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Moves kp1812 onto the release flow the other klibs share (kzstd is the reference, meshtastic/kzstd#104). The changelog plugin dropped prose under ### headings, attestation covered only the root module, and the Central release needed a manual portal step.

  • scripts/changelog.sh cut|notes replaces patchChangelog/getChangelog; the plugin is gone
  • release.yml takes version and dry_run, refuses a commit off main, waits for the two macOS CI jobs, refuses a -SNAPSHOT in the staged POMs, attests every module, and tags only after the gates
  • publishAndReleaseToMavenCentral releases automatically, so no portal step
  • swift-package builds from the gated commit; a dry run builds and zips but uploads nothing
  • RELEASING.md, SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md describe the new flow

main has no ruleset requiring checks, so the workflow names them; a ruleset would let the gate read them instead.

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  • Release Process

    • Releases can be started manually with a version or from a version tag. Dry runs perform release checks and builds without tagging, publishing, or creating a release.
    • Releases require matching version information, passing CI checks, and no snapshot dependencies. Existing Maven Central versions are not republished.
    • Release artifacts include signatures and build-provenance attestations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated release guidance explains changelog preparation, release steps, and dry runs.
  • Changelog

    • Added commands to extract release notes and move the Unreleased section into a dated version section.

…og verbatim

Bring kp1812 onto the org's KMP library release standard, with kzstd as the
reference. The workflow is dispatched with an explicit `version` and an
optional `dry_run`, and pushes the annotated tag only after every gate passes,
so a refused release leaves no tag.

`scripts/changelog.sh` cuts and reads `CHANGELOG.md` without re-rendering it,
replacing the `org.jetbrains.changelog` plugin, whose `getChangelog` drops
prose under `###` headings. The empty group skeleton under Unreleased goes with
it, since a cut would carry those headings into the release body.

`scripts/release-checks.sh` waits on the two macOS CI jobs by name, because
`main` has no ruleset requiring checks, and refuses a staged POM or module that
depends on a `-SNAPSHOT`. Attestation now covers every staged module, not only
the root coordinate.

The publish runs `publishAndReleaseToMavenCentral`, so Central releases the
deployment without a manual portal step. The swift-package job checks out the
commit the release job gated, and on a dry run builds and zips the
XCFramework but attests and uploads nothing.

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
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Walkthrough

The release workflow accepts manual version dispatches and version-tag pushes. It validates versions and CI checks, builds release artifacts, and controls tagging, attestation, publication, and release uploads according to dry-run status. New scripts handle changelog operations and release checks.

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Release flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Changelog preparation
scripts/changelog.sh, build.gradle.kts, gradle/libs.versions.toml, CHANGELOG.md, AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
The new script extracts release notes and cuts dated changelog sections. Release guidance uses the script. The Gradle changelog plugin and empty Unreleased headings are removed.
Release triggers and preflight gates
.github/workflows/release.yml, scripts/release-checks.sh, RELEASING.md
The workflow accepts manual and tag-based releases, validates version and commit details, renders release notes, and checks named macOS CI results. The helper script polls checks.
Maven artifact publication
.github/workflows/release.yml, scripts/release-checks.sh, RELEASING.md, SECURITY.md
The workflow stages signed artifacts, rejects snapshot dependencies, and probes Maven Central. It conditionally attests artifacts, creates or pushes a tag, publishes to Maven Central, and creates a GitHub Release.
Swift package assets
.github/workflows/release.yml, RELEASING.md
The macOS job builds assets from the gated commit. Dry runs skip archive attestation and release attachments.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Other

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Maintainer
  participant Workflow as release.yml
  participant Changelog as scripts/changelog.sh
  participant Checks as scripts/release-checks.sh
  participant CI as macOS CI checks
  participant Maven as Maven Central
  participant Swift as Swift package job
  Maintainer->>Workflow: dispatch version or push version tag
  Workflow->>Changelog: extract release notes
  Workflow->>Checks: validate named CI checks for commit
  Checks->>CI: poll check results
  Workflow->>Workflow: build and stage Maven artifacts
  Workflow->>Maven: probe version POM
  Workflow->>Maven: publish when not dry-running or already present
  Workflow->>Swift: build package assets from gated commit
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The release workflow now has explicit version, branch, and CI gates, and dry runs are separated from publishing. No concrete merge-blocking issue was established in this review.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9988a

The release flow gains useful commit, version, and staging controls. However, its CI gate now accepts weaker substitutes for successful execution of the required jobs before automatically publishing signed packages. Exploitation is conditional on access to write matching check results or commit statuses; no exploit was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: The required-CI boundary is weakened before automatic publication. Previously both named jobs needed successful check runs; now skipped or neutral check runs pass, and a matching commit status can substitute when no check run is found. A principal able to write those statuses could satisfy the gate without the required CI execution in that missing-run state. Main ancestry and exact-SHA binding restrict the released source but do not authenticate the substituted CI producer. Actual access by such a principal is unverified.
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Security Blast Radius

  • observed — The privileged outcomes are signed Maven Central publication, repository tags and releases, provenance attestations, and Swift release assets. The workflow receives signing and Central credentials; the documented signing key is organizational, while effective credential authority beyond this library is not established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — If a principal can post successful commit statuses under the required job names while corresponding check runs are absent, the new fallback can advance release execution without those jobs running. That path still requires an eligible main commit and a release trigger; it does not by itself permit arbitrary source changes or prove credential compromise. The repository's status-writer population and triggering permissions are unknown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Real releases enforce main ancestry, version agreement, and existing-tag commit agreement before building and publishing. CI queries and downstream Swift builds are bound to the checkout SHA. Main ancestry allows historical main commits rather than requiring the current main tip.
  • observed — Repository-write and attestation permissions are moved from workflow-wide defaults into the two release jobs. Signing and Central credentials remain step-scoped. Their prior presence, and the former ability to dispatch from any ref, mean dry-run access to signing credentials is not established as a new authority expansion.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — CI query errors are retried as pending rather than accepted, missing required checks time out, and an empty required-check set is rejected. These fail-closed behaviors are useful countercontrols, but do not distinguish a trusted CI result from the newly permitted status substitute.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — For these two required execution jobs, retain success-only check-run acceptance and validate the expected producer. If commit statuses are needed for other gates, configure that alternate trust path explicitly rather than treating matching names as equivalent evidence.
  • proposed — Separate unsigned dry-run validation from credential-bearing release execution if dry runs are intended for unmerged branches. This would reduce inherited exposure of signing secrets and repository-write tokens without treating the current dry-run mode as a sandbox.
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Comment thread scripts/release-checks.sh
- the Central probe treats only a 404 as unpublished and stops on any other answer
- a dispatch takes the bare version, so one release has one concurrency group
- green-ci decides from the newest run of each check and falls back to the
  commit status for a status-only context
- changelog.sh treats only the trailing block of link definitions as the
  footer, so a definition inside a section stays in the release notes

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
green-ci reads the app each required check is pinned to from the main ruleset
and accepts only a run from that app, as the ruleset does; a context with no
pinned app may still be a commit status.

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
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