Release

A production release is a vX.Y.Z tag on a main commit whose workspace version is exactly X.Y.Z. release.yml builds the signed, notarized macOS DMG with its one-item Sparkle appcast and the Windows x64 installer with its minisign signature, then attaches everything to a draft release. Publishing the draft is the user's switch: it moves releases/latest and the production Sparkle feed. Contract: docs/arch/arch.md §14; nightlies are a separate channel handled by the nightly skill.

An explicit request to run authorizes the bump commit, the push, the tag, and editing the draft's notes; after the user publishes, it also authorizes the sweep's docs commit and push. An explicit sweep request authorizes that commit and push on its own. Nothing in this skill publishes the draft, deletes a release, or moves an existing tag. Record only observed results.

Usage

/release [run <version> | notes <version> | check <version> | sweep <version>] — no action means run.

run <version>

1. Preflight — stop on any failure and report it.
   • <version> must match ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ and be greater than the current tag from gh release list.
   • git fetch origin; require branch main, a clean tree, and git rev-parse main origin/main equal. Everything meant for the release is already merged.
   • CI on origin/main is green: gh run list --branch main --workflow ci.yaml --limit 1 --json conclusion.
   • No release run is in flight: gh run list --workflow release.yml --limit 3 --json status.
2. Bump. Set version under [workspace.package] in the root Cargo.toml to <version>. Every crate inherits it with version.workspace = true (since #635), so there is no per-crate edit. Run cargo check --workspace to refresh Cargo.lock, which updates each crate's entry, then cargo test -p runner-app --test bundle_mac. Commit Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock as chore: bump version to <version> and push main.
3. Tag. git tag -a v<version> -m "Runner <version>" && git push origin v<version>. The push starts release.yml.
4. Watch. Find the run with gh run list --workflow release.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,status,headSha and gh run watch <id> --exit-status. Both build jobs and the publish job must succeed. On failure, gh run view <id> --log-failed, report the failing step, and stop; the tag stays, the draft may be partial.
5. Notes. Follow notes <version> below and set them on the draft: gh release edit v<version> --notes-file <file>. Do not pass --draft=false.
6. Report. The draft URL, both asset names, and the reminder that publishing is the user's action. A draft's untagged-… URL changes each time it is edited, so link the latest one. After the user publishes, confirm gh release view v<version> --json isDraft is false before anything that assumes the release is live, then verify gh api repos/yicheng47/runner/releases/latest --jq .tag_name is v<version> and that releases/latest/download/appcast.xml names the new DMG.
7. Sweep. Once the release is live, follow sweep <version> below.

notes <version>

Release notes are bilingual: the full English text first, then the same content in 中文 inside a <details> block so the page reads as English-only until a reader expands it (GitHub has no tabs; a collapsed block is the nearest thing, and both in-app updaters open the release page in a browser where it renders). 0.8.3 used a horizontal rule instead; every release since 0.8.4 ships the collapsed form. A draft with only the workflow's one-line stub is not ready to publish.

Source the content from git log v<previous>..v<version> --no-merges --format='- %s (%h)' and the closed issues those commits reference. Write for users, not for the repo: what changed for them, in their words, one bullet per change with the issue number at the end. Skip internal work (tests, CI, docs, refactors) unless it changes what users see.

Structure, both languages:

Runner <version> is a <bug-fix | feature> release for macOS and Windows on top of <previous>.

## New                      (omit if empty)
- **Short bold lead.** One or two sentences. (#123)

## Bug fixes                (omit if empty)
- ...

## Nightly channel          (only when the nightly channel changed; nightly users read these)
- ...

## Download and upgrade
- **macOS, Apple Silicon:** download `Runner-<version>-arm64.dmg`, or update through Sparkle. The app is signed and notarized.
- **Windows x64, Windows 10 version 1809 or later:** download `Runner-Setup-<version>.<stamp>-x64.exe`. The installer, app, and CLI sidecars are Authenticode-signed by Open Source Developer Yicheng Wang. You can also update through Settings → Updates → Update, then choose Install and restart. Settings, chats, and missions are retained.

