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+name: Publish release
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [lts/*]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Build the `pdfjs-dist` library
+        run: npx gulp dist
+
+      - name: Publish the `pdfjs-dist` library to NPM
+        run: npm publish build/dist --dry-run
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}