diff --git a/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml b/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
index d1d09223dbff..d6219c31b4a5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ runs:
         PR_NUMBER=$(jq --raw-output .pull_request.number "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" || true)
         if [ "${PR_NUMBER}" != "null" ]; then
           BRANCH_OR_PR=pr-${PR_NUMBER}
-        elif [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "main" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-proxy" ]; then
+        elif [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "main" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release" ] || \
+             [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-proxy" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-compute" ]; then
           # Shortcut for special branches
           BRANCH_OR_PR=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
         else
diff --git a/.github/actions/allure-report-store/action.yml b/.github/actions/allure-report-store/action.yml
index 9c376f420ad7..3c83656c8940 100644
--- a/.github/actions/allure-report-store/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/allure-report-store/action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ runs:
         PR_NUMBER=$(jq --raw-output .pull_request.number "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" || true)
         if [ "${PR_NUMBER}" != "null" ]; then
           BRANCH_OR_PR=pr-${PR_NUMBER}
-        elif [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "main" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-proxy" ]; then
+        elif [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "main" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release" ] || \
+             [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-proxy" ] || [ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "release-compute" ]; then
           # Shortcut for special branches
           BRANCH_OR_PR=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
         else
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml
index cc6994397f8d..3c130c822945 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
 
 jobs:
-  create-storage-release-branch:
+  create-release-branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index e9e111e7bdae..cb966f292ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - release
       - release-proxy
+      - release-compute
   pull_request:
 
 defaults:
@@ -70,8 +71,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "tag=release-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-proxy" ]]; then
             echo "tag=release-proxy-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-compute" ]]; then
+            echo "tag=release-compute-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release'"
+            echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release', 'release-proxy', 'release-compute'"
             echo "tag=$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
         shell: bash
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ jobs:
             })
 
   trigger-e2e-tests:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft || contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-tests-in-draft') || github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft || contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-tests-in-draft') || github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute' }}
     needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag ]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
     secrets: inherit
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@ jobs:
                                               neondatabase/neon-test-extensions-v16:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
 
       - name: Configure AWS-prod credentials
-        if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute'
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-region: eu-central-1
@@ -943,12 +946,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Login to prod ECR
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute'
         with:
           registry: 093970136003.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
 
       - name: Copy all images to prod ECR
-        if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute'
         run: |
           for image in neon compute-tools {vm-,}compute-node-{v14,v15,v16,v17}; do
             docker buildx imagetools create -t 093970136003.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${image}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }} \
@@ -968,7 +971,7 @@ jobs:
       tenant_id: ${{ vars.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
 
   push-to-acr-prod:
-    if: github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
+    if: github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute'
     needs: [ tag, promote-images ]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_push-to-acr.yml
     with:
@@ -1056,7 +1059,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, build-and-test-locally, trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait, push-to-acr-dev, push-to-acr-prod ]
     # `!failure() && !cancelled()` is required because the workflow depends on the job that can be skipped: `push-to-acr-dev` and `push-to-acr-prod`
-    if: (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy') && !failure() && !cancelled()
+    if: (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute') && !failure() && !cancelled()
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, small ]
     container: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ansible:latest
@@ -1105,13 +1108,15 @@ jobs:
               -f deployProxyAuthBroker=true \
               -f branch=main \
               -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
+          elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-compute" ]]; then
+            gh workflow --repo neondatabase/infra run deploy-compute-dev.yml --ref main -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
           else
-            echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release'"
+            echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main', 'release', 'release-proxy' or 'release-compute'"
             exit 1
           fi
 
       - name: Create git tag
-        if: github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' || github.ref_name == 'release-compute'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           # Retry script for 5XX server errors: https://github.com/actions/github-script#retries
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 11f010b6d4f6..f0273b977f0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         description: 'Create Proxy release PR'
         required: false
+      create-compute-release-branch:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Create Compute release PR'
+        required: false
 
 # No permission for GITHUB_TOKEN by default; the **minimal required** set of permissions should be granted in each job.
 permissions: {}
@@ -25,20 +29,20 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   create-storage-release-branch:
-    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * MON' || format('{0}', inputs.create-storage-release-branch) == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * MON' || inputs.create-storage-release-branch }}
 
     permissions:
       contents: write
 
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml
     with:
-      component-name: 'Storage & Compute'
+      component-name: 'Storage'
       release-branch: 'release'
     secrets:
       ci-access-token: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
   create-proxy-release-branch:
-    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * THU' || format('{0}', inputs.create-proxy-release-branch) == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * THU' || inputs.create-proxy-release-branch }}
 
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -49,3 +53,16 @@ jobs:
       release-branch: 'release-proxy'
     secrets:
       ci-access-token: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
+  create-compute-release-branch:
+    if: inputs.create-compute-release-branch
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_create-release-pr.yml
+    with:
+      component-name: 'Compute'
+      release-branch: 'release-compute'
+    secrets:
+      ci-access-token: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
index 1e7264c55a87..70c2e8549f3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "tag=release-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-proxy" ]]; then
             echo "tag=release-proxy-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-compute" ]]; then
+            echo "tag=release-compute-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release'"
             BUILD_AND_TEST_RUN_ID=$(gh run list -b $CURRENT_BRANCH -c $CURRENT_SHA -w 'Build and Test' -L 1 --json databaseId --jq '.[].databaseId')