From d1a2170b9e15b6a49fa30738c46686f1f2ab6cca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:17:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] permissions

---
 .github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
index bfc51da8f9b..2ef1aade7b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   slash-command:
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      contents: 'write'
+      pull-requests: 'write'
+      actions: 'write'
     steps:
       - name: 'Slash Command Dispatch'
         id: 'slash_command'

From d59e3f81263a67c216c4d44495df7e2531c7ccf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:22:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] actually run steps

---
 .github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
index 2ef1aade7b2..2b1313c7e83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'Get PR Status'
         id: 'pr_status'
-        if: "steps.slash_command.outputs.dispatched == 'true'"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
         run: |

From d3520abb67247693c03f98d2f6789879d820c8b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:25:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix

---
 .github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
index 2b1313c7e83..8fabb7527fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'Get PR Status'
         id: 'pr_status'
+        if: "steps.slash_command.outputs.dispatched == 'true'"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
         run: |
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
             })
 
       - name: 'Comment on Failure'
-        if: "steps.pr_status.outputs.STATE != 'MERGED'"
+        if: "steps.slash_command.outputs.dispatched == 'true' && steps.pr_status.outputs.STATE != 'MERGED'"
         uses: 'peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d'
         with:
           issue-number: '${{ github.event.issue.number }}'

From 3ae6e858044bbaa06fb1e0a34a63264bce4393a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:29:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] again

---
 .github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
index 8fabb7527fc..c1f869f00b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-patch-from-comment.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: 'write'
       actions: 'write'
     steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8'
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
       - name: 'Slash Command Dispatch'
         id: 'slash_command'
         uses: 'peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@40877f718dce0101edfc7aea2b3800cc192f9ed5'
@@ -23,6 +28,16 @@ jobs:
           static-args: |
             dry_run=false
 
+      - name: 'Acknowledge Patch Command'
+        if: "steps.slash_command.outputs.dispatched == 'true'"
+        uses: 'peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d'
+        with:
+          issue-number: '${{ github.event.issue.number }}'
+          body: |
+            👋 Patch command received! Processing...
+
+            You can track the progress here: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+
       - name: 'Get PR Status'
         id: 'pr_status'
         if: "steps.slash_command.outputs.dispatched == 'true'"