diff --git a/.kokoro/release.cfg b/.kokoro/release.cfg
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+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+build_file: "github/data-manager-python/.kokoro/release.sh"
+
+# TODO: Remove after verifying uploads to artifact registry are WAI.
+env_vars: {
+  key: "DRY_RUN"
+  value: "true"
+}
diff --git a/.kokoro/release.sh b/.kokoro/release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+set -x # Echo commands for build transparency in Kokoro logs
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Workspace & Directory Resolution
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Navigate to the root of the repository
+REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+cd "${REPO_DIR}"
+
+echo "=== Building and Releasing from: ${REPO_DIR} ==="
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Environment & Tooling Setup
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Upgrade pip and install standard Python build and packaging tools
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade \
+    build \
+    twine \
+    keyrings.google-artifactregistry-auth
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. Clean and Build Distribution Packages
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+echo "=== Cleaning previous build artifacts ==="
+rm -rf dist/ build/ *.egg-info
+
+echo "=== Building sdist and wheel ==="
+python3 -m build
+
+echo "=== Validating built packages with twine ==="
+twine --version
+twine check dist/*
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. Upload to Internal Exit Gate Artifact Registry
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# keyrings.google-artifactregistry-auth automatically handles authentication
+# using the ambient Kokoro BYOSA Service Account.
+EXIT_GATE_REPO="https://us-python.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/measurement-devrel--pypi"
+
+echo "=== Uploading packages to Exit Gate staging repository: ${EXIT_GATE_REPO} ==="
+twine upload --repository-url "${EXIT_GATE_REPO}" dist/*
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 5. Trigger Exit Gate Release via GCS Manifest
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# If DRY_RUN is set to "true", stop here so you can verify the AR staging
+# without publishing to public PyPI.
+if [[ "${DRY_RUN:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "=== DRY_RUN is enabled. Skipping manifest upload to Exit Gate. ==="
+  echo "Artifacts are staged in Artifact Registry."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "=== Creating targeted release manifest for google-ads-datamanager-util ==="
+cat <<EOF > manifest.json
+{
+  "publish_all": false,
+  "publishing_groups": [
+    {
+      "packages": [
+        {
+          "name": "google-ads-datamanager-util"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+EOF
+
+EXIT_GATE_BUCKET="gs://oss-exit-gate-prod-projects-bucket/measurement-devrel/pypi/manifests"
+MANIFEST_NAME="manifest-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).json"
+
+echo "=== Uploading manifest to ${EXIT_GATE_BUCKET}/${MANIFEST_NAME} ==="
+gcloud storage cp manifest.json "${EXIT_GATE_BUCKET}/${MANIFEST_NAME}"
+
+echo "========================================================================="
+echo "Release successfully triggered! Exit Gate will now verify BCID and publish to PyPI."
+echo "========================================================================="