[SPN-2931] Pre-create repo labels in workflow (fixes 'quality-issues' not found)#27
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The last sdk-update run failed at the PR-create step: 'quality-issues' not found Root cause: `gh pr edit --add-label "a,b,c"` validates every label name in its CSV against the repo's registered labels and fails the entire call if any one is missing. We introduced the `quality-issues` name in the previous PR (#26) but never created the matching label in the repo, so the first run after merge died here. Fix: add an "Ensure workflow labels exist" step that runs `gh label create --force` for each label name the workflow knows about. --force makes it idempotent (creates if missing, updates color/description if present, exits 0 either way). Same step covers auto-generated, breaking, generation-failed, and quality-issues so future additions are self-healing — code change is enough, no manual repo setup required. Also adds `issues: write` to the job's permissions block, since `gh label create` hits the labels API which lives under issues, not pull-requests. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Hotfix for #26. The first sdk-update run after merge died at the PR-create step:
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'quality-issues' not found
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`gh pr edit --add-label "a,b,c"` validates every label in its CSV against the repo's registered labels and fails the whole call if any one is missing. The `quality-issues` name was introduced in #26 but never created in the repo UI.
Fix
Add an idempotent "Ensure workflow labels exist" step before the PR-create step. Runs `gh label create --force` for each label name the workflow knows about (`auto-generated`, `breaking`, `generation-failed`, `quality-issues`).
`--force` makes it self-healing — creates if missing, updates color/description if present. Future label additions only need a code change here; no manual repo setup.
Also adds `issues: write` to the job's permissions (the labels API lives under issues, not pull-requests).
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