diff --git a/.github/scripts/create_or_update_upstream_pr.sh b/.github/scripts/create_or_update_upstream_pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..65d64cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/create_or_update_upstream_pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+upstream=redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod
+branch="openstack-lightspeed-release-$NEW_VERSION"
+title="operator openstack-lightspeed-operator ($NEW_VERSION)"
+head="${FORK_REPOSITORY%%/*}:$branch"
+
+gh auth setup-git --hostname github.com
+git config user.name "$AUTHOR_NAME"
+git config user.email "$AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+git remote add fork "https://github.com/$FORK_REPOSITORY.git"
+remote_head=$(git ls-remote fork "refs/heads/$branch" | cut -f1)
+git switch -c "$branch"
+git add -- "operators/openstack-lightspeed-operator/$NEW_VERSION"
+git commit --signoff -m "$title"
+# Only replace the branch if it has not changed since we read it.
+git push --force-with-lease="refs/heads/$branch:$remote_head" \
+  fork "HEAD:refs/heads/$branch"
+
+body_file="$RUNNER_TEMP/community-release-pr.md"
+cat > "$body_file" <<EOF
+Release OpenStack Lightspeed community operator $NEW_VERSION.
+
+- Image tag: $CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG
+- Bundle image: quay.io/openstack-lightspeed/operator-bundle@$BUNDLE_DIGEST
+- Operator image: quay.io/openstack-lightspeed/operator@$OPERATOR_DIGEST
+
+Generated by [this workflow run]($GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID).
+EOF
+
+# REST calls through gh support both personal and organization forks.
+pr_number=$(gh api --method GET "repos/$upstream/pulls" \
+  -f state=open -f base=main -f "head=$head" --jq '.[0].number // empty')
+if [[ -n "$pr_number" ]]; then
+  pr_url=$(gh api --method PATCH "repos/$upstream/pulls/$pr_number" \
+    -f "title=$title" -F "body=@$body_file" --jq .html_url)
+else
+  pr_url=$(gh api --method POST "repos/$upstream/pulls" \
+    -f base=main -f "head=$head" -f "head_repo=${FORK_REPOSITORY#*/}" \
+    -f "title=$title" -F "body=@$body_file" --jq .html_url)
+fi
+echo "pull-request-url=$pr_url" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/prepare_community_bundle.sh b/.github/scripts/prepare_community_bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0a2fc42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/prepare_community_bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+if [[ "$HAS_TOKEN" != true ]]; then
+  echo "::error::Set the COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_TOKEN repository secret."
+  exit 1
+fi
+: "${AUTHOR_NAME:?Set the RELEASE_AUTHOR_NAME repository variable.}"
+: "${AUTHOR_EMAIL:?Set the RELEASE_AUTHOR_EMAIL repository variable.}"
+version_pattern='^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$'
+if [[ ! "$NEW_VERSION" =~ $version_pattern ]]; then
+  echo "::error::new_version must have the form X.Y.Z."
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ ! "$FORK_REPOSITORY" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "::error::Set the COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_FORK repository variable to owner/repository."
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ ! "$CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]{0,127}$ ]]; then
+  echo "::error::container_image_tag must be a valid container image tag."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+operator_dir=operators/openstack-lightspeed-operator
+release_dir="$operator_dir/$NEW_VERSION"
+if [[ -e "$release_dir" ]]; then
+  echo "::error::Version $NEW_VERSION already exists on upstream main."
+  exit 1
+fi
+PREVIOUS_VERSION=$(
+  { find "$operator_dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%f\n'; printf '%s\n' "$NEW_VERSION"; } |
+    grep -E "$version_pattern" | sort -Vu |
+    awk -v version="$NEW_VERSION" '$0 == version { print previous } { previous = $0 }'
+)
+: "${PREVIOUS_VERSION:?No existing community release precedes this version.}"
+
+declare -A image_digests
+for repository in operator operator-bundle; do
+  digest=$(curl --fail --silent --show-error --max-time 30 \
+    --get --data-urlencode "specificTag=$CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG" \
+    --data-urlencode 'onlyActiveTags=true' \
+    "https://quay.io/api/v1/repository/openstack-lightspeed/$repository/tag/" |
+    jq -r --arg tag "$CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG" \
+      '[.tags[]? | select(.name == $tag) | .manifest_digest][0] // empty')
+  if [[ ! "$digest" =~ ^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]]; then
+    echo "::error::No active $repository image with a valid digest for $CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  image_digests[$repository]="$digest"
+done
+OPERATOR_IMAGE_DIGEST=${image_digests[operator]}
+BUNDLE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${image_digests[operator-bundle]}
+export PREVIOUS_VERSION OPERATOR_IMAGE_DIGEST
+
+image="quay.io/openstack-lightspeed/operator-bundle@$BUNDLE_IMAGE_DIGEST"
+podman pull "$image"
+image_id=$(podman image inspect --format '{{.Id}}' "$image")
+# Podman 4 requires a command even though this container is never started.
