From b8068895d89bc471b33df1a06484bb68bbc80bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Warren <16132615+c-warren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:27:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ci: Use release-please for release creation

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .release-please-config.json          | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-please.yml
 create mode 100644 .release-please-config.json

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8339bc8970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e430c71ae80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "go",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "prerelease-type": "rc",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "cadence",
+      "release-type": "go",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "versioning": "default"
+    }
+  },
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    {"type": "feat", "section": "Features"},
+    {"type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes"},
+    {"type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements"},
+    {"type": "revert", "section": "Reverts"},
+    {"type": "docs", "section": "Documentation"},
+    {"type": "style", "section": "Styles"},
+    {"type": "refactor", "section": "Code Refactoring"},
+    {"type": "test", "section": "Tests"},
+    {"type": "build", "section": "Build System"},
+    {"type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration"}
+  ]
+}
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From e3dbe5f934a5ded7fb703ff4d6fec50191637066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Warren <16132615+c-warren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:44:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update configuration to conform to existing release tag
 tagging system

---
 .release-please-config.json   | 17 ++++++++---------
 .release-please-manifest.json |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .release-please-manifest.json

diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
index e430c71ae80..8413aca5035 100644
--- a/.release-please-config.json
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
 {
   "release-type": "go",
   "prerelease": true,
-  "prerelease-type": "rc",
+  "prerelease-type": "prerelease",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "package-name": "cadence",
       "release-type": "go",
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "versioning": "default"
+      "versioning": "prerelease",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
     }
   },
   "changelog-sections": [
     {"type": "feat", "section": "Features"},
     {"type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes"},
-    {"type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements"},
     {"type": "revert", "section": "Reverts"},
-    {"type": "docs", "section": "Documentation"},
-    {"type": "style", "section": "Styles"},
-    {"type": "refactor", "section": "Code Refactoring"},
     {"type": "test", "section": "Tests"},
-    {"type": "build", "section": "Build System"},
-    {"type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration"}
+    {"type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration and Build"},
+    {"type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements"},
+    {"type": "refactor", "section": "Refactors"}
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9bae4b1b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.3.6-prerelease11"
+}