Replace release workflows with two-phase release process - #277
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new release process currently gives the image-building job access to unrelated release credentials and inserts the target branch name directly into a shell command, which could expose signing tokens or allow command execution under a crafted branch name. It also has smaller release correctness issues around valid version formats and image commit metadata, so the PR is not merge-ready until the security concerns are fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Operator
participant PreReleaseWorkflow
participant ReleaseBranch
participant PullRequest
participant ReleaseWorkflow
participant ImageBuildWorkflow
participant HelmRepository
participant GitHubRelease
Operator->>PreReleaseWorkflow: provide version and source branch
PreReleaseWorkflow->>ReleaseBranch: create or verify release branch
PreReleaseWorkflow->>PullRequest: prepare artefacts and open pull request
ReleaseWorkflow->>ReleaseBranch: parse and validate release metadata
ReleaseWorkflow->>ImageBuildWorkflow: build images from the frozen reference
ReleaseWorkflow->>HelmRepository: publish signed Helm chart
ReleaseWorkflow->>GitHubRelease: create versioned release
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In @.github/actions/install-yq/action.yaml:
- Around line 16-18: Update the install step around the yq download to retrieve
the matching release checksum bundle, verify the downloaded yq_linux_amd64
digest before installation, and only run sudo chmod after verification succeeds.
Reuse the version input and ensure a failed checksum validation stops the
workflow before the binary is made executable.
In @.github/scripts/validate-release-yaml.sh:
- Around line 13-18: Centralize SemVer validation by invoking the shared
validator before dependency checks in .github/scripts/validate-release-yaml.sh
lines 13-18, replacing the incomplete version check; update
.github/scripts/parse-version.sh lines 17-20 to use the same validator; and
update .github/workflows/pre-release.yaml lines 39-48 to validate INPUT_VERSION
through it instead of duplicating the pattern. Ensure valid prerelease and build
metadata versions are accepted while invalid numeric prerelease identifiers are
rejected.
In @.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml:
- Around line 119-122: Remove the actions/checkout@v4 step from the open-pr job
in the pre-release workflow; this job only needs its pull-requests: write
permission to run gh pr create and does not use the working tree.
In @.github/workflows/release.yaml:
- Around line 104-116: Move the “Create and push tag” job or step to run only
after the image and Helm publication jobs succeed, so failed artifact
publication does not leave a release tag behind. Preserve the existing frozen
version and tag construction, and ensure the tag is created and pushed only
after both publication paths complete successfully.
- Around line 32-35: Update the read-version workflow to capture git rev-parse
HEAD as a job output, then use that immutable SHA for checkout in every
downstream job instead of inputs.release-branch. Create the release tag from the
captured SHA and set GIT_SHA to the same output rather than github.sha, ensuring
all release artifacts and tests use one commit.
- Around line 340-344: Update the release creation step using TAG and VERSION so
gh release create receives --prerelease whenever VERSION contains a SemVer
prerelease suffix, while keeping stable releases unchanged.
In `@RELEASE.md`:
- Around line 79-84: Update the release branch semantics documentation around
the version field to match the workflow and validator: replace the absolute
“always” claim for main with the intended convention, and clarify that release
branches receive the updated version after the pre-release pull request is
merged. Do not imply validator enforcement unless adding the corresponding
validation is in scope.
- Around line 12-13: Update the release procedure in RELEASE.md to document the
dependency rule enforced by the version gate: for each non-empty dependency
version in release.yaml’s .dependencies, excluding 0.0.0 and null, a matching
v<version> GitHub Release must exist in the dependency repository.
- Around line 150-152: Update the “Check the version” step in RELEASE.md to
actively validate that the limitador-operator-controller-manager deployment
matches v0.17.0, using its expected version label or image and a command that
fails on mismatch rather than merely displaying labels.
- Around line 104-116: Update the release-specific variable declarations in the
RELEASE.md example to use conditional assignment (?=), matching the output
generated by prepare-release in make/release.mk; keep the listed variable names
and values unchanged.
