diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 5c16f42..1227ff8 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -82,71 +82,33 @@ jobs:
           cd /tmp/moko-platform-api
           composer install --no-dev --no-interaction --quiet
 
-      - name: Rename source branch to rc
+      - name: Rename branch to rc
         run: |
-          SOURCE_BRANCH="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || 'dev' }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          PR_NUM="${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
           php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/branch_rename.php \
-            --from "$SOURCE_BRANCH" --to rc \
+            --from "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || 'dev' }}" --to rc \
             --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --api-base "${API_BASE}" \
-            --pr "$PR_NUM"
+            --api-base "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}" \
+            --pr "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
 
-      - name: Set RC version on renamed branch
+      - name: Checkout rc and configure git
         run: |
-          # Checkout the new rc branch
           git fetch origin rc
           git checkout rc
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          MOKO_CLI="/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli"
+          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
+          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
 
-          VERSION=$(php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_read.php --path .) || true
-          [ -z "$VERSION" ] && { echo "No version — skipping"; exit 0; }
-
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_set_platform.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --branch rc --stability rc 2>/dev/null || true
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_check.php --path . --fix 2>/dev/null || true
-
-          if ! git diff --quiet || ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
-            git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
-            git add -A
-            git commit -m "chore(version): set RC stability suffix [skip ci]" \
-              --author="gitea-actions[bot] <gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech>"
-            git push origin rc
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build RC release
+      - name: Publish RC release
         run: |
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          MOKO_CLI="/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli"
-          VERSION=$(php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_read.php --path .) || true
-
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/release_create.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --tag "release-candidate" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "$API_BASE" \
-            --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" --branch rc 2>&1 || true
-
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/release_package.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --tag "release-candidate" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "$API_BASE" \
-            --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" --output /tmp 2>&1 || true
-
-      - name: Cascade lesser channels
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_cascade.php \
-            --stability release-candidate \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --api-base "${API_BASE}"
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_publish.php \
+            --path . --stability rc --bump minor --branch rc \
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Summary
         if: always()
         run: |
           echo "## Promoted to Release Candidate" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "Draft PR opened — branch renamed to rc, RC release built" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Branch renamed to rc, minor bump, RC + lesser stream releases built, updates.xml synced" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
   # ── Merged PR → Build & Release (or promote RC to stable) ────────────────────
   release:
@@ -188,266 +150,11 @@ jobs:
           composer install --no-dev --no-interaction --quiet
 
