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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Publishes a -SNAPSHOT build of every module to the Maven Central snapshot repository
+# (https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/). Snapshots are not signed
+# releases and never go through release-please; nothing is tagged or committed.
+name: Publish snapshot
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Snapshot version, must end with -SNAPSHOT (e.g. 6.1.0-SNAPSHOT)'
+        required: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish-snapshot:
+    # The Kotlin Multiplatform modules publish iOS klibs, which can only be built on macOS.
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          case "$VERSION" in
+            *-SNAPSHOT) ;;
+            *) echo "::error::Snapshot versions must end with -SNAPSHOT, got '$VERSION'"; exit 1 ;;
+          esac
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@de7274f081f381c8f8158605e0321c36c376e2e6 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          java-version: '21'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9c971963bec38e04b3d30dcc455b5382be2fdbfb # v6.3.0
+
+      - name: Set snapshot version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          sed -i.bak 's/version = "[^"]*"/version = "'"$VERSION"'"/' build.gradle.kts
+          grep -n 'version = ' build.gradle.kts
+
+      - name: Configure Maven Central credentials and signing
+        run: |
+          echo $GPG_KEY_ARMOR | base64 --decode > ./release.asc
+          gpg --quiet --output $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/release.gpg --dearmor ./release.asc
+          sed -i.bak -e "s,mavenCentralUsername=,mavenCentralUsername=$SONATYPE_TOKEN_USERNAME,g" gradle.properties
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD_ESCAPED=$(printf '%s\n' "$SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD" | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')
+          sed -i.bak -e "s,mavenCentralPassword=,mavenCentralPassword=$SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD_ESCAPED,g" gradle.properties
+          sed -i.bak -e "s,signing.keyId=,signing.keyId=$GPG_KEY_ID,g" gradle.properties
+          sed -i.bak -e "s,signing.password=,signing.password=$GPG_PASSWORD,g" gradle.properties
+          sed -i.bak -e "s,signing.secretKeyRingFile=,signing.secretKeyRingFile=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/release.gpg,g" gradle.properties
+        env:
+          GPG_KEY_ARMOR: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_ARMOR }}
+          GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_ID }}
+          GPG_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish snapshot
+        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenCentral --stacktrace