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+name: Build Backend JAR
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Version tag
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-21
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn clean package -DskipTests -q
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: backend-jar
+          path: target/*.jar