 
-      # -- PLATFORM DETECTION ---------------------------------------------------
-      - name: Detect platform
-        id: platform
+      - name: "Publish stable release"
         run: |
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/manifest_read.php --path . --github-output
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
-          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
-          echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "mod_file=${MOD_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: "Step 1: Read version"
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_read.php --path .)
-          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No VERSION in README.md"
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          # version_set_platform strips suffixes internally when --stability stable
-          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1 | sed 's/-.*//')
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "release_tag=stable" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "skip=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "branch=main" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      # -- CHECK FOR RC PROMOTION ------------------------------------------------
-      - name: "Check for RC release"
-        id: rc
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          RC_JSON=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/tags/release-candidate" 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
-          RC_ID=$(echo "$RC_JSON" | php -r "\$d=json_decode(file_get_contents('php://stdin'),true); echo \$d['id'] ?? '';" 2>/dev/null || true)
-
-          if [ -n "$RC_ID" ] && [ "$RC_ID" != "None" ] && [ "$RC_ID" != "" ]; then
-            echo "promote=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "release_id=${RC_ID}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "::notice::RC release found (id: ${RC_ID}) — will promote to stable"
-          else
-            echo "promote=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "::notice::No RC release — full build pipeline"
-          fi
-
-      - name: "Step 1b: Minor bump version"
-        id: bump
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.rc.outputs.promote != 'true'
-        run: |
-          MOKO_API="/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli"
-          php ${MOKO_API}/version_bump.php --path . --minor 2>&1 || true
-          VERSION=$(php ${MOKO_API}/version_read.php --path .)
-          # version_set_platform handles suffix stripping — just pass clean base version
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Bumped to: ${VERSION}"
-
-      - name: Check if already released
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
-
-          TAG_EXISTS=false
-          BRANCH_EXISTS=false
-
-          git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1 && TAG_EXISTS=true
-          git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$BRANCH" && BRANCH_EXISTS=true
-
-          echo "tag_exists=$TAG_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "branch_exists=$BRANCH_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-          # Tag and branch may persist across patch releases — never skip
-          echo "already_released=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      # -- SANITY CHECKS -------------------------------------------------------
-      - name: "Sanity: Pre-release validation"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_validate.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --output-summary --github-output || true
-
-      # -- STEP 2: Create or update version/XX.YY archive branch ---------------
-      # Always runs — every version change on main archives to version/XX.YY
-      - name: "Step 2: Version archive branch"
-        if: steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
-          IS_MINOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.is_minor }}"
-          PATCH="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          PATCH_NUM=$(echo "$PATCH" | awk -F. '{print $3}')
-
-          # Check if branch exists
-          if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" | grep -q "$BRANCH"; then
-            git push origin HEAD:"$BRANCH" --force
-            echo "Updated archive branch: ${BRANCH} (patch ${PATCH_NUM})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            git checkout -b "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || git checkout "$BRANCH"
-            git push origin "$BRANCH" --force
-            echo "Created archive branch: ${BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-      # -- STEP 3: Set platform version ----------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 3: Set platform version"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_set_platform.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --branch main
-
-      # -- STEP 4: Update version badges ----------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 4: Update version badges"
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/badge_update.php --path . --version "${VERSION}" 2>/dev/null || true
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_check.php --path . --fix 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      # Step 5 (updates.xml) moved after Step 8 to include SHA-256 checksum
-
-      - name: "Step 4b: Promote and prune CHANGELOG"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          MOKO_API="/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli"
-          if [ -f "CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
-            php ${MOKO_API}/changelog_promote.php --path . --version "$VERSION" 2>&1 || true
-            php ${MOKO_API}/changelog_prune.php --path . --keep 5 2>&1 || true
-          fi
-
-      - name: Commit release changes
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          if git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes to commit"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          git add -A
-          git commit -m "chore(release): build ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
-            --author="gitea-actions[bot] <gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech>"
-          # Detached HEAD on PR merge — push explicitly to main
-          git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main
-
-      # -- STEP 6: Create tag ---------------------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 6: Create git tag"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          # Only create the major release tag if it doesn't exist yet
-          if ! git rev-parse "$RELEASE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            git tag "$RELEASE_TAG"
-            git push origin "$RELEASE_TAG"
-            echo "Tag created: ${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            echo "Tag ${RELEASE_TAG} already exists" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-          echo "Tag: ${TAG}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 7a: Promote RC to stable (skip build) ----------------------------
-      - name: "Step 7a: Promote RC to stable"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.rc.outputs.promote == 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_promote.php \
-            --from release-candidate --to stable \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --api-base "${API_BASE}" \
-            --path . --branch main
-          echo "Promoted RC → stable (${VERSION})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 7b: Create or update Gitea Release (full build path) -------------
-      - name: "Step 7b: Gitea Release"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.rc.outputs.promote != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_create.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --tag "$RELEASE_TAG" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "$API_BASE" \
-            --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" --branch main
-          echo "Release created: ${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 8: Build packages and upload to release ----------------------------
-      - name: "Step 8: Build package and upload"
-        id: package
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.rc.outputs.promote != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_package.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --tag "$RELEASE_TAG" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "$API_BASE" \
-            --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" --output /tmp || true
-
-      # -- STEP 5: Write update stream (after build so SHA-256 is available) -----
-      - name: "Step 5: Write update stream"
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          SHA256="${{ steps.package.outputs.sha256_zip }}"
-
-          # Fetch latest updates.xml from main so preserve logic has current channels
-          GITEA_TOKEN="${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
-          API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}"
-          curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
-            "${API}/contents/updates.xml?ref=main" 2>/dev/null | \
-            php -r "\$d=json_decode(file_get_contents('php://stdin'),true); echo base64_decode(\$d['content'] ?? '');" \
-            > updates.xml 2>/dev/null || rm -f updates.xml
-
-          SHA_FLAG=""
-          [ -n "$SHA256" ] && SHA_FLAG="--sha ${SHA256}"
-
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/updates_xml_build.php \
-            --path . --version "${VERSION}" --stability stable \
-            --gitea-url "${GITEA_URL}" --org "${GITEA_ORG}" --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" \
-            ${SHA_FLAG} --github-output
-
-          # Commit updates.xml if changed
-          if ! git diff --quiet updates.xml 2>/dev/null; then
-            git add updates.xml
-            git commit -m "chore: update stable channel ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
-              --author="gitea-actions[bot] <gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech>"
-            git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main 2>&1 || true
-          fi
-
-      # -- STEP 8b: Update release description with changelog ----------------------
-      - name: "Step 8b: Update release body"
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_body_update.php \
-            --path . --version "${VERSION}" --tag "${RELEASE_TAG}" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --gitea-url "${GITEA_URL}" --org "${GITEA_ORG}" --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" \
-            2>&1 || true
-          echo "Release body updated" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_publish.php \
+            --path . --stability stable --bump minor --branch main \
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
 
       # -- STEP 9: Mirror to GitHub (stable only) --------------------------------
       - name: "Step 9: Mirror release to GitHub"
@@ -484,33 +191,17 @@ jobs:
             && echo "main branch pushed to GitHub mirror" \
             || echo "WARNING: GitHub mirror push failed"
 
-      # -- Clean up lesser pre-releases (cascade) ---------------------------------
-      # stable → deletes all | rc → beta,alpha,dev | beta → alpha,dev | alpha → dev
-      - name: "Delete lesser pre-release channels"
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_cascade.php \
-            --stability stable \
-            --version "${VERSION}" \
-            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --api-base "${API_BASE}" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: "Step 11: Clean up pre-release branches and recreate dev from main"
+      - name: "Step 11: Delete rc branch and recreate dev from main"
         if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
           TOKEN="${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
 
-          # Delete ephemeral pre-release branches (rc, alpha, beta)
-          for EPHEMERAL in rc alpha beta; do
-            curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-              "${API_BASE}/branches/${EPHEMERAL}" 2>/dev/null \
-              && echo "Deleted ${EPHEMERAL} branch" \
-              || echo "${EPHEMERAL} branch not found"
-          done
+          # Delete rc branch (ephemeral — created by promote-rc)
+          curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+            "${API_BASE}/branches/rc" 2>/dev/null \
+            && echo "Deleted rc branch" || echo "rc branch not found"
 
           # Delete dev branch
           curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \