chore: update CI GitHub actions

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: Unit and Integration tests
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches-ignore:
+      - main
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
@@ -10,13 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          release-type: node
+      # The logic below handles the npm publication:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
+        # a new release is created:
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 12
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm ci
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}