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+name: Publish OTel Plugin Lambda Layer
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      regions:
+        description: "Comma-separated AWS Regions; defaults to all commercial Regions"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lambda-layer-publish-${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  LAYER_NAME: aws-durable-execution-sdk-java-otel-plugin
+  SOURCE_REF: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.sha || github.event.release.tag_name }}
+  DEFAULT_LAYER_REGIONS: >-
+    af-south-1,
+    ap-east-1,
+    ap-east-2,
+    ap-northeast-1,
+    ap-northeast-2,
+    ap-northeast-3,
+    ap-south-1,
+    ap-south-2,
+    ap-southeast-1,
+    ap-southeast-2,
+    ap-southeast-3,
+    ap-southeast-4,
+    ap-southeast-5,
+    ap-southeast-6,
+    ap-southeast-7,
+    ca-central-1,
+    ca-west-1,
+    eu-central-1,
+    eu-central-2,
+    eu-north-1,
+    eu-south-1,
+    eu-south-2,
+    eu-west-1,
+    eu-west-2,
+    eu-west-3,
+    il-central-1,
+    me-central-1,
+    me-south-1,
+    mx-central-1,
+    sa-east-1,
+    us-east-1,
+    us-east-2,
+    us-west-1,
+    us-west-2
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name == 'release' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' &&
+      github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      sdk_version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.sdk_version }}
+      source_sha: ${{ steps.source.outputs.sha }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ env.SOURCE_REF }}
+
+      - name: Record source revision
+        id: source
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          echo "epoch=$(git show -s --format=%ct HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Setup Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        with:
+          distribution: corretto
+          java-version: '17'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Determine SDK version
+        id: version
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          sdk_version="$(mvn -q help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -DforceStdout)"
+          if [ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" = "release" ]; then
+            if [[ ! "$RELEASE_TAG" =~ ^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z.-]*)?)$ ]]; then
+              echo "Release tag must be a semantic version prefixed with v (for example, v1.2.0)." >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            if [ "$sdk_version" != "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" ]; then
+              echo "Release tag $RELEASE_TAG points to Maven version $sdk_version." >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          echo "sdk_version=$sdk_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Verify release source
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'
+        env:
+          BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          git fetch origin "$BASE_BRANCH"
+          if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor "${RELEASE_TAG}^{commit}" "origin/${BASE_BRANCH}"; then
+            echo "Release tag $RELEASE_TAG does not point to a commit on $BASE_BRANCH." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build layer zip
+        id: build-layer
+        env:
+          LAYER_ZIP: dist/${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}.zip
+          SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.sdk_version }}
+          SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: ${{ steps.source.outputs.epoch }}
+          SOURCE_SHA: ${{ steps.source.outputs.sha }}
+          TZ: UTC
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          build_layer() {
+            local output_zip=$1
+
+            mvn -B -q -pl otel-plugin -am clean package \
+              -DskipTests \
+              -Dproject.build.outputTimestamp="$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" \
+              --no-transfer-progress
+            rm -rf layer
+            rm -f "$output_zip"
+            mkdir -p layer/java/lib "$(dirname "$output_zip")"
+            cp "otel-plugin/target/aws-durable-execution-sdk-java-plugin-otel-${SDK_VERSION}.jar" \
+              layer/java/lib/
+            cp LICENSE NOTICE layer/
+            find layer -exec touch -d "@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" {} +
+            (
+              cd layer
+              find . -type f -print | LC_ALL=C sort | zip -X -q "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$output_zip" -@
+            )
+          }
+
+          rebuild_zip="${LAYER_ZIP%.zip}-rebuild.zip"
+          build_layer "$LAYER_ZIP"
+          build_layer "$rebuild_zip"
+          if ! cmp --silent "$LAYER_ZIP" "$rebuild_zip"; then
+            echo "Layer builds for source $SOURCE_SHA are not reproducible." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm "$rebuild_zip"
+          echo "layer_zip=$LAYER_ZIP" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Verify layer contents
+        env:
+          LAYER_ZIP: ${{ steps.build-layer.outputs.layer_zip }}
+          SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.sdk_version }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          unzip -Z1 "$LAYER_ZIP" > layer-contents.txt
+          grep -Fx "java/lib/aws-durable-execution-sdk-java-plugin-otel-${SDK_VERSION}.jar" layer-contents.txt
+          grep -Fx "LICENSE" layer-contents.txt
+          grep -Fx "NOTICE" layer-contents.txt
+          if [ "$(grep -Ec '^java/lib/[^/]+\.jar$' layer-contents.txt)" -ne 1 ]; then
+            echo "The layer must contain only the OTel plugin JAR." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload layer artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: otel-plugin-layer
+          path: ${{ steps.build-layer.outputs.layer_zip }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 30
+
+  publish-layer:
+    needs: build-layer
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: lambda-layer-publish
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    env:
+      LAYER_REGIONS: ${{ inputs.regions || vars.LAYER_PUBLISH_REGIONS }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download layer artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: otel-plugin-layer
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e6de054238d6b7531b4efff3b6587d9aade6a06c # v6.2.3
