diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml b/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml
new file mode 100644
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+name: Build fio Static Binaries
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      latest-version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+      should-build: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.should-build }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get latest fio release
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          # Get the latest release tag from GitHub API
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/axboe/fio/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+          echo "Latest fio version: $LATEST_VERSION"
+          echo "version=$LATEST_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if version exists in releases
+        id: check-version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          
+          # Check if this version already exists in our releases
+          if gh release view "fio-$VERSION" --repo ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Version $VERSION already exists in releases"
+            echo "should-build=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Version $VERSION does not exist, should build"
+            echo "should-build=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+  build:
+    needs: check-release
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: x64
+            cross: x86_64-linux-musl
+            host: x86_64-linux-musl
+          - arch: x86
+            cross: i686-linux-musl
+            host: i686-linux-musl
+          - arch: aarch64
+            cross: aarch64-linux-musl
+            host: aarch64-linux-gnu
+          - arch: arm
+            cross: arm-linux-musleabihf
+            host: arm-linux-gnueabihf
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Create compilation script
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}"
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          CROSS="${{ matrix.cross }}"
+          HOST="${{ matrix.host }}"
+          
+          # Single script for all architectures using musl cross-compilation
+          cat > compile-fio.sh << EOF
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -e
+          
+          # Activate Holy Build Box lib compilation environment
+          source /hbb/activate
+          
+          set -x 
+          
+          # remove obsolete CentOS repos
+          cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
+          rm -f CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl-rh.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl.repo CentOS-fasttrack.repo CentOS-x86_64-kernel.repo
+          
+          yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl # fix for docker overlay fs
+          yum install -y xz
+          
+          # download musl cross compilation toolchain
+          cd ~
+          curl -L "https://musl.cc/\$CROSS-cross.tgz" -o "\$CROSS-cross.tgz"
+          tar xf "\$CROSS-cross.tgz"
+          
+          # download, compile, and install libaio as static library
+          cd ~
+          curl -L http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/liba/libaio/libaio_0.3.113.orig.tar.gz -o "libaio.tar.gz"
+          tar xf libaio.tar.gz
+          cd libaio-*/src
+          CC=/root/\$CROSS-cross/bin/\$CROSS-gcc ENABLE_SHARED=0 make prefix=/hbb_exe install
+          
+          # Activate Holy Build Box exe compilation environment
+          source /hbb_exe/activate
+          
+          # download and compile fio
+          cd ~
+          curl -L "https://github.com/axboe/fio/archive/\$VERSION.tar.gz" -o "fio.tar.gz"
+          tar xf fio.tar.gz
+          cd fio-\${VERSION#fio-}*
+          CC=/root/\$CROSS-cross/bin/\$CROSS-gcc ./configure --disable-native --build-static
+          make
+          
+          # verify no external shared library links
+          libcheck fio
+          # copy fio binary to mounted dir
+          cp fio "/io/fio_\$ARCH"
+          EOF
+          
+          chmod +x compile-fio.sh
+
+      - name: Compile fio binary
+        run: |
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          CROSS="${{ matrix.cross }}"
+          HOST="${{ matrix.host }}"
+          
+          # Use musl cross-compilation for all architectures
+          docker run -t -i --rm -v $(pwd):/io --env ARCH=$ARCH --env CROSS=$CROSS --env HOST=$HOST --env VERSION="${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}" phusion/holy-build-box-64:latest bash /io/compile-fio.sh
+
+      - name: Verify binary
+        run: |
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          ls -la fio_$ARCH
+          file fio_$ARCH
+
+      - name: Upload binary as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fio_${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: fio_${{ matrix.arch }}
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  virustotal-scan:
+    needs: [check-release, build]
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      scan-results: ${{ steps.scan-summary.outputs.results }}
+      all-clean: ${{ steps.scan-summary.outputs.all-clean }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      - name: Prepare binaries for scanning
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p scan-binaries
+          find artifacts -name "fio_*" -type f -exec cp {} scan-binaries/ \;
+          ls -la scan-binaries/
+
+      - name: Upload binaries to VirusTotal and scan
+        id: virustotal-upload
+        run: |
+          echo "## VirusTotal Scan Results" > scan_results.md
+          echo "| Binary | Status | Malicious | Suspicious | Undetected | VirusTotal URL |" >> scan_results.md
+          echo "|--------|--------|-----------|------------|------------|----------------|" >> scan_results.md
+          
+          ALL_CLEAN=true
+          SCAN_DATA=""
+          
+          for binary in scan-binaries/fio_*; do
+            filename=$(basename "$binary")
+            echo "Uploading $filename to VirusTotal..."
