diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions_test_v2.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions_test_v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7ac1535d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions_test_v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
+# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
+
+name: Build and deploy to Azure App Services
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  schedule: 
+    - cron: "0 0/3 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy-dotnet-app:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Modify the sample app
+        run: |
+          cp -r ./__tests__/dotnetsampleapp dotnetapp
+          current_utc_time=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")
+          sed -i "s/<<<net-place-holder>>>/$current_utc_time/g" dotnetapp/Controllers/HelloController.cs
+
+          echo "The placeholder has been replaced with current UTC time: $current_utc_time"
+
+      - name: Set up .NET Core
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '8.x'
+
+      - name: Build with dotnet
+        run: dotnet build --configuration Release dotnetapp/DOTNET_8_APP.csproj
+
+      - name: dotnet publish
+        run: dotnet publish dotnetapp/DOTNET_8_APP.csproj -c Release -o myapp
+
+      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: .net-app
+          path: myapp
+
+      - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
+        id: deploy-to-webapp
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@releases/v2
+        with:
+          app-name: 'lwasv2-euap-dotnet-githubactionstest-v2'
+          slot-name: 'Production'
+          package: myapp
+          publish-profile: ${{ secrets.LWASV2_EUAP_DOTNET_GITHUBACTIONSTEST_V2 }}
+
+  build-and-deploy-node-app:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: modify Node.js App
+        run: |
+          cp -r ./__tests__/nodesampleapp nodeapp
+          current_utc_time=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")
+          sed -i "s/<<<node-place-holder>>>/$current_utc_time/g" nodeapp/server.js
+
+          echo "The placeholder has been replaced with current UTC time: $current_utc_time"
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js version
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: npm ci, build, and test
+        run: |
+          cd nodeapp
+          npm ci
+          npm run build --if-present
+          npm run test --if-present
+
+      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-app
+          path: nodeapp
+      
+      - name: 'Deploy to Azure Web App'
+        id: deploy-to-webapp
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@releases/v2
+        with:
+          app-name: 'lwasv2-euap-node-githubactions-v2'
+          slot-name: 'Production'
+          package: nodeapp
+          publish-profile: ${{ secrets.LWASV2_EUAP_NODE_GITHUBACTIONS_V2 }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions_test.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions_test_v3.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from .github/workflows/github_actions_test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/github_actions_test_v3.yml
index 5b1261622..e914019d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_actions_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions_test_v3.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
         id: deploy-to-webapp
-        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@releases/v3
         with:
           app-name: 'lwasv2-euap-dotnet-githubactionstest'
           slot-name: 'Production'
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: 'Deploy to Azure Web App'
         id: deploy-to-webapp
-        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@releases/v3
         with:
           app-name: 'lwasv2-euap-node-githubactions'
           slot-name: 'Production'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_check_windows_container_pubprofile.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_check_windows_container_pubprofile.yml
index b40e143f9..6147f9bd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_check_windows_container_pubprofile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_check_windows_container_pubprofile.yml
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         app-name: ${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME }} # Replace with your app name
         publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_WEBAPP_PUBLISH_PROFILE }}
-        images: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/containerwebapp/canaryreplica:latest
+        images: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/containerwebapp/canaryreplica:latest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd9b06565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Tag to release or revert to (e.g., v3.2.1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      revert:
+        description: 'Revert releases/vX to this existing tag?'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate tag format
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ inputs.tag }}"
+          if [[ ! "$TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "❌ Invalid tag format: $TAG. Expected: v<major>.<minor>.<patch>"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Parse version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ inputs.tag }}"
+          MAJOR=$(echo "$TAG" | cut -d. -f1)
+          echo "major=${MAJOR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "branch=releases/${MAJOR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.revert == true && inputs.tag || steps.version.outputs.branch }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Release new tag
+        if: ${{ inputs.revert == false }}
+        run: |
+          MAJOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.major }}"
+
+          # Update the major tag (e.g., v3) to point to same commit as inputs.tag
+          git tag -fa ${MAJOR} -m "Release ${{ inputs.tag }}"
+          git push origin ${MAJOR} --force
+
+          echo "## ✅ Release ${{ inputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Tag: \`${{ inputs.tag }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Branch: \`${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Revert to existing tag
+        if: ${{ inputs.revert == true }}
+        run: |
+          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
+          git push origin ${{ inputs.tag }}:refs/heads/${BRANCH} --force
+
+          echo "## ⏪ Reverted ${BRANCH} to ${{ inputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- \`${BRANCH}\` now points to \`${{ inputs.tag }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
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