From 3e629ce082f43c4e8d90c5cef236b9852ab732b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Tatam <will@netmindz.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:33:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] release.yml

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml   | 18 +----------------
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ec27a100..4b02fab4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -74,20 +74,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: firmware-release-${{ matrix.environment }}
         path: build_output/release/*.bin
-  release:
-    name: Create Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [get_default_envs, build]
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-    - name: List Artifacts
-      run: find ./ -type f -name *.bin -exec mv -v {} ./ \;
-    - name: Create draft release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      with:
-        draft: True
-        files: |
-          WLEDMM*.bin
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6b92a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: WLED Release CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  
+  wled_build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    
+  release:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: wled_build
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        merge-multiple: true
+    - name: "✏️ Generate release changelog"
+      id: changelog
+      uses: janheinrichmerker/action-github-changelog-generator@v2.3
+      with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
+          sinceTag: v14.7.1
+          maxIssues: 500
+          # Exclude issues that were closed without resolution from changelog
+          exclude-labels: 'stale,wontfix,duplicate,invalid'       
+    - name: Create draft release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+        draft: True
+        files: |
+          *.bin
+          *.bin.gz
+