From 53f4d69bf071beb84fe1bd3b247fec94a302b986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobias-tengler <45513122+tobias-tengler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:28:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Speed up nupkg artifact upload

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 666bb0cb845..9f5f54a676b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,16 +66,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "is_active_major=$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "is_highest_stable_major=$IS_HIGHEST_STABLE_MAJOR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-          {
-            echo "## Release context"
-            echo "- git_tag: \`$GIT_TAG\`"
-            echo "- major: \`$MAJOR\`"
-            echo "- is_stable: \`$IS_STABLE\`"
-            echo "- is_active_major: \`$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR\`"
-            echo "- is_highest_stable_major: \`$IS_HIGHEST_STABLE_MAJOR\`"
-            echo "- highest_stable_major (registry): \`$HIGHEST\`"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-
   create-draft:
     name: 📝 Create Draft Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -181,11 +171,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📤 Attach .nupkg assets to GitHub release
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          for file in ./output/packages/*.nupkg; do
-            echo "📤 Uploading $file"
-            gh release upload ${{ env.GIT_TAG }} "$file" --repo "${{ github.repository }}"
-          done
+          gh release upload "$GIT_TAG" ./output/packages/*.nupkg --repo "${{ github.repository }}"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

From 40bcd187ecc860497d4734e5e2a352e53fd880e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobias-tengler <45513122+tobias-tengler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:28:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Remove correlation-id

---
 .../dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml    | 66 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
index 8ca4a4e5792..33eca93f9d5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
@@ -24,22 +24,14 @@ inputs:
   token:
     description: "Token with `actions: write` on the target repository."
     required: true
-  locate-attempts:
-    description: How many times to poll for the dispatched run before giving up.
-    required: false
-    default: "30"
-  locate-interval:
-    description: Seconds to wait between locate polls.
-    required: false
-    default: "5"
 
 outputs:
   run-id:
     description: Numeric ID of the dispatched run.
-    value: ${{ steps.locate.outputs.run-id }}
+    value: ${{ steps.dispatch.outputs.run-id }}
   run-url:
     description: HTML URL of the dispatched run.
-    value: ${{ steps.locate.outputs.run-url }}
+    value: ${{ steps.dispatch.outputs.run-url }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -57,41 +49,31 @@ runs:
         IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR: ${{ inputs.is_active_major }}
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
-        CORR=$(uuidgen)
-        echo "correlation-id=$CORR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-        gh workflow run "$WORKFLOW" --repo "$REPO" --ref "$REF" \
-          -f version="$VERSION" \
-          -f is_stable="$IS_STABLE" \
-          -f is_active_major="$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR" \
-          -f correlation_id="$CORR"
+        PAYLOAD=$(jq -n \
+          --arg ref "$REF" \
+          --arg version "$VERSION" \
+          --arg is_stable "$IS_STABLE" \
+          --arg is_active_major "$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR" \
+          '{
+            ref: $ref,
+            return_run_details: true,
+            inputs: {
+              version: $version,
+              is_stable: $is_stable,
+              is_active_major: $is_active_major
+            }
+          }')
 
-    - name: 🔎 Locate dispatched run
-      id: locate
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
-        REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
-        WORKFLOW: ${{ inputs.workflow }}
-        CORR: ${{ steps.dispatch.outputs.correlation-id }}
-        ATTEMPTS: ${{ inputs.locate-attempts }}
-        INTERVAL: ${{ inputs.locate-interval }}
-      run: |
-        set -euo pipefail
-        RUN_ID=""
-        RUN_URL=""
-        for _ in $(seq 1 "$ATTEMPTS"); do
-          read -r RUN_ID RUN_URL < <(gh run list --repo "$REPO" --workflow "$WORKFLOW" \
-            --limit 20 --json databaseId,name,url \
-            --jq "[.[] | select(.name | contains(\"$CORR\"))][0] | \"\(.databaseId) \(.url)\"")
-          if [ -n "$RUN_ID" ] && [ "$RUN_ID" != "null" ]; then
-            break
-          fi
-          sleep "$INTERVAL"
-        done
+        RESPONSE=$(echo "$PAYLOAD" | gh api \
+          -X POST "repos/$REPO/actions/workflows/$WORKFLOW/dispatches" \
+          --input -)
+
+        RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.workflow_run_id')
+        RUN_URL=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.html_url')
 
