diff --git a/.github/actions/build-rpch/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-rpch/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a49b3abe7..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/build-rpch/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: "Build RPCh monorepo"
-description: "Build the RPCh monorepo"
-
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.2.0
-      with:
-        large-packages: false
-    - name: Setup Node.js environment
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-      with:
-        node-version: 18
-        cache: "yarn"
-        cache-dependency-path: ./yarn.lock
-        registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      shell: bash
-      run: yarn
-
-    - name: Build
-      shell: bash
-      run: yarn build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d725786a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# GitHub Workflows
+
+This document describes the GitHub workflows used in this project.
+
+## Build
+
+- Builds, Lint, Test
+- Publishes the docker images with version `x.y.z-pr.<PR_NUMBER>`
+- If the PR has attached the label `deploy_staging` it will update the docker images `staging` and will deploy the version in the staging environment
+
+## Merge PR
+
+- Publishes the docker image with `latest`
+- Publishes the docker image with `staging`
+- Deploy the tag `staging` in the staging environment
+
+## Close release
+
+This is a workflow triggered manually from Github Actions [Close Release](https://github.com/hoprnet/RPCh/actions/workflows/release.yaml). The tasks performed by this workflow include:
+
+-   Publishes the docker image with `x.y.z`
+-   Create a Github release
+-   Tag code
+-   Changelog is autogenerated by commit linear history of the release
+-   Bumps the new version
+-   Sends a Zulip notification
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a53c70542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+---
+name: Build
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types: 
+          - opened
+          - synchronize
+          - reopened
+          - labeled
+
+concurrency:
+    group: build
+    cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+    build:
+        name: Build
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+
+        services:
+          # required by unit tests
+          postgres:
+            image: postgres
+            env:
+              POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+              POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+              POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+            # set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+            options: >-
+              --health-cmd pg_isready
+              --health-interval 10s
+              --health-timeout 5s
+              --health-retries 5
+            ports:
+              - 5432:5432
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Setup Node.js
+              uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-node-js@master
+              with:
+                  node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+            - name: Building
+              run: yarn build
+
+            - name: Linting
+              run: yarn lint:ci
+
+            - name: Formatting
+              run: yarn format:ci
+
+            - name: Review dependencies
+              # TODO: update ethers to v6 in RPCh SDK to remove the ignore-path
+              run: yarn depcheck --ignore-path="examples"
+
+            - name: Testing
+              run: yarn test
+              env:
+                DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
+
+            # - name: Run E2E tests
+            #   run: yarn test:e2e
+
+    publish:
+        name: Publish
+        runs-on: self-hosted-hoprnet-small
+        needs: build
+        strategy:
+          matrix:
+            project:
+              - discovery-platform
+              - rpc-server
+              - availability-monitor
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Setup GCP
+              id: gcp
+              uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-gcp@master
+              with:
+                  google-credentials: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_HOPRASSOCIATION_CREDENTIALS_REGISTRY }}
+                  login-artifact-registry: 'true'
+                  install-sdk: 'true'
+
+            - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+              uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+              with:
+                  driver: kubernetes
+
+            - name: Get PR version
+              id: variables
+              run: |
+                  PR_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' apps/"${{ matrix.project }}"/package.json)-pr."${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
+                  echo "PR_VERSION=${PR_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            - name: Build and push docker image
+              uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+              with:
+                  push: true
+                  file: "./apps/${{ matrix.project }}/Dockerfile"
+                  tags: ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ matrix.project }}:${{ steps.variables.outputs.PR_VERSION }}
+
+            - name: Tag staging
+              if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'deploy_staging') || github.event.label.name == 'deploy_staging' && github.event.action == 'labeled'
+              run: |
+                gcloud artifacts docker tags add ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ matrix.project }}:${{ steps.variables.outputs.PR_VERSION }} ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ matrix.project }}:staging
+
+    deploy:
+      name: Deploy
+      needs: publish
