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+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release version (e.g., "2026.02.0-139"). Leave empty to use RELEASE_VERSION from _environment'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      overwrite:
+        description: 'Overwrite existing release if it exists'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+name: Release Documentation Bundles
+
+jobs:
+  build-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get Release Version
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.version }}" ]; then
+            echo "release_version=${{ inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            RELEASE_VERSION=$(grep '^RELEASE_VERSION=' $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/_environment | cut -d '=' -f 2 | tr -d '"')
+            echo "release_version=${RELEASE_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Get Quarto Version
+        id: get-quarto-version
+        run: |
+          QUARTO_VERSION=$(grep 'version = ' netlify.toml | sed 's/.*version = "v\?\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')
+          echo "quarto_version=${QUARTO_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Set up Quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.get-quarto-version.outputs.quarto_version }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Render public Positron docs
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
+        env:
+          QUARTO_PROFILE: positron
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+
+      - name: Render Workbench docs
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
+        env:
+          QUARTO_PROFILE: workbench
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+
+      - name: Create docs bundles
+        run: |
+          cd _site
+          zip -r ../positron-docs-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}.zip .
+          cd ../_site-workbench
+          zip -r ../positron-workbench-docs-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}.zip .
+
+      - name: Delete existing release
+        if: ${{ inputs.overwrite }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release delete ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }} --yes --cleanup-tag || true
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+          name: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+          body: |
+            Documentation for https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/releases/tag/${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+          files: |
+            positron-docs-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}.zip
+            positron-workbench-docs-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}.zip