feat: Release announcements generator (#792)

Adds a dev tool to semi-auto-generate release announcements that can be posted in announcements channels

4 files changed, 552 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index b876dd06..c6eff797 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "arc-swap"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bddcadddf5e9015d310179a59bb28c4d4b9920ad0f11e8e14dbadf654890c9a6"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "async-broadcast"
 version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -446,9 +452,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.81"
+version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c6b2562119bf28c3439f7f02db99faf0aa1a8cdfe5772a2ee155d32227239f0"
+checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
@@ -906,6 +912,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd0c93bb4b0c6d9b77f4435b0ae98c24d17f1c45b2ff844c6151a07256ca923b"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "doc-comment"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "dtoa"
 version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -1118,9 +1130,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "json5",
  "libthermite",
  "log",
+ "octocrab",
  "open 5.0.1",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "regex",
+ "remove-markdown-links",
  "reqwest",
  "semver",
  "sentry",
@@ -1181,12 +1195,28 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "futures"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "955518d47e09b25bbebc7a18df10b81f0c766eaf4c4f1cccef2fca5f2a4fb5f2"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1256,6 +1286,7 @@ version = "0.3.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26b01e40b772d54cf6c6d721c1d1abd0647a0106a12ecaa1c186273392a69533"
 dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-macro",
@@ -1413,8 +1444,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1594,7 +1627,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
@@ -1687,13 +1720,47 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b32afd38673a8016f7c9ae69e5af41a58f81b1d31689040f2f1959594ce194ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa 1.0.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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 version = "0.4.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d5f38f16d184e36f2408a55281cd658ecbd3ca05cce6d6510a176eca393e26d1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cac85db508abc24a2e48553ba12a996e87244a0395ce011e62b37158745d643"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body-util"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41cb79eb393015dadd30fc252023adb0b2400a0caee0fa2a077e6e21a551e840"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -1732,8 +1799,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa 1.0.9",
@@ -1746,19 +1813,89 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5aa53871fc917b1a9ed87b683a5d86db645e23acb32c2e0785a353e522fb75"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "httparse",
+ "itoa 1.0.9",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-rustls"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0bea761b46ae2b24eb4aef630d8d1c398157b6fc29e6350ecf090a0b70c952c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "hyper 1.1.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "log",
+ "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3203a961e5c83b6f5498933e78b6b263e208c197b63e9c6c53cc82ffd3f63793"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper 1.1.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "hyper-tls"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "native-tls",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "hyper-util"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca38ef113da30126bbff9cd1705f9273e15d45498615d138b0c20279ac7a76aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "hyper 1.1.0",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -1905,6 +2042,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "iri-string"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "21859b667d66a4c1dacd9df0863b3efb65785474255face87f5bca39dd8407c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "is-docker"
 version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2037,6 +2184,21 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "jsonwebtoken"
+version = "9.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c7ea04a7c5c055c175f189b6dc6ba036fd62306b58c66c9f6389036c503a3f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "js-sys",
+ "pem",
+ "ring 0.17.7",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "simple_asn1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "keyvalues-parser"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2387,6 +2549,17 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "608e7659b5c3d7cba262d894801b9ec9d00de989e8a82bd4bef91d08da45cdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2496,6 +2669,45 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "octocrab"
+version = "0.34.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41b04754b007c5d3a027f77776d13619d8baab2fd73ab03608ca08ae65b8c7c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "arc-swap",
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "chrono",
+ "either",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.1.0",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "jsonwebtoken",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "secrecy",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "snafu",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2699,6 +2911,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "pem"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b8fcc794035347fb64beda2d3b462595dd2753e3f268d89c5aae77e8cf2c310"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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 version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2883,6 +3105,26 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "pin-project"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0302c4a0442c456bd56f841aee5c3bfd17967563f6fadc9ceb9f9c23cf3807e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-internal",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-internal"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "266c042b60c9c76b8d53061e52b2e0d1116abc57cefc8c5cd671619a56ac3690"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.46",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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 version = "0.2.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3224,6 +3466,15 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "remove-markdown-links"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f12300eb28972e58b37a90854ec8a8f58e762e526f3c429a350879a8d4cbbeb"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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 version = "0.11.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3235,9 +3486,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
@@ -3247,7 +3498,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -3298,13 +3549,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "spin",
- "untrusted",
+ "spin 0.5.2",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
  "web-sys",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "688c63d65483050968b2a8937f7995f443e27041a0f7700aa59b0822aedebb74"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
+ "libc",
+ "spin 0.9.8",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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 version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3353,12 +3618,39 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rustls-webpki 0.101.2",
  "sct",
 ]
 
