From 5706afdfeb3b2af7afee72ec18488b6e1e29709a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ning Sun <sunng@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 02:43:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci(backport): label backport PRs with their version name
 (#9073)

* ci(backport): label backport PRs with their version name

Signed-off-by: Ning Sun <sunning@greptime.com>

* ci(backport): restore multi-line PR body string

Signed-off-by: Ning Sun <sunning@greptime.com>

---------

Signed-off-by: Ning Sun <sunning@greptime.com>
---
 .github/workflows/backport.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 3d64c7dd55..8cf2da32fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -83,9 +83,18 @@ jobs:
 
             git push origin "${head_branch}"
 
+            # Ensure the version label (e.g. "v1.2") exists before attaching it.
+            # GitHub does not create labels implicitly, so upsert it idempotently.
+            gh label create "${target}" \
+              --color 0e8a16 \
+              --description "Backport to ${release_branch}" \
+              --force \
+              || true
+
             gh pr create \
               --base "${release_branch}" \
               --head "${head_branch}" \
+              --label "${target}" \
               --title "${PR_TITLE} [Backport ${release_branch}]" \
               --body "Backport of #${PR_NUMBER} to ${release_branch}.