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.LAYER_PUBLISH_ROLE_ARN }}
+          role-session-name: otelLayerPublish
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+
+      - name: Publish layer versions
+        env:
+          LAYER_ZIP: dist/${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}.zip
+          SDK_VERSION: ${{ needs.build-layer.outputs.sdk_version }}
+          SOURCE_SHA: ${{ needs.build-layer.outputs.source_sha }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          PUBLISHED=false
+          FAILED_REGIONS=()
+          LOCAL_CODE_SHA256=$(openssl dgst -sha256 -binary "$LAYER_ZIP" | openssl base64 -A)
+          REGION_LIST=${LAYER_REGIONS:-$DEFAULT_LAYER_REGIONS}
+          IFS=',' read -ra REGIONS <<< "$REGION_LIST"
+          for REGION in "${REGIONS[@]}"; do
+            REGION=$(echo "$REGION" | xargs)
+            if [ -z "$REGION" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            LAYER_DESCRIPTION="AWS Durable Execution SDK for Java ${SDK_VERSION} OTel plugin source:${SOURCE_SHA}"
+            if ! EXISTING_RESULT=$(aws lambda list-layer-versions \
+                --layer-name "$LAYER_NAME" \
+                --region "$REGION" \
+                --query "LayerVersions[?Description=='${LAYER_DESCRIPTION}'].[LayerVersionArn,Version]" \
+                --output text 2>&1); then
+              if [[ "$EXISTING_RESULT" == *"ResourceNotFoundException"* ]]; then
+                EXISTING_RESULT=""
+              else
+                echo "$EXISTING_RESULT" >&2
+                echo "::warning::Failed to list existing layer versions in ${REGION}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            if [ -n "$EXISTING_RESULT" ]; then
+              read -r LAYER_VERSION_ARN VERSION_NUMBER <<< "$EXISTING_RESULT"
+              if ! EXISTING_CODE_SHA256=$(aws lambda get-layer-version \
+                  --layer-name "$LAYER_NAME" \
+                  --version-number "$VERSION_NUMBER" \
+                  --region "$REGION" \
+                  --query 'Content.CodeSha256' \
+                  --output text 2>&1); then
+                echo "$EXISTING_CODE_SHA256" >&2
+                echo "::warning::Failed to read ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+              if [ "$EXISTING_CODE_SHA256" != "$LOCAL_CODE_SHA256" ]; then
+                echo "::error::Artifact hash mismatch for ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+              echo "Reusing ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+            else
+              if ! PUBLISH_RESULT=$(aws lambda publish-layer-version \
+                  --layer-name "$LAYER_NAME" \
+                  --description "$LAYER_DESCRIPTION" \
+                  --zip-file "fileb://${LAYER_ZIP}" \
+                  --compatible-runtimes java17 java21 java25 \
+                  --compatible-architectures x86_64 arm64 \
+                  --license-info Apache-2.0 \
+                  --region "$REGION" \
+                  --query '[LayerVersionArn,Version,Content.CodeSha256]' \
+                  --output text); then
+                echo "::warning::Failed to publish the layer in ${REGION}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+              read -r LAYER_VERSION_ARN VERSION_NUMBER PUBLISHED_CODE_SHA256 <<< "$PUBLISH_RESULT"
+              if [ "$PUBLISHED_CODE_SHA256" != "$LOCAL_CODE_SHA256" ]; then
+                echo "::error::Published artifact hash mismatch for ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            if ! PERMISSION_RESULT=$(aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
+                --layer-name "$LAYER_NAME" \
+                --version-number "$VERSION_NUMBER" \
+                --statement-id public-layer-access \
+                --action lambda:GetLayerVersion \
+                --principal "*" \
+                --region "$REGION" \
+                2>&1); then
+              if [[ "$PERMISSION_RESULT" != *"ResourceConflictException"* ]]; then
+                echo "$PERMISSION_RESULT" >&2
+                echo "::warning::Failed to grant public access to ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+                FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+                continue
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            if ! POLICY_RESULT=$(aws lambda get-layer-version-policy \
+                --layer-name "$LAYER_NAME" \
+                --version-number "$VERSION_NUMBER" \
+                --region "$REGION" \
+                --query Policy \
+                --output text 2>&1); then
+              echo "$POLICY_RESULT" >&2
+              echo "::warning::Failed to read the access policy for ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+              FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+              continue
+            fi
+            if ! jq -e '
+                .Statement
+                | if type == "array" then . else [.] end
+                | any(.[];
+                    .Sid == "public-layer-access"
+                    and .Effect == "Allow"
+                    and (
+                      .Action == "lambda:GetLayerVersion"
+                      or (
+                        (.Action | type) == "array"
+                        and (.Action | index("lambda:GetLayerVersion")) != null
+                      )
+                    )
+                    and (
+                      .Principal == "*"
+                      or (
+                        (.Principal | type) == "object"
+                        and .Principal.AWS == "*"
+                      )
+                    )
+                  )
+              ' <<< "$POLICY_RESULT" > /dev/null; then
+              echo "::error::Expected public access policy is missing for ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+              FAILED_REGIONS+=("$REGION")
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            echo "Available ${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}"
+            echo "- \`${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}\`" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+            PUBLISHED=true
+          done
+
+          if [ "${#FAILED_REGIONS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::Layer publishing failed in: ${FAILED_REGIONS[*]}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ "$PUBLISHED" != true ]; then
+            echo "No AWS regions were configured for layer publishing."
+            exit 1
+          fi