+            
+            # Upload to VirusTotal
+            upload_response=$(curl -s --request POST \
+              --url https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/files \
+              --header 'accept: application/json' \
+              --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
+              --header "x-apikey: ${{ secrets.VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY }}" \
+              --form "file=@$binary")
+            
+            analysis_id=$(echo "$upload_response" | jq -r '.data.id')
+            echo "Analysis ID for $filename: $analysis_id"
+            
+            if [ "$analysis_id" = "null" ] || [ -z "$analysis_id" ]; then
+              echo "Failed to upload $filename to VirusTotal"
+              echo "| $filename | Upload Failed | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |" >> scan_results.md
+              ALL_CLEAN=false
+              continue
+            fi
+            
+            # Store analysis ID for later retrieval
+            echo "${filename}:${analysis_id}" >> analysis_ids.txt
+          done
+          
+          echo "all_clean_upload=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Wait 2 minutes for scans to complete
+          echo "Waiting 2 minutes for VirusTotal scans to complete..."
+          sleep 120
+
+      - name: Retrieve VirusTotal scan results
+        id: get-results
+        run: |
+          ALL_CLEAN=true
+          SCAN_SUMMARY=""
+          
+          while IFS=':' read -r filename analysis_id; do
+            echo "Retrieving results for $filename (ID: $analysis_id)..."
+            
+            # Get scan results
+            result_response=$(curl -s --request GET \
+              --url "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/analyses/$analysis_id" \
+              --header 'accept: application/json' \
+              --header "x-apikey: ${{ secrets.VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY }}")
+            
+            status=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.status // "unknown"')
+            
+            if [ "$status" = "completed" ]; then
+              malicious=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.malicious // 0')
+              suspicious=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.suspicious // 0')
+              undetected=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.undetected // 0')
+              
+              # Get file hash from the item link
+              item_link=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.links.item // ""')
+              file_hash=$(echo "$item_link" | sed 's/.*files\///')
+              vt_url="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/$file_hash"
+              
+              if [ "$malicious" -gt 0 ] || [ "$suspicious" -gt 0 ]; then
+                status_text="⚠️ FLAGGED"
+                ALL_CLEAN=false
+              else
+                status_text="✅ Clean"
+              fi
+              
+              echo "| $filename | $status_text | $malicious | $suspicious | $undetected | [$file_hash]($vt_url) |" >> scan_results.md
+              
+            else
+              echo "| $filename | ⏳ Pending | N/A | N/A | N/A | Scan not completed |" >> scan_results.md
+              ALL_CLEAN=false
+            fi
+            
+          done < analysis_ids.txt
+          
+          echo "all_clean=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Add summary to GitHub step summary
+          cat scan_results.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Create scan summary
+        id: scan-summary
+        run: |
+          RESULTS=$(cat scan_results.md)
+          ALL_CLEAN="${{ steps.get-results.outputs.all_clean }}"
+          
+          # Escape newlines for GitHub output
+          RESULTS_ESCAPED=$(echo "$RESULTS" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g')
+          
+          echo "results=$RESULTS_ESCAPED" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "all-clean=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Upload scan results as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: virustotal-scan-results
+          path: |
+            scan_results.md
+            analysis_ids.txt
+          retention-days: 30
+
+  create-release:
+    needs: [check-release, build, virustotal-scan]
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true' && needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      - name: Prepare release assets
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p release-assets
+          # Move all binaries to release-assets directory
+          find artifacts -name "fio_*" -type f -exec cp {} release-assets/ \;
+          ls -la release-assets/
+
+      - name: Generate SHA256 checksums
+        run: |
+          cd release-assets
+          sha256sum fio_* > fio-checksums.sha256
+          cat fio-checksums.sha256
+
+      - name: Download VirusTotal scan results
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: virustotal-scan-results
+          path: vt-results
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: fio-${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}
+          name: fio ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }} Static Binaries
+          body: |
+            Static binaries for fio ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}
+            
+            Built using musl toolchains for maximum compatibility.
+            
+            **Architectures:**
+            - `fio_x64` - x86_64 (64-bit)
+            - `fio_x86` - i686 (32-bit)
+            - `fio_aarch64` - ARM 64-bit
+            - `fio_arm` - ARM 32-bit
+            
+            **Security Verification:**
+            All binaries have been scanned by VirusTotal and verified clean.
+            
+            ${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.scan-results }}
+            
+            **Checksum Verification:**
+            ```bash
+            # Verify checksums
+            sha256sum -c fio-checksums.sha256
+            ```
+            
+            For usage in YABS script, place these binaries in the `bin/fio/` directory.
