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+name: Weekly PSL Update and Patch Release
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Run every Monday at 02:00 UTC
+    - cron: "0 2 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update-and-release:
+    name: Update PSL and Create Patch Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Full history needed for cargo-release
+          ref: main # Always checkout main
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
+
+      - name: Check current PSL version
+        id: current-psl
+        run: |
+          echo "current_version=$(cargo tree -p psl | grep psl | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Update PSL dependency
+        run: cargo update -p psl
+
+      - name: Check updated PSL version
+        id: updated-psl
+        run: |
+          echo "updated_version=$(cargo tree -p psl | grep psl | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Determine if PSL was updated
+        id: psl-changed
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ steps.current-psl.outputs.current_version }}" != "${{ steps.updated-psl.outputs.updated_version }}" ]; then
+            echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "PSL updated from ${{ steps.current-psl.outputs.current_version }} to ${{ steps.updated-psl.outputs.updated_version }}"
+          else
+            echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "PSL version unchanged: ${{ steps.current-psl.outputs.current_version }}"
+          fi
+
+      # use cargo-binstall
+      - uses: cargo-bins/cargo-binstall@main
+        if: steps.psl-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+
+      - name: Install cargo-release
+        if: steps.psl-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        run: cargo binstall --verbose cargo-release
+
+      - name: Create patch release
+        if: steps.psl-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git commit -am "chore: upgrade psl ${{ steps.current-psl.outputs.current_version }}->${{ steps.updated-psl.outputs.updated_version }}"
+          cargo release patch --no-push --no-publish --execute --no-confirm -p pyfaup-rs
+          git push
+          git push --tags
+          echo "RELEASE_CREATED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "=== Weekly PSL Update Summary ==="
+          echo "Current PSL: ${{ steps.current-psl.outputs.current_version }}"
+          echo "Updated PSL: ${{ steps.updated-psl.outputs.updated_version }}"
+          echo "PSL Changed: ${{ steps.psl-changed.outputs.changed }}"
+          if [ "$RELEASE_CREATED" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Release created"
+            echo "Tags pushed to GitHub"
+          else
+            echo "No release created (PSL unchanged and force-release not set)"
+          fi