+      if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'deploy_staging') || github.event.label.name == 'deploy_staging' && github.event.action == 'labeled'
+      uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+      with:
+        branch: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      secrets: inherit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d96100c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+name: Deploy
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+concurrency:
+    group: deploy
+    cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+
+    deploy:
+      name: Deploy staging
+      runs-on: self-hosted-hoprnet-small
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout repository
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          with:
+            ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+
+        - name: Setup GCP
+          id: gcp
+          uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-gcp@master
+          with:
+            google-credentials: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_TERRAFORM_JSON_STAGING }}
+            project: hopr-staging
+            login-gke: 'true'
+
+        - name: "Restart deployment"
+          run: |
+              echo "[INFO] Restarting degen deployment"
+              kubectl rollout restart deployments -n uhttp availability-monitor discovery-platform
+              kubectl rollout status -w deployments -n uhttp availability-monitor discovery-platform
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2ddc4786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Merge PR
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types:
+            - closed
+        branches:
+            - main
+
+concurrency:
+    group: merge
+    cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+    merge:
+        name: Merge PR
+        runs-on: self-hosted-hoprnet-small
+        if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+        strategy:
+          matrix:
+            project:
+              - discovery-platform
+              - rpc-server
+              - availability-monitor
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Setup GCP
+              id: gcp
+              uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-gcp@master
+              with:
+                  google-credentials: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_HOPRASSOCIATION_CREDENTIALS_REGISTRY }}
+                  login-artifact-registry: 'true'
+
+            - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+              uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+              with:
+                  driver: kubernetes
+
+            - name: Build and push docker image
+              uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+              with:
+                  push: true
+                  file: "./apps/${{ matrix.project }}/Dockerfile"
+                  tags: |
+                    ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ matrix.project }}:staging
+                    ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ matrix.project }}:latest
+
+    deploy:
+      name: Deploy staging
+      needs: merge
+      uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+      with:
+        branch: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      secrets: inherit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17ebed993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+name: Close release
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            release_type:
+                description: 'Next version type'
+                required: true
+                type: choice
+                default: 'patch'
+                options:
+                    - patch
+                    - minor
+                    - major
+            project:
+                description: 'Project'
+                required: true
+                type: choice
+                options:
+                    - discovery-platform
+                    - rpc-server
+                    - availability-monitor
+
+concurrency:
+    group: release
+    cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+    release:
+        name: Close release
+        runs-on: self-hosted-hoprnet-small
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Setup Node.js
+              uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-node-js@master
+              with:
+                  node-version: ${{ vars.NODE_VERSION }}
+
+            - name: Setup GCP
+              id: gcp
+              uses: hoprnet/hopr-workflows/actions/setup-gcp@master
+              with:
+                  google-credentials: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_HOPRASSOCIATION_CREDENTIALS_REGISTRY }}
+                  login-artifact-registry: 'true'
+
+            - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+              uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+              with:
+                  driver: kubernetes
+
+            - name: Building
+              run: yarn build
+
+            - name: Linting
+              run: yarn lint:ci
+
+            - name: Formatting
+              run: yarn format:ci
+
+            - name: Testing
+              run: yarn test
+
+            - name: Setup environment variables
+              id: environment
+              run: |
+                  PACKAGE_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' "apps/${{ inputs.project }}/package.json")
+                  echo "release_version=${PACKAGE_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            - name: Create Release
+              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+              with:
+                  name: '${{ inputs.project }} - v${{ steps.environment.outputs.release_version }}'
+                  tag_name: v${{ steps.environment.outputs.release_version }}
