fix(ric): route release commits through PR to avoid protected main

[fabisev]

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 65.79%. Comparing base (99e0349) to head (c8435cf).

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff            @@
##               main     #643   +/-   ##
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  Coverage     65.79%   65.79%           
  Complexity      214      214           
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  Files            34       34           
  Lines           991      991           
  Branches        143      143           
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  Hits            652      652           
  Misses          287      287           
  Partials         52       52           

Flag	Coverage Δ
aarch64	65.79% <ø> (ø)
x86_64	65.38% <ø> (ø)

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