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+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.22.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e87c9956bd9807afa1f77e0f7594af32566e830e088a5576d27c5b6f30f49d41"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring 0.17.7",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.102.2",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-native-certs"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f1fb85efa936c42c6d5fc28d2629bb51e4b2f4b8a5211e297d599cc5a093792"
+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pemfile 2.0.0",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3368,13 +3660,29 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35e4980fa29e4c4b212ffb3db068a564cbf560e51d3944b7c88bd8bf5bec64f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a716eb65e3158e90e17cd93d855216e27bde02745ab842f2cab4a39dba1bacf"
+
+[[package]]
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6207cd5ed3d8dca7816f8f3725513a34609c0c765bf652b8c3cb4cfd87db46b"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3383,8 +3691,19 @@ version = "0.101.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "513722fd73ad80a71f72b61009ea1b584bcfa1483ca93949c8f290298837fa59"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.102.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "faaa0a62740bedb9b2ef5afa303da42764c012f743917351dc9a237ea1663610"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring 0.17.7",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3441,8 +3760,17 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secrecy"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9bd1c54ea06cfd2f6b63219704de0b9b4f72dcc2b8fdef820be6cd799780e91e"
+dependencies = [
+ "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3647,6 +3975,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebd154a240de39fdebcf5775d2675c204d7c13cf39a4c697be6493c8e734337c"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa 1.0.9",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3805,6 +4143,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d66dc143e6b11c1eddc06d5c423cfc97062865baf299914ab64caa38182078fe"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "simple_asn1"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adc4e5204eb1910f40f9cfa375f6f05b68c3abac4b6fd879c8ff5e7ae8a0a085"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-traits",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "0.3.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3826,6 +4176,29 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62bb4feee49fdd9f707ef802e22365a35de4b7b299de4763d44bfea899442ff9"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "snafu"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4de37ad025c587a29e8f3f5605c00f70b98715ef90b9061a815b9e59e9042d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "doc-comment",
+ "snafu-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "snafu-derive"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "990079665f075b699031e9c08fd3ab99be5029b96f3b78dc0709e8f77e4efebf"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.1",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.4.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -3880,6 +4253,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4164,7 +4543,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "gtk",
  "heck 0.4.1",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "ignore",
  "minisign-verify",
  "notify-rust",
@@ -4282,7 +4661,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf2d0652aa2891ff3e9caa2401405257ea29ab8372cce01f186a5825f1bd0e76"
 dependencies = [
  "gtk",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "http-range",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raw-window-handle",
@@ -4531,6 +4910,17 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4588,6 +4978,49 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0da193277a4e2c33e59e09b5861580c33dd0a637c3883d0fa74ba40c0374af2e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "iri-string",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4600,6 +5033,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -4764,6 +5198,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "ureq"
 version = "2.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4774,7 +5214,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
- "rustls",
+ "rustls 0.21.6",
  "rustls-webpki 0.100.1",
  "url",
  "webpki-roots",
@@ -5521,7 +5961,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glib",
  "gtk",
  "html5ever",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "kuchikiki",
  "libc",
  "log",
@@ -5671,6 +6111,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "zip"
 version = "0.6.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 23f7edd1..9851b02a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ semver = "1.0"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 dirs = "5"
 
+# Interacting with GitHub
+octocrab = "0.34.0"
+# Library for removing markdown links
+remove-markdown-links = "1.0.0"
+
+
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 # Windows API stuff
 winapi = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 4fd05c9e..60e5a3ed 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ fn main() {
             thunderstore::query_thunderstore_packages_api,
             util::close_application,
             util::force_panic,
+            util::generate_release_note_announcement,
             util::get_flightcore_version_number,
             util::get_server_player_count,
             util::is_debug_mode,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/util.rs b/src-tauri/src/util.rs
index ad09eec2..b358b32b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/util.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/util.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,81 @@ pub fn convert_release_candidate_number(version_number: String) -> String {
     panic!();
 }
 
+/// Checks latest GitHub release and generates a announcement message for Discord based on it
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn generate_release_note_announcement() -> Result<String, String> {
+    let octocrab = octocrab::instance();
+    let page = octocrab
+        .repos("R2Northstar", "Northstar")
+        .releases()
+        .list()
+        // Optional Parameters
+        .per_page(1)
+        .page(1u32)
+        // Send the request
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // Get newest element
+    let latest_release_item = &page.items[0];
+
+    // Extract the URL to the GitHub release note
+    let github_release_link = latest_release_item.html_url.clone();
+
+    // Extract release version number
+    let current_ns_version = &latest_release_item.tag_name;
+
+    // Extract changelog and format it
+    let changelog = remove_markdown_links::remove_markdown_links(
+        latest_release_item
+            .body
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap()
+            .split("**Contributors:**")
+            .next()
+            .unwrap()
+            .trim(),
+    );
+
+    // Strings to insert for different sections
+    // Hardcoded for now
+    let general_info = "REPLACE ME";
+    let modders_info = "Mod compatibility should not be impacted";
+    let server_hosters_info = "REPLACE ME";
+
+    // Build announcement string
+    let return_string = format!(
+        r"Hello beautiful people <3
+**Northstar `{current_ns_version}` is out!**
+
+{general_info}
+
+**__Modders:__**
+
+{modders_info}
+
+**__Server hosters:__**
+
+{server_hosters_info}
+
+**__Changelog:__**
+```
+{changelog}
+```
+{github_release_link}
+
+Checkout #installation on how to install/update Northstar
+(the process is the same for both, using a Northstar installer like FlightCore, Viper, or VTOL is recommended over manual installation)
+
+If you do notice any bugs, please open an issue on Github or drop a message in the thread below
+"
+    );
+
+    // Return built announcement message
+    Ok(return_string.to_string())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;