diff --git a/.github/cr.sh b/.github/cr.sh
index 0c5a7b46..b500d8b3 100755
--- a/.github/cr.sh
+++ b/.github/cr.sh
@@ -12,23 +12,47 @@ main() {
 
     rm -rf .cr-index
     mkdir -p .cr-index
+    RELEASE_NAME=$(yq -e '.name + "-" + .version' deploy/helm/Chart.yaml)
+    
+    # Generate release notes 
+    if [[ "$RELEASE_NAME" == *"alpha"* ]]; then
+        echo "Handling alpha release: $RELEASE_NAME"
+        PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=version:refname | grep alpha | grep -B1 "^swo-k8s-collector" | tail -n 1)
+
+    else
+        echo "Handling standard release: $RELEASE_NAME"
+        PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=version:refname | grep -v alpha | grep -B1 "^swo-k8s-collector" | tail -n 1)
+
+    fi
+    
+    GIT_PATH="deploy"
+    echo "# Changed:" > deploy/helm/release-notes.md
+    git log "$PREVIOUS_TAG"..HEAD --pretty=format:"%s" -- $GIT_PATH | grep -v Merge | awk '{print "* " $0}' >> deploy/helm/release-notes.md
+    
+    echo "Release notes:"
+    cat deploy/helm/release-notes.md
+
 
     echo "Packaging chart ..."
     cr package "deploy/helm"
+    
+    # Find the .tgz file and extract the release name
+    RELEASE_FILE=$(find .cr-release-packages -name '*.tgz')
+    
 
+    echo "Release file: $RELEASE_FILE"
+
+  
+    
     echo 'Releasing chart...'
-    cr upload -c "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+    cr upload -c "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" --release-notes-file=release-notes.md
 
+    
     echo 'Updating chart repo index...'
     cr index
 
-    # Find the .tgz file and extract the release name
-    RELEASE_FILE=$(find .cr-release-packages -name '*.tgz')
-    RELEASE_NAME=$(basename "$RELEASE_FILE" .tgz)
-
-    echo "Release file: $RELEASE_FILE"
-    echo "Release name: $RELEASE_NAME"
 
+    exit 0
     echo 'Pushing update...'
     push_files "$RELEASE_NAME"
 
@@ -93,4 +117,4 @@ create_pr() {
         --body "This PR updates the Helm chart index.yaml with the latest release $release_name."
 }
 
-main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+main "$@"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
index 0ae29480..0c8182ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: Build and Deploy Images
 on:
   push:
     paths-ignore:
-      - docs/**
-      - README.md
-      - deploy/helm/*.md
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "*.md"
+      - "deploy/helm/*.md"
     tags:
       - '*.*.*'
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
   
   build_and_test_windows:
     runs-on: windows-2022
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && !contains(github.ref, 'swo-k8s-collector')
     outputs:
       image_tag: ${{ steps.generate-tag.outputs.value }}
     steps:
@@ -193,11 +194,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CURRENT_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
           PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=version:refname | grep -B1 "^${CURRENT_TAG}$" | head -n 1)
+          GIT_PATH="build src"
+          CHANGE_LOG=$(git log "$PREVIOUS_TAG".."$CURRENT_TAG" --pretty=format:"%s" -- "$GIT_PATH" | grep -v Merge | awk '{print "* " $0}')
 
           echo "Current tag: $CURRENT_TAG"
           echo "Previous tag: $PREVIOUS_TAG"
+          echo "Change log:"
+          echo $CHANGE_LOG
           echo "CURRENT_TAG=$CURRENT_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          printf "NOTES<<EOF\n%s\nEOF\n" "$CHANGE_LOG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
@@ -207,6 +213,9 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}  # Use the tag that triggered the workflow
           release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           body: |
-            **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/solarwinds/swi-k8s-opentelemetry-collector/compare/${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }}...${{ env.CURRENT_TAG}}
+              ## Changed
+              ${{ env.NOTES }}
+
+              **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/solarwinds/swi-k8s-opentelemetry-collector/compare/${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }}...${{ env.CURRENT_TAG}}
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildAndTestHelm.yml b/.github/workflows/buildAndTestHelm.yml
index 46060ba8..4d0cbc4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildAndTestHelm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildAndTestHelm.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 name: Build and Test Helm
 
 on:
-  push:  
+  pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - docs/**
       - README.md
       - deploy/helm/*.md
       - build/**
       - src/**
-  pull_request:
     branches: 
       - master
       - release/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaseHelm.yml b/.github/workflows/releaseHelm.yml
index f2a12a22..2f06df88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaseHelm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaseHelm.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ on:
     branches: 
       - master
       - release/**
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
 jobs:
   deploy_helm:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:     
           submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Helm
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v3.5
diff --git a/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
index 97978fc5..a900f394 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: swo-k8s-collector
-version: 4.1.0-alpha.3
+version: 4.1.0-alpha.5
 appVersion: 0.11.5
 description: SolarWinds Kubernetes Integration
 keywords: