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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build distributions
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Check tag matches project version
+        run: |
+          uv run --no-project python - <<'PY'
+          import os
+          import re
+          import tomllib
+          from pathlib import Path
+
+          tag = os.environ.get('GITHUB_REF_NAME', '')
+          tag_version = tag[1:] if tag.startswith('v') else tag
+
+          pyproject = tomllib.loads(Path('pyproject.toml').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
+          project_version = pyproject['project']['version']
+
+          init_version = None
+          init_path = Path('src') / 'takopi' / '__init__.py'
+          if init_path.is_file():
+            m = re.search(r'__version__\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', init_path.read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
+            if m:
+              init_version = m.group(1)
+
+          if project_version != tag_version:
+            raise SystemExit(f"Tag {tag!r} does not match pyproject version {project_version!r}")
+          if init_version and init_version != project_version:
+            raise SystemExit(
+              f"src/takopi/__init__.py __version__ {init_version!r} does not match pyproject version {project_version!r}"
+            )
+
+          print(f"OK: tag {tag!r} matches version {project_version!r}")
+          PY
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: uv run pytest
+
+      - name: Build (wheel + sdist)
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Upload dist artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to PyPI (trusted publishing)
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/takopi
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download dist artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: dist/
+          skip-existing: true
+
+  github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download dist artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release and upload artifacts
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: |
+            dist/*