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+name: Publish Beta Release to Github Only
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  save_artifacts:
+    name: 'Build VSIX Files'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: '16.13.x'
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.ref }}
+      - run: npm install -g lerna
+      - run: npm install
+      - run: npm run compile
+      - run: npm run vscode:package
+      - name: Stage Artifacts
+        run: |
+          mkdir extensions
+          find packages -name "*.vsix" -type f -exec cp {} ./extensions \;
+          cp ./packages/salesforcedx-vscode/CHANGELOG.md ./extensions
+      - name: Upload Extensions
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: VS Code Extensions
+          path: ./extensions/
+
+  get_release_variables:
+    # store the RELEASE_VERSION from the parent package as an output that we can reference elsewhere
+    name: 'Get Release Environment Variables'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.getVersion.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - id: getVersion
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::"$(node -pe "require('./packages/salesforcedx-vscode/package.json').version")""
+      - run: echo "Release Version is ${{ steps.getVersion.outputs.version }}"
+
+  create_git_tag:
+    name: 'Create and Tag Beta Release'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [save_artifacts, get_release_variables]
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.get_release_variables.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        id: download
+        with:
+          name: VS Code Extensions
+          path: tmp/saved-extensions
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/gitConfig
+        with:
+          email: ${{ secrets.GH_EMAIL }}
+      - name: 'Create git tag to map to the Release Version'
+        run: |
+          git tag v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          git push origin v${{ env.VERSION }}
+      - name: 'Confirm all downloaded files'
+        run: ls -R
+        working-directory: tmp/saved-extensions
+      - name: 'Create Pre-Release and Attach VSIX Files'
+        run: gh release create v${{ env.VERSION }} **.vsix --title "Pre-Release v${{ env.VERSION }}" --notes-file CHANGELOG.md --prerelease
+        working-directory: tmp/saved-extensions
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  # "notify" workflow for slack notification
+  notify:
+    name: 'Github notification for Beta Release'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [create_git_tag]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Creation successful
+        id: slack
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.22.0
+        with:
+          # This data can be any valid JSON from a previous step in the GitHub Action
+          payload: |
+           {
+            "title": "Test - Beta release",
+            "project": "salesforcedx-apex",
+            "job_number": "5731",
+            "workflow_url": "https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/forcedotcom/salesforcedx-apex/1410/workflows/d05b609f-85fa-41ba-aa4b-ca6374c13dfb"
+           }
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.IDEE_RELEASE_ALERT_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}