diff --git a/workflow-templates/node-dist-unchanged.yml b/workflow-templates/node-dist-unchanged.yml
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Check node dist files
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  changed_files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
+    name: Check node dist files
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@dcc7a0cba800f454d79fff4b993e8c3555bcc0a8 # v45.0.7
+        with:
+          files: js/**
+
+      - name: Run step if any file(s) in the dist folder change
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "One or more files in the dist folder has changed. Do NOT commit files in there as they will be generated automatically once a pull request is merged"
+          echo "List all the files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
+          exit 1
diff --git a/workflow-templates/update-node-dist.yml b/workflow-templates/update-node-dist.yml
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Update Node dist
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # implemented since 35, once branched off, add your stable branch here
+      - ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      - stable*
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: update-node-dist-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref || github.run_id }}
+
+jobs:
+  update-node-dist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-assets
+    environment: update-node-dist
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          # Needed to allow force push later
+          persist-credentials: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Skip if update-node-dist.yml does not exist on the branch
+        id: check_update_file
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f .github/workflows/update-node-dist.yml ]
+          then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+      - name: Read package.json node and npm engines version
+        uses: skjnldsv/read-package-engines-version-actions@06d6baf7d8f41934ab630e97d9e6c0bc9c9ac5e4 # v3
+        id: versions
+        with:
+          fallbackNode: '^20'
+          fallbackNpm: '^9'
+
+      - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
+
+      - name: Set up npm ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npmVersion }}
+        run: npm i -g npm@"${{ steps.versions.outputs.npmVersion }}"
+
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "nextcloud-command@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "nextcloud-command"
+
+      - name: Get last commit message if it was not a recompile
+        id: last_commit
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo 'MESSAGE<<EOF'
+            git log -1 --pretty=%s | grep -v '^chore(assets): recompile assets$' || test $? -eq 1
+            echo 'EOF'
+          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Install dependencies & build
+        if: steps.last_commit.outputs.MESSAGE != ''
+        env:
+          CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY: 0
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run build --if-present
+
+      - name: Check webpack build changes
+        id: changes
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo 'CHANGED<<EOF'
+            git status --porcelain
+            echo 'EOF'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Add and commit
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.CHANGED != ''
+        run: |
+          git add --force js/
+          git commit --signoff -m 'chore(assets): recompile assets'
+          git push origin ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}