Improve: remove the Render demo from the release

.github/actions/checks/action.yml

@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: node scripts/changelog-check.js
 
-    # A release must also agree with itself: the newest dated section, the
-    # package version and the demo pin all name one version, and nothing is left
-    # under [Unreleased].
+    # A release must also agree with itself: the newest dated section and the
+    # package version name one version, and nothing is left under [Unreleased].
     - name: Check the changelog describes this release
       if: inputs.mode == 'release'
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/release-prep.yml

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '24'
 
-      # Dates the section, writes the compare link, bumps api/package.json and
-      # moves the demo pin in render.yaml.
+      # Dates the section, writes the compare link and bumps api/package.json.
       - name: Prepare the release
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name 'SandObserver'
           git config user.email '260779319+SandObserver@users.noreply.github.com'
           git checkout -b "${BRANCH}"
-          git add CHANGELOG.md api/package.json render.yaml
+          git add CHANGELOG.md api/package.json
           git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
           git push "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${REPO}.git" "HEAD:${BRANCH}"
           gh pr create \
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ jobs:
               '**Summary**' \
               "- Date Unreleased as ${VERSION} and add its compare link." \
               "- Bump api/package.json to ${VERSION}." \
-              "- Pin the demo image to ${VERSION} in render.yaml." \
               '' \
               '**Testing**' \
               'The changelog gate ran in release mode before this branch was pushed. Merging this tags the release and publishes the image.' \

README.md

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 <p align="center"><img src="docs/screenshot.png" width="85%" alt="Stackyard dashboard"></p>
 
 
-<p align="center">Try it: <b><a href="https://demo.sandobserver.com">demo.sandobserver.com</a></b><br>
-<sub><i>Note: The first demo visit may take up to a minute due to Render's free-tier cold start.</i></sub>
+<p align="center">Try it: <b><a href="https://demo.sandobserver.com">demo.sandobserver.com</a></b>
 
 Most dashboards are a wall of numbers and charts. Stackyard is the opposite: a calm, launcher-style grid of app tiles, folders, and a small number of
 *genuinely useful* widgets, running in a single container. Built to be glanced at a hundred times a day without feeling cluttered.

scripts/changelog-check.js

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ function checkStyle(version) {
 
 const short = text => (text.length > 60 ? `${text.slice(0, 57)}...` : text);
 
-/** The release-time half: the changelog, the package version and the demo pin
-    must all name the same release. */
+/** The release-time half: the changelog and the package version must name the
+    same release. */
 function checkRelease(doc, version) {
   const releases = cl.released(doc);
   const newest = releases[0];
@@ -175,12 +175,6 @@ function checkRelease(doc, version) {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'api', 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
   if (pkg.version !== version) fail(1, `api/package.json is ${pkg.version}, not ${version}`);
 
-  const render = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'render.yaml'), 'utf8');
-  const pinned = /stackyard:(\S+)/.exec(render);
-  if (!pinned || pinned[1] !== version) {
-    fail(1, `render.yaml pins the demo to ${pinned ? pinned[1] : 'nothing'}, not ${version}`);
-  }
-
   const previous = releases[1];
   if (previous && newest) {
     const implied = cl.impliedBump(newest);

scripts/dockerhub-description.js

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const HEADER = `# Stackyard
 ![Stackyard dashboard](${RAW}/docs/screenshot.png)
 
 Try it: **[demo.sandobserver.com](https://demo.sandobserver.com)**
-The first demo visit may take up to a minute due to Render's free-tier cold start.
 
 Documentation: **[stackyard.sandobserver.com/docs](https://stackyard.sandobserver.com/docs/)**
 

scripts/release-prep.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 /* Prepares a release: dates the [Unreleased] section, adds its compare link,
-   bumps api/package.json, and moves the demo image pin in render.yaml.
+   and bumps api/package.json.
 
    Writes files. Run it on a branch, never on the default branch.
 
@@ -61,14 +61,8 @@ function main(argv) {
   const bumped = pkg.replace(/("version":\s*")[^"]+(")/, `$1${version}$2`);
   if (bumped === pkg) die(`${pkgPath} has no version field to bump`);
 
-  const renderPath = 'render.yaml';
-  const render = read(renderPath);
-  const pinned = render.replace(/(stackyard:)\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S*/, `$1${version}`);
-  if (pinned === render) die(`${renderPath} does not pin an image tag; the demo would stay on the old release`);
-
   write('CHANGELOG.md', changed.markdown);
   write(pkgPath, bumped);
-  write(renderPath, pinned);
 
   console.error(`release-prep: ${changed.previous ?? 'first release'} -> ${version} (${date})`);
   console.log(`version=${version}`);

test/repo/release-prep-order.test.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     @param {string} name @returns {string} absolute path to the copy */
 function seededRepo(name) {
   const dir = path.join(tmpDir(name), 'repo');
-  for (const p of ['scripts', 'api/package.json', 'render.yaml']) {
+  for (const p of ['scripts', 'api/package.json']) {
     const dst = path.join(dir, p);
     fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dst), { recursive: true });
     fs.cpSync(path.join(ROOT, p), dst, { recursive: true });