diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c1fe300986..b41964b673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Detect version
         id: version
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release_type }}
+          VERSION_OVERRIDE: ${{ inputs.version_override }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          RELEASE_TYPE="${{ inputs.release_type }}"
-          VERSION_OVERRIDE="${{ inputs.version_override }}"
 
           if [[ -n "$VERSION_OVERRIDE" ]]; then
             # Strip 'v' prefix if present
@@ -319,340 +320,4 @@ jobs:
   # Strategy per release type (one GitHub release per minor version):
   #   - patch-release:    create a new draft release with GitHub auto-generated notes.
   #   - minor-prerelease: if no draft release exists for this minor version, generate
-  #                        notes using the AI script and create a draft prerelease.
-  #                        Subsequent prereleases for the same minor are no-ops.
-  #   - minor-release:    find the existing draft prerelease and update its tag/title
-  #                        to the final version (removing prerelease flag).
-  # ============================================================
-  release-notes:
-    needs: prepare
-    if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      # --- Patch release: create release with GitHub auto-generated notes ---
-      - name: Create GitHub release (patch)
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'patch-release' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh release create "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}" \
-            --title "v${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}" \
-            --draft \
-            --generate-notes
-
-      # --- Prerelease: generate notes only if no draft exists for this minor ---
-      - name: Check for existing draft release
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' }}
-        id: check_draft
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          MINOR=$(echo "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}" | sed -E 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
-          # Look for any existing GitHub release (draft or published) matching this minor version
-          EXISTING=$(gh release list --json tagName,isDraft --limit 100 \
-            | jq -r ".[] | select(.tagName | startswith(\"v${MINOR}.\")) | .tagName" | head -1)
-          if [[ -n "$EXISTING" ]]; then
-            echo "Draft release already exists for v${MINOR}: $EXISTING — skipping"
-            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "No existing release for v${MINOR} — will generate notes"
-            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' && steps.check_draft.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' && steps.check_draft.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        run: pip install PyGithub
-
-      - name: Install OpenCode
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' && steps.check_draft.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        run: curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash
-
-      - name: Generate release notes with OpenCode
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' && steps.check_draft.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        env:
-          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_NOTES_HF_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN_RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          RELEASE_NOTES_MODEL: "huggingface/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5"
-        run: |
-          python -m utils.release_notes.generate_release_notes \
-            --since "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.since_tag }}" \
-            --${{ needs.prepare.outputs.bump_type }}
-
-      - name: Create draft GitHub release (prerelease)
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-prerelease' && steps.check_draft.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}"
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-
-          # Find generated notes file (if any)
-          NOTES_FILE=""
-          for f in .release-notes/RELEASE_NOTES_*.md; do
-            if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
-              NOTES_FILE="$f"
-              break
-            fi
-          done
-
-          ARGS=(
-            "$TAG"
-            --title "v${VERSION}"
-            --draft
-            --prerelease
-          )
-
-          if [[ -n "$NOTES_FILE" ]]; then
-            echo "Using generated release notes from $NOTES_FILE"
-            ARGS+=(--notes-file "$NOTES_FILE")
-          else
-            echo "No generated notes found, using GitHub auto-generated notes"
-            ARGS+=(--generate-notes)
-          fi
-
-          gh release create "${ARGS[@]}"
-
-      # --- Minor release: update existing draft to point to the final tag ---
-      - name: Promote draft release to final version
-        if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-release' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}"
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-          MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | sed -E 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
-
-          # Find the existing draft release for this minor version
-          EXISTING_TAG=$(gh release list --json tagName,isDraft --limit 100 \
-            | jq -r ".[] | select(.isDraft) | select(.tagName | startswith(\"v${MINOR}.\")) | .tagName" | head -1)
-
-          if [[ -n "$EXISTING_TAG" ]]; then
-            echo "Updating existing draft release from $EXISTING_TAG to $TAG"
-            gh release edit "$EXISTING_TAG" \
-              --tag "$TAG" \
-              --title "v${VERSION}" \
-              --prerelease=false
-          else
-            echo "::warning::No draft release found for v${MINOR}. Creating new release with auto-generated notes."
-            gh release create "$TAG" \
-              --title "v${VERSION}" \
-              --draft \
-              --generate-notes
-          fi
-
-  # ============================================================
-  # 6. DOWNSTREAM TESTING — test RC in transformers, datasets, etc.
-  # ============================================================
-  test-downstream:
-    needs: [prepare, publish-pypi]
-    if: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.is_prerelease == 'true' && !inputs.dry_run }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        target-repo: ["transformers", "datasets", "diffusers", "sentence-transformers"]
-    steps:
-      - name: Wait for prerelease to be available on PyPI
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-          echo "Waiting for huggingface-hub==${VERSION} on PyPI..."
