diff --git a/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
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+name: Pull Request Checks
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on pull request events but only for the "main" branch
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
+
+jobs:
+  run-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+          # The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the role to assume. Use the provided credentials to assume an IAM role and configure the Actions environment with the assumed role credentials rather than with the provided credentials.
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_CODE_BUILD_ROLE_ARN }} # optional
+          audience: sts.amazonaws.com
+      - name: Run CodeBuild
+        uses: aws-actions/aws-codebuild-run-build@v1
+        with:
+          project-name: CodeEditorTesting
+          source-version-override: 'refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/head^{${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}}'
+          
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Automated Release
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on updates to the "main" branch which include a version tag
+  push:
+    tags:        
+      - '**'           # Push events to every tag including hierarchical tags like v1.0/beta
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+# Defines permissions granted to the GITHUB_TOKEN for this workflow run.
+# 'contents: write' is needed for actions like softprops/action-gh-release to create GitHub releases
+# and for peter-evans/create-pull-request if it were to commit to the same repo
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+  
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This job checks if the pushed tag is a valid version tag (starts with 'v')
+  check-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # This step performs the tag check
+      - name: Check tag is version tag
+        id: check # Assign an ID to this step to reference its outputs
+        run: |
+          # Check if the GitHub reference (github.ref) starts with 'refs/tags/v'
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/v* ]]; then
+            REF="${{ github.ref }}"
+            VERSION="${REF##refs/tags/v}"
+            echo "Tag starts with 'v'."
+            echo "Version: ${VERSION}"
+            echo "Continuing..."
+            # Set the version as an output variable for other jobs/steps
+            echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          else
+            echo "The tag doesn't start with 'v'. To release a new version, the tag must start with 'v'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
+      
+  # This job builds the release tarball and publishes it to GitHub Releases 
+  release:
+    # Specifies the environment for this job (if you have environments configured)
+    environment: release
+    # This job runs on the latest Ubuntu environment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-tag]
+    container:
+      image: node:20
+    steps:
+      # Checks out the repository code at the specific tag that triggered the workflow
+      - name: Checkout the main branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y build-essential g++ libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-1-dev libkrb5-dev python-is-python3 quilt
+      # Builds the tarball
+      - name: Build Tarball
+        id: build
+        run: |
+          # Configure git safe directory for operations within the workspace
+          git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/sagemaker-code-editor/sagemaker-code-editor
+          
+          # Run the install script to build the tarball, passing the version
+          sh ./scripts/install.sh -t ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}
+          
+          # Define the tarball name based on the version
+          TARBALL_NAME="code-editor${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}.tar.gz"
+          # Set the tarball name as an output variable
+          echo "tarball_name=${TARBALL_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Calculate the SHA256 hash of the tarball
+          SHA256_HASH=$(sha256sum ${TARBALL_NAME} | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          # Set the SHA256 hash as an output variable
+          echo "sha256_hash=${SHA256_HASH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      # Publishes the release to GitHub Releases
+      - name: Publish Release
+        id: publish # Assign an ID to this step to reference its outputs
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.2.2 # Caution: Due to recent update of action-gh-release, it now requires node24. So here we still used the previous version v2.2.2
+        with:
+          # Name of the release (e.g., "Code Editor x.y.z")
+          name: Code Editor ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}
+          # Tag name for the release (e.g., "vx.y.z")
+          tag_name: v${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}
+          # Files to upload as release assets
+          files: |
+            ${{ steps.build.outputs.tarball_name }}
+    # Define outputs for this job
+    outputs:
+      sha256_hash: ${{ steps.build.outputs.sha256_hash }}
+      assets: ${{ steps.publish.outputs.assets }}
+
+  # This job updates the feedstock repository
+  update-feedstock-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # This job depends on the successful completion of 'check-tag' and 'release' jobs
+    needs: [check-tag, release]
+    steps:
+      # Clones the feedstock repository (your fork)
+      - name: Clone the feedstock repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: 'harvenstar/sagemaker-code-editor-feedstock'
+          ref: 'dev'
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create and checkout dynamic update branch
+        id: create_branch # Assign an ID to this step to reference its outputs
+        run: |
+          # Generate a unique branch name using the version (e.g., "auto-update-v1.2.0")
+          # This prevents conflicts with pre-existing branches from previous runs.
+          NEW_BRANCH_NAME="auto-update-v${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}"
+
+          git checkout -b ${NEW_BRANCH_NAME}
+          echo "Created and switched to new branch: ${NEW_BRANCH_NAME}"
+          
+          # Output the new branch name for use in later steps (e.g., creating the PR)
+          echo "branch_name=${NEW_BRANCH_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      # Updates the meta.yaml file in the cloned feedstock repository
+            # Updates the meta.yaml file in the cloned feedstock repository
+      - name: Update meta.yaml
+        run: |
+          # Get the version from the 'check-tag' job's output
+          VERSION=${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}
+
+          sed -i "s/{% set version = \".*\" %}/{% set version = \"$VERSION\" %}/" recipe/meta.yaml
+
+          URL="${{ fromJSON(needs.release.outputs.assets)[0].browser_download_url }}"
+          sed -i "s|url: .*\.tar\.gz|url: $URL|" recipe/meta.yaml
+
+          SHA256=${{ needs.release.outputs.sha256_hash }}
+          sed -i "s|sha256: [0-9a-f]*|sha256: $SHA256|" recipe/meta.yaml
+
+      # Displays the differences in meta.yaml after modifications for verification
+      - name: Show changes in meta.yaml
+        run: git diff recipe/meta.yaml
+      
+      # Commits the changes to meta.yaml and pushes them to the dynamic branch in your feedstock fork
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        # This step commits the modified 'recipe/meta.yaml' file and pushes it to the remote feedstock repository.
+        # - Git user name and email are configured for the commit.
+        # - 'git add' stages the changes.
+        # - 'git commit' creates a commit with a message including the new version.
+        #   ' || echo "No changes to commit." ' prevents the workflow from failing if there are no changes (e.g., if re-running on same version with no actual file change).
+        # - The current local branch (which is the dynamic branch, e.g., 'auto-update-vX.Y.Z') is pushed to the 'origin' remote.
+        #   This creates the branch on the remote if it doesn't exist.
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add recipe/meta.yaml
+
+          # Check if there are changes to commit to avoid error if meta.yaml is already up-to-date
+          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes to commit."
+          else
+            git commit -m "Update recipe to v${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.version }}"
+          fi
+
+          # Get the current branch name (should be the dynamic one created earlier)
+          CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+          echo "Pushing changes to origin/${CURRENT_BRANCH}"
+          # Push the dynamic branch to your feedstock fork (origin)
+          # The '-u' flag sets the upstream branch for future pushes/pulls from this local branch.
+          git push -u origin ${CURRENT_BRANCH}
+
+      
+          # labels: automated-update, bot
+          # assignees: harvenstar
+          # reviewers: harvenstar