+          files: |
+            release-assets/fio_*
+            release-assets/fio-checksums.sha256
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  notify-failure:
+    needs: [check-release, build, virustotal-scan]
+    if: always() && needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true' && (failure() || needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean == 'false')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Send failure notification
+        run: |
+          echo "## ⚠️ fio Build Failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Version: ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          
+          if [ "${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean }}" == "false" ]; then
+            echo "**Reason:** VirusTotal scan detected issues with one or more binaries" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "**Scan Results:**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.scan-results }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          else
+            echo "**Reason:** Build compilation failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Check the workflow logs for details: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-iperf3.yml b/.github/workflows/build-iperf3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2aede6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-iperf3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+name: Build iperf3 Static Binaries
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      latest-version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+      should-build: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.should-build }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get latest iperf3 release
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          # Get the latest release tag from GitHub API
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/esnet/iperf/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+          echo "Latest iperf3 version: $LATEST_VERSION"
+          echo "version=$LATEST_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if version exists in releases
+        id: check-version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          
+          # Check if this version already exists in our releases
+          if gh release view "iperf3-$VERSION" --repo ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Version $VERSION already exists in releases"
+            echo "should-build=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Version $VERSION does not exist, should build"
+            echo "should-build=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+  build:
+    needs: check-release
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: x64
+            cross: x86_64-linux-musl
+            host: x86_64-linux-musl
+          - arch: x86
+            cross: i686-linux-musl
+            host: i686-linux-musl
+          - arch: aarch64
+            cross: aarch64-linux-musl
+            host: aarch64-linux-gnu
+          # Note: ARM 32-bit compilation of iperf3 >3.15 has known issues
+          # We'll still attempt it but expect potential failures
+          - arch: arm
+            cross: arm-linux-musleabihf
+            host: arm-linux-gnueabihf
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Create compilation script
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}"
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          CROSS="${{ matrix.cross }}"
+          HOST="${{ matrix.host }}"
+          
+          # Single script for all architectures using musl cross-compilation
+          cat > compile-iperf3.sh << EOF
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -e
+          
+          # Activate Holy Build Box lib compilation environment
+          source /hbb/activate
+          
+          set -x 
+          
+          # remove obsolete CentOS repos
+          cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
+          rm -f CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl-rh.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl.repo CentOS-fasttrack.repo CentOS-x86_64-kernel.repo
+          
+          yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl # fix for docker overlay fs
+          yum install -y xz
+          
+          # download musl cross compilation toolchain
+          cd ~
+          curl -L "https://musl.cc/\$CROSS-cross.tgz" -o "\$CROSS-cross.tgz"
+          tar xf "\$CROSS-cross.tgz"
+          
+          # Activate Holy Build Box exe compilation environment
+          source /hbb_exe/activate
+          
+          # download and compile iperf3
+          cd ~
+          curl -L "https://github.com/esnet/iperf/archive/\$VERSION.tar.gz" -o "iperf.tar.gz"
+          tar xf iperf.tar.gz
+          cd iperf-*
+          CC=/root/\$CROSS-cross/bin/\$CROSS-gcc ./configure --disable-shared --disable-profiling --build x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host "\$HOST" --with-openssl=no --enable-static-bin
+          make
+          
+          # verify no external shared library links
+          libcheck src/iperf3
+          # copy iperf3 binary to mounted dir
+          cp src/iperf3 "/io/iperf3_\$ARCH"
+          EOF
+          
+          chmod +x compile-iperf3.sh
+
+      - name: Compile iperf3 binary
+        run: |
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          CROSS="${{ matrix.cross }}"
+          HOST="${{ matrix.host }}"
+          
+          # Use musl cross-compilation for all architectures
+          docker run -t -i --rm -v $(pwd):/io --env ARCH=$ARCH --env CROSS=$CROSS --env HOST=$HOST --env VERSION="${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}" phusion/holy-build-box-64:latest bash /io/compile-iperf3.sh
+
+      - name: Verify binary
+        run: |
+          ARCH="${{ matrix.arch }}"
+          ls -la iperf3_$ARCH
+          file iperf3_$ARCH
+
+      - name: Upload binary as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: iperf3_${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: iperf3_${{ matrix.arch }}
+          retention-days: 1
+        # Allow arm builds to fail as ARM 32-bit has known compilation issues with newer versions
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.arch == 'arm' }}
+
+  virustotal-scan:
+    needs: [check-release, build]
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      scan-results: ${{ steps.scan-summary.outputs.results }}
+      all-clean: ${{ steps.scan-summary.outputs.all-clean }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Prepare binaries for scanning
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p scan-binaries
+          find artifacts -name "iperf3_*" -type f -exec cp {} scan-binaries/ \; || true
+          ls -la scan-binaries/
+          
+          # Check if we have at least the x64 binary
+          if [ ! -f "scan-binaries/iperf3_x64" ]; then
+            echo "Error: No iperf3_x64 binary found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload binaries to VirusTotal and scan
+        id: virustotal-upload
+        run: |
+          echo "## VirusTotal Scan Results" > scan_results.md
+          echo "| Binary | Status | Malicious | Suspicious | Undetected | VirusTotal URL |" >> scan_results.md
+          echo "|--------|--------|-----------|------------|------------|----------------|" >> scan_results.md
+          
+          ALL_CLEAN=true
+          SCAN_DATA=""
+          
+          for binary in scan-binaries/iperf3_*; do
+            filename=$(basename "$binary")
+            echo "Uploading $filename to VirusTotal..."
