ci: add debug step to dump workflow_run payload

the release job kept getting skipped even though the if-expression
should have evaluated true. adding a diagnostic job (no if-filter)
that prints github.event.workflow_run so we can see what fields
are actually populated on the webhook payload at eval time.
removing the [skip-release] guard temporarily to reduce variables.

commit: 75aa6d4771e96f9e5d4560e2325e2969c3a34e9b
author: patriceckhart · 6mo ago · 2026-04-18 09:17 UTC
parent: f0014f1
signature: unsigned
refs: tag: v0.0.1

1 file · +20 -2

M .github/workflows/release.yml +20 -2


@@ -30,10 +30,28 @@ concurrency:
30	30		cancel-in-progress: false
31	31
32	32		jobs:
	33	+	debug:
	34	+	# One-shot diagnostic job with no if-filter: dumps the full
	35	+	# workflow_run context so we can see what fields are actually
	36	+	# populated on the webhook payload. Remove once the release job
	37	+	# starts firing reliably.
	38	+	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	39	+	steps:
	40	+	- name: dump workflow_run
	41	+	env:
	42	+	WR: ${{ toJSON(github.event.workflow_run) }}
	43	+	run: \|
	44	+	echo "conclusion: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}"
	45	+	echo "head_branch: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
	46	+	echo "head_sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}"
	47	+	echo "---"
	48	+	printenv WR \| head -c 2000
	49	+
33	50		release:
	51	+	needs: debug
34	52		# Only run when ci succeeded and we're on main, and when the head
35		-	# commit doesn't opt out via [skip release].
36		-	if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'main' && !contains(github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message, '[skip-release]') }}
	53	+	# commit doesn't opt out via [skip-release].
	54	+	if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'main' }}
37	55		runs-on: ubuntu-latest
38	56		steps:
39	57		- name: checkout


@@ -30,10 +30,28 @@ concurrency:
30		cancel-in-progress: false	30		cancel-in-progress: false
31			31
32		jobs:	32		jobs:
			33	+	debug:
			34	+	# One-shot diagnostic job with no if-filter: dumps the full
			35	+	# workflow_run context so we can see what fields are actually
			36	+	# populated on the webhook payload. Remove once the release job
			37	+	# starts firing reliably.
			38	+	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
			39	+	steps:
			40	+	- name: dump workflow_run
			41	+	env:
			42	+	WR: ${{ toJSON(github.event.workflow_run) }}
			43	+	run: \|
			44	+	echo "conclusion: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}"
			45	+	echo "head_branch: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
			46	+	echo "head_sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}"
			47	+	echo "---"
			48	+	printenv WR \| head -c 2000
			49	+
33		release:	50		release:
			51	+	needs: debug
34		# Only run when ci succeeded and we're on main, and when the head	52		# Only run when ci succeeded and we're on main, and when the head
35	-	# commit doesn't opt out via [skip release].	53	+	# commit doesn't opt out via [skip-release].
36	-	if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'main' && !contains(github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message, '[skip-release]') }}	54	+	if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'main' }}
37		runs-on: ubuntu-latest	55		runs-on: ubuntu-latest
38		steps:	56		steps:
39		- name: checkout	57		- name: checkout