# Runs release-please to create/update a PR with version bump and changelog.

# Triggered only by workflow_dispatch (from release-cut.yml).

# Does NOT auto-run on push to preserve manual changelog edits after cherry-picks.

name: "Release: Please"

on:

# Only run via workflow_dispatch (triggered by release-cut.yml)

workflow_dispatch:

permissions:

contents: write

pull-requests: write

jobs:

release-please:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

- name: Check if release/candidate still exists

id: check

env:

GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

run: |

if gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/branches/release/candidate --silent 2>/dev/null; then

echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

else

echo "release/candidate branch no longer exists, skipping"

echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

fi

- uses: actions/checkout@v6

if: steps.check.outputs.exists == 'true'

with:

ref: release/candidate

- uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4

if: steps.check.outputs.exists == 'true'

with:

token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}

config-file: .github/release-please-config.json

manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json

target-branch: release/candidate