From eaadc6d93d92b5933ac4e82f86484ff866884c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matt korwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:58:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(release): simplify release workflow (#8353)

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 54 +++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9774f2e66c..638211f06f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 name: 'Release'
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    # Runs every day at midnight UTC for the nightly release.
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-    # Runs every Tuesday at 23:59 UTC for the preview release.
-    - cron: '59 23 * * 2'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'The version to release (e.g., v0.1.11). Required for manual patch releases.'
-        required: false # Not required for scheduled runs
+        description: 'The version to release (e.g., v0.1.11).'
+        required: true
         type: 'string'
       ref:
         description: 'The branch or ref (full git sha) to release from.'
@@ -22,16 +17,6 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: 'boolean'
         default: true
-      create_nightly_release:
-        description: 'Auto apply the nightly release tag, input version is ignored.'
-        required: false
-        type: 'boolean'
-        default: false
-      create_preview_release:
-        description: 'Auto apply the preview release tag, input version is ignored.'
-        required: false
-        type: 'boolean'
-        default: false
       force_skip_tests:
         description: 'Select to skip the "Run Tests" step in testing. Prod releases should run tests'
         required: false
@@ -63,25 +48,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'Set booleans for simplified logic'
         env:
-          CREATE_NIGHTLY_RELEASE: '${{ github.event.inputs.create_nightly_release }}'
-          CREATE_PREVIEW_RELEASE: '${{ github.event.inputs.create_preview_release }}'
-          EVENT_NAME: '${{ github.event_name }}'
-          CRON: '${{ github.event.schedule }}'
           DRY_RUN_INPUT: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
         id: 'vars'
         run: |-
-          is_nightly="false"
-          if [[ "${CRON}" == "0 0 * * *" || "${CREATE_NIGHTLY_RELEASE}" == "true" ]]; then
-            is_nightly="true"
-          fi
-          echo "is_nightly=${is_nightly}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-          is_preview="false"
-          if [[ "${CRON}" == "59 23 * * 2" || "${CREATE_PREVIEW_RELEASE}" == "true" ]]; then
-            is_preview="true"
-          fi
-          echo "is_preview=${is_preview}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
           is_dry_run="false"
           if [[ "${DRY_RUN_INPUT}" == "true" ]]; then
             is_dry_run="true"
@@ -100,17 +69,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'Get the version'
         id: 'version'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-          IS_NIGHTLY: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.is_nightly }}'
-          IS_PREVIEW: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.is_preview }}'
-          MANUAL_VERSION: '${{ inputs.version }}'
         run: |-
-          VERSION_JSON="$(node scripts/get-release-version.js)"
-          echo "RELEASE_TAG=$(echo "${VERSION_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseTag)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo "${VERSION_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseVersion)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "NPM_TAG=$(echo "${VERSION_JSON}" | jq -r .npmTag)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$(echo "${VERSION_JSON}" | jq -r .previousReleaseTag)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          RELEASE_TAG="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          # The version for npm should not have the 'v' prefix.
+          RELEASE_VERSION="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
+          NPM_TAG="latest"
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=${RELEASE_TAG}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "NPM_TAG=${NPM_TAG}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=${PREVIOUS_TAG}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
       - name: 'Run Tests'
         if: |-