diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate_changelog.sh b/.github/scripts/generate_changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+function printChangelog() {
+  local TITLE=$1
+  shift
+  # Skip the sentinel value.
+  local ENTRIES=("${@:2}")
+  if [ ${#ENTRIES[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "### ${TITLE}"
+    echo ""
+    for ((i = 0; i < ${#ENTRIES[@]}; i++))
+    do
+        echo "* ${ENTRIES[$i]}"
+    done
+    echo ""
+  fi
+}
+
+if [[ -z "${GITHUB_SHA}" ]]; then
+  GITHUB_SHA="HEAD"
+fi
+
+LAST_TAG=`git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1) 2> /dev/null` || true
+if [[ -z "${LAST_TAG}" ]]; then
+  echo "[INFO] No tags found. Including all commits up to ${GITHUB_SHA}."
+  VERSION_RANGE="${GITHUB_SHA}"
+else
+  echo "[INFO] Last release tag: ${LAST_TAG}."
+  COMMIT_SHA=`git show-ref -s ${LAST_TAG}`
+  echo "[INFO] Last release commit: ${COMMIT_SHA}."
+  VERSION_RANGE="${COMMIT_SHA}..${GITHUB_SHA}"
+  echo "[INFO] Including all commits in the range ${VERSION_RANGE}."
+fi
+
+echo ""
+
+# Older versions of Bash (< 4.4) treat empty arrays as unbound variables, which triggers
+# errors when referencing them. Therefore we initialize each of these arrays with an empty
+# sentinel value, and later skip them.
+CHANGES=("")
+FIXES=("")
+FEATS=("")
+MISC=("")
+
+while read -r line
+do
+  COMMIT_MSG=`echo ${line} | cut -d ' ' -f 2-`
+  if [[ $COMMIT_MSG =~ ^change(\(.*\))?: ]]; then
+    CHANGES+=("$COMMIT_MSG")
+  elif [[ $COMMIT_MSG =~ ^fix(\(.*\))?: ]]; then
+    FIXES+=("$COMMIT_MSG")
+  elif [[ $COMMIT_MSG =~ ^feat(\(.*\))?: ]]; then
+    FEATS+=("$COMMIT_MSG")
+  else
+    MISC+=("${COMMIT_MSG}")
+  fi
+done < <(git log ${VERSION_RANGE} --oneline)
+
+printChangelog "Breaking Changes" "${CHANGES[@]}"
+printChangelog "New Features" "${FEATS[@]}"
+printChangelog "Bug Fixes" "${FIXES[@]}"
+printChangelog "Miscellaneous" "${MISC[@]}"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh b/.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..38b0be20c
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+++ b/.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+###################################### Outputs #####################################
+
+# 1. version: The version of this release including the 'v' prefix (e.g. v1.2.3).
+# 2. changelog: Formatted changelog text for this release.
+
+####################################################################################
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+function echo_info() {
+    local MESSAGE=$1
+    echo "[INFO] ${MESSAGE}"
+}
+
+function echo_warn() {
+    local MESSAGE=$1
+    echo "[WARN] ${MESSAGE}"
+}
+
+function terminate() {
+    echo ""
+    echo_warn "--------------------------------------------"
+    echo_warn "PREFLIGHT FAILED"
+    echo_warn "--------------------------------------------"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+
+echo_info "Starting publish preflight check..."
+echo_info "Git revision          : ${GITHUB_SHA}"
+echo_info "Workflow triggered by : ${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+echo_info "GitHub event          : ${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}"
+
+
+echo_info ""
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info "Extracting release version"
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info ""
+
+readonly ABOUT_FILE="firebase_admin/__about__.py"
+echo_info "Loading version from: ${ABOUT_FILE}"
+
+readonly VERSION_SCRIPT="exec(open('${ABOUT_FILE}').read()); print(__version__)"
+readonly RELEASE_VERSION=`python -c "${VERSION_SCRIPT}"` || true
+if [[ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+  echo_warn "Failed to extract release version from: ${ABOUT_FILE}"
+  terminate
+fi
+
+if [[ ! "${RELEASE_VERSION}" =~ ^([0-9]*)\.([0-9]*)\.([0-9]*)$ ]]; then
+  echo_warn "Malformed release version string: ${RELEASE_VERSION}. Exiting."
+  terminate
+fi
+
+echo_info "Extracted release version: ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+echo "::set-output name=version::v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+
+
+echo_info ""
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info "Checking previous releases"
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info ""
+
+readonly PYPI_URL="https://pypi.org/pypi/firebase-admin/${RELEASE_VERSION}/json"
+readonly PYPI_STATUS=`curl -s -o /dev/null -L -w "%{http_code}" ${PYPI_URL}`
+if [[ $PYPI_STATUS -eq 404 ]]; then
+  echo_info "Release version ${RELEASE_VERSION} not found in Pypi."