+            
+            # Upload to VirusTotal
+            upload_response=$(curl -s --request POST \
+              --url https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/files \
+              --header 'accept: application/json' \
+              --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
+              --header "x-apikey: ${{ secrets.VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY }}" \
+              --form "file=@$binary")
+            
+            analysis_id=$(echo "$upload_response" | jq -r '.data.id')
+            echo "Analysis ID for $filename: $analysis_id"
+            
+            if [ "$analysis_id" = "null" ] || [ -z "$analysis_id" ]; then
+              echo "Failed to upload $filename to VirusTotal"
+              echo "| $filename | Upload Failed | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |" >> scan_results.md
+              ALL_CLEAN=false
+              continue
+            fi
+            
+            # Store analysis ID for later retrieval
+            echo "${filename}:${analysis_id}" >> analysis_ids.txt
+          done
+          
+          echo "all_clean_upload=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Wait 2 minutes for scans to complete
+          echo "Waiting 2 minutes for VirusTotal scans to complete..."
+          sleep 120
+
+      - name: Retrieve VirusTotal scan results
+        id: get-results
+        run: |
+          ALL_CLEAN=true
+          SCAN_SUMMARY=""
+          
+          while IFS=':' read -r filename analysis_id; do
+            echo "Retrieving results for $filename (ID: $analysis_id)..."
+            
+            # Get scan results
+            result_response=$(curl -s --request GET \
+              --url "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/analyses/$analysis_id" \
+              --header 'accept: application/json' \
+              --header "x-apikey: ${{ secrets.VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY }}")
+            
+            status=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.status // "unknown"')
+            
+            if [ "$status" = "completed" ]; then
+              malicious=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.malicious // 0')
+              suspicious=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.suspicious // 0')
+              undetected=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.undetected // 0')
+              
+              # Get file hash from the item link
+              item_link=$(echo "$result_response" | jq -r '.data.links.item // ""')
+              file_hash=$(echo "$item_link" | sed 's/.*files\///')
+              vt_url="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/$file_hash"
+              
+              if [ "$malicious" -gt 0 ] || [ "$suspicious" -gt 0 ]; then
+                status_text="⚠️ FLAGGED"
+                ALL_CLEAN=false
+              else
+                status_text="✅ Clean"
+              fi
+              
+              echo "| $filename | $status_text | $malicious | $suspicious | $undetected | [$file_hash]($vt_url) |" >> scan_results.md
+              
+            else
+              echo "| $filename | ⏳ Pending | N/A | N/A | N/A | Scan not completed |" >> scan_results.md
+              ALL_CLEAN=false
+            fi
+            
+          done < analysis_ids.txt
+          
+          echo "all_clean=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Add summary to GitHub step summary
+          cat scan_results.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Create scan summary
+        id: scan-summary
+        run: |
+          RESULTS=$(cat scan_results.md)
+          ALL_CLEAN="${{ steps.get-results.outputs.all_clean }}"
+          
+          # Escape newlines for GitHub output
+          RESULTS_ESCAPED=$(echo "$RESULTS" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g')
+          
+          echo "results=$RESULTS_ESCAPED" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "all-clean=$ALL_CLEAN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Upload scan results as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: virustotal-scan-results
+          path: |
+            scan_results.md
+            analysis_ids.txt
+          retention-days: 30
+
+  create-release:
+    needs: [check-release, build, virustotal-scan]
+    if: needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true' && needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+          # Continue even if some artifacts (like arm) failed
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Prepare release assets
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p release-assets
+          # Move all binaries to release-assets directory
+          find artifacts -name "iperf3_*" -type f -exec cp {} release-assets/ \; || true
+          ls -la release-assets/
+          
+          # Check if we have at least the x64 binary
+          if [ ! -f "release-assets/iperf3_x64" ]; then
+            echo "Error: No iperf3_x64 binary found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate SHA256 checksums
+        run: |
+          cd release-assets
+          if ls iperf3_* 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sha256sum iperf3_* > iperf3-checksums.sha256
+            cat iperf3-checksums.sha256
+          else
+            echo "No iperf3 binaries found to checksum"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check for ARM binary and add note
+        id: check-arm
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "release-assets/iperf3_arm" ]; then
+            echo "arm-note=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "arm-note=**Note:** ARM 32-bit binary compilation failed (known issue with iperf3 versions >3.15). Other architectures compiled successfully." >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Download VirusTotal scan results
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: virustotal-scan-results
+          path: vt-results
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: iperf3-${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}
+          name: iperf3 ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }} Static Binaries
+          body: |
+            Static binaries for iperf3 ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}
+            
+            Built using musl toolchains for maximum compatibility.
