diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release version (e.g., 1.1.5)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Update manifest.json
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/"version": ".*"/"version": "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"/' custom_components/boiler_aux_heater_3phase/manifest.json
+
+      - name: Commit manifest change
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@noreply"
+          git add custom_components/boiler_aux_heater_3phase/manifest.json
+          git commit -m "Bump version to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          git push
+
+      - name: Create tag
+        run: |
+          git tag v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          git push origin v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Create Gitea Release
+        run: |
+          curl -s -X POST "${GITEA_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\":\"v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}\",\"name\":\"v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}\",\"draft\":true,\"prerelease\":false}"
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ── OS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+desktop.ini
+
+# ── Secrets / environment ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+*.pem
+*.key
+*.p12
+*.pfx
+
+# ── Logs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# ── Compiled / bytecode ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+*.class
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+__pycache__/
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.lib
+
+# ── Archives ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+*.zip
+*.tar
+*.tar.gz
+*.tgz
+*.tar.bz2
+*.rar
+*.7z
+
+# ── Java / JVM ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+target/
+.gradle/
+build/
+.m2/
+
+# ── JavaScript / Node ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+node_modules/
+dist/
+.next/
+.nuxt/
+.svelte-kit/
+.output/
+
+# ── Python ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+.tox/
+.pytest_cache/
+htmlcov/
+.coverage
+
+# ── IDE ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.iml
+.eclipse/