         if [ -z "$RUN_ID" ] || [ "$RUN_ID" = "null" ]; then
-          echo "::error::Could not locate dispatched run for $REPO ($WORKFLOW) with correlation_id=$CORR"
+          echo "::error::Dispatch did not return a run ID. Ensure the target host supports return_run_details."
           exit 1
         fi
 
@@ -104,5 +86,5 @@ runs:
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
         REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
-        RUN_ID: ${{ steps.locate.outputs.run-id }}
+        RUN_ID: ${{ steps.dispatch.outputs.run-id }}
       run: gh run watch "$RUN_ID" --repo "$REPO" --exit-status

From 4a994a52ae71df313f6f6ffa7e013db8562bc585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobias-tengler <45513122+tobias-tengler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:31:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Simplify run id extraction

---
 .../dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml    | 31 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
index 33eca93f9d5..7aabb496446 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
@@ -50,33 +50,18 @@ runs:
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
 
-        PAYLOAD=$(jq -n \
-          --arg ref "$REF" \
-          --arg version "$VERSION" \
-          --arg is_stable "$IS_STABLE" \
-          --arg is_active_major "$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR" \
-          '{
-            ref: $ref,
-            return_run_details: true,
-            inputs: {
-              version: $version,
-              is_stable: $is_stable,
-              is_active_major: $is_active_major
-            }
-          }')
+        RUN_URL=$(gh workflow run "$WORKFLOW" --repo "$REPO" --ref "$REF" \
+          -f version="$VERSION" \
+          -f is_stable="$IS_STABLE" \
+          -f is_active_major="$IS_ACTIVE_MAJOR")
 
-        RESPONSE=$(echo "$PAYLOAD" | gh api \
-          -X POST "repos/$REPO/actions/workflows/$WORKFLOW/dispatches" \
-          --input -)
-
-        RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.workflow_run_id')
-        RUN_URL=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.html_url')
-
-        if [ -z "$RUN_ID" ] || [ "$RUN_ID" = "null" ]; then
-          echo "::error::Dispatch did not return a run ID. Ensure the target host supports return_run_details."
+        if [ -z "$RUN_URL" ]; then
+          echo "::error::Dispatch did not return a run URL. Requires gh >= 2.87.0 against github.com."
           exit 1
         fi
 
+        RUN_ID="${RUN_URL##*/}"
+
         echo "run-id=$RUN_ID" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         echo "run-url=$RUN_URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         echo "Dispatched run: $RUN_URL"

From 5f2d67c355ad707cc383f3cbcd4ece0bb7fcfeb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobias-tengler <45513122+tobias-tengler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:34:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Compact output for gh run view

---
 .github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
index 7aabb496446..e8039a2d14d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/dispatch-and-watch-workflow/action.yml
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ runs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
         REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
         RUN_ID: ${{ steps.dispatch.outputs.run-id }}
-      run: gh run watch "$RUN_ID" --repo "$REPO" --exit-status
+      run: gh run watch "$RUN_ID" --repo "$REPO" --exit-status --compact

From 3c5dd90cf03215ac10c8409fec2726a597a1677b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobias-tengler <45513122+tobias-tengler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:55:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Do not update homebrew for unstable past release versions

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9f5f54a676b..5845b5f1b8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ jobs:
     name: 🍺 Update Homebrew Tap
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [compute-release-context, publish-release]
+    if: needs.compute-release-context.outputs.is_stable == 'true' || needs.compute-release-context.outputs.is_active_major == 'true'
 
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout