diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 756f4479..abc4e3f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
       version:
         description: The version to tag the release with, e.g., 1.2.0
         required: true
+      aws_region:
+        description: 'Deploy lambda layer to aws regions'
+        required: true
+        default: 'us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1, af-south-1, ap-east-1, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, eu-central-2, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, il-central-1, me-central-1, me-south-1, ap-southeast-5, ap-southeast-7, mx-central-1, ca-west-1, cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1'
 
 env:
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
@@ -14,14 +18,17 @@ env:
   RELEASE_PRIVATE_REPOSITORY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/adot-autoinstrumentation-node
   RELEASE_PRIVATE_REGISTRY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
   PACKAGE_NAME: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
-  ARTIFACT_NAME: aws-aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.tgz 
+  ARTIFACT_NAME: aws-aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.tgz
+  # Legacy list of commercial regions to deploy to. New regions should NOT be added here, and instead should be added to the `aws_region` default input to the workflow.
+  LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1
+  LAYER_NAME: AWSOpenTelemetryDistroJs
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-sdk:
     environment: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -56,9 +63,59 @@ jobs:
           package_name: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
           os: ubuntu-latest
 
+      - name: Upload SDK Tarball
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+
       # TODO: Add some sort of smoke/integration testing before we go
       # release the artifacts. adot java for reference:
       # https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/tree/93870a550ac30988fbdd5d3bf1e8f9f1b37916f5/smoke-tests
+  
+  build-layer:
+    needs: build-sdk
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      aws_regions_json: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.aws_regions_json }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up regions matrix
+        id: set-matrix
+        run: |
+          IFS=',' read -ra REGIONS <<< "${{ github.event.inputs.aws_region }}"
+          MATRIX="["
+          for region in "${REGIONS[@]}"; do
+            trimmed_region=$(echo "$region" | xargs)
+            MATRIX+="\"$trimmed_region\","
+          done
+          MATRIX="${MATRIX%,}]"
+          echo ${MATRIX}
+          echo "aws_regions_json=${MATRIX}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444  #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+      - name: NPM Clean Install
+        # https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-ci
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Compile all NPM projects
+        run: npm run compile
+      - name: Build Lambda Layer
+        run: npm run build-lambda
+      - name: upload layer
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: layer.zip
+          path: lambda-layer/packages/layer/build/layer.zip
+
+  publish-sdk:
+    needs: [build-sdk, build-layer]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials for private ECR
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@a03048d87541d1d9fcf2ecf528a4a65ba9bd7838 #v5.0.0
@@ -82,7 +139,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           registry: public.ecr.aws
 
-
       # Publish to public ECR
       - name: Build and push public ECR image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 #v6.18.0
@@ -105,37 +161,242 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ${{ env.RELEASE_PRIVATE_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
 
-      - name: Get SHA256 checksum of release artifact
-        id: get_sha256
+      # Publish '@aws/aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation' to npm
+      - name: Publish autoinstrumentation to npm
+        working-directory: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
+        run: npm publish
+
+  publish-layer-prod:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-layer, publish-sdk]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region: ${{ fromJson(needs.build-layer.outputs.aws_regions_json) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: role arn
+        env:
+          LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS: ${{ env.LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS }}
+        run: |
+          LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS_ARRAY=(${LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS//,/ })
+          FOUND=false
+          for REGION in "${LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+            if [[ "$REGION" == "${{ matrix.aws_region }}" ]]; then
+              FOUND=true
+              break
+            fi
+          done
+          if [ "$FOUND" = true ]; then
+            echo "Found ${{ matrix.aws_region }} in LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS"
+            SECRET_KEY="LAMBDA_LAYER_RELEASE"
+          else
+            echo "Not found ${{ matrix.aws_region }} in LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS"
+            SECRET_KEY="${{ matrix.aws_region }}_LAMBDA_LAYER_RELEASE"
+          fi
+          SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY//-/_}
+          echo "SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@a03048d87541d1d9fcf2ecf528a4a65ba9bd7838 #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets[env.SECRET_KEY] }}
+          role-duration-seconds: 1200
+          aws-region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+      - name: Get s3 bucket name for release 
+        run: |
+          echo BUCKET_NAME=nodejs-lambda-layer-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.aws_region }} | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: download layer.zip
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: layer.zip
+      - name: publish
+        run: |
+          aws s3 mb s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
+          aws s3 cp layer.zip s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
+          layerARN=$(
+            aws lambda publish-layer-version \
+              --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
+              --content S3Bucket=${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }},S3Key=layer.zip \
+              --compatible-runtimes nodejs18.x nodejs20.x nodejs22.x \
+              --compatible-architectures "arm64" "x86_64" \
+              --license-info "Apache-2.0" \
+              --description "AWS Distro of OpenTelemetry Lambda Layer for NodeJs Runtime" \
+              --query 'LayerVersionArn' \
+              --output text
+          )
+          echo $layerARN
+          echo "LAYER_ARN=${layerARN}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mkdir ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
+          echo $layerARN > ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+          cat ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+      - name: public layer
+        run: |
+          layerVersion=$(
+            aws lambda list-layer-versions \
+              --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
+              --query 'max_by(LayerVersions, &Version).Version'
+          )
+          aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
+            --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
+            --version-number $layerVersion \
+            --principal "*" \
+            --statement-id publish \
+            --action lambda:GetLayerVersion
+      - name: upload layer arn artifact
+        if: ${{ success() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}-${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+          path: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+      - name: clean s3
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          aws s3 rb --force s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
+
+  generate-lambda-release-note:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: publish-layer-prod
+    outputs:
+      layer-note: ${{ steps.layer-note.outputs.layer-note }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd #v3.1.2
+      - name: download layerARNs
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          pattern: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}-*
+          path: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: show layerARNs
         run: |
-          shasum -a 256 aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} | sed "s|aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation/||" > ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
-    
+          for file in ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/*
+          do
+          echo $file
+          cat $file
+          done
+      - name: generate layer-note
+        id: layer-note
+        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
+        run: |
+          echo "| Region | Layer ARN |" >> ../layer-note
+          echo "|  ----  | ----  |" >> ../layer-note
+          for file in *
+          do
+          read arn < $file
+          echo "| " $file " | " $arn " |" >> ../layer-note
+          done
+          cd ..
+          {
+            echo "layer-note<<EOF"
+            cat layer-note
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cat layer-note
+      - name: generate tf layer
+        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
+        run: |
+          echo "locals {" >> ../layer_arns.tf
+          echo "  sdk_layer_arns = {" >> ../layer_arns.tf
+          for file in *
+          do
+          read arn < $file
+          echo "    \""$file"\" = \""$arn"\"" >> ../layer_arns.tf
+          done
+          cd ..
+          echo "  }" >> layer_arns.tf
+          echo "}" >> layer_arns.tf
+          terraform fmt layer_arns.tf
+          cat layer_arns.tf
+      - name: generate layer ARN constants for CDK
+        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
+        run: |
+          echo "{" > ../layer_cdk
+          for file in *; do
+            read arn < "$file"
+            echo "    \"$file\": \"$arn\"," >> ../layer_cdk
+          done
+          echo "}" >> ../layer_cdk
+          cat ../layer_cdk
+
+  publish-github:
+    needs: generate-lambda-release-note
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      
+      - name: Download SDK artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+      
+      - name: Download layer.zip artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: layer.zip
+
       # Publish to GitHub releases
       - name: Create GH release
         id: create_release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Download layer.zip from existing latest tagged SDK release note
-          LATEST_SDK_VERSION=$(gh release list --repo "aws-observability/aws-otel-js-instrumentation" --json tagName,isLatest -q 'map(select(.isLatest==true)) | .[0].tagName')
-          mkdir -p layer_artifact
-          gh release download "$LATEST_SDK_VERSION" --repo "aws-observability/aws-otel-js-instrumentation" --pattern "layer.zip" --dir layer_artifact
-          shasum -a 256 layer_artifact/layer.zip > layer_artifact/layer.zip.sha256
+          # Generate dependency versions from package.json
+          DEPS=$(node -e "
+            const pkg = require('./aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation/package.json');
+            const deps = Object.entries(pkg.dependencies || {})
+              .map(([name, version]) => \`- \\\`\${name}\\\` - \${version}\`)
+              .join('\n');
+            console.log(deps);
+          ")
+
+          # Extract CHANGELOG entries for this version
+          CHANGELOG_ENTRIES=$(python3 -c "
+          import re
+          with open('CHANGELOG.md', 'r') as f:
+              content = f.read()
+          version_pattern = r'## v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.*?\n(.*?)(?=\n## |\Z)'
+          version_match = re.search(version_pattern, content, re.DOTALL)
+          if version_match:
+              entries = version_match.group(1).strip()
+              if entries:
+                  print(entries)
+          ")
+
+          # Create release notes
+          cat > release_notes.md << EOF
+          $(if [ -n "$CHANGELOG_ENTRIES" ]; then echo "## What's Changed"; echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRIES"; echo ""; fi)
+
+          ## Upstream Components
+
+          $DEPS
+
+          ## Release Artifacts
+
+          This release publishes to public ECR and NPM.
