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+name: Release tests
+
+on: # TODO: do we want to run this on pull request only? push only? need to have standardized release process
+  push:
+    branches: [ 'dev-**' ] # TODO: settle on prefix / suffix for release candidates
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ 'dev-**' ]
+
+
+jobs:
+
+  oqs-provider-release-test:
+    container:
+      image: openquantumsafe/ci-ubuntu-jammy:latest # TODO: use this or the focal container?
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout oqs-provider
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          repository: open-quantum-safe/oqs-provider
+      - name: Checkout liboqs
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: liboqs
+      - name: Display everything
+        run: pwd && ls
+