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+This PR is to generate a new release of `code-server` at `0.0.0`
+
+## Screenshot
+
+TODO
+
+## TODOs
+
+- [ ] update the AUR package
+- [ ] upload assets to draft release
+- [ ] test locally
+- [ ] double-check github release tag is the commit with artifacts
+- [ ] publish release
+- [ ] merge PR
+- [ ] update the homebrew package