diff --git a/.github/actions/install-tiledb/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-tiledb/action.yml
index 74626ff8..431d0584 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-tiledb/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-tiledb/action.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ description: Install TileDB
 inputs:
   version:
     description: "The version of TileDB to install"
-    required: true
+    required: false
   linkage:
     description: "Whether to dynamically or statically link TileDB"
-    required: true
+    required: false
+    default: dynamic
   platform:
-    description: "Override automatica platform detection."
+    description: "Override automatic platform detection."
     required: false
 
 runs:
@@ -22,6 +23,24 @@ runs:
     - name: Install Requests
       run: pip install requests
       shell: bash
+    - name: Detect Version
+      id: version
+      env:
+        TDB_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      shell: python
+      run: |
+        import json
+        import os
+        import subprocess as sp
+
+        version = os.environ["TDB_VERSION"]
+        if not version.strip():
+          data = sp.check_output("cargo metadata --format-version 1", shell=True)
+          data = json.loads(data)
+          version = data["metadata"]["libtiledb"]["version"]
+
+        with open(os.environ["GITHUB_OUTPUT"], 'w') as handle:
+          handle.write("version={}\n".format(version))
     - name: Detect Platform
       id: platform
       env:
@@ -47,9 +66,9 @@ runs:
           handle.write("platform={}\n".format(platform))
     - name: Locate Upstream TileDB Tarball
       id: upstream-tarball
-      if: ${{ inputs.version != 'main' && inputs.linkage != 'static' }}
+      if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version != 'main' && inputs.linkage != 'static' }}
       env:
-        TDB_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        TDB_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
         TDB_LINKAGE: ${{ inputs.linkage }}
         TDB_PLATFORM: ${{ steps.platform.outputs.platform }}
       shell: python
@@ -83,9 +102,9 @@ runs:
           handle.write("sha256={}\n".format(candidates[0][1]))
     - name: Locate Custom TileDB Tarball
       id: custom-tarball
-      if: ${{ inputs.version == 'main' || inputs.linkage == 'static' }}
+      if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version == 'main' || inputs.linkage == 'static' }}
       env:
-        TDB_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        TDB_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
         TDB_LINKAGE: ${{ inputs.linkage }}
         TDB_PLATFORM: ${{ steps.platform.outputs.platform }}
       shell: python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
index 34bb6893..e0b75103 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install TileDB
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
         with:
-          version: "main"
           linkage: ${{ matrix.linkage }}
       - name: Install Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
index c59955f8..a2aa2a1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install TileDB
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
-        with:
-          version: "main"
-          linkage: "dynamic"
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --all-targets --all-features
       - name: Test
@@ -52,9 +49,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install TileDB
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
-        with:
-          version: "main"
-          linkage: "dynamic"
       - name: Check Formatting
         run: cargo fmt --quiet --check
       - name: Lint
@@ -75,15 +69,31 @@ jobs:
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install TileDB
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
-        with:
-          version: "main"
-          linkage: "dynamic"
       - name: Check Formatting
         run: cargo fmt --quiet --check
       - name: Lint
         run: cargo clippy --no-deps --all-targets --all-features -- -Dwarnings
 
+  check-pr-title:
+    name: "Check Title Format"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Check Title Format"
+        shell: python
+        env:
+          PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+        run: |
+          import os
+          import re
+
+          PAT = re.compile(r"^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test){1}(\([\w\-\.]+\))?(!)?: ([\w ])+([\s\S]*)")
+          if not PAT.match(os.environ["PR_TITLE"]):
+            print("The pull request title does not match Conventional Commits syntax")
+            print("See: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/")
+            exit(1)
+
   check-api-coverage:
+    name: "Check API Coverage"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout tiledb-rs
@@ -96,9 +106,6 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo install cargo-expand
       - name: Install TileDB
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
-        with:
-          version: "main"
-          linkage: "dynamic"
