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+name: build release and push to ECR
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [prereleased, released]
+jobs:
+  build_and_push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Login to Public ECR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: public.ecr.aws
+          username: ${{ secrets.AWS_PROD_ECR_VIADEE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.AWS_PROD_ECR_VIADEE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        env:
+          AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: "21"
+          distribution: "graalvm" # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Maven native build
+        run: mvn package -Pnative native:compile
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: public.ecr.aws/m4k8r3n4/k8s-demo-app-native
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker images
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}