diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 2b1590b..e1a3ae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
-      - name: Sync Chart.yaml appVersion
+      - name: Sync Chart.yaml appVersion on release PR
         if: ${{ steps.rp.outputs.prs_created == 'true' }}
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
@@ -55,3 +55,57 @@ jobs:
             cd -
             rm -rf "$workdir"
           done
+
+      - name: Cut chart patch when backend released without chart
+        if: ${{ steps.rp.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BACKEND_RELEASED: ${{ steps.rp.outputs.release_created }}
+          CHART_RELEASED: ${{ steps.rp.outputs['helm/garage-ui--release_created'] }}
+          BACKEND_TAG: ${{ steps.rp.outputs.tag_name }}
+          BACKEND_VERSION: ${{ steps.rp.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ "$BACKEND_RELEASED" != "true" ] || [ "$CHART_RELEASED" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Backend not released, or chart already released this cycle. Nothing to do."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          workdir=$(mktemp -d)
+          git clone \
+            "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${REPO}.git" "$workdir"
+          cd "$workdir"
+          git config user.email "garage-ui-release-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config user.name "garage-ui-release-bot[bot]"
+
+          chart_old=$(jq -r '."helm/garage-ui"' .release-please-manifest.json)
+          chart_new=$(echo "$chart_old" | awk -F. '{printf "%d.%d.%d", $1, $2, $3+1}')
+          chart_tag="garage-ui-chart-v${chart_new}"
+
+          jq --arg v "$chart_new" '."helm/garage-ui" = $v' \
+            .release-please-manifest.json > .release-please-manifest.json.tmp
+          mv .release-please-manifest.json.tmp .release-please-manifest.json
+
+          sed -i -E "s|^version:.*|version: ${chart_new}|" helm/garage-ui/Chart.yaml
+          sed -i -E "s|^appVersion:.*|appVersion: ${BACKEND_TAG}|" helm/garage-ui/Chart.yaml
+
+          today=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)
+          compare_url="https://github.com/${REPO}/compare/garage-ui-chart-v${chart_old}...${chart_tag}"
+          entry=$(printf '## [%s](%s) (%s)\n\n\n### Miscellaneous Chores\n\n* sync chart appVersion to %s\n' \
+            "$chart_new" "$compare_url" "$today" "$BACKEND_TAG")
+          awk -v entry="$entry" 'NR==1 && /^# Changelog/ { print; print ""; print entry; next } { print }' \
+            helm/garage-ui/CHANGELOG.md > helm/garage-ui/CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+          mv helm/garage-ui/CHANGELOG.md.tmp helm/garage-ui/CHANGELOG.md
+
+          git add .release-please-manifest.json helm/garage-ui/Chart.yaml helm/garage-ui/CHANGELOG.md
+          git commit -m "chore: bump chart to ${chart_new} for backend ${BACKEND_TAG}"
+          git push origin main
+
+          git tag "$chart_tag"
+          git push origin "$chart_tag"
+
+          gh release create "$chart_tag" \
+            --repo "$REPO" \
+            --title "$chart_tag" \
+            --notes "Chart patch synced to backend ${BACKEND_TAG}. No chart template changes."
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 80cd7a1..a2a772b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -154,3 +154,9 @@ test-cover:
 ## test-smoke: Run the docker compose smoke test (requires Docker + compose v2)
 test-smoke:
 	cd backend && go test -tags=smoke -timeout 10m ./tests/smoke/...
+
+docs:
+	@echo "Generating documentation..."
+	@mkdir -p docs
+	@echo "Documentation generated in the 'docs' directory."
+	swag init -g backend/cmd/garage-ui/main.go -o docs --parseDependency --parseInternal
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