-          for i in $(seq 1 20); do
-            if pip install "huggingface-hub==${VERSION}" 2>/dev/null; then
-              echo "Package available on PyPI!"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            echo "Not available yet, retrying in 15s... ($i/20)"
-            sleep 15
-          done
-          echo "::error::Package not available on PyPI after 5 minutes"
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: Checkout target repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          repository: huggingface/${{ matrix.target-repo }}
-          path: ${{ matrix.target-repo }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_HUB_AUTOMATIC_RC_TESTING }}
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ matrix.target-repo }}
-          git config user.name "Hugging Face Bot (RC Testing)"
-          git config user.email "bot@huggingface.co"
-
-      - name: Create test branch and update dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ matrix.target-repo }}
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-          BRANCH_NAME="ci-test-huggingface-hub-${VERSION}-release"
-
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
-
-          # Update setup.py if exists
-          if [ -f "setup.py" ]; then
-            sed -i -E "s/\"huggingface-hub(>=|==)[^\"]*\"/\"huggingface-hub==${VERSION}\"/" setup.py
-            git add setup.py
-          fi
-
-          # transformers-specific
-          if [ "${{ matrix.target-repo }}" = "transformers" ]; then
-            sed -i -E "s/\"huggingface-hub(>=|==)[^\"]*\"/\"huggingface-hub==${VERSION}\"/" src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
-            git add src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
-          fi
-
-          # diffusers-specific
-          if [ "${{ matrix.target-repo }}" = "diffusers" ]; then
-            sed -i -E "s/\"huggingface-hub\":.*/\"huggingface-hub\": \"huggingface-hub==${VERSION}\",/" src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py
-            git add src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py
-          fi
-
-          # sentence-transformers-specific
-          if [ "${{ matrix.target-repo }}" = "sentence-transformers" ]; then
-            sed -i -E "s/\"huggingface-hub(>=|==)[^\"]*\"/\"huggingface-hub==${VERSION}\"/" pyproject.toml
-            git add pyproject.toml
-          fi
-
-          # Enable prerelease flag in workflow files
-          find .github/workflows/ -type f -exec sed -i 's/uv pip install /uv pip install --prerelease=allow /g' {} +
-          git add .github/workflows/
-
-          git --no-pager diff --staged
-          git commit -m "Test hfh ${VERSION}"
-          git push --set-upstream origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
-
-      - name: Print URLs
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-          BRANCH_NAME="ci-test-huggingface-hub-${VERSION}-release"
-          echo "### ${{ matrix.target-repo }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- [Actions](https://github.com/huggingface/${{ matrix.target-repo }}/actions)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- [Compare](https://github.com/huggingface/${{ matrix.target-repo }}/compare/main...${BRANCH_NAME})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-  # ============================================================
-  # 7. POST-RELEASE — open PR to bump main to next dev version
-  # ============================================================
-  post-release:
-    needs: [prepare, publish-pypi]
-    if: ${{ inputs.release_type == 'minor-release' && !inputs.dry_run }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Create version bump PR
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
-          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
-          MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)
-          NEXT_MINOR=$((MINOR + 1))
-          DEV_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}.0.dev0"
-
-          # Guard: skip if main already has an equal or higher version (e.g. version_override for older minor)
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -oP '__version__ = "\K[^"]+' src/huggingface_hub/__init__.py)
-          CURRENT_MINOR=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)
-          if [[ "$CURRENT_MINOR" -ge "$NEXT_MINOR" ]]; then
-            echo "::warning::main is already at ${CURRENT_VERSION} (>= ${DEV_VERSION}). Skipping version bump."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          PR_BRANCH="post-release-v${VERSION}"
-          git checkout -b "$PR_BRANCH"
-
-          sed -i -E "s/__version__ = \".*\"/__version__ = \"${DEV_VERSION}\"/" src/huggingface_hub/__init__.py
-          git add src/huggingface_hub/__init__.py
-          git commit -m "Post-release: bump version to ${DEV_VERSION}"
-          git push -u origin "$PR_BRANCH"
-
-          gh pr create \
-            --title "Post-release: bump version to ${DEV_VERSION}" \
-            --body "Automated version bump after v${VERSION} release." \
-            --base main
-
-  # ============================================================
-  # 8. SYNC HF CLI SKILL — update skill docs in skills repo
-  # ============================================================
-  sync-hf-cli-skill:
-    needs: prepare
-    if: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.is_prerelease != 'true' && !inputs.dry_run }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout huggingface_hub
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install -e .
-
-      - name: Generate skill docs
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p /tmp/hf-cli-skill
-          hf skills preview > /tmp/hf-cli-skill/SKILL.md
-
-      - name: Create GitHub App token
-        id: app_token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID_HUB_SKILLS_REPO }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_SECRET_PREM_HUB_SKILLS_REPO }}
-          repositories: skills
-
-      - name: Checkout skills repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          repository: huggingface/skills
-          token: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
-          path: skills-repo
-
-      - name: Copy generated files
-        run: cp /tmp/hf-cli-skill/SKILL.md skills-repo/skills/hf-cli/
-
-      - name: Check for changes
-        id: check_changes
-        working-directory: skills-repo
-        run: |
-          git diff --quiet && echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
-        with:
-          token: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
-          path: skills-repo
-          branch: sync/hf-cli-${{ github.run_id }}
-          delete-branch: true
-          title: "Sync HF CLI Skill (${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }})"
-          reviewers: hanouticelina
-          body: |
-            Auto-generated from [huggingface_hub@${{ github.sha }}](https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/commit/${{ github.sha }})
-
-            Triggered by changes to `src/huggingface_hub/cli/`
-
-            ---
-            This PR was created automatically by the [release](https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml) workflow.
-          commit-message: "Sync HF CLI skill from huggingface_hub@${{ github.sha }}"
-          labels: |
-            automated
-            cli-sync
+  #                        notes using the AI script and create a
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