From 534253840e5fc8279493016127e9b0d1e2398d86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Umesh <umesh0492@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:09:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ci(release): split release workflow into gate-ci-and-verify
 and publish with CI check-run gate

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a67ef7..69a93ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  gate-ci-and-verify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
+    permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Resolve release tag
         id: release
@@ -40,6 +39,21 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
 
+      - name: Verify CI Check-Runs on Commit
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Verifying that commit ${{ github.sha }} has no failed CI check-runs..."
+          # Query GitHub API check-runs for this commit
+          FAILED_CHECKS=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/commits/${{ github.sha }}/check-runs" \
+            --jq '.check_runs[] | select(.conclusion == "failure" and (.name | test("release|Release|gate-ci") | not)) | .name' || true)
+          if [ -n "$FAILED_CHECKS" ]; then
+            echo "❌ Cannot release: One or more CI check-runs failed on commit ${{ github.sha }}:" >&2
+            echo "$FAILED_CHECKS" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "✅ No failed CI check-runs found on commit ${{ github.sha }}."
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
         with:
@@ -65,9 +79,38 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: release-manifest-${{ steps.release.outputs.tag || github.run_id }}
           path: release-manifest.json
-          if-no-files-found: warn
           retention-days: 90
 
+  publish:
+    needs: [gate-ci-and-verify]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Resolve release tag
+        id: release
+        env:
+          INPUT_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          TAG="${INPUT_TAG:-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}}"
+          if ! [[ "$TAG" =~ ^v(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Release tag must use vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH[-PRERELEASE]: $TAG" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
+
+      - name: Download release verification manifest
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4.1.9
+        with:
+          name: release-manifest-${{ steps.release.outputs.tag || github.run_id }}
+          path: .
+
       - name: Create release or replace only its manifest asset
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -79,5 +122,14 @@ jobs:
             gh release upload "$TAG" release-manifest.json --clobber
             exit 0
           fi
-          gh release create "$TAG" release-manifest.json --verify-tag --title "$TAG" \
-            --notes-file <(awk -v ver="${TAG#v}" 'index($0, "## [" ver "]") == 1 { found=1; print; next } found && /^## \[/ { exit } found { print }' CHANGELOG.md)
+          NOTES=$(mktemp)
+          awk -v ver="${TAG#v}" '
+            index($0, "## [" ver "]") == 1 { found=1; print; next }
+            found && /^## \[/ { exit }
+            found { print }
+          ' CHANGELOG.md > "$NOTES"
+          test -s "$NOTES" || {
+            echo "No CHANGELOG section found for $TAG" >&2
+            exit 1
+          }
+          gh release create "$TAG" release-manifest.json --verify-tag --title "$TAG" --notes-file "$NOTES"