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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The RISE Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# This workflow is based on: https://github.com/sfu-db/connector-x/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml
+
+name: Build connectorx wheels (riscv64)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'connectorx version to build (git tag without leading v, e.g. 0.4.5)'
+        required: true
+        default: '0.4.5'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/build-connectorx.yml'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.version || '0.4.5' }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read  # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
+
+env:
+  CONNECTORX_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '0.4.5' }}
+  CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: '2'
+
+jobs:
+  setup:
+    uses: $/.github/workflows/_setup.yml
+
+  build_wheels:
+    needs: [setup]
+    name: Build connectorx ${{ inputs.version || '0.4.5' }} ${{ matrix.python-version }}-riscv64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
+    timeout-minutes: 1440
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout connector-x v${{ env.CONNECTORX_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          repository: sfu-db/connector-x
+          ref: v${{ env.CONNECTORX_VERSION }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d  # v10.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          activate-environment: true
+          enable-cache: false
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@e83996d129638aa358a18fbd1dfb82f0b0fb5d3b  # v1.51.0
+        with:
+          command: build
+          target: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
+          args: >-
+            --manifest-path connectorx-python/Cargo.toml
+            -i ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+            --release
+            --features integrated-auth-gssapi
+            --out dist
+          manylinux: '2_39'
+          before-script-linux: |
+            # gotcha 46: Rocky 10 is missing FindBin/Time::Piece even with
+            # perl-core, so openssl-sys's vendored Configure needs full perl.
+            # libgssapi-sys's build.rs needs gssapi.h, which krb5-libs (runtime
+            # only) doesn't ship -- krb5-devel has the headers.
+            dnf -y install perl krb5-libs krb5-devel clang-devel libffi-devel
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "*"
+        env:
+          SQLITE3_STATIC: '1'
+
+      - name: Test wheel
+        run: |
+          uv pip install --force-reinstall dist/*.whl
+          python -c "import connectorx"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: connectorx-${{ env.CONNECTORX_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-riscv64
+          path: dist/*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish connectorx ${{ inputs.version || '0.4.5' }}
+    needs: [setup, build_wheels]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    uses: $/.github/workflows/_publish-wheel.yml
+    with:
+      artifact-pattern: connectorx-${{ inputs.version || '0.4.5' }}-*-riscv64