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+name: JRE CI 
+
+# This was originally the deprecated JRE release artifact workflow.
+# We keep this around because it is useful for CI on the runtimer workflow.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*' 
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: yetanalytics/runtimer/.github/workflows/runtimer.yml@v1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+    with:
+      java-version: '11'
+      java-distribution: 'temurin'
+      java-modules: 'java.base,java.logging,java.naming,java.xml,java.sql,java.transaction.xa,java.security.sasl,java.management'
+
+  draft_release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download ubuntu-latest Artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ubuntu-20.04-jre
+
+      - name: Download macOS-latest Artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: macos-12-jre
+
+      - name: Download windows-latest Artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: windows-2022-jre
+