From c5bcc6687cffcea97b221ecfc7e68bc549f72321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saadi Myftija <saadi@myftija.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 16:53:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(releases): add a manual trigger for the package release
 workflow

The manual trigger currently enabled only for the prerelease job. This PR adds it for the normal release flow too, as it is useful to retrigger failed release workflows.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d3a7899512..d10017829e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      ref:
-        description: "The ref (branch, tag, or SHA) to checkout and release from"
+      type:
+        description: "Select release type"
         required: true
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - release
+          - prerelease
+        default: "prerelease"
+      prerelease_ref:
+        description: "The ref (branch, tag, or SHA) to checkout and release from (prerelease only)"
+        required: false
         type: string
-      tag:
+      prerelease_tag:
         description: "The npm dist-tag for the prerelease (e.g., 'v4-prerelease')"
-        required: true
+        required: false
         type: string
         default: "prerelease"
 
@@ -32,9 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     if: |
       github.repository == 'triggerdotdev/trigger.dev' &&
-      github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' &&
-      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
-      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'changeset-release/')
+      (
+        (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type == 'release') ||
+        (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true && github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'changeset-release/main')
+      )
     outputs:
       published: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published }}
       published_packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}
@@ -44,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
@@ -105,17 +115,17 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
-    if: github.repository == 'triggerdotdev/trigger.dev' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    if: github.repository == 'triggerdotdev/trigger.dev' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type == 'prerelease'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease_ref }}
 
       - name: Validate ref is on main
         run: |
-          if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }} origin/main; then
+          if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease_ref }} origin/main; then
             echo "Error: ref must be an ancestor of main (i.e., already merged)"
             exit 1
           fi
@@ -143,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm run generate
 
       - name: Snapshot version
-        run: pnpm exec changeset version --snapshot ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+        run: pnpm exec changeset version --snapshot ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease_tag }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -154,6 +164,6 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm run build --filter "@trigger.dev/*" --filter "trigger.dev"
 
       - name: Publish prerelease
-        run: pnpm exec changeset publish --no-git-tag --snapshot --tag ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+        run: pnpm exec changeset publish --no-git-tag --snapshot --tag ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease_tag }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}