diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate-release-body.ts b/.github/scripts/generate-release-body.ts
index 6bab42c93b..884a1c0c4a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/generate-release-body.ts
+++ b/.github/scripts/generate-release-body.ts
@@ -236,25 +236,30 @@ async function main() {
       from: {
         type: "string",
         describe: "previous tag to retrieve commits from",
-        required: true,
+        requiresArg: true,
       },
       to: {
         type: "string",
         describe: "current tag being drafted",
-        required: true,
+        requiresArg: true,
       },
       owner: {
         type: "string",
         describe: "Repository owner (Ex: AstarNetwork)",
-        required: true,
+        requiresArg: true,
       },
       repo: {
         type: "string",
         describe: "Repository name (Ex: Astar)",
-        required: true,
+        requiresArg: true,
       },
+      type: {
+        type: "string",
+        describe: "Type of release - runtime or client",
+        choices: ["runtime", "client"],
+        requiresArg: true,
+      }
     })
-    .demandOption(["from", "to"])
     .help().argv;
 
   const octokit = new Octokit({
@@ -264,10 +269,6 @@ async function main() {
   const previousTag = argv.from;
   const newTag = argv.to;
 
-  const runtimes = ["shibuya", "shiden", "astar"].map((runtimeName) =>
-    getRuntimeInfo(argv["srtool-report-folder"], runtimeName)
-  );
-
   const moduleLinks = ["polkadot-sdk", "frontier"].map((repoName) => ({
     name: repoName,
     link: getCompareLink(repoName, previousTag, newTag),
@@ -297,7 +298,8 @@ async function main() {
     }
   };
 
-  const template = `
+  if (argv.type === "client") {
+    const template = `
 ## Description
 (Placeholder for release descriptions, please freely write explanations for this release here.)
 
@@ -308,6 +310,43 @@ async function main() {
 > MEDIUM - some minor changes to the client
 > LOW - no client changes
 
+## Changes
+### Client
+${clientPRs.length > 0 ? `
+${clientPRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
+` : "None"}
+### Runtime (impacts built-in runtimes)
+${runtimePRs.length > 0 ? `
+${runtimePRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
+` : "None"}
+### Others
+${remainingPRs.length > 0 ? `
+${remainingPRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
+` : "None"}
+
+## Dependency Changes
+Astar: https://github.com/${argv.owner}/${argv.repo}/compare/${previousTag}...${newTag}
+${moduleLinks.map((modules) => `${capitalize(modules.name)}: ${modules.link}`).join("\n")}
+
+## Download Links
+| Arch |  Link  |
+| ----------- | ------- |
+|  \`MacOS x86_64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-macOS-x86_64.tar.gz) |
+| \`Ubuntu x86_64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-ubuntu-x86_64.tar.gz) |
+| \`Ubuntu aarch64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-ubuntu-aarch64.tar.gz) |
+
+[<img src="https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/blob/master/.github/images/docker.webp" height="200px">](https://hub.docker.com/r/staketechnologies/astar-collator/tags)
+    `
+    console.log(template);    
+  } else if (argv.type === "runtime") {
+    const runtimes = ["shibuya", "shiden", "astar"].map((runtimeName) =>
+      getRuntimeInfo(argv["srtool-report-folder"], runtimeName)
+    );
+    
+    const template = `
+## Description
+(Placeholder for release descriptions, please freely write explanations for this release here.)
+
 ${runtimes.length > 0 ? `## Runtimes
 ${runtimes
         .map(
@@ -319,7 +358,6 @@ ${runtimes
 🎁 Metadata version:            ${runtime.srtool.runtimes.compressed.subwasm.metadata_version}
 🗳️ sha256:                      ${runtime.srtool.runtimes.compressed.sha256}
 🗳️ blake2-256:                  ${runtime.srtool.runtimes.compressed.blake2_256}
-🗳️ proposal (authorizeUpgrade): ${runtime.srtool.runtimes.compressed.subwasm.parachain_authorize_upgrade_hash}
 📦 IPFS:                        ${runtime.srtool.runtimes.compressed.subwasm.ipfs_hash}
 \`\`\`
 `).join(`\n`)}` : ""}
@@ -328,10 +366,6 @@ ${runtimes
 WASM runtime built using \`${runtimes[0]?.srtool.info.rustc}\`
 
