diff --git a/.github/workflows/beta.build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/beta.build-push.yml
index c95b89b666..da2feffead 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beta.build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beta.build-push.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       release-tag: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.tag }}
       release-name: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.name }}
-      release-changelog: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
+      release-notes: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
     env:
       APP_NAME: "Monal"
       APP_DIR: "Monal.app"
@@ -65,26 +65,34 @@ jobs:
         id: releasenotes
         run: |
           buildNumber=$(git tag --sort="v:refname" | grep "Build_iOS" | tail -n1 | sed 's/Build_iOS_//g')
+          mkdir -p /Users/ci/releases
+          OUTPUT_FILE="/Users/ci/releases/$buildNumber.output"
+          touch "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "OUTPUT_FILE=$OUTPUT_FILE" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           
-          echo "tag=Build_iOS_$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "buildNumber=$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "tag=Build_iOS_$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "version=$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
           
-          echo "name=Monal Beta $(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1 (Build '$buildNumber', PR \2)/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "name=Monal Beta $(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1 (Build '$buildNumber', PR \2)/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
           
-          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
           
-          echo "notes_ios<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "notes_ios<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
           
-          echo "notes_macos<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "notes_macos<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          cat "$OUTPUT_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Publish ios to appstore connect
         #run: xcrun altool --upload-app -f ./Monal/build/ipa/Monal.ipa --type ios --asc-provider S8D843U34Y --team-id S8D843U34Y -u "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt)" -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)"
         env:
-          PILOT_CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
+          PILOT_CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes_ios }}
         run: |
           fastlane run upload_to_testflight api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" ipa:"./Monal/build/ipa/Monal.ipa" distribute_external:true groups:"Internal Pre-Beta Testers","Public Beta" reject_build_waiting_for_review:true submit_beta_review:true
       - name: Notarize catalyst
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish catalyst to appstore connect
         #run:  xcrun altool --upload-app --file ./Monal/build/app/Monal.pkg --type macos --asc-provider S8D843U34Y -u "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt)" -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)" --primary-bundle-id org.monal-im.prod.catalyst.monal
         env:
-          PILOT_CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
+          PILOT_CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes_macos }}
         run: |
           fastlane run upload_to_testflight api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" pkg:"./Monal/build/app/Monal.pkg" distribute_external:true groups:"Internal Pre-Beta Testers","Public Beta" reject_build_waiting_for_review:true submit_beta_review:true
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -183,5 +191,5 @@ jobs:
           recipient_is_room: true
           bot_alias: "Monal Release Bot"
           message: |
-            New Betarelease: ${{ needs.buildAndPublishBeta.outputs.release-name }}
-            ${{ needs.buildAndPublishBeta.outputs.release-changelog }}
+            ${{ needs.buildAndPublishBeta.outputs.release-name }} was released
+            ${{ needs.buildAndPublishBeta.outputs.release-notes }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-stable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-stable-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..808aea07b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-stable-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+name: Publish release
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [distribution]
+jobs:
+  extractChangelog:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    outputs:
+      release-buildNumber: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.buildNumber }}
+      release-tag: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.tag }}
+      release-version: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.version }}
+      release-name: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.name }}
+      release-notes: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