+          * See ADOT node auto-instrumentation Docker image v${{ github.event.inputs.version }} in our public ECR repository:
+          https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/adot-autoinstrumentation-node
+          * See version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} in our NPM repository:
+          https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws/aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
+
+          ## Lambda Layer
+
+          This release includes the AWS OpenTelemetry Lambda Layer for JavaScript version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-$(echo $GITHUB_SHA | cut -c1-7).
+
+          Lambda Layer ARNs:
+          ${{ needs.generate-lambda-release-note.outputs.layer-note }}
+          EOF
+
+          shasum -a 256 ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} > ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
+          shasum -a 256 layer.zip > layer.zip.sha256
 
           gh release create --target "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
              --title "Release v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
+             --notes-file release_notes.md \
              --draft \
              "v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
-             aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} \
+             ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} \
              ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256 \
-             layer_artifact/layer.zip \
-             layer_artifact/layer.zip.sha256
-
-      # Publish '@aws/aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation' to npm
-      - name: Publish autoinstrumentation to npm
-        working-directory: aws-distro-opentelemetry-node-autoinstrumentation
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
-          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
-        run: npm publish
-    
+             layer.zip \
+             layer.zip.sha256
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-lambda.yml b/.github/workflows/release-lambda.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d895e0..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-lambda.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,241 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Lambda layer
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: The version to tag the lambda release with (should be the same as the current ADOT JavaScript SDK version, e.g., 0.6.0)
-        required: true
-      aws_region:
-        description: 'Deploy to aws regions'
-        required: true
-        default: 'us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1, af-south-1, ap-east-1, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, eu-central-2, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, il-central-1, me-central-1, me-south-1, ap-southeast-5, ap-southeast-7, mx-central-1, ca-west-1, cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1'
-
-env:
-  AWS_REGIONS: ${{ github.event.inputs.aws_region }}
-  # Legacy list of commercial regions to deploy to. New regions should NOT be added here, and instead should be added to the `aws_region` default input to the workflow.
-  LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1
-  LAYER_NAME: AWSOpenTelemetryDistroJs
-
-permissions:
-  id-token: write
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  build-layer:
-    environment: Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      aws_regions_json: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.aws_regions_json }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up regions matrix
-        id: set-matrix
-        run: |
-          IFS=',' read -ra REGIONS <<< "${{ env.AWS_REGIONS }}"
-          MATRIX="["
-          for region in "${REGIONS[@]}"; do
-            trimmed_region=$(echo "$region" | xargs)
-            MATRIX+="\"$trimmed_region\","
-          done
-          MATRIX="${MATRIX%,}]"
-          echo ${MATRIX}
-          echo "aws_regions_json=${MATRIX}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  #v5.0.0
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-      - name: NPM Clean Install
-        # https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-ci
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Compile all NPM projects
-        run: npm run compile
-      - name: Build Lambda Layer
-        run: npm run build-lambda
-      - name: upload layer
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
-        with:
-          name: layer.zip
-          path: lambda-layer/packages/layer/build/layer.zip
-  publish-prod:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-layer
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        aws_region: ${{ fromJson(needs.build-layer.outputs.aws_regions_json) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: role arn
-        env:
-          LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS: ${{ env.LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS }}
-        run: |
-          LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS_ARRAY=(${LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS//,/ })
-          FOUND=false
-          for REGION in "${LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-            if [[ "$REGION" == "${{ matrix.aws_region }}" ]]; then
-              FOUND=true
-              break
-            fi
-          done
-          if [ "$FOUND" = true ]; then
-            echo "Found ${{ matrix.aws_region }} in LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS"
-            SECRET_KEY="LAMBDA_LAYER_RELEASE"
-          else
-            echo "Not found ${{ matrix.aws_region }} in LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS"
-            SECRET_KEY="${{ matrix.aws_region }}_LAMBDA_LAYER_RELEASE"
-          fi
-          SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY//-/_}
-          echo "SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@a03048d87541d1d9fcf2ecf528a4a65ba9bd7838 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets[env.SECRET_KEY] }}
-          role-duration-seconds: 1200
-          aws-region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-      - name: Get s3 bucket name for release 
-        run: |
