diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index beda37b7..969b5646 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"  
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 4
-    labels:
-      - "type:maintenance"
-      - "dependencies"
-    ignore:
-      - dependency-name: "@playwright/test" #We have to source the playwright container which is not detected by Dependabot
-      - dependency-name: "playwright-core" #We have to source the playwright container which is not detected by Dependabot
-      - dependency-name: "@babel/eslint-parser" #Lots of noise in these type patch releases.
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"] 
-      - dependency-name: "eslint-plugin-vue" #Lots of noise in these type patch releases.  
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
+# version: 2
+# updates:
+#   - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+#     directory: "/"
+#     schedule:
+#       interval: "daily"
+#     open-pull-requests-limit: 4
+#     labels:
+#       - "type:maintenance"
+#       - "dependencies"
+#     ignore:
+#       - dependency-name: "@playwright/test" #We have to source the playwright container which is not detected by Dependabot
+#       - dependency-name: "playwright-core" #We have to source the playwright container which is not detected by Dependabot
+#       - dependency-name: "@babel/eslint-parser" #Lots of noise in these type patch releases.
+#         update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
+#       - dependency-name: "eslint-plugin-vue" #Lots of noise in these type patch releases.
+#         update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
 
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"    
-    labels:
-      - "type:maintenance"
-      - "dependencies"
+#   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+#     directory: "/"
+#     schedule:
+#       interval: "daily"
+#     labels:
+#       - "type:maintenance"
+#       - "dependencies"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
index cbd27434..9910f468 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
-name: npm install, build, and lint
+# name: npm install, build, and lint
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ master ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+# on:
+#   push:
+#     branches: [ master ]
+#   pull_request:
+#     branches: [ master ]
 
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x, 18.x]
-        openmct-version:
-          - latest
-          - stable
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    continue-on-error: true
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-    - run: npm install
-    - name: Run build:example based on openmct-version
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
-          npm run build:example:master
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "stable" ]; then
-          npm run build:example
-        fi
+# jobs:
+#   build:
+#     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#     strategy:
+#       matrix:
+#         node-version: [20.x, 18.x]
+#         openmct-version:
+#           - latest
+#           - stable
+#     timeout-minutes: 10
+#     continue-on-error: true
+#     steps:
+#     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+#       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+#       with:
+#         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+#     - run: npm install
+#     - name: Run build:example based on openmct-version
+#       run: |
+#         if [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
+#           npm run build:example:master
+#         elif [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "stable" ]; then
+#           npm run build:example
+#         fi
 
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Use Node.js 20.x
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      with:
-        node-version: 20.x
-    - run: npm install
-    - name: Run lint
-      run: npm run lint
+#   lint:
+#     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#     steps:
+#     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#     - name: Use Node.js 20.x
+#       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+#       with:
+#         node-version: 20.x
+#     - run: npm install
+#     - name: Run lint
+#       run: npm run lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..765ba0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Create package on push to release branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ release ]
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.11.0'
+
+      - name: npm ci
+      - name: npm prepare
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yamcs-quickstart-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/yamcs-quickstart-e2e.yml
index 60b9e4d1..f2e39219 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yamcs-quickstart-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yamcs-quickstart-e2e.yml
@@ -1,118 +1,118 @@
-name: "yamcs-quickstart-e2e"
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - labeled
-      - opened
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * 1-5"
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+# name: "yamcs-quickstart-e2e"
+# on:
+#   workflow_dispatch:
+#   pull_request:
+#     types:
+#       - labeled
+#       - opened
+#   schedule:
+#     - cron: "0 0 * * 1-5"
+#   push:
+#     branches:
+#       - master
 
