diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-untriaged.yml b/.github/workflows/add-untriaged.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dcc7020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-untriaged.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Apply 'untriaged' label during issue lifecycle
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, reopened, transferred]
+
+jobs:
+  apply-label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: |
+            github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              labels: ['untriaged']
+            })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a598da2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Releases
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: GitHub App token
+        id: github_app_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1.5.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          installation_id: 22958780
+      - name: Get tag
+        id: tag
+        uses: dawidd6/action-get-tag@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ steps.github_app_token.outputs.token }}
+          bodyFile: release-notes/opensearch-asynchronous-search.release-notes-${{steps.tag.outputs.tag}}.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e47d8d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Backport
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - closed
+      - labeled
+
+jobs:
+  backport:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    name: Backport
+    steps:
+      - name: GitHub App token
+        id: github_app_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1.5.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          installation_id: 22958780
+
+      - name: Backport
+        uses: VachaShah/backport@v1.1.4
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ steps.github_app_token.outputs.token }}
+          branch_name: backport/backport-${{ github.event.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index faca8283..9c26cda3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,16 +47,15 @@ jobs:
         id: step-build-test-linux
         run: |
           chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
-          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew assemble"
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew build"
           plugin=`basename $(ls build/distributions/*.zip)`
           echo plugin $plugin
           mv -v build/distributions/$plugin ./
           echo "build-test-linux=$plugin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        #run: ./gradlew build
-#      - name: Uploads coverage
-#        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.2.1
-#        with:
-#          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Uploads coverage
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.2.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: async-plugin-linux-${{ matrix.java }}
@@ -137,60 +136,60 @@ jobs:
           name: logs
           path: build/testclusters/integTest-*/logs/*
 
-#  windows-build:
-#    # Job name
-#    name: Build Asynchronous Search
-#    # This job runs on Windows.
-#    runs-on: windows-latest
-#    steps:
-#      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
-#      - name: Set Up JDK 11
-#        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-#        with:
-#          java-version: 11
-#      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
-#      - name: Checkout Branch
-#        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-#      - name: Build with Gradle
-#        run: ./gradlew.bat build -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
-#        env:
-#          _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
-#      - name: Create Artifact Path
-#        run: |
-#          mkdir -p asynchronous-search-artifacts
-#          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip asynchronous-search-artifacts
-#      # This step uses the upload-artifact Github action: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
-#      - name: Upload Artifacts
-#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
-#        with:
-#          name: asynchronous-search-plugin-windows
-#          path: asynchronous-search-artifacts
-#
-#  mac-os-build:
-#    # Job name
-#    name: Build Asynchronous Search
-#    # This job runs on Mac OS.
-#    runs-on: macos-latest
-#    steps:
-#      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
-#      - name: Set Up JDK 11
-#        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-#        with:
-#          java-version: 11
-#      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
-#      - name: Checkout Branch
-#        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-#      - name: Build with Gradle
-#        run: ./gradlew build -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
-#        env:
-#          _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
-#      - name: Create Artifact Path
-#        run: |
-#          mkdir -p asynchronous-search-artifacts
-#          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip asynchronous-search-artifacts
-#      # This step uses the upload-artifact Github action: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
-#      - name: Upload Artifacts
-#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
-#        with:
-#          name: asynchronous-search-plugin-mac
-#          path: asynchronous-search-artifacts
+  windows-build:
+    # Job name
+    name: Build Asynchronous Search
+    # This job runs on Windows.
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
+      - name: Set Up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - name: Checkout Branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew.bat build -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
+        env:
+          _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
+      - name: Create Artifact Path
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p asynchronous-search-artifacts
+          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip asynchronous-search-artifacts
+      # This step uses the upload-artifact Github action: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: asynchronous-search-plugin-windows
+          path: asynchronous-search-artifacts
+
+  mac-os-build:
+    # Job name
+    name: Build Asynchronous Search
+    # This job runs on Mac OS.
