From c987e6a623ae4589c5b5c285e7b3f16ea9a7b3a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richie Foreman <richie.foreman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 11:28:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ci): Add `npx run` testing to Release Verification
 Testing (#10352)

---
 .github/actions/verify-release/action.yml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/verify-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/verify-release/action.yml
index 9df307d013..8c8018e37c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/verify-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/verify-release/action.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ runs:
         ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}'
         fetch-depth: 0
 
+    - name: 'Clear npm cache'
+      shell: 'bash'
+      run: 'npm cache clean --force'
+
     - name: 'Install from NPM'
       uses: 'nick-fields/retry@ce71cc2ab81d554ebbe88c79ab5975992d79ba08' # ratchet:nick-fields/retry@v3
       with:
@@ -40,13 +44,27 @@ runs:
         max_attempts: 10
         command: 'cd ./verify && pkg="${{ inputs.npm-package }}" && npm install --prefer-online --no-cache -g "$pkg"'
 
-    - name: 'Basic smoke test'
+    - name: 'Smoke test - NPM Install'
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: './verify'
       run: |-
         gemini_version=$(gemini --version)
         if [ "$gemini_version" != "${{ inputs.expected-version }}" ]; then
-          echo "❌ Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${{ inputs.npm-package }}, expected ${{ inputs.expected-version }}"
+          echo "❌ NPM Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${{ inputs.npm-package }}, expected ${{ inputs.expected-version }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: 'Clear npm cache'
+      shell: 'bash'
+      run: 'npm cache clean --force'
+
+    - name: 'Smoke test - NPX Run'
+      shell: 'bash'
+      working-directory: './verify'
+      run: |-
+        gemini_version=$(npx --prefer-online "${{ inputs.npm-package}}" --version)
+        if [ "$gemini_version" != "${{ inputs.expected-version }}" ]; then
+          echo "❌ NPX Run Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${{ inputs.npm-package }}, expected ${{ inputs.expected-version }}"
           exit 1
         fi