-jobs:
-  yamcs-quickstart-e2e:
-    if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'pr:e2e:quickstart' }} || ${{ github.event.action == 'opened' }}
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        yamcs-version:
-          - default
-          - 5.8.3 #viper
-          ## disabling until we get confirmation- 5.3.2 #ab
-        openmct-version:
-          - latest
-          - stable
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "18"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: yamcs/quickstart
-          ref: master
-          path: 'quickstart'
-      - name: replace yamcsVersion with matrix param
-        if: matrix.yamcs-version != 'default'
-        run: |
-          cd quickstart
-          mvn -B versions:set-property -Dproperty=yamcsVersion -DnewVersion=${{ matrix.yamcs-version }}
-      - name: trigger make all from docker dir. Orphan and redirect output to docker/makeout.txt
-        run: |
-          cd quickstart/docker
-          touch makeout.txt
-          make all &> makeout.txt &
-      - run: npm install
-      - name: Run build:example based on openmct-version
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
-            npm run build:example:master
-          elif [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "stable" ]; then
-            npm run build:example
-          fi
-      - run: npx playwright@1.39.0 install chromium
-      - name: Get Open MCT e2e tests
-        uses: nick-fields/retry@v2
-        with:
-          timeout_minutes: 10
-          max_attempts: 3
-          command: npm run test:getopensource
-      - name: Check that yamcs is available
-        run: |
-          docker ps -a
-          npm run wait-for-yamcs
-      - name: Check Yamcs installed version
-        run: |
-          response=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o yamcs_version.json http://localhost:8090/api/)
-          if [ "$response" -eq 200 ]; then
-            cat yamcs_version.json | jq '.yamcsVersion'
-          else
-            echo "Error: Unable to fetch Yamcs version. HTTP status code: $response"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-      - name: Run Quickstart tests
-        run: npm run test:e2e:quickstart
-      - name: Capture docker logs to file
-        if: always()
-        run: docker logs yamcs > yamcs-docker-log.txt 2>&1
-      - name: archive docker logs
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: yamcs-docker-log.txt
-      - name: Archive makeout.txt
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: /quickstart/docker/makeout.txt
-      - name: Archive test results
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: test-results
-      - name: Archive html test results
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: tests/html-test-results
-      - name: Remove pr:e2e:quickstart label (if present)
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'pr:e2e:quickstart') }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { owner, repo, number } = context.issue;
-            const labelToRemove = 'pr:e2e:quickstart';
-            try {
-              await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                issue_number: number,
-                name: labelToRemove
-              });
-            } catch (error) {
-              core.warning(`Failed to remove 'pr:e2e:quickstart' label: ${error.message}`);
-            }
+# jobs:
+#   yamcs-quickstart-e2e:
+#     if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'pr:e2e:quickstart' }} || ${{ github.event.action == 'opened' }}
+#     timeout-minutes: 10
+#     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#     continue-on-error: true
+#     strategy:
+#       matrix:
+#         yamcs-version:
+#           - default
+#           - 5.8.3 #viper
+#           ## disabling until we get confirmation- 5.3.2 #ab
+#         openmct-version:
+#           - latest
+#           - stable
+#     steps:
+#       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+#         with:
+#           node-version: "18"
+#       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#         with:
+#           repository: yamcs/quickstart
+#           ref: master
+#           path: 'quickstart'
+#       - name: replace yamcsVersion with matrix param
+#         if: matrix.yamcs-version != 'default'
+#         run: |
+#           cd quickstart
+#           mvn -B versions:set-property -Dproperty=yamcsVersion -DnewVersion=${{ matrix.yamcs-version }}
+#       - name: trigger make all from docker dir. Orphan and redirect output to docker/makeout.txt
+#         run: |
+#           cd quickstart/docker
+#           touch makeout.txt
+#           make all &> makeout.txt &
+#       - run: npm install
+#       - name: Run build:example based on openmct-version
+#         run: |
+#           if [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
+#             npm run build:example:master
+#           elif [ "${{ matrix.openmct-version }}" = "stable" ]; then
+#             npm run build:example
+#           fi
+#       - run: npx playwright@1.39.0 install chromium
+#       - name: Get Open MCT e2e tests
+#         uses: nick-fields/retry@v2
+#         with:
+#           timeout_minutes: 10
+#           max_attempts: 3
+#           command: npm run test:getopensource
+#       - name: Check that yamcs is available
+#         run: |
+#           docker ps -a
+#           npm run wait-for-yamcs
+#       - name: Check Yamcs installed version
+#         run: |
+#           response=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o yamcs_version.json http://localhost:8090/api/)
+#           if [ "$response" -eq 200 ]; then
+#             cat yamcs_version.json | jq '.yamcsVersion'
+#           else
+#             echo "Error: Unable to fetch Yamcs version. HTTP status code: $response"
+#             exit 1
+#           fi
+#       - name: Run Quickstart tests
+#         run: npm run test:e2e:quickstart
+#       - name: Capture docker logs to file
+#         if: always()
+#         run: docker logs yamcs > yamcs-docker-log.txt 2>&1
+#       - name: archive docker logs
+#         if: always()
+#         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#         with:
+#           path: yamcs-docker-log.txt
+#       - name: Archive makeout.txt
+#         if: always()
+#         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#         with:
+#           path: /quickstart/docker/makeout.txt
+#       - name: Archive test results
+#         if: always()
+#         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#         with:
+#           path: test-results
+#       - name: Archive html test results
+#         if: always()
+#         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#         with:
+#           path: tests/html-test-results
+#       - name: Remove pr:e2e:quickstart label (if present)
+#         if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'pr:e2e:quickstart') }}
+#         uses: actions/github-script@v6
+#         with:
+#           script: |
+#             const { owner, repo, number } = context.issue;
+#             const labelToRemove = 'pr:e2e:quickstart';
+#             try {
+#               await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
+#                 owner,
+#                 repo,
+#                 issue_number: number,
+#                 name: labelToRemove
+#               });
+#             } catch (error) {
+#               core.warning(`Failed to remove 'pr:e2e:quickstart' label: ${error.message}`);
+#             }
diff --git a/.webpack/webpack.dev.js b/.webpack/webpack.dev.js
index 84a9f5b8..068c15f9 100644
--- a/.webpack/webpack.dev.js
+++ b/.webpack/webpack.dev.js
@@ -19,28 +19,33 @@
  * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
+
 import path from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 import commonConfig from './webpack.common.js';
+import webpack from 'webpack';
+import Dotenv from 'dotenv-webpack';
 
