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+name: Test Release Workflow on Release Branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+    branches:
+      - release  # Change from main to release for testing
+
+jobs:
+  validate-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Validate Tag Format
+        run: |
+          TAG_REGEX='^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+)?$'
+          TAG="${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}"
+          if [[ "$TAG" =~ $TAG_REGEX ]]; then
+            echo "Tag format is valid."
+          else
+            echo "::error::Tag $TAG does not match the 'vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH' or 'vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-pre-release' format."
+            exit 1
+        shell: bash
+
+
+  build-and-test:
+    needs: validate-tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install poetry
+          poetry install
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          poetry run pytest
+
+  dry-run-publish:
+    needs: build-and-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Build the distribution
+        run: poetry build
+      - name: Dry run publish to PyPI
+        run: poetry publish --dry-run
+        # This step simulates the publishing process without making actual changes
+
+  # The GitHub release creation is commented out to avoid creating releases during tests
+  # create-github-release:
+  #   needs: dry-run-publish
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #     - name: Create Release on GitHub
+  #       id: create_release
+  #       uses: actions/create-release@v1
+  #       env:
+  #         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #       with:
+  #         tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  #         release_name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  #         body: 'Test automated release of version ${{ github.ref_name }}'
+  #         draft: false
+  #         prerelease: false