CI: multiple fixes

.github/workflows/alpha.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Find Last Successful commit
         run: |
           LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$(python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py last-successful-commit \
-            "${{ github.workflow }}" "${{ env.CHANNEL }}" || echo "")
+            "false" "${{ env.CHANNEL }}" || echo "")
           echo "LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - run: brew install ldid xcbeautify

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Find Last Successful commit
         run: |
           LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$(python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py last-successful-commit \
-            "${{ github.workflow }}" "${{ env.CHANNEL }}" || echo "")
+            "false" "${{ env.CHANNEL }}" || echo "")
           echo "LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Check for new changes (on schedule)

.github/workflows/stable.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      RELEASE_NAME: Stable
       CHANNEL: stable
       UPSTREAM_CHANNEL: ""
 
@@ -27,6 +26,12 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Find Last Successful commit
+        run: |
+          LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$(python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py last-successful-commit \
+            "true" || echo "")
+          echo "LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT=$LAST_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - run: brew install ldid xcbeautify
 
       - name: Setup Env
@@ -68,9 +73,6 @@ jobs:
             ~/Library/Caches/org.swift.swiftpm
           key: xcode-build-cache-stable-
 
-      - name: Clean
-        run: python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py clean
-
       - name: Build
         id: build
         env:
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           IPA_NAME="$PRODUCT_NAME.ipa"
 
           python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py generate-metadata \
-            "$CHANNEL" \
+            "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
             "$SHORT_COMMIT" \
             "$MARKETING_VERSION" \
             "$CHANNEL" \
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           python3 scripts/ci/workflow.py upload-release \
-            "$RELEASE_NAME" \
+            "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
             "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
             "$GITHUB_SHA" \
             "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \

scripts/ci/generate_release_notes.py

@@ -137,12 +137,20 @@ def generate_release_notes(last_successful, tag, branch):
         url = repo_url()
         section += (
             f"\n{HEADER_MARKER} Full Changelog: "
-            f"[{last_successful[:8]}...{current[:8]}]"
+            f"[{ref_display(last_successful)}...{ref_display(current)}]"
             f"({url}/compare/{last_successful}...{current})\n"
         )
 
     return section
 
+def ref_display(ref):
+    try:
+        tag = run(f'git describe --tags --exact-match "{ref}" 2>/dev/null || true')
+        if tag:
+            return tag
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return ref[:8]
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------
 # markdown update
@@ -276,4 +284,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main()

scripts/ci/generate_source_metadata.py

@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ def main():
         gen_cmd = (
             f"python3 {script} "
             f"{args.last_successful_commit} {args.release_tag} "
-            f"--output-dir \"{notes_dir}\""
+            f'--output-dir "{notes_dir}"'
         )
     else:
         gen_cmd = (
             f"python3 {script} "
             f"{args.short_commit} {args.release_tag} "
-            f"--output-dir \"{notes_dir}\""
+            f'--output-dir "{notes_dir}"'
         )
 
     sh(gen_cmd, cwd=repo_root)

scripts/ci/workflow.py

@@ -318,21 +318,32 @@ def deploy(repo, source_json, release_tag, marketing_version):
         raise SystemExit("Deploy push failed after retries")
 
 
-def last_successful_commit(workflow, branch):
-    import json
+def last_successful_commit(is_stable, tag=None):
+    is_stable = str(is_stable).lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
 
     try:
-        out = runAndGet(
-            f'gh run list '
-            f'--workflow "{workflow}" '
-            f'--json headSha,conclusion,headBranch'
-        )
+        if is_stable:
+            prev_tag = runAndGet(
+                r'git tag --sort=-v:refname '
+                r'| grep -E "^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$" '
+                r'| sed -n "2p" || true'
+            ).strip()
 
-        runs = json.loads(out)
+            if prev_tag:
+                return runAndGet(f'git rev-parse "{prev_tag}^{{commit}}"')
 
-        for r in runs:
-            if r.get("conclusion") == "success" and r.get("headBranch") == branch:
-                return r["headSha"]
+            return None   # ← changed
+
+        if tag:
+            exists = subprocess.call(
+                f'git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/{tag}"',
+                shell=True,
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            ) == 0
+
+            if exists:
+                return runAndGet(f'git rev-parse "{tag}^{{commit}}"')
 
     except Exception:
         pass
@@ -341,15 +352,13 @@ def last_successful_commit(workflow, branch):
 
 def upload_release(release_name, release_tag, commit_sha, repo, upstream_tag_recommended, is_stable=False):
     is_stable = str(is_stable).lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
+    draft = False
+    prerelease = True
+    latest = False
 
     if is_stable:
-        draft = True        # always create a draft for stable and let user publish release
-        update_tag = False
         prerelease = False
-    else:
-        draft = False
-        update_tag = True   # update existing
-        prerelease = True
+        latest = True
 
     token = getenv("GH_TOKEN")
     if token:
@@ -377,12 +386,13 @@ def upload_release(release_name, release_tag, commit_sha, repo, upstream_tag_rec
         f"--output-dir {ROOT}"
     )
 
-    release_notes = re.sub(
-        r'^\s*#{1,6}\s*what(?:\'?s|\s+is)?\s+(?:new|changed).*',
-        "## What's Changed",
-        release_notes,
-        flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE,
-    )
+    if is_stable:
+        release_notes = re.sub(
+            r'(?im)^[ \t]*#{1,6}[ \t]*what[’\']?s[ \t]+changed[ \t]*$',
+            "## What's Changed",
+            release_notes,
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE,
+        )
 
     upstream_block = ""
     if upstream_tag_recommended and upstream_tag_recommended.strip():
@@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ def upload_release(release_name, release_tag, commit_sha, repo, upstream_tag_rec
 
     draft_flag = "--draft" if draft else ""
     prerelease_flag = "--prerelease" if prerelease else ""
-    latest_flag = "" if update_tag else "--latest=false"
+    latest_flag = "--latest=true" if latest else ""
 
     # create release if it doesn't exist
     exists = subprocess.call(
@@ -514,7 +524,7 @@ COMMANDS = {
     # ----------------------------------------------------------
     # RELEASE / DEPLOY
     # ----------------------------------------------------------
-    "last-successful-commit"  : (last_successful_commit,     2, "<workflow_name> <branch>"),
+    "last-successful-commit"  : (last_successful_commit,     1, "<is_stable> [tag]"),
     "release-notes"           : (release_notes,              1, "<tag>"),
     "retrieve-release-notes"  : (retrieve_release_notes,     1, "<tag>"),
     "generate-metadata"       : (generate_metadata,          7,
@@ -548,9 +558,9 @@ def main():
         suffix = f" {arg_usage}" if arg_usage else ""
         raise SystemExit(f"Usage: workflow.py {cmd}{suffix}")
 
-    args = sys.argv[2:2 + argc]
+    args = sys.argv[2:]
 
-    result = func(*args) if argc else func()
+    result = func(*args) if args else func()
 
     # ONLY real outputs go to stdout
     if result is not None: