fix: refresh draft release notes on every push to main#90
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Two issues prevented the draft release from tracking current state: 1. path filter 'paths: [action.yml]' meant that commits touching only scripts, workflows, or docs never triggered a draft refresh, so PRs merged after an action.yml-only window went unrecorded. 2. softprops/action-gh-release preserves an existing draft when it finds one for the same tag, keeping the body frozen at the first-create date. Adding an explicit delete step before the action ensures a fresh draft is always created with up-to-date generated notes.
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Summary
The draft release body for v0.2.4 has been frozen since 2026-05-12 despite multiple pushes to main. Two independent issues caused this:
Issue 1 — path filter too narrow:
paths: [action.yml]meant only commits that touchedaction.ymltriggered a draft refresh. Changes to scripts, workflows, or docs (e.g. PR #56–#74) were silently excluded.Issue 2 — softprops preserves stale drafts:
softprops/action-gh-releasecreates a fresh draft then detects the existing draft for the same tag and keeps the old one while deleting the new one.generate_release_notes: trueonly applies at create time and never updates an existing draft body.Changes
prepare-draft-release.yml: removepaths: [action.yml]— trigger on every push tomainprepare-draft-release.yml: add "Delete existing draft release" step before thesoftpropsstep — ensures a fresh draft with current generated notes is always createdVerification
actionlint .github/workflows/prepare-draft-release.yml: no errors