+
+            - name: Build and push docker image
+              uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+              with:
+                  push: true
+                  file: "./apps/${{ inputs.project }}/Dockerfile"
+                  tags: ${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ inputs.project }}:${{ steps.environment.outputs.release_version }}
+
+            - name: Bump Version
+              id: bump
+              run: |
+                  npm version ${{ inputs.release_type }} -w "apps/${{ inputs.project }}" --no-git-tag-version
+                  BUMP_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' "apps/${{ inputs.project }}/package.json")
+                  echo "bump_version=${BUMP_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+              with:
+                add: 'apps/${{ inputs.project}}'
+                default_author: github_actor
+                new_branch: main
+                message: 'Bump ${{ inputs.project }} version to ${{ steps.bump.outputs.bump_version }}'
+                pathspec_error_handling: exitImmediately
+
+            - name: Notify new release
+              uses: zulip/github-actions-zulip/send-message@v1
+              with:
+                  api-key: ${{ secrets.ZULIP_API_KEY }}
+                  email: ${{ secrets.ZULIP_EMAIL }}
+                  organization-url: 'https://hopr.zulipchat.com'
+                  type: 'stream'
+                  to: 'Releases'
+                  topic: 'main'
+                  content: |
+                      I'm thrilled to inform the new **${{ vars.DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME }}** version **${{ steps.environment.outputs.release_version }}** has been released.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/review.yml b/.github/workflows/review.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a88073102..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/review.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-name: Review
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-    tags:
-      - '**'
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize]
-
-concurrency:
-  # find the branch name for 'pull_request' or on 'push' events
-  group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  review-source-code:
-    name: Review source code
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      # enable remote caching using turbo
-      TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-      TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-    services:
-      # required by unit tests
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-          POSTGRES_DB: postgres
-        # set health checks to wait until postgres has started
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd pg_isready
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Build
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build-rpch
-        env:
-          TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-          TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-      - name: Review linting
-        run: yarn lint:ci
-
-      - name: Review formatting
-        run: yarn format:ci
-
-      - name: Review dependencies
-        # TODO: update ethers to v6 in RPCh SDK to remove the ignore-path
-        run: yarn depcheck --ignore-path="examples"
-
-      - name: Run tests and coverage
-        run: yarn test
-        env:
-          DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
-
-  container-image:
-    name: Build and push container image
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # TODO: dynamically get this list
-        project:
-          - discovery-platform
-          - rpc-server
-          - availability-monitor
-        include:
-          - project: discovery-platform
-            directory: apps
-          - project: availability-monitor
-            directory: apps
-          - project: rpc-server
-            directory: apps
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Get docker tag
-        id: docker-tag
-        run: |
-          main_version=$(jq -r '.version' apps/${{ matrix.project }}/package.json)
-          pr_number=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          if [ ! -z "$pr_number" ]; then
-            commit_short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short "${COMMIT_SHA:-HEAD}")
-            docker_tag="${main_version}-pr.${pr_number}-commit.${commit_short_sha}"
-            echo "DOCKER_TAG=${docker_tag}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "DOCKER_TAG=${main_version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-        env:
-          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-
-      - name: Set up Google Cloud Credentials
-        id: auth
-        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
-        with:
-          token_format: "access_token"
-          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_HOPRASSOCIATION_CREDENTIALS_REGISTRY }}
-
-      - name: Set up Google Cloud SDK
-        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
-        with:
-          project_id: hoprassociation
-          install_components: beta
-
-      - name: Login Google Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: europe-west3-docker.pkg.dev
-          username: oauth2accesstoken
-          password: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
-
-      - name: Build container image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          push: true
-          file: "./${{ matrix.directory }}/${{ matrix.project }}/Dockerfile"
-          tags: |
-            europe-west3-docker.pkg.dev/hoprassociation/docker-images/${{ matrix.project }}:${{ steps.docker-tag.outputs.DOCKER_TAG }}
-
-  review-configuration:
-    name: Review configuration
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Review licenses