+container_id=$(podman create "$image_id" /bin/true)
+trap 'podman rm "$container_id" >/dev/null || true' EXIT
+mkdir -p "$release_dir"
+for directory in manifests metadata tests; do
+  podman cp "$container_id:/$directory" "$release_dir/$directory"
+done
+
+yq -i '
+  .metadata.name = ("openstack-lightspeed-operator.v" + strenv(NEW_VERSION)) |
+  .metadata.annotations.containerImage = ("quay.io/openstack-lightspeed/operator@" + strenv(OPERATOR_IMAGE_DIGEST)) |
+  .metadata.annotations.support = "Community" |
+  .spec.displayName = "OpenStack Lightspeed (Community)" |
+  .spec.replaces = ("openstack-lightspeed-operator.v" + strenv(PREVIOUS_VERSION)) |
+  .spec.version = strenv(NEW_VERSION)
+' "$release_dir/manifests/openstack-lightspeed-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml"
+
+cat > "$release_dir/release-config.yaml" <<EOF
+catalog_templates:
+  - template_name: v4.16.yaml
+    channels: [alpha]
+    replaces: openstack-lightspeed-operator.v$PREVIOUS_VERSION
+  - template_name: v4.18.yaml
+    channels: [alpha]
+    replaces: openstack-lightspeed-operator.v$PREVIOUS_VERSION
+  - template_name: v4.22.yaml
+    channels: [alpha]
+    replaces: openstack-lightspeed-operator.v$PREVIOUS_VERSION
+EOF
+echo "operator_digest=$OPERATOR_IMAGE_DIGEST" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+echo "bundle_digest=$BUNDLE_IMAGE_DIGEST" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/propose-community-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/propose-community-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e430613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/propose-community-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+name: Propose community operator release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      new_version:
+        description: 'Community release version (X.Y.Z)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      container_image_tag:
+        description: 'Published operator and bundle image tag'
+        required: true
+        default: latest
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: community-release-${{ vars.COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_FORK }}-${{ inputs.new_version }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  propose-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    env:
+      NEW_VERSION: ${{ inputs.new_version }}
+      CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.container_image_tag }}
+      FORK_REPOSITORY: ${{ vars.COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_FORK }}  # owner/repo-name
+      AUTHOR_NAME: ${{ vars.RELEASE_AUTHOR_NAME }}
+      AUTHOR_EMAIL: ${{ vars.RELEASE_AUTHOR_EMAIL }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out release scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Check out community operators
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod
+          ref: main
+          path: community-operators-prod
+          # Keep history for pushing to forks that are behind upstream.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          sparse-checkout: operators/openstack-lightspeed-operator
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Prepare community bundle
+        id: bundle
+        working-directory: community-operators-prod
+        env:
+          # The preparation script only needs to know whether the PAT is configured.
+          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_TOKEN != '' }}
+        run: bash "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/prepare_community_bundle.sh"
+
+      - name: Install operator-sdk
+        uses: redhat-actions/openshift-tools-installer@37eb3cfb20ac2df6f0511ffa71cd917e4d49cabf # v3
+        with:
+          source: github
+          operator-sdk: 1.42.3
+
+      - name: Validate community bundle
+        working-directory: community-operators-prod
+        run: operator-sdk bundle validate "./operators/openstack-lightspeed-operator/$NEW_VERSION"
+
+      # Scorecard executes its tests in Kubernetes pods.
+      - name: Create cluster for scorecard
+        uses: helm/kind-action@1544676c07bb3570fcb70166beaa07c4528fd4aa # v1.15.1
+        with:
+          cluster_name: community-scorecard
+          wait: 120s
+
+      - name: Run community bundle scorecard
+        working-directory: community-operators-prod
+        run: operator-sdk scorecard "./operators/openstack-lightspeed-operator/$NEW_VERSION" --wait-time 5m
+
+      - name: Create or update upstream pull request
+        id: pr
+        working-directory: community-operators-prod
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_TOKEN }}
+          GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1"
+          GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0"
+          OPERATOR_DIGEST: ${{ steps.bundle.outputs.operator_digest }}
+          BUNDLE_DIGEST: ${{ steps.bundle.outputs.bundle_digest }}
+        run: bash "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/create_or_update_upstream_pr.sh"
+
+      - name: Show pull request
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.pull-request-url }}
+        run: |
+          printf 'Release pull request: %s\n' "$PR_URL" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 4b34c505..08fad12e 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -23,6 +23,44 @@ cd ../..
 `PULL_SECRET` is the same pull secret described in the
 [installation guide](install_guide.md#access-to-registry-images).
 
+## Releasing to the community catalog
+
+The **Propose community operator release** GitHub Actions workflow uses
+already-published operator and bundle images from Quay. It resolves the selected
+tag to image digests, extracts the bundle, and updates its version, community
+metadata, and upgrade link to the preceding release. It runs bundle validation
+and scorecard tests (in a temporary Kind cluster), then opens or updates a PR in
+[community-operators-prod](https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod).
+The current targets are the `alpha` channel on OpenShift 4.16, 4.18, 4.22 configured
+in `.github/scripts/prepare_community_bundle.sh`.
+
+Before the first release, a repository administrator must configure these
+Actions secrets and variables:
+
+- Secret `COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_TOKEN`: a bot account token that can push to the
+  fork and create or update upstream PRs.
+- Variable `COMMUNITY_OPERATORS_FORK`: the existing fork, in `owner/repository`
+  format (for example, `openstack-lightspeed-bot/community-operators-prod`).
+- Variables `RELEASE_AUTHOR_NAME` and `RELEASE_AUTHOR_EMAIL`: the bot's Git
+  commit identity.
+
+To make a release:
+
+1. Wait for **Build and push operator container image** to finish successfully
+   for the code you want to release.
+2. In the `lightspeed-operator` repository, open **Actions → Propose community
+   operator release → Run workflow**.
+3. Set `new_version` to the next community version, such as `0.0.3` (without a
+   `v` prefix). It must not already exist in the catalog. Set
+   `container_image_tag` to `latest` (the default, from the latest main build),
+   or a specific build tag such as `v0.1.0-<short-commit-sha>`.
+4. Click **Run workflow**. If validation and scorecard pass, the run summary
+   contains the upstream PR link. Follow that PR's checks and review through
+   merge; the upstream pipeline handles publication to the catalog.
+
+After publication, verify installation and a Lightspeed query on an OpenShift
+cluster using the [installation guide](install_guide.md).
+
 ## Architecture
 
 ```mermaid