+            
+            **Architectures:**
+            - `iperf3_x64` - x86_64 (64-bit)
+            - `iperf3_x86` - i686 (32-bit)
+            - `iperf3_aarch64` - ARM 64-bit
+            - `iperf3_arm` - ARM 32-bit (if available)
+            
+            ${{ steps.check-arm.outputs.arm-note }}
+            
+            **Security Verification:**
+            All binaries have been scanned by VirusTotal and verified clean.
+            
+            ${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.scan-results }}
+            
+            **Checksum Verification:**
+            ```bash
+            # Verify checksums
+            sha256sum -c iperf3-checksums.sha256
+            ```
+            
+            For usage in YABS script, place these binaries in the `bin/iperf/` directory.
+          files: |
+            release-assets/iperf3_*
+            release-assets/iperf3-checksums.sha256
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  notify-failure:
+    needs: [check-release, build, virustotal-scan]
+    if: always() && needs.check-release.outputs.should-build == 'true' && (failure() || needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean == 'false')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Send failure notification
+        run: |
+          echo "## ⚠️ iperf3 Build Failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Version: ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.latest-version }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          
+          if [ "${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.all-clean }}" == "false" ]; then
+            echo "**Reason:** VirusTotal scan detected issues with one or more binaries" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "**Scan Results:**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "${{ needs.virustotal-scan.outputs.scan-results }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          else
+            echo "**Reason:** Build compilation failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Check the workflow logs for details: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/.github/workflows/monitor-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/monitor-releases.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a40869b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/monitor-releases.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Monitor External Releases for Updates
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Check every hour for new releases
+    - cron: '0 * * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  monitor-releases:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check fio releases
+        id: check-fio
+        run: |
+          # Get latest fio release
+          LATEST_FIO=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/axboe/fio/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+          echo "Latest fio: $LATEST_FIO"
+          
+          # Check if we already have this version
+          if ! gh release view "fio-$LATEST_FIO" --repo ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "New fio version found: $LATEST_FIO"
+            echo "trigger-fio=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "fio-version=$LATEST_FIO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "fio $LATEST_FIO already exists"
+            echo "trigger-fio=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Check iperf3 releases
+        id: check-iperf3
+        run: |
+          # Get latest iperf3 release
+          LATEST_IPERF3=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/esnet/iperf/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+          echo "Latest iperf3: $LATEST_IPERF3"
+          
+          # Check if we already have this version
+          if ! gh release view "iperf3-$LATEST_IPERF3" --repo ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "New iperf3 version found: $LATEST_IPERF3"
+            echo "trigger-iperf3=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "iperf3-version=$LATEST_IPERF3" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "iperf3 $LATEST_IPERF3 already exists"
+            echo "trigger-iperf3=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Trigger fio build workflow
+        if: steps.check-fio.outputs.trigger-fio == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "Triggering fio build for version ${{ steps.check-fio.outputs.fio-version }}"
+          gh workflow run build-fio.yml --repo ${{ github.repository }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Trigger iperf3 build workflow
+        if: steps.check-iperf3.outputs.trigger-iperf3 == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "Triggering iperf3 build for version ${{ steps.check-iperf3.outputs.iperf3-version }}"
+          gh workflow run build-iperf3.yml --repo ${{ github.repository }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "## Release Monitoring Summary" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- fio: ${{ steps.check-fio.outputs.trigger-fio == 'true' && 'New version triggered build' || 'No new version' }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- iperf3: ${{ steps.check-iperf3.outputs.trigger-iperf3 == 'true' && 'New version triggered build' || 'No new version' }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY