diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-manifest.js b/.github/scripts/update-manifest.js
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+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Get the tag from the environment variable GitHub Actions provides
+const tag = process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME;
+if (!tag) {
+  console.error("Error: GITHUB_REF_NAME environment variable not set.");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const version = tag.startsWith('v') ? tag.substring(1) : tag;
+
+if (!/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-[\w.-]+)?$/.test(version)) {
+    console.error(`Invalid version format: "${version}". Expected semver like v1.2.3 or v1.2.3-beta.1`);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// Path to the manifest file
+const manifestPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../frontend/manifest.json');
+
+// Read, update, and write the manifest file
+try {
+  const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+  manifest.version = version;
+  fs.writeFileSync(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
+  console.log(`Successfully updated ${manifestPath} to version ${version}`);
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error(`Error updating manifest file: ${error.message}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+# .github/workflows/release.yml
+
+name: Create Draft Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+      - 'v*.*.*-*' # also handle pre-releases like v1.2.3-beta.1
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Create Draft Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Full history is required for the release notes generator
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+
+      - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+        working-directory: ./frontend
+
+      - name: Update manifest.json version
+        run: node .github/scripts/update-manifest.js
+
+      - name: Commit and Update Tag
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'CodeTranslate Release Bot'
+          git config --global user.email 'release-bot-codetranslate@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git add frontend/manifest.json
+          # This command updates the tag to point to the new commit
+          git commit -m "chore: bump manifest version to ${{ github.ref_name }} [skip ci]" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+
+      - name: Build frontend extension
+        run: npm run build
+        working-directory: ./frontend
+
+      - name: Create ZIP archive
+        run: zip -r ../../CodeTranslateAI-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip .
+        working-directory: ./frontend/dist
+
+      - name: Create Draft GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          draft: true
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: CodeTranslateAI-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}