part 4b rel v25.9.1

.github/templates/release-development.md.j2

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+# Development Build Summary
+
+## Pull Request Information
+
+- **PR Number**: #{{ pr_number }}
+- **Source Repository**: `{{ pr_repo }}`
+- **Source Branch**: `{{ pr_branch }}`
+- **Target Repository**: `{{ base_repo }}`
+- **Target Branch**: `{{ base_branch }}`
+
+## Build Information
+
+- **Commit**: {{ commit_sha }}
+- **Build Date**: {{ build_date }}
+- **Workflow Run**: [View Details]({{ workflow_run_url }})
+
+## Build Artifacts
+
+The following artifacts were built and are available for testing:
+
+- **Wheels Built**: {{ wheel_count }}
+- **Platforms**: Linux (x86_64), macOS (ARM64), Windows (x86_64)
+- **Python Versions**: CPython 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 | PyPy 3.11
+
+## WebSocket Conformance Testing
+
+{{ wstest_summary }}
+
+---
+
+💡 **Download artifacts** from the [workflow run]({{ workflow_run_url }}) for local testing.

.github/templates/release-nightly.md.j2

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+# Nightly Build {{ release_name }}
+
+Automated nightly build from master branch
+
+## Build Information
+
+- **Commit**: {{ commit_sha }}
+- **Build Date**: {{ build_date }}
+- **Release Type**: nightly
+
+## Included Platforms
+
+- **Linux**: x86_64, ARM64 (manylinux wheels + pure Python fallbacks)
+- **macOS**: Apple Silicon ARM64
+- **Windows**: x86_64
+
+## Python Versions
+
+- **CPython**: 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
+- **PyPy**: 3.11
+
+## Installation
+
+Download the appropriate wheel for your platform:
+
+```bash
+pip install <downloaded-wheel-file>
+```
+
+## Artifact Inventory
+
+- **Total Wheels**: {{ wheel_count }}
+- **Source Distributions**: {{ sdist_count }}

.github/templates/release-stable.md.j2

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+# Release {{ release_name }}
+
+Official release {{ release_name }}
+
+## Included Platforms
+
+- **Linux**: x86_64, ARM64 (manylinux_2_34 wheels with NVX)
+- **macOS**: Apple Silicon ARM64 (binary wheels with NVX)
+- **Windows**: x86_64 (binary wheels with NVX)
+
+## Python Versions
+
+- **CPython**: 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
+- **PyPy**: 3.11
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install autobahn[all]=={{ release_name }}
+```
+
+Or download wheels directly from this release.
+
+## Build Information
+
+- **Release Date**: {{ build_date }}
+- **Total Wheels**: {{ wheel_count }}
+- **Source Distributions**: {{ sdist_count }}
+
+## Features
+
+Autobahn|Python provides:
+
+- **WebSocket** client and server implementations (RFC 6455)
+- **WAMP** client library for both Twisted and asyncio
+- **NVX acceleration** for high-performance networking (binary wheels)
+- **Pure Python fallback** wheels for maximum compatibility
+
+## Documentation
+
+- [Read the Docs](https://autobahn.readthedocs.io)
+- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python)
+- [WAMP Protocol](https://wamp-proto.org)

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,32 @@ env:
   UV_CACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.uv-cache
 
 jobs:
+  identifiers:
+    # GitHub needs to know where .cicd/workflows/identifiers.yml lives at parse time,
+    # and submodules aren't included in that context! thus the following does NOT work:
+    # uses: ./.cicd/workflows/identifiers.yml
+    # we MUST reference the remote repo directly:
+    uses: wamp-proto/wamp-cicd/.github/workflows/identifiers.yml@main
+    # IMPORTANT: we still need .cicd as a Git submodule in the using repo though!
+    # because e.g. identifiers.yml wants to access scripts/sanitize.sh !
+
   quality-checks:
     name: Code Quality Checks
+    needs: identifiers
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
+    env:
+      BASE_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_repo }}
+      BASE_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_branch }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_number }}
+      PR_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_repo }}
+      PR_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_branch }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install Just
         env:
@@ -79,11 +98,21 @@ jobs:
 
   documentation:
     name: Documentation Build
+    needs: identifiers
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
+    env:
+      BASE_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_repo }}
+      BASE_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_branch }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_number }}
+      PR_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_repo }}
+      PR_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_branch }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install Just
         env:
@@ -141,7 +170,8 @@ jobs:
   #   steps:
   #     - name: Checkout code
   #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+  #       with:
+  #         submodules: recursive
   #     - name: Install Just
   #       run: |
   #         curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://just.systems/install.sh | bash -s -- --to ~/bin
@@ -192,6 +222,8 @@ jobs:
   #   steps:
   #     - name: Checkout code
   #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #       with:
+  #         submodules: recursive
 
   #     - name: Install Just
   #       run: |
@@ -230,15 +262,25 @@ jobs:
 
   build-schema:
     name: FlatBuffers Schema Build
+    needs: identifiers
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
+    env:
+      BASE_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_repo }}
+      BASE_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_branch }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_number }}
+      PR_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_repo }}
+      PR_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_branch }}
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-env: [cpy314, cpy311, pypy311]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install Just
         env:
@@ -348,8 +390,15 @@ jobs:
   build-package:
     name: Package Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [quality-checks, build-schema]
-    #    needs: [quality-checks, tests, build-schema]
+    needs: [identifiers, quality-checks, build-schema]
+    #    needs: [identifiers, quality-checks, tests, build-schema]
+
+    env:
+      BASE_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_repo }}
+      BASE_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.base_branch }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_number }}
+      PR_REPO: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_repo }}
+      PR_BRANCH: ${{ needs.identifiers.outputs.pr_branch }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -358,6 +407,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Install Just
         env: