From ea78a25a9ec7cbc04185a23d42aa594210ec3344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thales <>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:50:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(ci): source release tag from github.ref_name on
 Windows

The Windows release job failed at 'write version files' with
'GITHUB_REF_NAME is not set' on the org-level self-hosted win runner,
while the Linux runner saw the variable fine. $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME is
only injected by Actions runner >= 2.290, so an older self-hosted runner
leaves it empty.

Source the tag from the github.ref_name context (evaluated by Actions
before the step runs) via a job-level REF_NAME env var instead, so the
build no longer depends on the runner version. Replaces all three
$env:GITHUB_REF_NAME usages (version step + both build steps).
---
 .github/workflows/windows-release.yml | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
index 21ce07af..a29536c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 90
     permissions:
       contents: write
+    # Source the tag from the github context (evaluated by Actions) rather than
+    # $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME, which is only injected by runner >= 2.290. Keeps the
+    # build working on older self-hosted runners. (#212 follow-up)
+    env:
+      REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: powershell
@@ -29,8 +34,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: write version files
         run: |
-          $tag = $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME
-          if (-not $tag) { throw "GITHUB_REF_NAME is not set" }
+          $tag = $env:REF_NAME
+          if (-not $tag) { throw "REF_NAME is not set" }
           $version = $tag -replace '^v', ''
           $json = "{`"version`": `"$version`"}"
           Set-Content -Path "static/version.json" -Value $json -Encoding UTF8
@@ -48,14 +53,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/windows/make-portable.ps1 `
             -PackageName StemDeck-Windows-x64.NVIDIA `
-            -PackageVersion "$env:GITHUB_REF_NAME" `
+            -PackageVersion "$env:REF_NAME" `
             -StripVenv
 
       - name: build Windows CPU
         run: |
           powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/windows/make-portable.ps1 `
             -PackageName StemDeck-Windows-x64 `
-            -PackageVersion "$env:GITHUB_REF_NAME" `
+            -PackageVersion "$env:REF_NAME" `
             -CpuOnly `
             -StripVenv
 

From b7163499706b9ad0790641ff1ad57342eb37d1bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thales <>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:52:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(ci): source release tag from github.ref_name on Linux
 and macOS too

The Linux release job failed at 'write version files' with the same
empty-GITHUB_REF_NAME cause as Windows: the wsl2 self-hosted runner is
also older than 2.290. macOS uses the same pattern and the same class of
runner, so fix all three release workflows consistently to read
github.ref_name from context via a REF_NAME env var.
---
 .github/workflows/linux-release.yml |  6 +++++-
 .github/workflows/macos-release.yml | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
index 9b045ecc..7f10182e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
@@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: write version files
         env:
           DISPATCH_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          # github.ref_name (evaluated by Actions) instead of $GITHUB_REF_NAME,
+          # which is only injected by runner >= 2.290 — empty on older
+          # self-hosted runners.
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
             VERSION="${DISPATCH_VERSION#v}"
           else
-            VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+            VERSION="${REF_NAME#v}"
           fi
           if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
             echo "Could not determine a version" >&2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
index ba7e4578..54fb155e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10  # v6.0.3
 
       - name: write version files
+        env:
+          # github.ref_name (evaluated by Actions) instead of $GITHUB_REF_NAME,
+          # which is only injected by runner >= 2.290 — empty on older
+          # self-hosted runners.
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
-          if [ -z "${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-}" ]; then
-            echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME is not set" >&2
+          if [ -z "${REF_NAME:-}" ]; then
+            echo "REF_NAME is not set" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          VERSION="${REF_NAME#v}"
           printf '{ "version": "%s" }\n' "$VERSION" > static/version.json
           sed -i '' "s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"$VERSION\"/" desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
           sed -i '' "s/\"version\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"version\": \"$VERSION\"/" desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json