 ## Changes
-### Client
-${clientPRs.length > 0 ? `
-${clientPRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
-` : "None"}
 ### Runtime
 ${runtimePRs.length > 0 ? `
 ${runtimePRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
@@ -344,18 +378,11 @@ ${remainingPRs.map((pr) => `* ${printPr(pr)}`).join("\n")}
 ## Dependency Changes
 Astar: https://github.com/${argv.owner}/${argv.repo}/compare/${previousTag}...${newTag}
 ${moduleLinks.map((modules) => `${capitalize(modules.name)}: ${modules.link}`).join("\n")}
-
-## Download Links
-| Arch |  Link  |
-| ----------- | ------- |
-|  \`MacOS x86_64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-macOS-x86_64.tar.gz) |
-| \`Ubuntu x86_64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-ubuntu-x86_64.tar.gz) |
-| \`Ubuntu aarch64\` | [Download](https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/download/${newTag}/astar-collator-${newTag}-ubuntu-aarch64.tar.gz) |
-
-[<img src="https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar/blob/master/.github/images/docker.webp" height="200px">](https://hub.docker.com/r/staketechnologies/astar-collator/tags)
-`
-
-  console.log(template);
+    `
+    console.log(template);
+  } else {
+    console.log("Invalid type - should not happen.");
+  }
 }
 