+      release-notes_ios: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes_ios }}
+      release-notes_macos: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes_macos }}
+    # create release only if the ios app made it to the appstore and ignore the macos appstore state
+    if: github.event.client_payload.Platform == 'iOS'
+    steps:
+      # - run: |
+      #     echo ${{ github.event.client_payload.AppName }}
+      #     echo ${{ github.event.client_payload.Platform }}
+      #     echo ${{ github.event.client_payload.AppVersionNumber }}
+      - name: Load release info
+        id: releasenotes
+        run: |
+          buildNumber="$(fastlane run app_store_build_number api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" app_identifier:"G7YU7X7KRJ.SworIM" live:false version:"${{ github.event.client_payload.AppVersionNumber }}" 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr | grep Result | sed -E 's/^.*Result: ([0-9]+).*$/\1/g')"
+          mkdir -p /Users/ci/releases
+          OUTPUT_FILE="/Users/ci/releases/$buildNumber.output"
+          touch "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          cat "$OUTPUT_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  PromoteDraftRelease:
+    name: Promote draft release to live release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [extractChangelog]
+    steps:
+      - name: Promote draft release to live release
+        run: |
+          echo "ID: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.releaseID }}"
+          curl -L \
+            -X PATCH \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${{ steps.draftrelease.outputs.id }}" \
+            -d '{"draft": false, "prerelease": false, "make_latest": true}'
+
+  # notifyMuc:
+  #   name: Notify support MUC about new stable release
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   needs: [extractChangelog]
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Notify support MUC
+  #       uses: monal-im/xmpp-notifier@master
+  #       with: # Set the secrets as inputs
+  #         jid: ${{ secrets.BOT_JID }}
+  #         password: ${{ secrets.BOT_PASSWORD }}
+  #         server_host: ${{ secrets.BOT_SERVER }}
+  #         recipient: monal@chat.yax.im
+  #         recipient_is_room: true
+  #         bot_alias: "Monal Release Bot"
+  #         message: |
+  #           ${{ needs.extractChangelog.outputs.release-name }} was released:
+  #           ${{ needs.extractChangelog.outputs.release-notes }}
+
+  notifyMastodon:
+    name: Post release info on mastodon
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [extractChangelog]
+    steps:
+      - name: Patch changelog length
+        id: changelog
+        env:
+          NOTES: ${{ needs.extractChangelog.outputs.release-notes }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${#NOTES}" -gt 400 ]; then
+            NOTES="To see the complete list of bugfixes and improvements, check our releases page: https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/${{ needs.extractChangelog.outputs.release-tag }}"
+          fi
+          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "$NOTES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Post release info on mastodon
+        id: toot
+        uses: cbrgm/mastodon-github-action@v2.1.3
+        with:
+          access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          url: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_URL }}
+
+          message: "${{ needs.extractChangelog.outputs.release-name }} released.\n\n${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}\n\n#xmpp #ios #macos"
+          visibility: "public"
+          language: "en"
+      - name: Get toot information
+        run: |
+          echo "Toot ID: ${{ steps.toot.outputs.id }}"
+          echo "Toot URL: ${{ steps.toot.outputs.url }}"
+          echo "Scheduled at: ${{ steps.toot.outputs.scheduled_at }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stable.build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/stable.build-push.yml
index b3fae8ea6f..c28ba1143c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stable.build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stable.build-push.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,48 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           buildNumber=$(git tag --sort="v:refname" |grep "Build_iOS" | tail -n1 | sed 's/Build_iOS_//g')
           git push origin Build_iOS_$buildNumber
+      - name: Extract version number and changelog from newest merge commit
+        id: releasenotes
+        run: |
+          buildNumber=$(git tag --sort="v:refname" | grep "Build_iOS" | tail -n1 | sed 's/Build_iOS_//g')
+          mkdir -p /Users/ci/releases
+          OUTPUT_FILE="/Users/ci/releases/$buildNumber.output"
+          touch "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "OUTPUT_FILE=$OUTPUT_FILE" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          
