diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
index 7dce7d9..9fdaa16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
@@ -404,260 +404,4 @@ jobs:
           root = Path('.').resolve()
 
           header_re = re.compile(r'(?im)(VERSION[ 	]*:[ 	]*)([0-9]{2}[.][0-9]{2}[.][0-9]{2})')
-
-          manifest_marker_re = re.compile(r'(?is)<extension')
-          xml_version_re = re.compile(r'(?is)(<version[ 	]*>)([^<]*?)(</version[ 	]*>)')
-          xml_date_res = [
-            re.compile(r'(?is)(<creationDate[ 	]*>)([^<]*?)(</creationDate[ 	]*>)'),
-            re.compile(r'(?is)(<date[ 	]*>)([^<]*?)(</date[ 	]*>)'),
-            re.compile(r'(?is)(<releaseDate[ 	]*>)([^<]*?)(</releaseDate[ 	]*>)'),
-          ]
-
-          skip_ext = {
-            '.json', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.svg', '.ico', '.pdf',
-            '.zip', '.7z', '.tar', '.gz', '.woff', '.woff2', '.ttf', '.otf',
-            '.mp3', '.mp4'
-          }
-          skip_dirs = {'.git', '.github', 'node_modules', 'vendor', '.venv', 'dist', 'build'}
-
-          counters = defaultdict(int)
-
-          updated_files = []
-          updated_manifests = []
-          would_update_files = []
-          would_update_manifests = []
-
-          def should_skip(p: Path) -> bool:
-            if p.suffix.lower() in skip_ext:
-              counters['skipped_by_ext'] += 1
-              return True
-            parts = {x.lower() for x in p.parts}
-            if any(d in parts for d in skip_dirs):
-              counters['skipped_by_dir'] += 1
-              return True
-            return False
-
-          for p in root.rglob('*'):
-            if not p.is_file():
-              continue
-            if should_skip(p):
-              continue
-
-            # Release only artifacts at repo root
-            if p.parent == root and p.name.lower() in {'update.xml', 'updates.xml'}:
-              counters['skipped_release_artifacts'] += 1
-              continue
-
-            try:
-              text = p.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
-            except Exception:
-              counters['skipped_read_error'] += 1
-              continue
-
-            original = text
-
-            # Header style markers: VERSION: NN.NN.NN
-            text, n1 = header_re.subn(lambda m: m.group(1) + new_version, text)
-            if n1:
-              counters['header_replacements'] += n1
-
-            # Joomla manifest XML only (<extension ...>)
-            is_manifest = (p.suffix.lower() == '.xml' and manifest_marker_re.search(original) is not None)
-            if is_manifest:
-              text2, n2 = xml_version_re.subn(lambda m: m.group(1) + new_version + m.group(3), text)
-              text = text2
-              if n2:
-                counters['xml_version_replacements'] += n2
-
-              for rx in xml_date_res:
-                text3, n3 = rx.subn(lambda m: m.group(1) + stamp + m.group(3), text)
-                text = text3
-                if n3:
-                  counters['xml_date_replacements'] += n3
-
-            if text != original:
-              would_update_files.append(str(p))
-              if is_manifest:
-                would_update_manifests.append(str(p))
-
-              if not report_only:
-                p.write_text(text, encoding='utf-8')
-                updated_files.append(str(p))
-                if is_manifest:
-                  updated_manifests.append(str(p))
-
-          report = {
-            'mode': 'report_only' if report_only else 'apply',
-            'new_version': new_version,
-            'stamp_utc': stamp,
-            'counters': dict(counters),
-            'updated_files': updated_files,
-            'updated_manifests': updated_manifests,
-            'would_update_files': would_update_files,
-            'would_update_manifests': would_update_manifests,
-          }
-
-          Path('.github').mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-          Path('.github/version-bump-report.json').write_text(json.dumps(report, indent=2), encoding='utf-8')
-
-          print('[INFO] Mode: ' + ('report_only' if report_only else 'apply'))
-          print('[INFO] Would update files: ' + str(len(would_update_files)))
-          print('[INFO] Would update manifests: ' + str(len(would_update_manifests)))
-          print('[INFO] Updated files: ' + str(len(updated_files)))
-          print('[INFO] Updated manifests: ' + str(len(updated_manifests)))
-
-          if report_only:
-            raise SystemExit(0)
-
-          if not updated_files:
-            print('[INFO] No eligible files updated. Skipping version bump without failure.')
-            raise SystemExit(0)
-          PY
-
-      - name: Enforce update feed XML is release generated only (delete update.xml and updates.xml)
-        if: ${{ env.REPORT_ONLY != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Enforce update feed XML is release generated only"
-
-          echo "[INFO] Removing release-generated update feeds from repo root"
-
-          # Prefer git-aware removal for tracked files
-          git rm -f --ignore-unmatch "update.xml" "updates.xml" || true
-
-          # Defense in depth for untracked or regenerated files
-          rm -f "update.xml" "updates.xml" || true
-
-          # Hard verification
-          if [[ -f "update.xml" || -f "updates.xml" ]]; then
-            echo "[FATAL] Update feed XML still present after deletion attempt." >&2
-            ls -la "update.xml" "updates.xml" 2>/dev/null || true
-            exit 2
-          fi
-
-          if git ls-files --error-unmatch "update.xml" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "[FATAL] update.xml is still tracked after git rm." >&2
-            exit 2
-          fi
-
-          if git ls-files --error-unmatch "updates.xml" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "[FATAL] updates.xml is still tracked after git rm." >&2
-            exit 2
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Update feed XML removed and untracked as required."
-          git status --porcelain=v1 || true
-
-      - name: Change scope guard (block .github edits)
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Change scope guard"
-
-          if [[ -z "$(git status --porcelain=v1)" ]]; then
-            echo "[INFO] No changes detected. Scope guard skipped."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Evaluating changed paths"
-          git diff --name-only > /tmp/changed_paths.txt
-
-          bad=0
-          while IFS= read -r p; do
-            if [[ "$p" == .github/* ]] && [[ "$p" != .github/version-bump-report.json ]]; then
-              echo "[ERROR] .github change is not permitted by this workflow: $p" >&2
-              bad=1
-            fi
-          done < /tmp/changed_paths.txt
-
-          if [[ "$bad" -ne 0 ]]; then
-            echo "[FATAL] Change scope guard failed. Workflow attempted to modify .github content." >&2
-            echo "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) | Change scope guard | attempted .github modifications" >> "$ERROR_LOG" || true
-            exit 2
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Scope guard passed"
-
-      - name: Publish audit trail to job summary
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Publish audit trail"
-
-          echo "# Version branch run" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "- Repository: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "- Base branch: ${BASE_BRANCH}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "- New branch: ${BRANCH_NAME:-}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "- Version: ${NEW_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "- Commit changes: ${COMMIT_CHANGES}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-
-          if [[ -f ".github/version-bump-report.json" ]]; then
-            echo "## Bump report" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-            echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-            echo "\`\`\`json" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-            head -c 12000 ".github/version-bump-report.json" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" || true
-            echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-            echo "\`\`\`" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          fi
-
-          echo "## Error summary" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-
-          if [[ -f "$ERROR_LOG" && -s "$ERROR_LOG" ]]; then
-            echo "\`\`\`" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-            tail -n 200 "$ERROR_LOG" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" || true
-            echo "\`\`\`" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          else
-            echo "No errors recorded." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Show git status
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Show git status"
-
-          git status --porcelain=v1
-
-      - name: Commit changes
-        id: commit
-        if: ${{ env.REPORT_ONLY != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Commit changes"
-
-          git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "[ERROR] Not inside a git work tree" >&2; exit 2; }
-
-          if [[ -z "$(git status --porcelain=v1)" ]]; then
-            echo "[INFO] No changes detected. Skipping commit and push."
-            echo "committed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Staging all changes except .github"
-          git add -A -- . ":(exclude).github"
-
-          git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${NEW_VERSION}"
-          echo "committed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Push branch
-        if: ${{ env.REPORT_ONLY != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Push branch"
-
-          if [[ -z "${BRANCH_NAME:-}" ]]; then
-            echo "[FATAL] BRANCH_NAME is not set. Branch creation step may have failed." >&2
-            exit 2
-          fi
-
-          echo "[INFO] Pushing branch and commits to origin/${BRANCH_NAME}"
-          git push --set-upstream origin "${BRANCH_NAME}"
-
-      - name: Output branch name
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          source "$CI_HELPERS"
-          moko_init "Output branch name"
-
-          echo "[INFO] Created branch: ${BRANCH_NAME:-}"
+          manifest_marker_re = re.compile(r'(?is)<extension\b')