-main();
+main();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/base_checks.yaml
index 38e2c5357d..78d10d86e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base_checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base_checks.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     - '**'
     tags-ignore:
     - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+    - runtime-[0-9]+*
   workflow_dispatch:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-client.yml b/.github/workflows/release-client.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..239761ae63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-client.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+name: Release Client Build
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+  workflow_dispatch:
+jobs:
+  checks-and-tests:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
+    steps:
+      - name: Free disk space
+        run: |
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
+          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
+          df -h
+
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: sudo apt -y install protobuf-compiler
+
+      - name: Install & display rust toolchain
+        run: rustup show
+
+      - name: Check targets are installed correctly
+        run: rustup target list --installed
+
+      - name: Install cargo-nextest
+        run: curl -LsSf https://get.nexte.st/latest/linux | tar zxf - -C ${CARGO_HOME:-~/.cargo}/bin
+
+      - name: Check all features compilation
+        run: cargo check --features try-runtime,runtime-benchmarks --locked
+
+      - name: Run all tests
+        run: make test-all
+
+  native-linux:
+    needs: checks-and-tests
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target:
+          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: sudo apt -y install protobuf-compiler lld
+
+      - name: aarch64 setup
+        if: contains(matrix.target, 'aarch64')
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y gcc-multilib g++-multilib
+          sudo apt install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
+
+          mkdir -p .cargo
+          touch .cargo/config
+          printf '[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]\nlinker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"' >> .cargo/config
+
+      - name: x86_64 setup
+        if: contains(matrix.target, 'x86_64')
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .cargo
+          touch .cargo/config
+          printf '[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]\nrustflags = ["-Clink-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]' >> .cargo/config
+
+      - name: Install & display rust toolchain
+        run: rustup show
+
+      - name: Add aarch64 target
+        if: contains(matrix.target, 'aarch64')
+        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Check targets are installed correctly
+        run: rustup target list --installed
+
+      - name: Build optimized binary
+        run: cargo build --profile production --target ${{ matrix.target }} --locked --bin astar-collator
+
+      - name: Set artifact name
+        env:
+          TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+        id: artifact-name
+        run: echo "name=astar-ubuntu-latest-${TARGET%%-*}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.name }}
+          path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/production/astar-collator
+
+  native-macos:
+    needs: checks-and-tests
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: brew install protobuf
+
+      # Temporary dirty fix
+      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10511
+      - name: Disk Cleanup
+        run: |
+          xcrun simctl delete all || true
+          sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches/* || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Users/runner/Library/Android/sdk || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_14.3.1.app || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.0.1.app || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.1.app || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.2.app || true
+          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.3.app || true
+          df -h
+
+      - name: Install & display rust toolchain
+        run: rustup show
+
+      - name: Check targets are installed correctly
+        run: rustup target list --installed
+
+      - name: Build optimized binary
+        run: cargo build --locked --profile production --bin astar-collator
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: astar-macOS-latest-x86_64
+          path: target/production/astar-collator
+
+  docker:
+    needs: native-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: docker_meta
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-docker-meta@v1
+        with:
+          images: staketechnologies/astar-collator
+          tag-custom: shiden
+          tag-sha: true # add git short SHA as Docker tag
+
+      - name: Download pre-built linux collator binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
+
+      - name: Make binary executable and copy it to docker folder
+        run: chmod +x astar-collator && cp astar-collator third-party/docker
+
+      - name: Build & Push docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: third-party/docker
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
+          push: true
+
+  publish-release-draft:
+    needs: [native-linux, native-macos, docker]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.html_url }}
+      upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+
+      - name: Get the latest client release
+        id: latest-release
+        # We're making an assumption that the latest client release will be within the last 30 releases
+        run: |
+          latest_client_tag=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases | \
+           jq -r 'map(select(.name | test("^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"; "i")))[0] | .tag_name')
+          echo "latest_client_tag=$latest_client_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Generate Release Body
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        id: generate-release-body
+        run: |
+          cd .github/scripts
+          yarn
+          yarn -s run ts-node generate-release-body.ts generate \
+            --owner "${{ github.repository_owner }}" \
+            --repo "$(basename ${{ github.repository }})" \
+            --from "${{ steps.latest-release.outputs.latest_client_tag }}" \
+            --to "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+            --type client \
+            > ../../body.md
+
+      - name: Create Release Draft
+        id: create-release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          release_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body_path: body.md
+          draft: true
+
+  upload-binaries:
+    needs: publish-release-draft
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu", "macOS"]
+        arch: ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
+        exclude:
+          - os: macOS
+            arch: aarch64
+    steps:
+      - name: Create download folder
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
+
+      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: astar-${{ matrix.os }}-latest-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
+
+      - name: Make binary executable and tar gzip
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
+          chmod +x astar-collator
+          tar zcvf astar-collator.tar.gz astar-collator
+
+      - name: Upload binary artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.publish-release-draft.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin/astar-collator.tar.gz
+          asset_name: astar-collator-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          asset_content_type: application/gzip
+
+  chain-sync-smoke:
+    needs: native-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        chain: ["astar", "shiden", "shibuya"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
+          path: target/release
+
+      - name: Sync chain ${{ matrix.chain }}
+        run: |
+          chmod +x target/release/astar-collator
+          ./scripts/sync-smoke.sh ${{ matrix.chain }}
+
+  zombienet-smoke:
+    needs: native-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        chain: ["astar-dev", "shiden-dev", "shibuya-dev"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
+          path: third-party/zombienet
+
+      - name: Setup
+        run: chmod +x third-party/zombienet/astar-collator
+
+      - name: Setup zombienet
+        working-directory: third-party/zombienet
+        run: ./setup.sh
+
+      - name: ${{ matrix.chain }} build blocks
+        working-directory: third-party/zombienet
+        env:
+          CHAIN: ${{ matrix.chain }}
+        run: zombienet -p native test smoke.zndsl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-runtime.yml
similarity index 59%
rename from .github/workflows/release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-runtime.yml
index d4b8a9a0d0..949351b8fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-runtime.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-name: Release Build
+name: Release Runtime Build
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+      - runtime-[0-9]+*
   workflow_dispatch:
 env:
   SUBWASM_VERSION: 0.16.1
@@ -42,67 +42,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run all tests
         run: make test-all
 