+          echo "buildNumber=$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "tag=Build_iOS_$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "version=$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          echo "name=Monal $(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1 (Build '$buildNumber', PR \2)/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          echo "notes_ios<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          echo "notes_macos<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | grep -v '^[\t\n ]*IOS_ONLY.*$' | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*MACOS_ONLY[\t\n ]*(.*)$/\1' | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+          
+          cat "$OUTPUT_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Create fastlane metadata directory
+        id: metadata
+        env:
+          CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes_ios }}
+        run: |
+          path="$(mktemp -d)"
+          echo -n "$CHANGELOG" > "$path/release_notes.txt"
+          echo "path=$path" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Publish ios to appstore connect
-        run: xcrun altool --upload-app --file ./Monal/build/ipa/Monal.ipa --type ios --asc-provider S8D843U34Y --team-id S8D843U34Y -u $(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt) -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)"
+        #run: xcrun altool --upload-app --file ./Monal/build/ipa/Monal.ipa --type ios --asc-provider S8D843U34Y --team-id S8D843U34Y -u $(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt) -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)"
+        env:
+          DELIVER_METADATA_PATH: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.path }}
+        run: |
+          fastlane run upload_to_app_store api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" ipa:"./Monal/build/ipa/Monal.ipa" app_version:"${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.version }}" reject_if_possible:true submit_for_review:true automatic_release:true skip_metadata: true skip_screenshots: true
       - name: Notarize catalyst
         run: xcrun notarytool submit ./Monal/build/app/Monal.zip --wait --team-id S8D843U34Y --key "/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/apiKey.p8" --key-id "$(cat /Users/ci/appstoreconnect/apiKeyId.txt)" --issuer "$(cat /Users/ci/appstoreconnect/apiIssuerId.txt)"
       - name: staple
@@ -69,12 +109,19 @@ jobs:
           stapler validate "$APP_DIR"
           /usr/bin/ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent "$APP_DIR" "../$APP_NAME.zip"
           cd ../../../..
-      - name: upload new catalyst stable to monal-im.org
+      - name: Upload new catalyst stable to monal-im.org
         run: ./scripts/uploadNonAlpha.sh stable
       - name: Publish catalyst to appstore connect
-        run: xcrun altool --upload-app --file ./Monal/build/app/Monal.pkg --type macos --asc-provider S8D843U34Y -u "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt)" -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)" --primary-bundle-id maccatalyst.G7YU7X7KRJ.SworIM
+        #run: xcrun altool --upload-app --file ./Monal/build/app/Monal.pkg --type macos --asc-provider S8D843U34Y -u "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_mail.txt)" -p "$(cat /Users/ci/apple_connect_upload_secret.txt)" --primary-bundle-id maccatalyst.G7YU7X7KRJ.SworIM
+        env:
+          DELIVER_METADATA_PATH: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.path }}
+        run: |
+          fastlane run upload_to_app_store api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" pkg:"./Monal/build/app/Monal.pkg" app_version:"${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.version }}" reject_if_possible:true submit_for_review:true automatic_release:true skip_metadata: true skip_screenshots: true
       # - name: Update xmpp.org client list with new timestamp
       #   run: ./scripts/push_xmpp.org.sh
+      - name: Remove fastlane metadata directory
+        run: |
+          rm -rf "${{ steps.metadata.outputs.path }}"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: monal-catalyst-zip
@@ -100,16 +147,8 @@ jobs:
       #     name: monal-ios-dsym
       #     path: Monal/build/ios_Monal.xcarchive/dSYMs
       #     if-no-files-found: error
-      - name: Extract version number and changelog from newest merge commit
-        id: releasenotes
-        run: |
-          buildNumber=$(git tag --sort="v:refname" | grep "Build_iOS" | tail -n1 | sed 's/Build_iOS_//g')
-          echo "tag=Build_iOS_$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "name=Monal $(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^[\t\n ]*([^\n\t ]+)[\t\n ]+\(([^\n\t ]+)\)[\t\n ]*$/\1 (Build '$buildNumber', PR \2)/g')" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: Release
+      - name: Create Draft Release
+        id: draftrelease
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           name: "${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.name }}"
@@ -123,5 +162,8 @@ jobs:
             ./Monal/build/app/Monal.zip
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          draft: false
           prerelease: false
+          draft: true
+      - name: Write draft release id to build env
+        run: |
+          echo "releaseID=${{ steps.draftrelease.outputs.id }}" | tee /dev/stderr >> "${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.OUTPUT_FILE }}"