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+name: Bump Minor Version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  create_minor_release_pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 1. Checkout main branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Required to get all tags for versioning
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: 2. Get and Increment Version
+        id: bump
+        uses: mathieudutour/github-tag-action@a22cf08638b34d5badda920f9daf6e72c477b07b # v6.2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # NOTE: This workflow ignores conventional commit messages and always bumps the minor version.
+          default_bump: minor # Will go from v1.7.X -> v1.8.0
+          dry_run: true # Don't create tag yet, just calculate the new version
+
+      - name: 3. Set Variables for New Release
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          # Use the 'new_tag' output, e.g., "v1.8.0"
+          BUMPED_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_tag }}"
+
+          # Extract major and minor version numbers
+          # Handles formats: v1.8.0, v1.8-dev, v1.8-rc1, etc.
+          MAJOR=$(echo "$BUMPED_VERSION" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1/')
+          MINOR=$(echo "$BUMPED_VERSION" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\2/')
+
+          # Validate that we successfully extracted major and minor versions
+          if [[ -z "$MAJOR" ]] || [[ -z "$MINOR" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Failed to extract major/minor version from: $BUMPED_VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Validate that major and minor are numeric
+          if ! [[ "$MAJOR" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ! [[ "$MINOR" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Invalid version format. MAJOR=$MAJOR, MINOR=$MINOR (expected numeric values)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Create RC version format: v1.8-rc
+          NEW_V_VERSION="v${MAJOR}.${MINOR}-rc"
+
+          # Create branch names
+          RELEASE_BRANCH="main-v${MAJOR}.${MINOR}"
+          WORK_BRANCH="gh-actions/bump-version-to-v${MAJOR}.${MINOR}"
+
+          echo "NEW_V_VERSION=${NEW_V_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "MAJOR=${MAJOR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "MINOR=${MINOR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RELEASE_BRANCH=${RELEASE_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "WORK_BRANCH=${WORK_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          echo "::notice::Extracted versions - MAJOR: ${MAJOR}, MINOR: ${MINOR}"
+          echo "::notice::Creating release branch: ${RELEASE_BRANCH}"
+          echo "::notice::Creating work branch: ${WORK_BRANCH}"
+          echo "::notice::New version: ${NEW_V_VERSION}"
+
+      - name: 4. Create Release Branch
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          RELEASE_BRANCH="${{ steps.vars.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"
+
+          # Create the release branch from main (use -B to reset if exists)
+          git checkout -B "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+          git push origin "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+
+          # The release branch is already checked out; no need to checkout again.
+
+
+          echo "::notice::Created and pushed release branch: $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+
+      - name: 5. Modify App Version in Code
+        run: |
+          VERSION_FILE="app/version/version.go"
+          NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.vars.outputs.NEW_V_VERSION }}"
+
+          echo "::notice file=$VERSION_FILE,line=18::Bumping version in $VERSION_FILE to $NEW_VERSION"
+
+          # Use sed to find the line and replace only the version string
+          sed -i -E "s/^(var version = ).*/\1\"$NEW_VERSION\"/" "$VERSION_FILE"
+
+          # Verify the change
+          echo "--- Verifying change in $VERSION_FILE"
+          grep "var version" "$VERSION_FILE"
+          echo "---"
+
+      - name: 6. Create Pull Request to Release Branch
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v7.0.5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "app: bump minor version to ${{ steps.vars.outputs.NEW_V_VERSION }}"
+          committer: "github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
+          author: "github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
+          branch: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.WORK_BRANCH }}
+          base: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: "app: bump minor version to ${{ steps.vars.outputs.NEW_V_VERSION }}"
+          body: |
+            This pull request was automatically generated by the 'Bump Minor Version' GitHub Action.
+
+            - **Previous Release:** ${{ steps.bump.outputs.previous_tag }}
+            - **New Version:** ${{ steps.vars.outputs.NEW_V_VERSION }}
+            - **Target Branch:** `${{ steps.vars.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}`
+
+            ## Changes
+            - Updated version in `app/version/version.go` from `${{ steps.bump.outputs.previous_tag }}` to `${{ steps.vars.outputs.NEW_V_VERSION }}`
+
+            ## Next Steps
+            After this PR is merged, the `${{ steps.vars.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}` branch will have the updated version and can be used for further release processes.
+
+            category: misc
+            ticket: none