diff --git a/.github/workflows/_version.yml b/.github/workflows/_version.yml
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+---
+name: Calculate Version Name and Number
+
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      base_version_number:
+        description: "Base version number to use for version calculation"
+        type: number
+        default: 0
+      version_name:
+        description: "Overrides version name calculation"
+      distinct_id:
+        description: "Unique ID for this dispatch, used by dispatch-and-download.yml"
+      skip_checkout:
+        description: "Skip checking out the repository"
+        type: boolean
+  repository_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  BASE_VERSION_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.base_version_number || 0 }}
+
+jobs:
+  calculate-version:
+    name: Calculate Version Name and Number
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Log inputs to job summary
+        run: |
+          echo "<details><summary>Workflow Inputs</summary>" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```json' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '${{ toJson(inputs) }}' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "</details>" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Echo distinct ID ${{ github.event.inputs.distinct_id }}
+        run: echo ${{ github.event.inputs.distinct_id }}
+
+      - name: Check out repository
+        if: ${{ !inputs.skip_checkout || false }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Calculate version name
+        id: calc-version-name
+        run: |
+          output() {
+            local version_name=$1
+            echo "version_name=$version_name" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          }
+
+          # override version name if provided
+          if [[ ! -z "${{ inputs.version_name }}" ]]; then
+            echo -e "\nApplying version override"
+            version_name=${{ inputs.version_name }}
+            echo "::warning::Override applied: $version_name"
+            output "$version_name"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          current_year=$(date +%Y)
+          current_month=$(date +%-m)
+
+          latest_tag_version=$(git tag --sort=committerdate --list | tail -1)
+          if [[ -z "$latest_tag_version" ]]; then
+            version_name="${current_year}.${current_month}.0"
+            echo "::warning::No tags found, did you checkout? Calculating version from current date: $version_name"
+            output "$version_name"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Git tag was found, calculate version from latest tag
+          latest_version=${latest_tag_version:1}  # remove 'v' from tag version
+
+          latest_major_version=$(echo $latest_version | cut -d "." -f 1)
+          latest_minor_version=$(echo $latest_version | cut -d "." -f 2)
+          latest_patch_version=$(echo $latest_version | cut -d "." -f 3)
+
+          if [[ "$current_year" == "$latest_major_version" && "$current_month" == "$latest_minor_version" ]]; then
+            version_name="${latest_major_version}.${latest_minor_version}.$(($latest_patch_version + 1))"
+          else
+            version_name="${current_year}.${current_month}.0"
+          fi
+
+          output "$version_name"
+
+      - name: Calculate version number
+        id: calc-version-number
+        run: |
+          version_number=$(($GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER + ${{ env.BASE_VERSION_NUMBER }}))
+          echo "version_number=$version_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create version info JSON
+        run: |
+          json='{
+            "version_number": "${{ steps.calc-version-number.outputs.version_number }}",
+            "version_name": "${{ steps.calc-version-name.outputs.version_name }}"
+          }'
+          echo "$json" > version_info.json
+
+          echo "## version-info.json" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```json' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "$json" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Upload version info artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
+        with:
+          name: version-info
+          path: version_info.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dispatch-and-download/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dispatch-and-download/action.yml
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index 000000000..b881a9b18
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+name: Dispatch Workflow and Download Artifacts
+description: 'Dispatches a workflow, waits for completion, and downloads artifacts'
+inputs:
+  token:
+    description: GitHub Personal Access Token for making API requests.
+    required: true
+  workflow:
+    description: The workflow to dispatch, can be a filename or ID
+    required: true
+  ref:
+    description: The branch or tag to dispatch the workflow on
+    default: 'main'
+  repo:
+    description: Repository of the action to dispatch.
+    default: ${{ github.repository }}
+  owner:
+    description: Owner of the given repository.
+    default: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+  workflow_timeout_seconds:
+    description: Time until giving up waiting for the start of the workflow run.
+    default: 120
+  workflow_inputs:
+    description: A flat JSON object, only supports strings, numbers, and booleans (as per workflow inputs API).
+  distinct_id:
+    description: Specify a static string to use instead of a random distinct ID.
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Log inputs to job summary
+      run: |
+        echo "<details><summary>Workflow Inputs</summary>" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '```json' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '${{ toJson(inputs) }}' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo "</details>" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+    - name: Dispatch an action and get the run ID and URL
+      uses: codex-/return-dispatch@bcb9c46cb8ee849d5e6cca0ba9c8529d620ae006 # v1.15.0
+      id: return_dispatch
+      with:
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+        repo: ${{ inputs.repo }}
+        owner: ${{ inputs.owner }}
+        workflow: ${{ inputs.workflow }}
+        workflow_timeout_seconds: ${{ inputs.workflow_timeout_seconds }}
+        workflow_inputs: ${{ inputs.workflow_inputs }}
+        distinct_id: ${{ inputs.distinct_id }}
+
+    - name: Use the output run ID and URL
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo ${{steps.return_dispatch.outputs.run_id}}
+        echo ${{steps.return_dispatch.outputs.run_url}}
+
+    - name: Download all artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+      id: download
+      with:
+        run-id: ${{steps.return_dispatch.outputs.run_id}}
+        github-token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+
+    - name: Debug artifact download
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "Run ID: ${{steps.return_dispatch.outputs.run_id}}"
+        echo "Artifacts path: ${{ steps.download.outputs.download-path }}"
+        ls -laR ${{ steps.download.outputs.download-path }}