Windows ARM64, Intel Macs, and Linux are not supported.

**Full changelog:** https://github.com/yicheng47/runner/compare/v<previous>...v<version>

<details>
<summary>中文</summary>

Runner <version> 是 macOS 和 Windows 上基于 <previous> 的<修复版本 | 功能版本>。

## 新功能
...
## 问题修复
...
## Nightly 渠道
...
## 下载与升级
...

Windows ARM64、Intel Mac 和 Linux 暂不支持。

**完整变更记录：** https://github.com/yicheng47/runner/compare/v<previous>...v<version>

</details>

Keep a blank line after <summary> and before </details>, or GitHub renders the markdown inside as literal text.

Rules for the 中文 half: translate the meaning, not the words; keep product terms as they appear in the app (Runner, Sparkle, Nightly, ⌘, Settings → Updates); keep file names, issue numbers, and links identical to the English; use the same headings in the same order so a reader can line the two halves up. Headings inside the details block use ## like the English half; they render collapsed until expanded. Read the exact Windows installer name from the draft's assets (gh release view v<version> --json assets --jq '.assets[].name') rather than guessing the stamp.

sweep <version>

Archives the docs of everything shipped since the previous sweep in one doc-only commit on main, so merges themselves add no docs commits (AGENTS.md, Docs Sweep At Release). Run it only once v<version> is published (gh release view v<version> --json isDraft is false): a main push while a release or nightly run is in flight cancels the CI run its publish job waits on.

1. Preflight. On main, clean tree, git rev-parse main origin/main equal after git fetch origin, and nothing in flight in gh run list --workflow release.yml --limit 3 --json status or the same for nightly.yml.
2. Find what shipped. Walk the in-progress docs rather than a commit range, so anything an earlier sweep missed is caught: each brief in docs/impls/briefs/, each test record directly under docs/tests/ (not full-smoke-test.md), and each spec in docs/features/. Check each one's issue with gh issue view <n> --json state,stateReason,closedAt and its PRs with gh pr list --state merged --search <n>. Anything whose work is still open stays put.
3. Test records. Move each shipped record to docs/tests/archive/ and promote its lasting live checks into docs/tests/regression/ under that README's promotion rules, reconciled with current code, or have the record state why none apply. Run results stay separate from maintained cases.
4. Briefs. Prune the brief of every merged mission; git history keeps it. Keep the ones docs/impls/briefs/README.md lists as references, and the brief of any mission still running.
5. Specs. Move each spec whose tracking issue has closed, shipped or dropped, to docs/features/archive/; for a multi-PR feature that is after its last PR. Move its docs/features/README.md entry from Active to Recently shipped with the release and date that carried it, or note it as dropped.
6. Roadmap. Record the release in docs/roadmap.md: latest release, the Releases table, milestone state and open-work counts, reconciled with GitHub, and move the snapshot date.
7. Commit. Repoint every link to a moved file and check the relative links with a script. Commit as docs: record the <version> release and archive its shipped docs, push main, and report what moved, the regression case IDs added, and anything left in place with the reason.

check <version>

Read-only. gh release view v<version> --json isDraft,isPrerelease,assets,body: report draft state, that the DMG, appcast.xml, installer, and .sig are all present, and whether the body has the English section and a <details> block containing the 中文 section. After publishing, also verify releases/latest resolves to the tag and the production appcast's enclosure names the new DMG.

Notes

• The workspace version stays at X.Y.Z after the release; nightlies do not bump it (see the nightly skill).
• workflow_dispatch of release.yml with dry_run builds the same artifacts into a throwaway draft named dry-run-<stamp> for inspection; delete that draft afterwards.
• Windows Authenticode signing shipped with #497: release.yml signs the installer, app and CLI sidecars through Certum SimplySign, so the notes carry the signed sentence above. If a release ever ships unsigned, say so in its notes and warn about SmartScreen.
• Apple credentials for local notarization checks live in ~/.zshrc; xcrun notarytool history and stapler validate <file> are the tools.