ci: Match -exp for experimental/rc releases and mark semver as latest (#30494)

.github/scripts/create-github-release.mjs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function createGitHubRelease() {
 			body: BODY,
 			draft: false,
 			prerelease: IS_PRE_RELEASE === 'true',
-			make_latest: MAKE_LATEST === 'true' ? 'true' : 'false',
+			make_latest: MAKE_LATEST === 'true' && !isReleaseTrackTag ? 'true' : 'false',
 			target_commitish: COMMIT,
 			owner,
 			repo,

.github/scripts/determine-version-info.mjs

@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ function determineReleaseType(currentVersion) {
 	if (currentVersion.includes('-rc.')) {
 		return 'rc';
 	}
+	if (currentVersion.includes('-exp')) {
+		return 'rc';
+	}
 	return 'stable';
 }
 

.github/scripts/determine-version-info.test.mjs

@@ -104,4 +104,16 @@ describe('determine-tracks', () => {
 		assert.equal(output.release_type, 'rc');
 		assert.equal(output.rc_branch, 'release-candidate/2.10.x');
 	});
+
+	it('Set release_type accordingly on exp releases', () => {
+		const output = determineTrack('2.9.2-exp.0');
+
+		assert.equal(output.track, 'stable');
+		assert.equal(output.version, '2.9.2-exp.0');
+		assert.equal(output.previous_version, '2.9.2');
+		assert.equal(output.bump, 'patch');
+		assert.equal(output.new_stable_version, null);
+		assert.equal(output.release_type, 'rc');
+		assert.equal(output.rc_branch, 'release-candidate/2.9.x');
+	});
 });

.github/workflows/release-create-github-releases.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ on:
       commit:
         required: true
         type: string
+      is_experimental:
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       track:
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ on:
         description: 'Commitish the release points to (e.g. branch name or SHA).'
         required: true
         type: string
+      is_experimental:
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -71,8 +77,8 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.version-tag }}
           BODY: ${{ inputs.body }}
-          IS_PRE_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.track == 'beta' }}
-          MAKE_LATEST: ${{ inputs.track == 'stable' }}
+          IS_PRE_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.track == 'beta' || inputs.is_experimental }}
+          MAKE_LATEST: ${{ inputs.track == 'stable' && !inputs.is_experimental }}
           COMMIT: ${{ inputs.commit }}
-          ADDITIONAL_TAGS: ${{ inputs.track }}
+          ADDITIONAL_TAGS: ${{ !inputs.is_experimental && inputs.track || '' }}
         run: node ./.github/scripts/create-github-release.mjs

.github/workflows/release-publish-post-release.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Ensure correct latest version on npm
     if: |
       inputs.bump == 'minor' ||
-      inputs.track == 'stable'
+      (inputs.track == 'stable' && inputs.release_type != 'rc')
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-set-stable-npm-packages-to-latest.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
 
   send-version-release-notification:
     name: 'Send version release notifications'
+    if: |
+      inputs.release_type != 'rc'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-version-release-notification.yml
     with:
       previous-version: ${{ inputs.previous_version }}

.github/workflows/release-publish.yml

@@ -128,12 +128,15 @@ jobs:
       version-tag: 'n8n@${{ needs.determine-version-info.outputs.version }}'
       body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
       commit: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+      is_experimental: ${{ needs.determine-version-info.outputs.release_type == 'rc' }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   move-track-tag:
     name: Move track tag
     needs: [determine-version-info, create-github-release]
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    if: |
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      needs.determine-version-info.outputs.release_type != 'rc'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-update-pointer-tag.yml
     with:
       track: ${{ needs.determine-version-info.outputs.track }}