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
+      - name: Set Up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - name: Checkout Branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
+        env:
+          _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
+      - name: Create Artifact Path
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p asynchronous-search-artifacts
+          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip asynchronous-search-artifacts
+      # This step uses the upload-artifact Github action: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: asynchronous-search-plugin-mac
+          path: asynchronous-search-artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f24f022b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Delete merged branch of the backport PRs
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+jobs:
+  delete-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref,'backport/')
+    steps:
+      - name: Delete merged branch
+        uses: SvanBoxel/delete-merged-branch@main
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e924caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Publish snapshots to maven
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - '2.*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish-snapshots:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin # Temurin is a distribution of adoptium
+          java-version: 11
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_SNAPSHOTS_ROLE }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - name: publish snapshots to maven
+        run: |
+          export SONATYPE_USERNAME=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id maven-snapshots-username --query SecretString --output text)
+          export SONATYPE_PASSWORD=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id maven-snapshots-password --query SecretString --output text)
+          echo "::add-mask::$SONATYPE_USERNAME"
+          echo "::add-mask::$SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+          ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToSnapshotsRepository
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d07db88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Multi node test workflow
+
+env:
+  java_version: 11
+# This workflow is triggered on pull requests to master
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  Get-CI-Image-Tag:
+    uses: opensearch-project/opensearch-build/.github/workflows/get-ci-image-tag.yml@main
+    with:
+      product: opensearch
+
+  build:
+    # Job name
+    needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
+    name: Build Asynchronous Search
+    # This job runs on Linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      # using the same image which is used by opensearch-build team to build the OpenSearch Distribution
+      # this image tag is subject to change as more dependencies and updates will arrive over time
+      image: ${{ needs.Get-CI-Image-Tag.outputs.ci-image-version-linux }}
+      # need to switch to root so that github actions can install runner binary on container without permission issues.
+      options: --user root
+
+    steps:
+      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
+      - name: Set Up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ env.java_version }}
+      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - name: Checkout Branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Run integration tests with multi node config
+        run: |
+          chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=5"
+      - name: Run Backwards Compatibility Tests
+        run: |
+          echo "Running backwards compatibility tests ..."
+          chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew bwcTestSuite -Dtests.security.manager=false"
+      - name: Upload failed logs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: logs
+          path: build/testclusters/integTest-*/logs/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..848f345f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+name: Release workflow
+
+env:
+  aws_staging_region: us-west-2
+
+# This workflow is triggered on creating tags to master or a opendistro release branch
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [11,17]
+    # Job name
+    name: Build Asynchronous Search with JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+    # This job runs on Linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - name: Checkout Branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      # This step uses the setup-java Github action: https://github.com/actions/setup-java
+      - name: Set Up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+
+      # Building zip, deb and rpm files
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build buildDeb buildRpm --no-daemon -Dbuild.snapshot=false
+
+      # Creating artifact path as well as individual folders for rpm, zip and deb assets
+      - name: Create Artifact Path
+        run: |
+          artifacts_dir="asynchronous-search-artifacts"
+          build_dir="./build/distributions"
+          mkdir -p ${artifacts_dir}
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.deb ${artifacts_dir}
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.deb ${artifacts_dir}_deb
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.rpm ${artifacts_dir}
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.rpm ${artifacts_dir}_rpm
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.zip ${artifacts_dir}
+          cp ${build_dir}/*.zip ${artifacts_dir}_zip
+          echo "TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # AWS authentication
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.aws_staging_region }}
+
+      # This step uses the upload-artifact Github action: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
+      - name: Upload Artifacts to S3
+        run: |
+          zip=`ls asynchronous-search-artifacts/*.zip`
+          rpm=`ls asynchronous-search-artifacts/*.rpm`
+          deb=`ls asynchronous-search-artifacts/*.deb`
+          # Inject the build number before the suffix
+          zip_outfile=`basename ${zip%.zip}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.zip`
+          rpm_outfile=`basename ${rpm%.rpm}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.rpm`
+          deb_outfile=`basename ${deb%.deb}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.deb`
+          s3_prefix="s3://staging.artifacts.opendistroforelasticsearch.amazon.com/snapshots/elasticsearch-plugins/asynchronous-search/"
+          echo "Copying ${zip} to ${s3_prefix}${zip_outfile}"
+          aws s3 cp --quiet $zip ${s3_prefix}${zip_outfile}
+          echo "Copying ${rpm} to ${s3_prefix}${rpm_outfile}"
+          aws s3 cp --quiet $rpm ${s3_prefix}${rpm_outfile}
+          echo "Copying ${deb} to ${s3_prefix}${deb_outfile}"
+          aws s3 cp --quiet $deb ${s3_prefix}${deb_outfile}
+
+      - name: Create Github Draft Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ env.TAG_VERSION }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false
+
+      # Upload the release with .zip as asset
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_name: asynchronous-search.zip
+          asset_path: asynchronous-search-artifacts_zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      # Upload the release with .rpm as asset
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_name: asynchronous-search.rpm
+          asset_path: asynchronous-search-artifacts_rpm
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      # Upload the release with .deb as asset
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_name: asynchronous-search.deb
+          asset_path: asynchronous-search-artifacts_deb
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      - name: Upload Workflow Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: asynchronous-search-plugin
+          path: asynchronous-search-artifacts
+