diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index 1b94016..f4fd380 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -272,4 +272,114 @@ jobs:
           CHANNEL: ${{ steps.daten.outputs.channel }}
           VERSION: ${{ steps.daten.outputs.version }}
           RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          TAG: ${{ steps.daten.outputs.tag }}
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+          TAG: ${{ steps.daten.outputs.tag }}
+
+      - name: XML-Datei bestimmen
+        id: xmlfile
+        run: |
+          case "${{ steps.daten.outputs.channel }}" in
+            stable)   FILE="plugins.xml" ;;
+            testing)  FILE="plugins-testing.xml" ;;
+            unstable) FILE="plugins-unstable.xml" ;;
+          esac
+          echo "file=$FILE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: XML-Datei initialisieren
+        run: |
+          cd repo
+          FILE="${{ steps.xmlfile.outputs.file }}"
+          if [ ! -s "$FILE" ]; then
+            echo "<plugins></plugins>" > "$FILE"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Alten Plugin-Eintrag entfernen
+        run: |
+          cd repo
+          FILE="${{ steps.xmlfile.outputs.file }}"
+          ID="${{ steps.payload.outputs.id }}"
+
+          # Entfernt den kompletten Plugin-Block
+          sed -i "/<pyqgis_plugin[^>]*plugin_id=\"${ID//\//\\/}\"/,/<\/pyqgis_plugin>/d" "$FILE"
+
+      - name: metadata.txt einlesen
+        id: metadata
+        run: |
+          cd plugin
+          while read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
+            key="${line%%=*}"
+            value="${line#*=}"
+            echo "$key=$value" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "$key=$value"
+          done < $FILE
+        env:
+          FILE: "metadata.txt"
+
+      - name: Template anwenden und neue XML erzeugen
+        run: |
+          cd repo
+
+          FILE="${{ steps.xmlfile.outputs.file }}"
+
+          git fetch origin hidden/templates
+          git checkout origin/hidden/templates -- plugin.template
+
+          TEMPLATE="plugin.template"
+
+          # Template laden
+          ENTRY=$(cat "$TEMPLATE")
+
+          # Variablen ersetzen – vollständig synchron zu metadata.txt & Payload
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{NAME\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.name }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{VERSION\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.version }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{DESCRIPTION\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.description }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{AUTHOR\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.author }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{EMAIL\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.email }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{QGIS_MIN\}\}/${{ steps.daten.outputs.qgis_min }}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{QGIS_MAX\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.qgis_max }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{HOMEPAGE\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.homepage }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{TRACKER\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.tracker }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{REPOSITORY\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.repository }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{EXPERIMENTAL\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.experimental }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{DEPRECATED\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.deprecated }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{QT6\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.qt6 }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{ID\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.id }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{URL\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.url }}}"
+          ENTRY="${ENTRY//\{\{CHANGELOG\}\}/${{ steps.payload.outputs.changelog }}}"
+
+          # Neue Datei erzeugen
+          {
+            # Alles vor </plugins>
+            sed '/<\/plugins>/d' "$FILE"
+
+            # Neuen Eintrag einfügen
+            printf "%s\n" "$ENTRY"
+
+            # </plugins> wieder anhängen
+            echo "</plugins>"
+          } > new.xml
+
+          mv new.xml "$FILE"
+          rm $TEMPLATE
+
+      - name: Commit & Push
+        run: |
+          cd repo
+
+          git config user.name "Release Bot"
+          git config user.email "release-bot@noreply.localhost"
+
+          git add .
+
+          # Commit nur, wenn Änderungen vorhanden sind
+          if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            git commit -m "${{ inputs.name }} → ${{ steps.payload.outputs.version }}"
+          else
+            echo "Keine Änderungen – kein Commit notwendig."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Token in die URL einbauen
+          git remote set-url origin "https://${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}:@${{ vars.RELEASE_URL }}/AG_QGIS/Repository.git"
+
+          git push origin main
+