-  native-linux:
-    needs: checks-and-tests
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        target:
-          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Install deps
-        run: sudo apt -y install protobuf-compiler lld
-
-      - name: aarch64 setup
-        if: contains(matrix.target, 'aarch64')
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y gcc-multilib g++-multilib
-          sudo apt install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
-
-          mkdir -p .cargo
-          touch .cargo/config
-          printf '[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]\nlinker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"' >> .cargo/config
-
-      - name: x86_64 setup
-        if: contains(matrix.target, 'x86_64')
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p .cargo
-          touch .cargo/config
-          printf '[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]\nrustflags = ["-Clink-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]' >> .cargo/config
-
-      - name: Install & display rust toolchain
-        run: rustup show
-
-      - name: Add aarch64 target
-        if: contains(matrix.target, 'aarch64')
-        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
-
-      - name: Check targets are installed correctly
-        run: rustup target list --installed
-
-      - name: Build optimized binary
-        run: cargo build --profile production --target ${{ matrix.target }} --locked
-
-      - name: Set artifact name
-        env:
-          TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
-        id: artifact-name
-        run: echo "::set-output name=name::astar-ubuntu-latest-${TARGET%%-*}"
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.name }}
-          path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/production/astar-collator
-
   evm-tracing-runtimes:
     needs: checks-and-tests
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
@@ -145,107 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           name: shibuya-evm-tracing-runtime
           path: target/production/wbuild/shibuya-runtime/shibuya_evm_tracing_runtime.compact.compressed.wasm
 
-  native-macos:
-    needs: checks-and-tests
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    env:
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-      SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.SCCACHE_BUCKET }}
-      SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ secrets.SCCACHE_REGION }}
-      SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX: "astar-macos"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: configure aws credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.SCCACHE_ROLE }}
-          role-session-name: github_astar_mac
-          aws-region: ${{ secrets.SCCACHE_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Install deps
-        run: brew install protobuf sccache
-
-      # Temporary dirty fix
-      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10511
-      - name: Disk Cleanup
-        run: |
-          xcrun simctl delete all || true
-          sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches/* || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Users/runner/Library/Android/sdk || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_14.3.1.app || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.0.1.app || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.1.app || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.2.app || true
-          sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode_15.3.app || true
-          df -h
-
-      - name: Install & display rust toolchain
-        run: rustup show
-
-      - name: Check targets are installed correctly
-        run: rustup target list --installed
-
-      - name: Build optimized binary
-        run: cargo build --locked --profile production
-
-      - name: Show sccache stats
-        run: sccache --show-stats
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: astar-macOS-latest-x86_64
-          path: target/production/astar-collator
-
-  docker:
-    needs: native-linux
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
-
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-docker-meta@v1
-        with:
-          images: staketechnologies/astar-collator
-          tag-custom: shiden
-          tag-sha: true # add git short SHA as Docker tag
-
-      - name: Download pre-built linux collator binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
-
-      - name: Make binary executable and copy it to docker folder
-        run: chmod +x astar-collator && cp astar-collator third-party/docker
-
-      - name: Build & Push docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: third-party/docker
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
-          push: true
-
   srtool:
     needs: checks-and-tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -327,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ matrix.chain }}-diff.txt
 
   publish-release-draft:
-    needs: [native-linux, evm-tracing-runtimes, native-macOS, docker, srtool]
+    needs: [evm-tracing-runtimes, srtool]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       release_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.html_url }}
@@ -355,17 +193,26 @@ jobs:
           name: shibuya-runtime
           path: runtime-artifacts
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
 
-      - name: Get the latest release
+      - name: Get the latest runtime release
         id: latest-release
-        uses: pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          repository: AstarNetwork/Astar
-          excludes: "prerelease, draft"
+        # We're making an assumption that the latest runtime release will be within the last 30 releases
+        run: |
+          releases=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases)
+          
+          latest_runtime_tag=$(echo "$releases" | jq -r '
+            [
+              (.[] | select(.name | test("^runtime-\\d{4,}$"; "i")) | .tag_name),
+              (.[] | select(.name | test("^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"; "i")) | .tag_name)
+            ] | first
+          ')
+          echo "latest_runtime_tag=$latest_runtime_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          echo "$latest_runtime_tag"
 
       - name: Generate Release Body
         env:
@@ -374,7 +221,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd .github/scripts
           yarn
-          yarn -s run ts-node generate-release-body.ts generate --owner "${{ github.repository_owner }}" --repo "$(basename ${{ github.repository }})" --from "${{ steps.latest-release.outputs.release }}" --to "${{ github.ref_name }}" --srtool-report-folder '../../runtime-artifacts/' > ../../body.md
+          yarn -s run ts-node generate-release-body.ts generate \
+            --owner "${{ github.repository_owner }}" \
+            --repo "$(basename ${{ github.repository }})" \
+            --from "${{ steps.latest-release.outputs.latest_runtime_tag }}" \
+            --to "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+            --type runtime \
+            --srtool-report-folder '../../runtime-artifacts/' \
+            > ../../body.md
 
       - name: Create Release Draft
         id: create-release
@@ -387,44 +241,6 @@ jobs:
           body_path: body.md
           draft: true
 
-  upload-binaries:
-    needs: publish-release-draft
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu", "macOS"]
-        arch: ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
-        exclude:
-          - os: macOS
-            arch: aarch64
-    steps:
-      - name: Create download folder
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
-          mkdir -p ubuntu-tracing-bin
-
-      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: astar-${{ matrix.os }}-latest-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          path: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
-
-      - name: Make binary executable and tar gzip
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin
-          chmod +x astar-collator
-          tar zcvf astar-collator.tar.gz astar-collator
-
-      - name: Upload binary artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.publish-release-draft.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-bin/astar-collator.tar.gz
-          asset_name: astar-collator-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip
-
   upload-runtimes:
     needs: publish-release-draft
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -534,55 +350,3 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: evm-tracing-artifacts.tar.gz
           asset_name: evm-tracing-artifacts-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
           asset_content_type: application/gzip
-
-  chain-sync-smoke:
-    needs: native-linux
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        chain: ["astar", "shiden", "shibuya"]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
-          path: target/release
-
-      - name: Sync chain ${{ matrix.chain }}
-        run: |
-          chmod +x target/release/astar-collator
-          ./scripts/sync-smoke.sh ${{ matrix.chain }}
-
-  zombienet-smoke:
-    needs: native-linux
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        chain: ["astar-dev", "shiden-dev", "shibuya-dev"]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download pre-built collator binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: astar-ubuntu-latest-x86_64
-          path: third-party/zombienet
-
-      - name: Setup
-        run: chmod +x third-party/zombienet/astar-collator
-
-      - name: Setup zombienet
-        working-directory: third-party/zombienet
-        run: ./setup.sh
-
-      - name: ${{ matrix.chain }} build blocks
-        working-directory: third-party/zombienet
-        env:
-          CHAIN: ${{ matrix.chain }}
-        run: zombienet -p native test smoke.zndsl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 708c6d1ea9..8427343308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     - '**'
     tags-ignore:
     - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+    - runtime-[0-9]+*
   workflow_dispatch:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a95a84d5cb..b3a58e847b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ $ cd Astar
 
 # compile the node
 # note: you may encounter some errors if `wasm32-unknown-unknown` is not installed, or if the toolchain channel is outdated
-$ cargo build --release
+$ cargo build --profile production
 
 # show list of available commands
-$ ./target/release/astar-collator --help
+$ ./target/production/astar-collator --help
 ```
 
 ### Building with Nix
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ $ curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"
 After this step, you should have a validator node online with a session key for your node.
 For key management and validator rewards, consult our [validator guide online](https://docs.astar.network/build/validator-guide/configure-node).
 
+## Versioning
+
+Up to the release `v5.44.0`, **Astar** releases contained both the client & the runtime blobs.
+In general, each release contained both, with some specific releases (related to fixes) which only released e.g. client or runtime.
+Standard semantic versioning approach was used.
+
+The new approach will see the split of client & runtime releases.
+
+The **client release** will continue to follow semantic versioning, continuing where the former approach left off.
+E.g. the next expected minor release will be `v5.45.0`.
+
+The **runtime release** will follow a new versioning approach - `runtime-XXYY`.
+
+* The `XX` part will be a number of 2 or more digits, starting with **10**, and will be incremented by **1** each time a new runtime release is made. E.g. `runtime-1000` will be followed by `runtime-1100`, which will be followed by `runtime-1200`, and so on. This is like a combination of _major_ and _minor_ semver versions.
+* The `YY` part will always be a 2 digit number, and serves as a _patch_ semver version. E.g. if we have `runtime-1000` and need to release a fix, the new release version will be `runtime-1001`.
+
 ## Workspace Dependency Handling
 
 All dependencies should be listed inside the workspace's root `Cargo.toml` file.