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In @.github/actions/install-yq/action.yaml:
- Line 23: Update the checksum verification step in the install-yq action to
download checksums_hashes_order, select the exact yq_linux_amd64 entry rather
than the tarball match, and extract column 19. Validate that the extracted value
is a 64-character hexadecimal SHA-256 hash, then format it with the downloaded
filename as a standard sha256sum --check record before verification.
In @.github/workflows/release.yaml:
- Around line 44-49: Fix the output redirection in the “Freeze release commit”
step by writing sha=$SHA directly to the file path in GITHUB_OUTPUT, without
appending a trailing slash. Preserve the existing freeze-commit output name and
SHA logging.
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Noticed a few problems. Mainly the setting of the limitador version being used in with the release of the operator is missing.
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In @.github/scripts/parse-version.sh:
- Around line 17-20: Replace the narrow inline regex with one shared SemVer
validator that accepts prerelease hyphens and optional build metadata. Apply it
to limitador-operator.version in .github/scripts/parse-version.sh lines 17-20
and to both INPUT_VERSION and INPUT_LIMITADOR_VERSION in
.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml lines 46-52, preserving invalid-version
rejection.
In @.github/workflows/build-images-base.yaml:
- Around line 78-80: Update the build-images-base workflow after the
actions/checkout step to resolve the checked-out commit with git rev-parse HEAD
and pass that SHA as GIT_SHA to the Docker build, replacing the ref-name value
while preserving the existing gitRef or github.sha checkout selection.
In @.github/workflows/release.yaml:
- Around line 136-139: Update the build-images reusable workflow configuration
to declare IMG_REGISTRY_USERNAME and IMG_REGISTRY_TOKEN under
on.workflow_call.secrets in build-images-base.yaml, then replace secrets:
inherit on the build-images job with explicit passing of only those two registry
secrets.
In @.github/workflows/version-gate.yaml:
- Line 17: Update the actions/checkout step in the workflow to set
persist-credentials to false, while preserving its existing action reference and
ensuring later validation continues using GH_TOKEN.
- Line 25: Update the workflow step invoking validate-release-yaml.sh to pass
github.base_ref through an environment variable such as BASE_REF, then reference
it as "$BASE_REF" rather than interpolating the GitHub expression directly in
the shell command.
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Two small comments but looking good.
Signed-off-by: fabikova <mfabikov@redhat.com>
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Summary
Replaces the existing ad-hoc release workflows with a structured two-phase release process as defined in the Two-Phase Release Workflow RFC. This introduces a machine-readable
release.yamlas the version source of truth, a pre-release workflow that prepares and opens a PR for review, and a consolidated release workflow that handles tagging, image builds, and GitHub Release creation.Changes
New two-phase workflow
pre-release.yaml): Creates release branch, updatesrelease.yaml, runsmake prepare-release, opens PR for reviewrelease.yaml): Runs smoke tests, creates git tag, builds container images (operator, bundle, catalog), packages Helm chart, creates GitHub ReleaseVersion gate
New CI check validates
release.yamlon PRs to release branches, ensuring version is not0.0.0and dependencies exist.Shared scripts
parse-version.sh- extracts semver components fromrelease.yamlvalidate-release-yaml.sh- validates version constraints and dependenciesRemoved workflows
Legacy workflows replaced by consolidated release pipeline:
build-images-for-tag-release.yamlrelease-helm-chart.yamlUpdated documentation
RELEASE.mdrewritten to document the new two-phase process with step-by-step instructions and required secrets.Pre-release workflow: https://github.com/fabikova/limitador-operator/actions/runs/32111312171
Release PR: fabikova#4
Release workflow: https://github.com/fabikova/limitador-operator/actions/runs/32114029704
Tag: https://github.com/fabikova/limitador-operator/releases/tag/v0.98.0
Tested end-to-end on a fork (isolated quay namespace + throwaway GPG, no production side effects):
https://github.com/fabikova/limitador-operator/actions/runs/32148506579
https://github.com/fabikova/limitador-operator/releases/tag/v0.94.0
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