## Problem
We practice a manual release flow for the compute module. This will
allow automation of the compute release process.
## Summary of changes
The workflow was modified to make a compute release automatically on the
branch release-compute.
## Checklist before requesting a review
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code.
- [ ] If it is a core feature, I have added thorough tests.
- [ ] Do we need to implement analytics? if so did you add the relevant
metrics to the dashboard?
- [ ] If this PR requires public announcement, mark it with
/release-notes label and add several sentences in this section.
## Checklist before merging
- [ ] Do not forget to reformat commit message to not include the above
checklist
## Problem
We have a bunch of duplicated code for automated releases. There will be
even more, once we have `release-compute` branch
(https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/9637).
Another issue with the current `release` workflow is that it creates a
PR from the main as is. If we create 2 different releases from the
same commit, GitHub could mix up results from different PRs.
## Summary of changes
- Create a reusable workflow for releases
- Create an empty commit to differentiate releases
## Problem
There are a couple of small CI cleanups that seem too small for dedicated PRs
## Summary of changes
- Create release PR with the title that matches the title in the description
- Tune error message for disallowing `ubuntu-latest` to explicitly
mention what to do
- Remove junit output from pytest, we use allure instead
## Problem
We use ubuntu-latest as a default OS for running jobs. It can cause
problems due to instability, so we should use the LTS version of Ubuntu.
## Summary of changes
The image ubuntu-latest was changed with ubuntu-22.04 in workflows.
## Checklist before requesting a review
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code.
- [ ] If it is a core feature, I have added thorough tests.
- [ ] Do we need to implement analytics? if so did you add the relevant
metrics to the dashboard?
- [ ] If this PR requires public announcement, mark it with
/release-notes label and add several sentences in this section.
## Checklist before merging
- [ ] Do not forget to reformat commit message to not include the above
checklist
## Problem
A title for automatic proxy release PRs is `Proxy release`, and for
storage & compute, it's just `Release`
## Summary of changes
- Amend PR title for Storage & Compute releases to "Storage & Compute
release"
## Problem
We want to release Proxy at a different cadence.
## Summary of changes
- build-and-test workflow:
- Handle the `release-proxy` branch
- Tag images built on this branch with `release-proxy-XXX` tag
- Trigger deploy workflow with `deployStorage=true` &
`deployStorageBroker=true` on `release` branch
- Trigger deploy workflow with `deployPgSniRouter=true` &
`deployProxy=true` on `release-proxy` branch
- release workflow (scheduled creation of release branch):
- Schedule Proxy releases for Thursdays (a random day to make it
different from Storage releases)
Prepare for a new release workflow
* Release PR is created on Fridays
* The discussion/approval happens during Friday
* Sunday morning the deployment will be done in central-il and perf
tests will be run
* On Monday early IST morning gradually start rolling (starting from US
regions as they are still in weekend time)
See slack for discussion:
https://neondb.slack.com/archives/C04P81J55LK/p1698565305607839?thread_ts=1698428241.031979&cid=C04P81J55LK
## Problem
If @github-actions creates release PR, the CI pipeline is not triggered
(but we have `release-notify.yml` workflow that we expect to run on this
event).
I suspect this happened because @github-actions is not a repository
member.
Ref
https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/5283#issuecomment-1715209291
## Summary of changes
- Use `CI_ACCESS_TOKEN` to create a PR
- Use `gh` instead of `thomaseizinger/create-pull-request`
- Restrict permissions for GITHUB_TOKEN to `contents: write` only
(required for `git push`)
