Merge branch 'mainline' into feature/ci-tests

Author: karthikbekalp

.github/workflows/release_bump.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: "Release: Bump"
 
 on:
+  schedule:
+    # Every Monday at 14:00 UTC (~6/7am Pacific, ~9/10am Eastern).
+    - cron: "0 14 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       force_version_bump:
@@ -26,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      force_version_bump: ${{ inputs.force_version_bump }}
+      force_version_bump: ${{ inputs.force_version_bump }}