chore: Removed auto-tagging steps from release workflow. (#21143)

Author: ludamad

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -28,112 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           config-file: .github/release-please-${{ github.ref_name }}.json
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
-  auto-tag:
-    needs: [release-please]
-    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/v') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name AztecBot
-          git config --global user.email tech@aztecprotocol.com
-
-      - name: Extract version from branch name
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          BRANCH_NAME="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
-          MAJOR_VERSION="${BRANCH_NAME#v}"
-          echo "branch=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "major=$MAJOR_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Determine next version
-        id: next_version
-        run: |
-          # Read current version from release-please manifest and use it directly
-          if [ ! -f .release-please-manifest.json ]; then
-            echo "Error: .release-please-manifest.json not found"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          MANIFEST_VERSION=$(jq -r '."."' .release-please-manifest.json)
-          echo "Manifest version: $MANIFEST_VERSION"
-
-          # Ensure manifest major matches vX branch major
-          BRANCH_MAJOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.major }}"
-          if [ -z "$BRANCH_MAJOR" ]; then
-            echo "Error: Branch major version not available from previous step"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          MANIFEST_MAJOR="${MANIFEST_VERSION%%.*}"
-          if [ "$MANIFEST_MAJOR" != "$BRANCH_MAJOR" ]; then
-            echo "Error: Manifest major ($MANIFEST_MAJOR) does not match branch major ($BRANCH_MAJOR)"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          # Accept stable versions (X.Y.Z) and prerelease versions (X.Y.Z-suffix.N)
-          if [[ "$MANIFEST_VERSION" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(-[a-zA-Z0-9.]+)?$ ]]; then
-            NEXT_VERSION="$MANIFEST_VERSION"
-          else
-            echo "Error: Invalid manifest version format: $MANIFEST_VERSION"
-            echo "Expected: X.Y.Z or X.Y.Z-prerelease.N"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          echo "version=$NEXT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Next version will be: $NEXT_VERSION"
-
-      - name: Get next RC number
-        id: rc
-        run: |
-          # Get all existing RC tags for this specific version
-          EXISTING_TAGS=$(git tag -l "v${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}-rc.*" | sort -V)
-
-          if [ -z "$EXISTING_TAGS" ]; then
-            # No RC tags exist yet for this version, start with 1
-            NEXT_RC=1
-          else
-            # Extract the highest RC number and increment
-            LAST_TAG=$(echo "$EXISTING_TAGS" | tail -n 1)
-            LAST_RC=$(echo "$LAST_TAG" | sed 's/.*-rc\.\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/')
-            NEXT_RC=$((LAST_RC + 1))
-          fi
-
-          echo "number=$NEXT_RC" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Next RC number: $NEXT_RC"
-
-      - name: Check if commit already tagged
-        id: check_tag
-        run: |
-          # Check if current commit already has any RC tag
-          EXISTING_TAGS=$(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep "^v.*-rc\." || true)
-
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_TAGS" ]; then
-            echo "Commit already tagged as: $EXISTING_TAGS"
-            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create and push new RC tag
-        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          TAG_NAME="v${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}-rc.${{ steps.rc.outputs.number }}"
-
-          # Create annotated tag
-          git tag -a "$TAG_NAME" -m "Release candidate ${{ steps.rc.outputs.number }} for v${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}"
-          git push origin "$TAG_NAME"
-
-          echo "✅ Created tag: $TAG_NAME"
-
   dedupe-release-notes:
     name: Deduplicate release notes
     needs: [release-please]