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+name: Release - Open a release PR
+on:
+  # TODO: Remove this once the workflow is working
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - igor/versioning/release-dispatch
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Version to release
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+env:
+  BRANCH_NAME: test-main
+  VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '0.3.0' }}
+
+jobs:
+  freeze-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Needed to federate tokens.
+    outputs:
+      frozen: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Debug OIDC Claims
+        uses: github/actions-oidc-debugger@0705a46041e35206455b781a260e4af1c6e60b6d # main
+        with:
+          audience: "octo-debugger"
+      - name: Get token
+        uses: DataDog/dd-octo-sts-action@acaa02eee7e3bb0839e4272dacb37b8f3b58ba80 # v1.0.3
+        id: octo-sts
+        with:
+          scope: DataDog/dd-trace-rs
+          policy: release-dispatch
+      - name: Freeze branch
+        run: |
+          gh auth status
+          gh api -X GET -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            /repos/DataDog/dd-trace-rs/branches/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/protection 
+
+
+            # gh api -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            #   /repos/DataDog/dd-trace-rs/branches/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/protection \
+            #   -f '{"required_status_checks": null, "enforce_admins": null, "restrictions": null}' \
+            #   -f '{"required_pull_request_reviews": null}' \
+            #   -f '{"required_linear_history": null, "allow_force_pushes": null, "allow_deletions": null}' \
+            #   -f '{"dismiss_stale_reviews": null, "require_code_owner_reviews": null, "required_approving_review_count": null}' \
+            #   -f '{"restrictions": null}' \
+          echo "frozen=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.octo-sts.outputs.token }}
+          GH_PAGER: cat
+          
+  # make-release-pr:
+  #   permissions:
+  #     id-token: write # Enable OIDC
+  #     pull-requests: write
+  #     contents: write
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   needs: freeze-branch
+  #   if: needs.freeze-branch.outputs.frozen == 'true'
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+  #     - uses: chainguard-dev/actions/setup-gitsign@0cda751b114eb55c388e88f7479292668165602a # v1.0.2
+  #     - name: Install cargo-release
+  #       uses: taiki-e/install-action@d6d752794628f1e1fffa3c4d3c8874e06f043d50 # 2.62.15
+  #       with:
+  #         tool: cargo-release
+      
+  #     # TODO: add release notes to the PR description ${{ steps.extract-release-notes.outputs.release-notes }}
+  #     - uses: cargo-bins/release-pr@0c019c0e5a6b9f722578d231d43ba900cacc5ffa # 2.1.3
+  #       with:
+  #         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #         version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+  #         crate-name: datadog-opentelemetry
+  #         base-branch: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
+  #         # check-semver: "true"