diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d97fd81cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+name: Draft release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: "*"
+
+jobs:
+  draft:
+    name: Create GitHub draft release
+    if: "startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Release ')"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@2.12.0
+        with:
+          php-version: 8.0
+
+      - name: Restore Composer package cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/composer/files
+            ~/.cache/composer/vcs
+          key: "composer-v2-cache-${{ hashFiles('./composer.lock') }}"
+          restore-keys: |
+            composer-v2-cache-
+
+      - name: Install Composer dependencies
+        run: composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction --ignore-platform-reqs
+
+      - name: Patch VersionInfo
+        run: |
+          BUILD_NUMBER=2000+$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER #to stay above jenkins
+          echo "Build number: $BUILD_NUMBER"
+          sed -i "s/const BUILD_NUMBER = 0/const BUILD_NUMBER = ${BUILD_NUMBER}/" src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php
+
+      - name: Minify BedrockData JSON files
+        run: php src/pocketmine/resources/vanilla/.minify_json.php
+
+      - name: Run preprocessor
+        run: |
+          PM_PREPROCESSOR_PATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build/preprocessor"
+          php "$PM_PREPROCESSOR_PATH/PreProcessor.php" --path=src --multisize || (echo "Preprocessor exited with code $?" && exit 1)
+          #dump the diff of preprocessor replacements to a patch in case it has bugs
+          git diff > preprocessor_diff.patch
+          VENDOR_PM="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vendor"
+          VENDOR_PM_BACKUP="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vendor-before-preprocess"
+          cp -r "$VENDOR_PM" "$VENDOR_PM_BACKUP"
+          for f in $(ls $VENDOR_PM/pocketmine); do
+            echo "Processing directory \"$f\"..."
+            php "$PM_PREPROCESSOR_PATH/PreProcessor.php" --path="$VENDOR_PM/pocketmine/$f" --multisize || (echo "Preprocessor exited with code $?" && exit 1)
+            echo "Checking for changes in \"$f\"..."
+            DIFF=$(git diff --no-index "$VENDOR_PM_BACKUP/pocketmine/$f" "$VENDOR_PM/pocketmine/$f" || true)
+            if [ "$DIFF" != "" ]; then
+              PATCH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/preprocessor_diff_$f.patch"
+              echo "$DIFF" > "$PATCH"
+              echo "Generated patch file \"$PATCH\""
+            else
+              echo "No diff generated for \"$f\" (preprocessor made no changes)"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Build PocketMine-MP.phar
+        run: composer make-server
+
+      - name: Get PocketMine-MP release version
+        id: get-pm-version
+        run: |
+          echo ::set-output name=PM_VERSION::$(php -r 'require "vendor/autoload.php"; echo \pocketmine\BASE_VERSION;')
+          echo ::set-output name=MCPE_VERSION::$(php -r 'require "vendor/autoload.php"; echo \pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ProtocolInfo::MINECRAFT_VERSION_NETWORK;')
+          echo ::set-output name=PM_VERSION_SHORT::$(php -r 'require "vendor/autoload.php"; $v = explode(".", \pocketmine\BASE_VERSION); array_pop($v); echo implode(".", $v);')
+          echo ::set-output name=PM_VERSION_MD::$(php -r 'require "vendor/autoload.php"; echo str_replace(".", "", \pocketmine\BASE_VERSION);')
+
+      - name: Generate build info
+        run: php build/generate-build-info-json.php ${{ github.sha }} ${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.PM_VERSION }} ${{ github.repository }} > build_info.json
+
+      - name: Upload release artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: release_artifacts
+          path: |
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/PocketMine-MP.phar
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/start.*
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/build_info.json
+
+      - name: Create draft release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.8.6
+        with:
+          artifacts: ${{ github.workspace }}/PocketMine-MP.phar,${{ github.workspace }}/start.*,${{ github.workspace }}/build_info.json
+          commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+          draft: true
+          name: PocketMine-MP ${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.PM_VERSION }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.PM_VERSION }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          body: |
+            **For Minecraft: Bedrock Edition ${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.MCPE_VERSION }}**
+
+            Please see the [changelogs](/changelogs/${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.PM_VERSION_SHORT }}.md#${{ steps.get-pm-version.outputs.PM_VERSION_MD }}) for details.
+
+      - name: Upload preprocessor diffs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: preprocessor_diffs
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/preprocessor_diff*.patch
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-updater-api.yml b/.github/workflows/update-updater-api.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d8fe3a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-updater-api.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Update update.pmmp.io API info
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install jq
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install jq -y
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          repository: pmmp/update.pmmp.io
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.UPDATE_PMMP_IO_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Get actual tag name
+        id: tag-name
+        run: echo ::set-output name=TAG_NAME::$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | sed 's{^refs/tags/{{')
+
+      - name: Download new release information
+        run: curl -f -L ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${{ steps.tag-name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}/build_info.json -o new_build_info.json
+
+      - name: Detect channel
+        id: channel
+        run: echo ::set-output name=CHANNEL::$(jq -r '.channel' new_build_info.json)
+
+      - name: Copy release information
+        run: |
+          cp new_build_info.json channels/${{ steps.channel.outputs.CHANNEL }}.json
+          rm new_build_info.json
+
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git add .
+          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "New ${{ steps.channel.outputs.CHANNEL }} release: ${{ github.repository }} ${{ steps.tag-name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}"
+
+      - name: Push changes
+        run: git push
diff --git a/build/generate-build-info-json.php b/build/generate-build-info-json.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57828c372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/generate-build-info-json.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if(count($argv) !== 4){
+	fwrite(STDERR, "required args: <git hash> <tag name> <github repo (owner/name)>");
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+echo json_encode([
+	"php_version" => sprintf("%d.%d", PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION),
+	"base_version" => \pocketmine\BASE_VERSION,
+	"build" => \pocketmine\BUILD_NUMBER,
+	"is_dev" => \pocketmine\IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD,
+	"channel" => \pocketmine\BUILD_CHANNEL,
+	"git_commit" => $argv[1],
+	"mcpe_version" => \pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ProtocolInfo::MINECRAFT_VERSION_NETWORK,
+	"date" => time(), //TODO: maybe we should embed this in VersionInfo?
+	"details_url" => "https://github.com/$argv[3]/releases/tag/$argv[2]",
+	"download_url" => "https://github.com/$argv[3]/releases/download/$argv[2]/PocketMine-MP.phar",
+	"source_url" => "https://github.com/$argv[3]/tree/$argv[2]",
+], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES) . "\n";
diff --git a/build/make-release.php b/build/make-release.php
index 1f50c542e..361fa0c14 100644
--- a/build/make-release.php
+++ b/build/make-release.php
@@ -24,20 +24,23 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace pocketmine\build\make_release;
 
