diff --git a/.github/actions/build-push.yml b/.github/actions/build-push.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4bbd2a674c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-push.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+name: Build and push OCI images
+description: Build and push OCI images with kaniko. Almost drop in replacement for docker/build-push-action
+author: shopware
+branding:
+  icon: "anchor"
+  color: "blue"
+
+inputs:
+  build-args:
+    description: "List of build-time variables"
+    required: false
+  context:
+    description: "Build's context is the set of files located in the specified PATH or URL"
+    required: false
+  file:
+    description: "Path to the Dockerfile"
+    required: false
+  labels:
+    description: "List of metadata for an image"
+    required: false
+  no-cache:
+    description: "Do not use cache when building the image"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  platforms:
+    description: "List of target platforms for build"
+    required: false
+  provenance:
+    description: "Generate provenance attestation for the build (shorthand for --attest=type=provenance)"
+    required: false
+  pull:
+    description: "Always attempt to pull all referenced images"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  push:
+    description: "Push is a shorthand for --output=type=registry"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  secrets:
+    description: "List of secrets to expose to the build (e.g., key=string, GIT_AUTH_TOKEN=mytoken)"
+    required: false
+  secret-envs:
+    description: "List of secret env vars to expose to the build (e.g., key=envname, MY_SECRET=MY_ENV_VAR)"
+    required: false
+  secret-files:
+    description: "List of secret files to expose to the build (e.g., key=filename, MY_SECRET=./secret.txt)"
+    required: false
+  tags:
+    description: "List of tags"
+    required: false
+  target:
+    description: "Sets the target stage to build"
+    required: false
+  github-token:
+    description: "GitHub Token used to authenticate against a repository for Git context"
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+    required: false
+
+  # not supported (yet)
+
+  annotations:
+    description: "List of annotation to set to the image"
+    required: false
+  attests:
+    description: "List of attestation parameters (e.g., type=sbom,generator=image)"
+    required: false
+  add-hosts:
+    description: "List of a customs host-to-IP mapping (e.g., docker:10.180.0.1)"
+    required: false
+  allow:
+    description: "List of extra privileged entitlement (e.g., network.host,security.insecure)"
+    required: false
+  build-contexts:
+    description: "List of additional build contexts (e.g., name=path)"
+    required: false
+  builder:
+    description: "Builder instance"
+    required: false
+  cache-from:
+    description: "List of external cache sources for buildx (e.g., user/app:cache, type=local,src=path/to/dir)"
+    required: false
+  cache-to:
+    description: "List of cache export destinations for buildx (e.g., user/app:cache, type=local,dest=path/to/dir)"
+    required: false
+  cgroup-parent:
+    description: "Optional parent cgroup for the container used in the build"
+    required: false
+  network:
+    description: "Set the networking mode for the RUN instructions during build"
+    required: false
+  no-cache-filters:
+    description: "Do not cache specified stages"
+    required: false
+  load:
+    description: "Load is a shorthand for --output=type=docker"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  outputs:
+    description: "List of output destinations (format: type=local,dest=path)"
+    required: false
+  sbom:
+    description: "Generate SBOM attestation for the build (shorthand for --attest=type=sbom)"
+    required: false
+  shm-size:
+    description: "Size of /dev/shm (e.g., 2g)"
+    required: false
+  ssh:
+    description: "List of SSH agent socket or keys to expose to the build"
+    required: false
+  ulimit:
+    description: "Ulimit options (e.g., nofile=1024:1024)"
+    required: false
+
+outputs:
+  imageid:
+    description: "Image ID"
+  digest:
+    description: "Image digest"
+  metadata:
+    description: "Build result metadata"
diff --git a/.github/split.bash b/.github/split.bash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ca583972df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/split.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source "$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/../.gitlab/bin/split.sh"
+
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+    set -o errexit
+    set -o pipefail
+
+    if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
+        set -x
+    fi
+
+    PLATFORM_DIR="${CI_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}"
+
+    "$@"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/02-acceptance.yml
index 4b61251881c..2662946c94f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-acceptance.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ trunk ]
   pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   packages: write
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           php-version: 8.2
           coverage: none
+          extensions: gd, xml, dom, curl, pdo, mysqli, mbstring, pdo_mysql, bcmath
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
diff --git a/.github/workflows/05-prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/05-prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..174075ca69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/05-prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Prepare release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+    build:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        # if: github.repository == 'shopware/shopware'
+        # container:
+        #   image: ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
+        env:
+            SHOPWARE_ADMIN_SKIP_SOURCEMAP_GENERATION: "1"
+            DATABASE_URL: mysql://root:root@127.0.0.1:3306/root
+        services:
+            database:
+                image: mysql:8.0
+                env:
+                    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+                    MYSQL_DATABASE: root
+                options: '--mount="type=tmpfs,destination=/var/lib/mysql" --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3'
+                ports:
+                - "3306:3306"
+        steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          with:
+            fetch-depth: '0'
+            fetch-tags: 'true'
+        - name: Setup PHP
+          uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+          with:
+            php-version: 8.2
+            coverage: none
+            extensions: gd, xml, dom, curl, pdo, mysqli, mbstring, pdo_mysql, bcmath
+        - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+          with:
+            node-version: 20
+        - name: build shopware
+          run: |
+            composer setup
+        - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+          with:
+            name: context
+            path: |
+              .
+              !public
+              !**/node_modules
+              !vendor
+              !vendor-bin
+            
+    split:
+        needs: build
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        strategy:
+          matrix:
+            package: [ Administration, Storefront, Core, Elasticsearch ]
+        steps:
+        - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with:
+            name: context
+        - name: debug platform
+          run: |
+            git log -n 10
+        - name: split 
+          run: |
+            bash .github/split.bash split_repo "${{ matrix.package }}"
+        - name: debug 1
+          run: |
+            P=${{ matrix.package }}
+            git -C repos/${P@L} log -n 10
+        - name: Incldue assets
+          run: |
+            bash .gitlab/bin/split.sh include_assets "${{ matrix.package }}"
+
+# split into packages
+# build js apps
+# push split packages
+
diff --git a/.gitlab/bin/split.sh b/.gitlab/bin/split.sh
index 13e51be01b5..2ecc835cb1f 100755
--- a/.gitlab/bin/split.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/bin/split.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -eu
-
-if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-
-PLATFORM_DIR="${CI_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}"
 
 # Transforms input into lowercase-only.
 #
@@ -183,4 +176,33 @@ push() {
   fi
 }
 
-"$@"
+include_assets() {
+  local package="$1"
+
+  if [[ ${package@L} == "administration" || ${package@L} == "storefront" ]]; then
+    copy_assets $package
+  fi
+
+  check_assets
+
+  if [[ ${package@L} == "administration" ]]; then 
+    include_admin_assets
+  fi
+
+  if [[ ${package@L} == "storefront" ]]; then
+    include_storefront_assets
+  fi
+}
+
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+    set -o errexit
+    set -o pipefail
+
+    if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
+        set -x
+    fi
+
+    PLATFORM_DIR="${CI_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}"
+
+    "$@"
+fi