 // Replicate __dirname functionality for ES modules
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const projectRootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 
 /** @type {import('webpack').Configuration} */
 const devConfig = {
+    context: projectRootDir,
     mode: 'development',
     devtool: 'eval-source-map',
     entry: {
-        'openmct-yamcs-example': './example/index.js'
+        'openmct-yamcs-example': path.resolve(projectRootDir, 'example/index.js')
     },
     devServer: {
         compress: true,
         port: 9000,
         static: [{
-            directory: path.join(__dirname, '../example'),
+            directory: path.join(projectRootDir, 'example')
         }, {
-            directory: path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules/openmct/dist'),
+            directory: path.join(projectRootDir, '/node_modules/openmct/dist'),
             publicPath: '/dist',
         }],
         proxy: {
@@ -59,11 +64,10 @@ const devConfig = {
             }
         }
     },
-    resolve: {
-        alias: {
-            openmct: path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/openmct/dist/openmct.js')
-        }
-    }
+
+    plugins: [
+        new Dotenv()
+    ]
 };
 
 export default merge(commonConfig, devConfig);
diff --git a/.webpack/webpack.prod.js b/.webpack/webpack.prod.js
index 46bc12dd..7ac84399 100644
--- a/.webpack/webpack.prod.js
+++ b/.webpack/webpack.prod.js
@@ -20,12 +20,24 @@
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 import common from './webpack.common.js';
+import webpack from 'webpack';
+
+// Replicate __dirname functionality for ES modules
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const projectRootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 
 /** @type {import('webpack').Configuration} */
 const prodConfig = {
+    context: projectRootDir,
     mode: 'production',
+    entry: {
+        'openmct-yamcs': path.resolve(projectRootDir, 'src/openmct-yamcs.js')
+    },
     devtool: 'source-map'
-}
+};
+
 export default merge(common, prodConfig);
diff --git a/tests/e2e/yamcs/limits.e2e.spec.js b/tests/e2e/yamcs/limits.e2e.spec.js
index c7144c41..891f034e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/yamcs/limits.e2e.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/yamcs/limits.e2e.spec.js
@@ -214,4 +214,4 @@ async function assertLimitLinesExistAndAreVisible(page) {
     for (let i = 0; i < limitLineCount; i++) {
         await expect(page.locator('.c-plot-limit-line').nth(i)).toBeVisible();
     }
-}
+}
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