diff --git a/node/release_autorun.sh b/node/release_autorun.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+start_process() {
+    version=$(cat config/version.go | grep -A 1 "func GetVersion() \[\]byte {" | grep -Eo '0x[0-9a-fA-F]+' | xargs printf "%d.%d.%d")
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+        if [[ $(uname -m) == "aarch64"* ]]; then
+            ./node-$version-linux-arm64 &
+            main_process_id=$!
+        else
+            ./node-$version-linux-amd64 &
+            main_process_id=$!
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        ./node-$version-darwin-arm64 &
+        main_process_id=$!
+    else
+        echo "unsupported OS for releases, please build from source"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "process started with PID $main_process_id"
+}
+
+is_process_running() {
+    ps -p $main_process_id > /dev/null 2>&1
+    return $?
+}
+
+kill_process() {
+    local process_count=$(ps -ef | grep "node-$version" | grep -v grep | wc -l)
+    local process_pids=$(ps -ef | grep "node-$version" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs)
+
+    if [ $process_count -gt 0 ]; then
+        echo "killing processes $process_pids"
+        kill $process_pids
+    else
+        echo "no processes running"
+    fi
+}
+
+kill_process
+
+start_process
+
+while true; do
+    if ! is_process_running; then
+        echo "process crashed or stopped. restarting..."
+        start_process
+    fi
+
+    git fetch
+
+    local_head=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+    remote_head=$(git rev-parse @{u})
+
+    if [ "$local_head" != "$remote_head" ]; then
+        kill_process
+
+        git pull
+
+        start_process
+    fi
+
+    sleep 43200
+done