       - name: Build API Coverage Tool
         run: cd tools/api-coverage && cargo build
       - name: Calculate Coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b5574f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Nightly CI
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - "release-*"
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    name: "Prepare: ${{ matrix.os }}"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - "ubuntu-latest"
+          - "linux-arm64-ubuntu24"
+          - "macos-13"
+          - "macos-latest"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout tiledb-rs
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install TileDB
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-tiledb
+      - name: Install Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          components: clippy, rustfmt
+      - name: Check Formatting
+        run: cargo fmt --quiet --check
+      - name: Lint
+        run: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -Dwarnings
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo build --all-targets --all-features
+      - name: Test
+        run: cargo test --all-targets --all-features
+
+  create_issue_on_fail:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: run
+    if: failure() || cancelled()
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Create Issue on Failure
+        uses: TileDB-Inc/github-actions/open-issue@main
+        with:
+          name: Release Workflow Failure
+          label: release-failure
+          assignee: davisp,rroelke
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 392c7e4e..c56c5913 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arrow",
  "cells",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "num-traits",
  "paste",
  "proptest",
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "tiledb-pod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "num-traits",
  "proptest",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9da06854..9f987b2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,34 +31,37 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.80"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[workspace.metadata.libtiledb]
+version = "main"
+
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 armerge = "2"
 arrow = { version = "52.0.0", features = ["prettyprint"] }
-arrow-schema = { version = "52.0.0" }
+arrow-schema = "52.0.0"
 bindgen = "0.70"
-cells = { path = "test-utils/cells", version = "0.1.0" }
+cells = { path = "test-utils/cells" }
 cmake = "0.1"
 itertools = "0"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 paste = "1.0"
-proptest = { version = "1.0.0" }
+pkg-config = "0.3.30"
+proptest = "1.0.0"
 regex = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["float_roundtrip"] }
-signal = { path = "test-utils/signal", version = "0.1.0" }
-strategy-ext = { path = "test-utils/strategy-ext", version = "0.1.0" }
+signal = { path = "test-utils/signal" }
+strategy-ext = { path = "test-utils/strategy-ext" }
 tempfile = { version = "3" }
 thiserror = { version = "1" }
-tiledb-api = { path = "tiledb/api", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-common = { path = "tiledb/common", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-pod = { path = "tiledb/pod", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-proc-macro = { path = "tiledb/proc-macro", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-proptest-config = { path = "test-utils/proptest-config", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-sys = { path = "tiledb/sys", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-sys-cfg = { path = "tiledb/sys-cfg", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-sys-defs = { path = "tiledb/sys-defs", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-test-utils = { path = "tiledb/test-utils", version = "0.1.0" }
-tiledb-utils = { path = "tiledb/utils", version = "0.1.0" }
-pkg-config = "0.3.30"
-uri = { path = "test-utils/uri", version = "0.1.0" }
+tiledb-api = { path = "tiledb/api" }
+tiledb-common = { path = "tiledb/common" }
+tiledb-pod = { path = "tiledb/pod" }
+tiledb-proc-macro = { path = "tiledb/proc-macro" }
+tiledb-proptest-config = { path = "test-utils/proptest-config" }
+tiledb-sys = { path = "tiledb/sys" }
+tiledb-sys-cfg = { path = "tiledb/sys-cfg" }
+tiledb-sys-defs = { path = "tiledb/sys-defs" }
+tiledb-test-utils = { path = "tiledb/test-utils" }
+tiledb-utils = { path = "tiledb/utils" }
+uri = { path = "test-utils/uri" }
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fe3f056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# How to Create a Release
+
+This document describes the process for creating a release of tiledb-rs. There
+are two main workflows: major/minor releases and patch releases. The two are
+basically identical other than patch releases skip a few extra maintenance
+steps for the major/minor release types.
+
+## Release Types
+
+Given the semantic version `x.y.z`, if `x` or `y` have changed, you're working
+on a major/minor release. If only `z` has chagned, then its a patch release
+which just means you get to skip a few chore steps.
