diff --git a/.github/workflows/layer-publish copy.yml b/.github/workflows/layer-publish copy.yml
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+name: Publish Lambda Layer
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      artifact-name:
+        description: 'This should correspond to a actions/upload-artifact name earlier in the build. The file name and the name of the artifact containing it must be equal.'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      layer-name:
+        description: 'Layer name not including other parts like arch or version.'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      component-version:
+        description: 'Version of the component included in this release. Not the same as the layer/tagged version.'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      architecture:
+        description: '(optional) amd64 or arm64'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      runtimes:
+        description: '(optional) a space delimited list of compatible runtimes (from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      release-group:
+        description: 'Release to dev or prod? "prod" yields empty value. (Default: dev)'
+        required: true
+        default: dev
+        type: string
+      aws_region:
+        description: 'Publish to which AWS region?'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish_layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Construct Layer Name
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          LAYER_NAME=${{ inputs.layer-name }}
+          
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.architecture }}" ]]; then
+            LAYER_NAME=$LAYER_NAME-${{ inputs.architecture }}
+            ARCH=$(echo "${{ inputs.architecture }}" | sed -r 's/amd64/x86_64/g')
+          else
+            ARCH="x86_64 arm64"
+          fi
+          echo "ARCH=$ARCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.runtimes }}" ]]; then
+            RUNTIMES="--compatible-runtimes ${{ inputs.runtimes }}"
+          fi
+          echo "RUNTIMES=$RUNTIMES" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.release-group }}" != "prod" ]]; then
+            LAYER_NAME=$LAYER_NAME-${{ inputs.release-group }}
+          fi
+          
+          LAYER_VERSION=$(echo "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" | sed -r 's/.*\/[^0-9\.]*//g')
+          LAYER_VERSION_CLEANED=$(echo "$LAYER_VERSION" | sed -r 's/\./_/g')
+          
+          LAYER_NAME=$LAYER_NAME-$LAYER_VERSION_CLEANED
+          echo "LAYER_NAME=$LAYER_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          echo GITHUB_ENV:
+          cat $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Download built layer
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.artifact-name }}
+
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PROD_LAMBDA_ROLE_ARN }}
+          role-duration-seconds: 1200
+          aws-region: ${{ inputs.aws_region }}
+          mask-aws-account-id: false
+
+      - name: Publish Lambda Layer
+        run: |
+          LAYER_ARN=$(
+            aws lambda publish-layer-version \
+              --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+              --license-info "Apache 2.0" \
+              --compatible-architectures $ARCH $RUNTIMES \
+              --zip-file fileb://${{ inputs.artifact-name }} \
+              --query 'LayerVersionArn' \
+              --output text
+          )
+          echo "::notice ::$LAYER_ARN component-version=${{ inputs.component-version }}"
+        # echo "* $LAYER_ARN" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Make Layer Public
+        run: |
+          LAYER_VERSION=$(
+            aws lambda list-layer-versions \
+              --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+              --query 'max_by(LayerVersions, &Version).Version'
+          )
+          aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
+            --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+            --version-number $LAYER_VERSION \
+            --principal "*" \
+            --statement-id publish \
+            --action lambda:GetLayerVersion
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector copy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector copy.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector copy.yml	
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+name: "Release Collector Lambda layer"
+
+on:
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-collector/**
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        architecture:
+          - amd64
+          - arm64
+    outputs:
+      COLLECTOR_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-collector-version.outputs.COLLECTOR_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '^1.23.1'
+      - name: build
+        run: make -C collector package GOARCH=${{ matrix.architecture }}
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/collector/build/opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+      - name: Add Binary to Release
+        run: |
+          gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} ${{ github.workspace }}/collector/build/opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+      - name: Save Collector Version
+        if: ${{ matrix.architecture == 'amd64' }}
+        id: save-collector-version
+        shell: bash
+        # `./collector -v` output is in the form `v0.75.0`
+        run: |
+          COLLECTOR_VERSION=$( ${{ github.workspace }}/collector/build/extensions/collector -v)
+          echo "COLLECTOR_VERSION=$COLLECTOR_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  publish-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        architecture:
+          - amd64
+          - arm64
+        aws_region:
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-collector
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.COLLECTOR_VERSION}}
+      architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+      release-group: prod
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-java copy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-java copy.yml
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+name: "Release Javaagent Lambda Layer"
+
+on:
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-javaagent/**
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      JAVAAGENT_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-javaagent-version.outputs.JAVAAGENT_VERSION }}
+      JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-javawrapper-version.outputs.JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: corretto
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Execute Gradle build
+        run: |
+          cd java
+          ./gradlew :layer-javaagent:assemble :layer-wrapper:assemble --scan --stacktrace
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        name: Save javaagent layer to build
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-javaagent-layer.zip
+          path: java/layer-javaagent/build/distributions/opentelemetry-javaagent-layer.zip
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        name: Save javawrapper layer to build
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
+          path: java/layer-wrapper/build/distributions/opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
+
+      - name: Add Binary to Release
+        run: |
+          gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} java/layer-wrapper/build/distributions/opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
+
+      - name: Save Javaagent Version
+        id: save-javaagent-version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          unzip java/layer-javaagent/build/distributions/opentelemetry-javaagent-layer.zip