-          echo BUCKET_NAME=nodejs-lambda-layer-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.aws_region }} | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: download layer.zip
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          name: layer.zip
-      - name: publish
-        run: |
-          aws s3 mb s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
-          aws s3 cp layer.zip s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
-          layerARN=$(
-            aws lambda publish-layer-version \
-              --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
-              --content S3Bucket=${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }},S3Key=layer.zip \
-              --compatible-runtimes nodejs18.x nodejs20.x nodejs22.x \
-              --compatible-architectures "arm64" "x86_64" \
-              --license-info "Apache-2.0" \
-              --description "AWS Distro of OpenTelemetry Lambda Layer for NodeJs Runtime" \
-              --query 'LayerVersionArn' \
-              --output text
-          )
-          echo $layerARN
-          echo "LAYER_ARN=${layerARN}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          mkdir ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-          echo $layerARN > ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-          cat ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-      - name: public layer
-        run: |
-          layerVersion=$(
-            aws lambda list-layer-versions \
-              --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
-              --query 'max_by(LayerVersions, &Version).Version'
-          )
-          aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
-            --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
-            --version-number $layerVersion \
-            --principal "*" \
-            --statement-id publish \
-            --action lambda:GetLayerVersion
-      - name: upload layer arn artifact
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
-        with:
-          name: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}-${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-          path: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-      - name: clean s3
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          aws s3 rb --force s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}
-  generate-release-note:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish-prod
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd #v3.1.2
-      - name: download layerARNs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          pattern: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}-*
-          path: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: show layerARNs
-        run: |
-          for file in ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/*
-          do
-          echo $file
-          cat $file
-          done
-      - name: generate layer-note
-        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-        run: |
-          echo "| Region | Layer ARN |" >> ../layer-note
-          echo "|  ----  | ----  |" >> ../layer-note
-          for file in *
-          do
-          read arn < $file
-          echo "| " $file " | " $arn " |" >> ../layer-note
-          done
-          cd ..
-          cat layer-note
-      - name: generate tf layer
-        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-        run: |
-          echo "locals {" >> ../layer_arns.tf
-          echo "  sdk_layer_arns = {" >> ../layer_arns.tf
-          for file in *
-          do
-          read arn < $file
-          echo "    \""$file"\" = \""$arn"\"" >> ../layer_arns.tf
-          done
-          cd ..
-          echo "  }" >> layer_arns.tf
-          echo "}" >> layer_arns.tf
-          terraform fmt layer_arns.tf
-          cat layer_arns.tf
-      - name: generate layer ARN constants for CDK
-        working-directory: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-        run: |
-          echo "{" > ../layer_cdk
-          for file in *; do
-            read arn < "$file"
-            echo "    \"$file\": \"$arn\"," >> ../layer_cdk
-          done
-          echo "}" >> ../layer_cdk
-          cat ../layer_cdk
-      - name: download layer.zip
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          name: layer.zip
-      - name: Get commit hash
-        id: commit
-        run: |
-          echo "sha_short=$(echo $GITHUB_SHA | cut -c1-7)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
-      - name: Create Release Notes
-        run: |
-          echo "AWS OpenTelemetry Lambda Layer for JavaScript version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha_short }}" > release_notes.md
-          echo "" >> release_notes.md
-          echo "Lambda Layer ARNs:" >> release_notes.md
-          echo "" >> release_notes.md
-          cat layer-note >> release_notes.md
-          echo "" >> release_notes.md
-          echo "Notes:" >> release_notes.md          
-      - name: Create GH release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh release create \
-            --target "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            --title "Release lambda-v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha_short }}" \
-            --notes-file release_notes.md \
-            --draft \
-            "lambda-v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha_short }}" \
-            layer_arns.tf layer.zip
-          echo Removing release_notes.md ...
-          rm -f release_notes.md
-      - name: Upload layer.zip and SHA-256 checksum to SDK Release Notes (tagged with latest)
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          LATEST_SDK_VERSION=$(gh release list --repo "aws-observability/aws-otel-js-instrumentation" --json tagName,isLatest -q 'map(select(.isLatest==true)) | .[0].tagName')
-          # Generate SHA-256 checksum for layer.zip
-          shasum -a 256 layer.zip > layer.zip.sha256
-          # Upload layer.zip and its checksum to the latest SDK release note
-          gh release upload "$LATEST_SDK_VERSION" layer.zip layer.zip.sha256 --repo "aws-observability/aws-otel-js-instrumentation" --clobber
-          echo "✅ layer.zip successfully uploaded to $LATEST_SDK_VERSION in the upstream repo!"