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+name: Build prop-grid-rs
+
+# Path-filtered so this doesn't fire on every Elixir push — only when the
+# Rust crate or the workflow itself changes.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'rust/prop_grid_rs/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/build-grid-rs.yaml'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: git.mcintire.me
+  IMAGE_NAME: graham/prop-grid-rs
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    name: Test, build, push
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Same static-binary dance as .forgejo/workflows/build.yaml — the
+      # runner image's apt repos have failing GPG signatures, so we bypass
+      # them entirely. buildx is needed for the BuildKit-only
+      # `--mount=type=cache` feature the Dockerfile uses.
+      - name: Install Docker CLI and buildx
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/docker.tgz \
+            https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-27.5.1.tgz
+          tar xzf /tmp/docker.tgz -C /tmp
+          install -m 0755 /tmp/docker/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
+          rm -rf /tmp/docker /tmp/docker.tgz
+
+          mkdir -p /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins
+          curl -fsSL -o /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx \
+            https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v0.19.3/buildx-v0.19.3.linux-amd64
+          chmod +x /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+          docker --version
+          docker buildx version
+
+      - name: Wait for Docker daemon
+        run: |
+          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+            if docker info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "Docker daemon reachable after ${i}s"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          echo "Docker daemon never became reachable" >&2
+          exit 1
+
+      # Gate the image build on a clean test run so a push that regresses
+      # the scorer or breaks clippy never produces an image.
+      - name: cargo clippy + test
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm \
+            -v "$(pwd)/rust/prop_grid_rs":/src \
+            -w /src \
+            rust:1.94-trixie \
+            sh -euc '
+              cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
+              cargo test
+            '
+
+      - name: Generate image tag
+        id: tag
+        run: |
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s)
+          SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD | cut -c1-7)
+          TAG="main-${TIMESTAMP}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          echo "tag=${TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Log in to container registry
+        run: |
+          attempt=1
+          max_attempts=3
+          while : ; do
+            if echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | \
+                docker login "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_URL }}" \
+                  -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}" \
+                  --password-stdin; then
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            if [ "$attempt" -ge "$max_attempts" ]; then
+              echo "docker login failed after $attempt attempts" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            delay=$((2 ** attempt))
+            echo "docker login attempt $attempt failed; retrying in ${delay}s"
+            sleep "$delay"
+            attempt=$((attempt + 1))
+          done
+
+      # Push three tags so (a) `:main` is a stable handle the k8s manifest
+      # can pin to without flux image-automation wired up, (b) `:latest`
+      # mirrors the Elixir workflow for consistency, (c) the timestamped
+      # tag is what flux image-automation picks up when we add an
+      # ImagePolicy later.
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        run: |
+          IMAGE="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}"
+          TAG="${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}"
+
+          attempt=1
+          max_attempts=3
+          while : ; do
+            if docker buildx build \
+                -t "${IMAGE}:${TAG}" \
+                -t "${IMAGE}:latest" \
+                -t "${IMAGE}:main" \
+                --push \
+                rust/prop_grid_rs; then
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            if [ "$attempt" -ge "$max_attempts" ]; then
+              echo "docker buildx build failed after $attempt attempts" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            delay=$((2 ** attempt))
+            echo "docker buildx build attempt $attempt failed; retrying in ${delay}s"
+            sleep "$delay"
+            attempt=$((attempt + 1))
+          done