diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-spotless.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-spotless.yml
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+name: Auto spotless
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  create-patch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+      - name: Check out PR branch
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+      - name: Free disk space
+        run: .github/scripts/gha-free-disk-space.sh
+
+      - name: Set up JDK for running Gradle
+        uses: actions/setup-java@c5195efecf7bdfc987ee8bae7a71cb8b11521c00 # v4.7.1
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version-file: .java-version
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@06832c7b30a0129d7fb559bcc6e43d26f6374244 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          cache-read-only: true
+
+      - name: Spotless
+        run: ./gradlew spotlessApply
+
+      - name: Create patch
+        run: git diff > patch
+
+      - name: Upload patch
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          path: patch
+
+  apply-patch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: create-patch
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+      - name: Check out PR branch
+        run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+      - name: Download patch
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: patch
+
+      - name: Use CLA approved github bot
+        # IMPORTANT do not call the .github/scripts/use-cla-approved-bot.sh
+        # since that script could have been compromised in the PR branch
+        run: |
+          git config user.name otelbot
+          git config user.email 197425009+otelbot@users.noreply.github.com
+
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@df432ceedc7162793a195dd1713ff69aefc7379e # v2.0.6
+        id: otelbot-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.OTELBOT_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.OTELBOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Apply patch and push
+        env:
+          # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pushes from that token do not run workflows
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.otelbot-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          git apply patch
+          git commit -a -m "./gradlew spotlessApply"
+          git push
+
+      - if: success()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.otelbot-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr comment $PR_NUM --body "✅ \`fix:spotless\` applied successfully"
+
+      - if: failure()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.otelbot-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr comment $PR_NUM --body "❌ \`fix:spotless\` failed, see logs: $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac71affb699b..b390a985bc3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+testing
+
 # OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Java
 
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation?include_prereleases&style=)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/)