4.0.2",
+	"packages/builder": "4.0.11",
+	"packages/server": "4.0.7",
+	"packages/project": "4.0.6",
+	"packages/cli": "4.0.26"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/merge-release-pr/action.yml b/.github/actions/merge-release-pr/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cabb94998b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/merge-release-pr/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: 'Merge Release PR'
+description: 'Merges a release PR for a specific package'
+
+inputs:
+  package:
+    description: 'Package name to merge release PR for'
+    required: true
+  github-token:
+    description: 'GitHub token for authentication'
+    required: true
+
+outputs:
+  pr_merged:
+    description: 'Whether the PR was successfully merged'
+    value: ${{ steps.merge.outputs.pr_merged }}
+  pr_number:
+    description: 'The PR number that was merged'
+    value: ${{ steps.merge.outputs.pr_number }}
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Merge release PR
+      id: merge
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
+      run: |
+        PACKAGE="${{ inputs.package }}"
+        echo "🔍 Looking for release PR for: $PACKAGE"
+        
+        # Find the release PR for this package
+        PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --state open --json number,title | jq -r ".[] | select(.title | contains(\"release: @ui5/ $PACKAGE\")) | .number")
+        
+        if [[ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]]; then
+          echo "✅ Found PR #$PR_NUMBER for $PACKAGE"
+          echo "🔄 Merging..."
+          
+          # Merge the PR
+          gh pr merge $PR_NUMBER --squash
+          
+          echo "✅ Merged PR #$PR_NUMBER for $PACKAGE"
+          echo "pr_merged=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pr_number=$PR_NUMBER" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        else
+          echo "❌ No open release PR found for $PACKAGE"
+          echo "pr_merged=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pr_number=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release-chain.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release-chain.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b430d4b6275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release-chain.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+name: auto-release-chain
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["release-please"]
+    types: [completed]
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  continue-chain:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    
+    # Job-level outputs for reuse across steps
+    outputs:
+      all_packages: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.all_packages }}
+      released_package: ${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.released_package }}
+      has_release: ${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.has_release }}
+      next_package: ${{ steps.find-next.outputs.next_package }}
+      has_next: ${{ steps.find-next.outputs.has_next }}
+      has_changes: ${{ steps.update-deps.outputs.has_changes }}
+      is_chain_mode: ${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.is_chain_mode }}
+    
+    # Environment variables for reuse
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+      NODE_VERSION: 24.x
+      REGISTRY_URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      GIT_USER_NAME: "github-actions[bot]"
+      GIT_USER_EMAIL: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Detect released package and mode
+        id: detect-release
+        run: |
+          # Detect released package from commit
+          if git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s" | grep -q "^release: @ui5/"; then
+            RELEASED_PKG=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s" | sed -n 's/^release: @ui5\/ \([a-z-]*\) v.*/\1/p')
+            echo "📦 Detected release: $RELEASED_PKG"
+            echo "released_package=$RELEASED_PKG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "has_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "ℹ️ No release detected"
+            echo "has_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Check if chain mode is active
+          CHAIN_MODE=$(gh variable get CHAIN_MODE 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
+          echo "is_chain_mode=$CHAIN_MODE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "🔗 Chain mode: $CHAIN_MODE"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        if: steps.detect-release.outputs.has_release == 'true'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          registry-url: ${{ env.REGISTRY_URL }}
+
+      - name: Setup git and packages array
+        if: steps.detect-release.outputs.has_release == 'true'
+        id: setup
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "${{ env.GIT_USER_NAME }}"
+          git config user.email "${{ env.GIT_USER_EMAIL }}"
+          
+          # Define packages array for reuse
+          ALL_PACKAGES="logger fs builder server project cli"
+          echo "all_packages=$ALL_PACKAGES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "📦 Package chain: $ALL_PACKAGES"
+
+      - name: Find next package in chain
+        id: find-next
+        if: steps.detect-release.outputs.has_release == 'true'
+        run: |
+          ALL_PACKAGES_ARRAY=(${{ steps.setup.outputs.all_packages }})
+          RELEASED_PKG="${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.released_package }}"
+          IS_CHAIN_MODE="${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.is_chain_mode }}"
+          
+          echo "🔍 Looking for next package after: $RELEASED_PKG (Chain mode: $IS_CHAIN_MODE)"
+
+          if [[ "$IS_CHAIN_MODE" == "true" ]]; then
+            # CHAIN MODE: Find next package in sequence
+            NEXT_PKG=""
+            for i in "${!ALL_PACKAGES_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "${ALL_PACKAGES_ARRAY[$i]}" == "$RELEASED_PKG" ]] && [[ $((i+1)) -lt ${#ALL_PACKAGES_ARRAY[@]} ]]; then
+                NEXT_PKG="${ALL_PACKAGES_ARRAY[$((i+1))]}"
+                break
+              fi
+            done
+            
+            # If no next package and not CLI, fallback to CLI
+            if [[ -z "$NEXT_PKG" && "$RELEASED_PKG" != "cli" ]]; then
+              NEXT_PKG="cli"
+            fi
+            
+            # If we just processed CLI, clear the chain mode
+            if [[ "$RELEASED_PKG" == "cli" ]]; then
+              echo "🎉 Chain complete - clearing chain mode"
+              gh variable delete CHAIN_MODE 2>/dev/null || true
+              gh variable delete CHAIN_START_PACKAGE 2>/dev/null || true
+            fi
+          else
+            # MANUAL MODE: Only release CLI if not CLI itself
+            if [[ "$RELEASED_PKG" != "cli" ]]; then
+              NEXT_PKG="cli"
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          # Set outputs
+          if [[ -n "$NEXT_PKG" ]]; then
+            echo "🎯 Found next package: $NEXT_PKG"
+            echo "next_package=$NEXT_PKG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "has_next=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "🏁 No next package found"
+            echo "has_next=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Update dependencies in next package
+        id: update-deps
+        if: steps.find-next.outputs.has_next == 'true'
+        run: |
+          NEXT_PKG="${{ steps.find-next.outputs.next_package }}"
+          RELEASED_PKG="${{ steps.detect-release.outputs.released_package }}"
+          
+          # Install npm-check-updates
+          npm install -g npm-check-updates
+          
+          echo "🔄 Processing package: $NEXT_PKG"
+          cd "packages/$NEXT_PKG"
+          
+          echo "📦 Updating @ui5/* dependencies to latest minor/patch versions (respecting major)"
+          
+          # Update @ui5/* packages respecting major version boundaries
+          ncu -u --filter "@ui5/*" --target minor --dep dev,prod,peer,optional
+          
+          # Check if there were actual changes
+          if git diff --quiet package.json; then
+            echo "ℹ️ No dependency updates needed for $NEXT_PKG"
+            echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "✅ Dependencies updated for $NEXT_PKG"
+            echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Commit dependency updates
+        if: steps.update-deps.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          NEXT_PKG="${{ steps.find-next.outputs.next_package }}"
+
+          git add "packages/$NEXT_PKG/"
+          git commit -m "deps($NEXT_PKG): Update @ui5 dependencies to latest versions"
+          git push origin main
+
+          echo "✅ Committed dependency updates for $NEXT_PKG"
+
+      - name: Trigger release-please for updated package
+        if: steps.update-deps.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: trigger-release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Merge release PR
+        if: steps.update-deps.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        id: merge-pr
+        uses: ./.github/actions/merge-release-pr
+        with:
+          package: ${{ steps.find-next.outputs.next_package }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/relase-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/relase-packages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d87a3fbe87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/relase-packages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: release-packages
+
+on:
+  # Manually trigger the release chain starting from a specific package
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      package:
+        description: "🚀 Start AUTOMATIC release chain from this package"
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - logger
+          - fs
+          - builder
+          - server
+          - project
+          - cli
+        default: logger
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  actions: write
+
+jobs:
+  start-release-chain:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+      
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      
+      - name: Merge first PR to start chain
+        id: merge-pr
+        uses: ./.github/actions/merge-release-pr
+        with:
+          package: ${{ github.event.inputs.package }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+      
+      - name: Trigger auto-release-chain with chain mode
+        if: steps.merge-pr.outputs.pr_merged == 'true'
+        run: |
+          SELECTED_PKG="${{ github.event.inputs.package }}"
+          echo "🚀 Setting chain mode flag for release chain starting from: $SELECTED_PKG"
+          
+          # Set repository variable to indicate chain mode is active
+          gh variable set CHAIN_MODE --body "true"
+          gh variable set CHAIN_START_PACKAGE --body "$SELECTED_PKG"
+          
+          echo "✅ Chain mode activated"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check result
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ steps.merge-pr.outputs.pr_merged }}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "🎉 Release chain started successfully!"
+            echo "📋 Started from package: ${{ github.event.inputs.package }}"
+            echo "🔗 Chain mode activated"
+          else
+            echo "❌ Failed to start release chain"
+            echo "📋 No PR found for package: ${{ github.event.inputs.package }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b18939f38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      package_released: ${{ steps.detect_package.outputs.is_release }}
+      package_name: ${{ steps.detect_package.outputs.package_name }}
+      package_version: ${{ steps.detect_package.outputs.package_version }}
+      package_path: ${{ steps.detect_package.outputs.package_path }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Node.js LTS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        with:
+         node-version: 24.x
+
+      - name: Run Release Please to update PRs and create releases
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Detect which package was released
+        id: detect_package
+        run: |
+          COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s")
+          if [[ "$COMMIT_MSG" =~ ^release:\ @ui5/\ ([a-z-]+)\ v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) ]]; then
+            echo "package_name=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "package_version=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "package_path=packages/${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "is_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "is_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+  publish-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs: release-please
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.package_released == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Node.js LTS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        with:
+         node-version: 24.x
+
+      - name: Install and publish package
+        run: |
+          cd "${{ needs.release-please.outputs.package_path }}"
+          echo "🚀 Publishing ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.package_name }}@${{ needs.release-please.outputs.package_version }}"
+          
+          # TODO: Uncomment when ready to publish
+          # npm ci
+          # npm publish --access public