+elif [[ $PYPI_STATUS -eq 200 ]]; then
+  echo_warn "Release version ${RELEASE_VERSION} already present in Pypi."
+  terminate
+else
+  echo_warn "Unexpected ${PYPI_STATUS} response from Pypi. Exiting."
+  terminate
+fi
+
+
+echo_info ""
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info "Checking release tag"
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info ""
+
+echo_info "---< git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* >---"
+git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+echo ""
+
+readonly EXISTING_TAG=`git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/v${RELEASE_VERSION}"` || true
+if [[ -n "${EXISTING_TAG}" ]]; then
+  echo_warn "Tag v${RELEASE_VERSION} already exists. Exiting."
+  echo_warn "If the tag was created in a previous unsuccessful attempt, delete it and try again."
+  echo_warn "  $ git tag -d v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+  echo_warn "  $ git push --delete origin v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+
+  readonly RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-python/releases/tag/v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+  echo_warn "Delete any corresponding releases at ${RELEASE_URL}."
+  terminate
+fi
+
+echo_info "Tag v${RELEASE_VERSION} does not exist."
+
+
+echo_info ""
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info "Generating changelog"
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info ""
+
+echo_info "---< git fetch origin master --prune --unshallow >---"
+git fetch origin master --prune --unshallow
+echo ""
+
+echo_info "Generating changelog from history..."
+readonly CURRENT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+readonly CHANGELOG=`${CURRENT_DIR}/generate_changelog.sh`
+echo "$CHANGELOG"
+
+# Parse and preformat the text to handle multi-line output.
+# See https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/set-output-Truncates-Multiline-Strings/td-p/37870
+FILTERED_CHANGELOG=`echo "$CHANGELOG" | grep -v "\\[INFO\\]"`
+FILTERED_CHANGELOG="${FILTERED_CHANGELOG//'%'/'%25'}"
+FILTERED_CHANGELOG="${FILTERED_CHANGELOG//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
+FILTERED_CHANGELOG="${FILTERED_CHANGELOG//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
+echo "::set-output name=changelog::${FILTERED_CHANGELOG}"
+
+
+echo ""
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
+echo_info "PREFLIGHT SUCCESSFUL"
+echo_info "--------------------------------------------"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..670a5cab4
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+# Copyright 2020 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  # Only run the workflow when a PR is closed, or when a developer explicitly requests
+  # a build by sending a 'firebase_build' event.
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types:
+      - firebase_build
+
+jobs:
+  stage_release:
+    # If triggered by a PR it must be merged and contain the label 'release:build'.
+    if: github.event.action == 'firebase_build' ||
+      (github.event.pull_request.merged &&
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release:build'))
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # When manually triggering the build, the requester can specify a target branch or a tag
+    # via the 'ref' client parameter.
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout source for staging
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ref || github.ref }}
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.6
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        pytest
+        echo "Running integration tests"
+
+    - name: Package release artifacts
+      run: python setup.py bdist_wheel bdist_egg
+
+    # Attach the packaged artifacts to the workflow output. These can be manually
+    # downloaded for later inspection if necessary.
+    - name: Archive artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: dist
+        path: dist
+
+    # Check whether the release should be published. We publish only when the trigger PR is
+    #   1. merged
+    #   2. to the master branch
+    #   3. with the title prefix '[chore] Release '.
+    - name: Publish preflight check
+      if: success() && github.event.pull_request.merged &&
+        github.ref == 'master' &&
+        startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, '[chore] Release ')
+      id: preflight
+      run: |
+        ./.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh
+        echo ::set-env name=FIREBASE_PUBLISH::true
+
+    # Tag the release if not executing in the dryrun mode. We pull this action froma
+    # custom fork of a contributor until https://github.com/actions/create-release/pull/32
+    # is merged. Also note that v1 of this action does not support the "body" parameter.
+    - name: Create release tag
+      if: success() && env.FIREBASE_PUBLISH
+      uses: fleskesvor/create-release@1a72e235c178bf2ae6c51a8ae36febc24568c5fe
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ steps.preflight.outputs.version }}
+        release_name: Firebase Admin Python SDK ${{ steps.preflight.outputs.version }}
+        body: ${{ steps.preflight.outputs.changelog }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false
+
+    - name: Publish to Pypi
+      if: success() && env.FIREBASE_PUBLISH
+      run: echo Publishing to Pypi
+
+    # Post to Twitter if explicitly opted-in by adding the label 'release:tweet'.
+    - name: Post to Twitter
+      if: success() && env.FIREBASE_PUBLISH &&
+        contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release:tweet')
+      run: echo Posting Tweet
+      continue-on-error: true