diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
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----
-name: Release
-on: [push, pull_request]
-permissions: read-all
-jobs:
-  main:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - id: goversion
-        run: echo "goversion=$(cat .go-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ steps.goversion.outputs.goversion }}
-      - name: release
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          git config --global user.email "github-action@etcd.io"
-          git config --global user.name "Github Action"
-          gpg --batch --gen-key <<EOF
-          %no-protection
-          Key-Type: 1
-          Key-Length: 2048
-          Subkey-Type: 1
-          Subkey-Length: 2048
-          Name-Real: Github Action
-          Name-Email: github-action@etcd.io
-          Expire-Date: 0
-          EOF
-          DRY_RUN=true ./scripts/release.sh --no-upload --no-docker-push --no-gh-release --in-place 3.6.99
-      - name: test-image
-        run: |
-          VERSION=3.6.99 ./scripts/test_images.sh
-      - name: save-image
-        run: |
-          docker image save -o /tmp/etcd-img.tar gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd
-      - name: upload-image
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
-        with:
-          name: etcd-img
-          path: /tmp/etcd-img.tar
-          retention-days: 1
-  trivy-scan:
-    needs: main
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platforms: [amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x]
-    permissions:
-      security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: get-image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: etcd-img
-          path: /tmp
-      - name: load-image
-        run: |
-          docker load < /tmp/etcd-img.tar
-      - name: trivy-scan
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@18f2510ee396bbf400402947b394f2dd8c87dbb0 # v0.29.0
-        with:
-          image-ref: 'gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v3.6.99-${{ matrix.platforms }}'
-          severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
-          format: 'sarif'
-          output: 'trivy-results-${{ matrix.platforms }}.sarif'
-        env:
-          # Use AWS' ECR mirror for the trivy-db image, as GitHub's Container
-          # Registry is returning a TOOMANYREQUESTS error.
-          # Ref: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-action/issues/389
-          TRIVY_DB_REPOSITORY: 'public.ecr.aws/aquasecurity/trivy-db:2'
-      - name: upload scan results
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@dd746615b3b9d728a6a37ca2045b68ca76d4841a # v3.28.8
-        with:
-          sarif_file: 'trivy-results-${{ matrix.platforms }}.sarif'