Implement release-request YAML release model

Author: JasonVranek

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install protoc
         run: sudo provisioning/protoc.sh
 
-      - name: Setup just
-        uses: extractions/setup-just@v3
-        with:
-          just-version: 1.40.0
+      - name: Install just
+        run: cargo install just --version 1.40.0 --locked
+        env:
+          CARGO_TARGET_DIR: /tmp/cargo-install-just
+
+      - name: Add cargo bin to PATH
+        run: echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Check compilation
         run: cargo check

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build Docusaurus
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/release-gate.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Release Gate
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [main]
+    paths: ['.releases/**']
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-gate
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  create-release-tag:
+    name: Create tag and dispatch release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Fail if App credentials are not configured
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ secrets.APP_ID }}" ] || [ -z "${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}" ]; then
+            echo "❌ APP_ID and APP_PRIVATE_KEY must be configured."
+            echo "For fork testing, install a personal GitHub App on the fork,"
+            echo "create a private key, and add both as repository secrets."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install Python deps
+        run: pip install pyyaml
+
+      - name: Create tag from release request
+        id: gate
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          MERGE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
+        run: |
+          python .github/workflows/release/release.py gate | tee /tmp/gate-output.txt
+          TAG=$(grep '^tag=' /tmp/gate-output.txt | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
+          COMMIT=$(grep '^commit=' /tmp/gate-output.txt | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
+          echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "commit=$COMMIT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          if [ -z "$TAG" ] || [ -z "$COMMIT" ]; then
+            echo "❌ gate did not emit tag= / commit= outputs"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Gate outputs: $TAG @ $COMMIT"
+
+      - name: Dispatch release workflow
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh workflow run release.yml \
+            --ref main \
+            -f tag=${{ steps.gate.outputs.tag }}