 use pocketmine\utils\VersionString;
+use function count;
 use function dirname;
 use function fgets;
 use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
+use function fwrite;
 use function preg_replace;
 use function sleep;
 use function sprintf;
 use function system;
 use const pocketmine\BASE_VERSION;
+use const STDERR;
 use const STDIN;
 
 require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-function replaceVersion(string $versionInfoPath, string $newVersion, bool $isDev) : void{
+function replaceVersion(string $versionInfoPath, string $newVersion, bool $isDev, string $channel) : void{
 	$versionInfo = file_get_contents($versionInfoPath);
 	$versionInfo = preg_replace(
 		$pattern = '/^const BASE_VERSION = "(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-(.*))?";$/m',
@@ -49,6 +52,11 @@ function replaceVersion(string $versionInfoPath, string $newVersion, bool $isDev
 		'const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = ' . ($isDev ? 'true' : 'false') . ';',
 		$versionInfo
 	);
+	$versionInfo = preg_replace(
+		'/^const BUILD_CHANNEL = ".*";$/m',
+		'const BUILD_CHANNEL = "' . $channel . '";',
+		$versionInfo
+	);
 	file_put_contents($versionInfoPath, $versionInfo);
 }
 
@@ -57,8 +65,12 @@ function replaceVersion(string $versionInfoPath, string $newVersion, bool $isDev
  * @phpstan-param list<string> $argv
  */
 function main(array $argv) : void{
-	if(isset($argv[1])){
-		$currentVer = new VersionString($argv[1]);
+	if(count($argv) < 2){
+		fwrite(STDERR, "Arguments: <channel> [release version]\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if(isset($argv[2])){
+		$currentVer = new VersionString($argv[2]);
 	}else{
 		$currentVer = new VersionString(BASE_VERSION);
 	}
@@ -78,10 +90,10 @@ function main(array $argv) : void{
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	$versionInfoPath = dirname(__DIR__) . '/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php';
-	replaceVersion($versionInfoPath, $currentVer->getBaseVersion(), false);
+	replaceVersion($versionInfoPath, $currentVer->getBaseVersion(), false, $argv[1]);
 	system('git commit -m "Release ' . $currentVer->getBaseVersion() . '" --include "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
 	system('git tag ' . $currentVer->getBaseVersion());
-	replaceVersion($versionInfoPath, $nextVer->getBaseVersion(), true);
+	replaceVersion($versionInfoPath, $nextVer->getBaseVersion(), true, "");
 	system('git add "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
 	system('git commit -m "' . $nextVer->getBaseVersion() . ' is next" --include "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
 	echo "pushing changes in 5 seconds\n";
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ae9ece803..6b1f9812b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
    "scripts": {
       "make-devtools": "@php -dphar.readonly=0 tests/plugins/DevTools/src/DevTools/ConsoleScript.php --make tests/plugins/DevTools --out plugins/DevTools.phar",
       "make-server": [
-         "@composer install --no-dev --classmap-authoritative",
+         "@composer install --no-dev --classmap-authoritative --ignore-platform-reqs",
          "@php -dphar.readonly=0 build/server-phar.php"
       ]
    }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php b/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php
index 64db47414..7b51d1917 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ const NAME = "PocketMine-MP";
 const BASE_VERSION = "3.22.2";
 const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = true;
 const BUILD_NUMBER = 0;
+const BUILD_CHANNEL = "";
diff --git a/tests/phpstan/configs/l8-baseline.neon b/tests/phpstan/configs/l8-baseline.neon
index 2a32ddbf2..03641bb01 100644
--- a/tests/phpstan/configs/l8-baseline.neon
+++ b/tests/phpstan/configs/l8-baseline.neon
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ parameters:
 	ignoreErrors:
 		-
 			message: "#^Parameter \\#3 \\$subject of function preg_replace expects array\\|string, string\\|null given\\.$#"
-			count: 1
+			count: 2
 			path: ../../../build/make-release.php
 
 		-