[goosewobbler]

Closes #575, closes #576.

Background

The Examples Smoke workflow (runs releasekit release --dry-run against shipped example configs) had been silently broken on main since ~2026-06-23. #482 (skip private npm packages by default) meets the smoke's private npm-single fixture — but the workflow is path-gated to the examples/harness, so it never re-ran when the release code changed. A comments-only PR (#574) incidentally touched a smoke path weeks later and surfaced it.

Fixes

1. Fixture (#575) — scripts/examples-smoke/build-fixture.ts
The npm-single fixture's root package.json was private: true; as the sole package it got skipped at discovery → "No packages found in workspace". A single consumer's one package is the publishable one, so build it non-private. Monorepo fixtures keep their private root (members are public and discovered). Verified locally: the dry-run then reaches [SUCCESS] Publish complete.

2. Triggers (#576) — scripts/examples-smoke/generate-smoke-workflow.ts (+ regenerated examples-smoke.yml)
The workflow only triggered on examples/** / scripts/examples-smoke/** — the smoke's inputs, not the code it tests. Now also triggers on:

• packages/**, package.json, pnpm-lock.yaml — so any release-affecting change re-runs it before merge.
• a nightly schedule: (0 3 * * *) as a backstop for anything the path filter misses.

The workflow is generated; edited the generator and ran pnpm examples:smoke:generate (drift-checked by examples:smoke:check). Each trigger gets its own paths array so the YAML has no anchors — GitHub Actions doesn't reliably support them.

Validation

This PR touches scripts/examples-smoke/** and the workflow file, so Examples Smoke runs on the PR itself — validating the fixture fix end-to-end in CI (previously-failing npm-single scenarios should now pass).

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Greptile Summary

This PR restores the Examples Smoke workflow as a working regression detector by fixing two independent root causes: a private: true flag on the npm-single fixture root (causing all five npm-single scenarios to silently produce "No packages found in workspace"), and overly narrow path triggers that let release-logic regressions slip past the smoke entirely.

• Fixture fix (build-fixture.ts): buildNpmSingle now explicitly passes { private: false } to writeRootPackageJson; since extra is spread after the hardcoded private: true, the override is correctly applied and the single-package root becomes discoverable at release time.
• Trigger expansion (generate-smoke-workflow.ts + regenerated examples-smoke.yml): packages/**, package.json, and pnpm-lock.yaml are added to the path filter for both push and pull_request, and a nightly schedule backstop (0 3 * * *) is introduced to catch any regressions the path filter still misses.

Confidence Score: 5/5

Safe to merge — both fixes are minimal, targeted, and validated by the smoke workflow running against this very PR.

The private: false override is correctly applied via the existing extra spread in writeRootPackageJson, the regenerated YAML exactly matches the generator output, and the new path filters and nightly schedule only expand coverage without removing anything. No production code is touched.

No files require special attention.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
scripts/examples-smoke/build-fixture.ts	Sets private: false for the npm-single fixture root so releasekit can discover the single package at release time; the spread ordering in writeRootPackageJson guarantees the override takes effect.
scripts/examples-smoke/generate-smoke-workflow.ts	Adds packages/**, package.json, and pnpm-lock.yaml to triggerPaths (shared across push and pull_request), and adds a nightly schedule backstop; no logic issues.
.github/workflows/examples-smoke.yml	Generated output faithfully reflects the generator: expanded path filters under both push and pull_request, nightly schedule at 03:00 UTC, and workflow_dispatch preserved.

Flowchart

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flowchart TD
    A[Code push / PR / nightly schedule] --> B{Path filter matches?\nexamples/**, scripts/examples-smoke/**\npackages/**, package.json\npnpm-lock.yaml}
    B -- Yes --> C[prepare job\nCheckout + build releasekit\nPack tarballs]
    B -- No --> Z[Workflow skipped]
    C --> D[build-fixture.ts\nfor each scenario]
    D --> E{fixture type?}
    E -- npm-single --> F[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: false ✅]
    E -- npm-monorepo --> G[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: true root\n+ workspace members]
    E -- npm-cargo-monorepo --> H[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: true root\n+ npm + cargo members]
    F --> I[Upload fixture bundle]
    G --> I
    H --> I
    I --> J[smoke-minimal\nsmoke-label-driven\nsmoke-oidc\nsmoke-prerelease\nsmoke-standing-pr]
    I --> K[smoke-monorepo-rust]
    J --> L[pnpm exec releasekit release --dry-run\n✅ reaches publish]
    K --> M[cargo probe + pnpm exec releasekit release --dry-run]

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    A[Code push / PR / nightly schedule] --> B{Path filter matches?\nexamples/**, scripts/examples-smoke/**\npackages/**, package.json\npnpm-lock.yaml}
    B -- Yes --> C[prepare job\nCheckout + build releasekit\nPack tarballs]
    B -- No --> Z[Workflow skipped]
    C --> D[build-fixture.ts\nfor each scenario]
    D --> E{fixture type?}
    E -- npm-single --> F[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: false ✅]
    E -- npm-monorepo --> G[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: true root\n+ workspace members]
    E -- npm-cargo-monorepo --> H[writeRootPackageJson\nprivate: true root\n+ npm + cargo members]
    F --> I[Upload fixture bundle]
    G --> I
    H --> I
    I --> J[smoke-minimal\nsmoke-label-driven\nsmoke-oidc\nsmoke-prerelease\nsmoke-standing-pr]
    I --> K[smoke-monorepo-rust]
    J --> L[pnpm exec releasekit release --dry-run\n✅ reaches publish]
    K --> M[cargo probe + pnpm exec releasekit release --dry-run]

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[github-actions]

⚠️ Previous release v0.41.0 is partially published (4/4 packages on the registry; no tags/GitHub release created).
Retry it via release:retry on the merged standing PR (#555), or merging this PR supersedes it — the next release re-publishes everything at the new version.

Release Preview — v0.40.0 → v0.41.1

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Changelog

monorepo 0.40.0 → 0.41.1

Fixed

• restore Examples Smoke as a working regression detector (ci) (#575, #576)

All packages → 0.41.1 (sync versioning)

• @releasekit/version
• @releasekit/notes
• @releasekit/publish
• @releasekit/release

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