Revamp GH Actions to eliminate next->main

.github/workflows/create_release.yml

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+name: Create Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 9 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  create_release:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_tag: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Bump version and push tag
+        id: tag_version
+        uses: mathieudutour/github-tag-action@v6.2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          default_bump: minor
+
+      - name: Create a GitHub release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          name: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}
+          generateReleaseNotes: true

.github/workflows/docker_publish.yml

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+name: Publish Docker Image
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish Docker image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+      attestations: write
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        id: push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@3b5e8027fcad23fda98b2e3ac259d8d67585f671
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+
+      - name: Generate artifact attestation
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v1
+        with:
+          subject-name: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          subject-digest: ${{ steps.push.outputs.digest }}
+          push-to-registry: true