-        run: >
-          find . -name 'package.json' -not -path "*/node_modules/*" \
-            -exec jq --arg license 'LGPL-3.0' -r '.license == $license' {} +\
-            | grep "false" && exit 1 || echo success
-
-  review-e2e-test-results:
-    needs:
-      - review-source-code
-      - container-image
-      - review-configuration
-    name: Review E2E test results
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      # enable remote caching using turbo
-      TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-      TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Build
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build-rpch
-        env:
-          TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-          TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-      - name: Run E2E tests
-        run: yarn test:e2e
-
-  # uncomment changeset publish is fixed https://github.com/changesets/changesets/issues/942
-  # publish jobs require to be under branches release/**
-  # publish-npm-packages:
-  #   if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/')
-  #   needs:
-  #     - review-source-code
-  #     - review-dockerfiles
-  #     - review-configuration
-  #     - review-e2e-test-results
-  #   name: Publish NPM packages
-  #   timeout-minutes: 10
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   env:
-  #     # enable remote caching using turbo
-  #     TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-  #     TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Check out code
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-  #     - name: Build
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/build-rpch
-  #       env:
-  #         TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-  #         TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
-
-  #     - name: Creating .npmrc
-  #       run: |
-  #         cat << EOF > "$HOME/.npmrc"
-  #           //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN
-  #         EOF
-  #       env:
-  #         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-  #     - name: Publish
-  #       run: npx changeset publish
-  #       env:
-  #         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2040653e8..e20902502 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ exit-node.sqlite
 
 #k6 results
 devkit/loadtesting-k6/results/*
+
+# Created by github pipeline
+gha-creds-*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..596eab45d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Created by github pipeline
+gha-creds-*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0e8d2e55..669eb3bca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,19 +60,13 @@ v  # single letter 'v'
 X.X.X  # Semver versioning for that app or package
 ```
 
-## Deployment
+## Deployment process
 
-Github Workflows builds and pushes container images to our configured artifacts registry.
-During development changesets are used to manage user facing changelogs.
+To contribute to this repository you will need to create a pull request. More information about the existing automated workflows can be found in [GitHub Actions](./.github/workflows/README.md)
 
 ### Staging deployment
 
-To update singular applications on staging, the usual flow is like this:
-
-- Create PR with desired changes
-- Wait for automation job to build and upload container
-- Take container hash - easiest from [artifacts registry](https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/hoprassociation/europe-west3/docker-images?project=hoprassociation&supportedpurview=project)
-- Use hash according to deployment instructions for the desired applications further down
+To deploy availability-monitor and discovery-platform on staging, tag the PR with the label `deploy_staging`
 
 ### Production deployment
 
@@ -85,20 +79,6 @@ To update singular applications on staging, the usual flow is like this:
 - Push it `$ git push origin main --tags`
 - After the correct tags for your application where built, follow deployment instructions further down
 
-### Availability Monitor
-
-Version tag on main branch: `@rpch/availability-monitor-vX.X.X`
-
-The Availability Monitor is managed via [applications](https://github.com/Rpc-h/applications) repo.
-Update version in `<ENV>/availability-monitor/application.yaml` and push to main branch.
-
-### Discovery Platform
-
-Version tag on main branch: `@rpch/discovery-platform-vX.X.X`
-
-The Discovery Platform is managed via [applications](https://github.com/Rpc-h/applications) repo.
-Update version in `<ENV>/discovery-platform/application.yaml` and push to main branch.
-
 ### RPC Server
 
 Version tag on main branch: `@rpch/rpc-server-vX.X.X`
diff --git a/examples/ethers/src/index.ts b/examples/ethers/src/index.ts
index 2a5832ca2..74b1b399b 100644
--- a/examples/ethers/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/ethers/src/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ dotenv.config();
  * so they can send their RPC requests through the RPCh network.
  */
 export class RPChProvider extends JsonRpcProvider {
-    constructor(public readonly url: string, public readonly sdk: SDK) {
+    constructor(
+        public readonly url: string,
+        public readonly sdk: SDK,
+    ) {
         super(url);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
index 3ba4308cc..ed5a5ca53 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ export default class SDK {
      * @param crypto crypto instantiation for RPCh, use `@rpch/crypto-for-nodejs` or `@rpch/crypto-for-web`
      * @param ops, see **Ops**
      **/
-    constructor(private readonly clientId: string, ops: Ops = {}) {
+    constructor(
+        private readonly clientId: string,
+        ops: Ops = {},
+    ) {
         this.ops = this.sdkOps(ops);
         (this.ops.debugScope || this.ops.logLevel) &&
             Utils.setDebugScopeLevel(this.ops.debugScope, this.ops.logLevel);