+          JAVAAGENT_VERSION=$(java -jar ./opentelemetry-javaagent.jar)
+          echo "JAVAAGENT_VERSION=$JAVAAGENT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Save Java Wrapper Version
+        id: save-javawrapper-version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cd java
+          JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION=$(./gradlew layer-wrapper:printOtelJavaInstrumentationVersion -q)
+          echo "JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION=$JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  publish-javaagent-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region: 
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-javaagent-layer.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-javaagent
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.JAVAAGENT_VERSION}}
+      # architecture:
+      runtimes: java8.al2 java11 java17
+      release-group: prod
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  publish-javawrapper-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region:
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-javawrapper
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.JAVAWRAPPER_VERSION}}
+      # architecture:
+      runtimes: java8.al2 java11 java17
+      release-group: prod
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-nodejs copy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-nodejs copy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f92a6487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-nodejs copy.yml	
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+name: "Release NodeJS Lambda Layer"
+
+on:
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-nodejs/**
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      NODEJS_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-node-sdk-version.outputs.SDK_VERSION}}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run build
+        working-directory: nodejs
+
+      - name: Save Node SDK Version
+        id: save-node-sdk-version
+        run: |
+          SDK_VERSION=$(node version.js)
+          echo "SDK_VERSION=$SDK_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        working-directory: nodejs/packages/layer/scripts
+
+      - name: Rename zip file
+        run: mv layer.zip opentelemetry-nodejs-layer.zip
+        working-directory: nodejs/packages/layer/build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        name: Save assembled layer to build
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-nodejs-layer.zip
+          path: nodejs/packages/layer/build/opentelemetry-nodejs-layer.zip
+          
+      - name: Add Binary to Release
+        run: |
+          gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} nodejs/packages/layer/build/opentelemetry-nodejs-layer.zip
+
+  publish-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region:
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-nodejs-layer.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-nodejs
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.NODEJS_VERSION}}
+      # architecture:
+      runtimes: nodejs18.x nodejs20.x
+      release-group: prod
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-python copy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-python copy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..474fbf813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-python copy.yml	
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+name: "Release Python Lambda Layer"
+
+on:
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-python/**
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-python-opentelemetry-sdk-version.outputs.PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION}}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Save PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION
+        id: save-python-opentelemetry-sdk-version
+        run: |
+          cd python/src
+          echo "PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION=$(cat otel/otel_sdk/requirements.txt | grep opentelemetry-sdk | sed 's/.*==\([^ ]*\).*/\1/')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION=$PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Display PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION
+        run: |
+          echo "PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION=${{ env.PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION }}"
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          cd python/src
+          ./build.sh
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Show directory contents
+        run: |
+          ls -al
+        working-directory: python/src/build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        name: Save assembled layer to build
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-python-layer.zip
+          path: python/src/build/opentelemetry-python-layer.zip
+
+      - name: Add Binary to Release
+        run: |
+            gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} python/src/build/opentelemetry-python-layer.zip
+
+  publish-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region: 
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-python-layer.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-python
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION}}
+      release-group: prod
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby copy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby copy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b4a8acc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby copy.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: "Release Ruby Lambda Layer"
+
+on:
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-ruby/**
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-layer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      RUBY_SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-ruby-sdk-version.outputs.RUBY_SDK_VERSION}}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          ./build.sh
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ruby/src
+
+      - name: Save Ruby SDK Version
+        id: save-ruby-sdk-version
+        run: |
+          unzip -q build/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+          export GEM_PATH=$PWD/ruby/gems/3.2.0/
+          RUBY_SDK_VERSION=$(ruby -e 'require "opentelemetry-sdk"; puts OpenTelemetry::SDK::VERSION')
+          echo "RUBY_SDK_VERSION=$RUBY_SDK_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        working-directory: ruby/src
+
+      - name: Show directory contents
+        run: |
+          ls -al
+        working-directory: ruby/src/build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        name: Save assembled layer to build
+        with:
+          name: opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+          path: ruby/src/build/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+      
+      - name: Add Binary to Release
+        run: |
+            gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} ruby/src/build/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+
+  publish-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        aws_region: 
+          - ap-northeast-1
+          - ap-northeast-2
+          - ap-south-1
+          - ap-southeast-1
+          - ap-southeast-2
+          - ca-central-1
+          - eu-central-1
+          - eu-north-1
+          - eu-west-1
+          - eu-west-2
+          - eu-west-3
+          - sa-east-1
+          - us-east-1
+          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-ruby
+      component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.RUBY_SDK_VERSION}}
+      runtimes: ruby3.2 ruby3.3
+      release-group: dev
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit