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+name: "[Deployment] Beta Release"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      send-notifications:
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        description: Send notifications
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  create-and-merge-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: Discord notification
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.send-notifications }}
+        env:
+          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
+        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0.4.0
+        with:
+          args: "Beta release has been triggered: [run ${{ github.run_number }}](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})"
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Get Next Version
+        id: semver
+        uses: ietf-tools/semver-action@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ github.token }}
+          branch: next
+      - name: Create pull request
+        id: create-pull-request
+        run: 'gh pr create --title "chore(release): release ${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta" --body "Detected change to be ``${{ steps.semver.outputs.bump }}``<br/>Bump version from ``${{ steps.semver.outputs.current }}`` to ``${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta``" --base beta --head next --label automerge'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Discord notification
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.send-notifications }}
+        env:
+          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
+        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0.4.0
+        with:
+          args: "Created a release PR ${{ steps.create-pull-request.outputs.url }} for version ${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta (new behaviour: ${{ steps.semver.outputs.bump }})"
+      - name: Obtain token
+        id: obtainApprovalToken
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        with:
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_APPROVE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_APPROVE_APP_ID }}
+          permission-pull-requests: write
+      - name: Approve PR
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.obtainApprovalToken.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr review --approve --body "Automatically approved by GitHub Action"
+      - name: Obtain token
+        id: obtainMergeToken
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        with:
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_MERGE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_MERGE_APP_ID }}
+          permission-contents: write # write to beta branch (due to merge)
+          permission-pull-requests: write # merge pull request
+      - id: automerge
+        if: ${{ steps.semver.outputs.bump != 'major' }}
+        name: automerge
+        uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.16.4"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.obtainMergeToken.outputs.token }}
+          MERGE_METHOD: merge # we prefer merge commits for merging to beta
+          MERGE_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "chore(release): release ${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta"
+          MERGE_DELETE_BRANCH: false # never set to true!
+          PULL_REQUEST: "${{ steps.create-pull-request.outputs.pr_number }}"
+          MERGE_RETRIES: 20 # 20 retries * MERGE_RETRY_SLEEP until step fails
+          MERGE_RETRY_SLEEP: 10000 # 10 seconds * MERGE_RETRIES until step fails
+          MERGE_REQUIRED_APPROVALS: 0 # do not require approvals
+
+      - name: Merged Discord notification
+        if: ${{ steps.automerge.outputs.mergeResult == 'merged' && github.event.inputs.send-notifications }}
+        env:
+          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
+        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0.4.0
+        with:
+          args: "Merged PR ${{ steps.create-pull-request.outputs.url }} for release ${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta"
+      - name: Major Bump Discord notification
+        if: ${{ steps.semver.outputs.bump == 'major' && github.event.inputs.send-notifications }}
+        env:
+          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
+        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0.4.0
+        with:
+          args: "The release PR must be manually merged because the next version is a major version: ${{ steps.create-pull-request.outputs.url }} for release ${{ steps.semver.outputs.next }}-beta"
+      - name: Discord Fail Notification
+        if: failure() && github.event.inputs.send-notifications
+        env:
+          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
+        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0.4.0
+        with:
+          args: "The beta release workflow [run ${{ github.run_number }}](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}) has failed"