+
+## Required Tooling
+
+- [Git Cliff](https://git-cliff.org/)
+- [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/)
+
+## Preparing a Major or Minor Release
+
+1. Create a new `release-x.y` branch
+2. Perform any maintenance actions
+3. Run `./scripts/make-release.sh`
+
+### 1. Create a new `release-x.y` Branch
+
+```bash
+$ git checkout -b release-0.1 origin/main
+```
+
+### 2. Perform any maintenance actions
+
+This section is a work in progress. So far the following steps should be
+manually verified:
+
+1. Ensure that the `workspace.metadata.libtiledb.version` key is correct in `Cargo.toml`
+2. Something something, check MSVR maybe?
+
+### 3. Tag the Release
+
+The following command will perform four major actions:
+
+1. Use `git cliff` to generate the release CHANGELOG
+2. Open your editor to view the change log before creating the tag
+3. Create and push the tag to Github
+4. Create the GitHub release using the newly created tag
+
+```bash
+$ ./scripts/make-release.sh x.y.z
+```
+
+## Preparing a Patch Release
+
+Preparing a patch release should just be a matter of running `make-release.sh`
+on the release branch.
+
+```bash
+$ git checkout release-x.y
+$ ./scripts/make-release.sh x.y.z
+```
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a13b831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Lightly edited from the default cliff.toml
+#
+# git-cliff ~ default configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+#
+# Lines starting with "#" are comments.
+# Configuration options are organized into tables and keys.
+# See documentation for more information on available options.
+
+[changelog]
+# template for the changelog header
+# header = ""
+
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """tiledb-rs {{ version }}
+
+{% if version %}\
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {% if commit.scope %}*({{ commit.scope }})* {% endif %}\
+            {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}\
+            {{ commit.message | split(pat="\n") | first | upper_first | trim }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing s
+trim = true
+# postprocessors
+postprocessors = [
+    # Update `<REPO>` references
+    { pattern = '<REPO>', replace = "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/tiledb-rs" },
+]
+# render body even when there are no releases to process
+# render_always = true
+# output file path
+# output = "test.md"
+
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = true
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = false
+# process each line of a commit as an individual commit
+split_commits = false
+
+commit_preprocessors = [
+    # Replace issue numbers
+    { pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "([#${2}](<REPO>/issues/${2}))" },
+    # Strip Shortcut references
+    { pattern = '\[[sS][cC].\d+\]', replace = "" },
+    # Check spelling of the commit with https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
+    # If the spelling is incorrect, it will be automatically fixed.
+    #{ pattern = '.*', replace_command = 'typos --write-changes -' },
+] # regex for preprocessing the commit messages
+
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+    { message = "^feat", group = "<!-- 0 -->🚀 Features" },
+    { message = "^fix", group = "<!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes" },
+    { message = "^doc", group = "<!-- 3 -->📚 Documentation" },
+    { message = "^perf", group = "<!-- 4 -->⚡ Performance" },
+    { message = "^refactor", group = "<!-- 2 -->🚜 Refactor" },
+    { message = "^style", group = "<!-- 5 -->🎨 Styling" },
+    { message = "^test", group = "<!-- 6 -->🧪 Testing" },
+    { message = "^chore\\(release\\): prepare for", skip = true },
+    { message = "^chore\\(deps.*\\)", skip = true },
+    { message = "^chore\\(pr\\)", skip = true },
+    { message = "^chore\\(pull\\)", skip = true },
+    { message = "^chore|^ci", group = "<!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks" },
+    { body = ".*security", group = "<!-- 8 -->🛡️ Security" },
+    { message = "^revert", group = "<!-- 9 -->◀️ Revert" },
+    { message = ".*", group = "<!-- 10 -->💼 Other" },
+]
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# sort the tags topologically
+topo_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "oldest"
+# Ignore nightlies and nightly-libtiledb tags
+ignore_tags = "nightlies|nightly-libtiledb"
diff --git a/scripts/make-release.sh b/scripts/make-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0578f0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+NOTES=$(git cliff --unreleased --tag $1)
+git tag -a --cleanup verbatim -e -m "$NOTES" $1
+git push origin $1
+gh release create $1 --verify-tag --notes "$NOTES"