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  • A merge that sets the version itself is no longer skipped. Until now, changing version in pyproject.toml made Check if version was manually changed skip the whole bump job: no tag, no decide, no release. So a breaking change or security fix in that merge waited for some later merge to release it, and the hand-set version was never tagged at all. This is the Codex finding left open on ci(release): release a breaking change at once instead of waiting for the cadence #3408.
  • Now such a merge runs the job with bump type none.
    • The version stays as set, and server.json and uv.lock are updated to match it.
    • The bump commit, the tag and, when one is due, the release go out exactly as for a bumped version.
    • The decide step needed no change: since ci(release): release a breaking change at once instead of waiting for the cadence #3408 it already finds the label on that merge and decides to release.
    • The bump commit is made even when it changes nothing (--allow-empty). A later scan of a deferred release stops at that commit, so the breaking change isn't counted a second time.
    • A hand-set version whose tag already exists (a revert, say) still stands down. A failed tag lookup fails the run instead of guessing.
  • A merge titled like the bump commit is no longer skipped. version-bump.yml and version-bump-supersede.yml skipped any push whose message contained chore: bump version. That includes the merge of a pull request titled "chore: bump version to X", which is exactly the merge that sets a version by hand. Both now skip only the commit the job itself pushes: the subject starts with chore: bump version to and the author is github-actions[bot]. This was the open Codex finding on this PR.
  • Docs: docs/contributing.md says what a hand-set version now gets.

Demo

No user-visible change: this only changes what the version-bump workflow does on a merge that sets the version by hand.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Performance improvement
  • Refactoring (no functional changes)
  • Documentation
  • CI/CD or tooling
  • Dependencies

Related Issues

Follows #3408 (its open Codex thread on the hand-set-version path). Replaces #3412, which has the same change committed under a different author.

Test Plan

  • Unit tests pass (make test-parallel or uv run pytest -n auto -m "not integration")
  • New tests added
  • Integration tests pass (make test-integration, requires Docker)
  • Manual testing (describe below)

I ran every test file that reads the workflow files, plus test_generated_docs_are_current.py: 638 passed, 10 skipped. After merging main and adding the guard fix: 665 passed, 10 skipped. The release tests alone are 162 passed. I didn't run the full suite, because only the workflow, its tests and docs change.

New tests cover:

  • a hand-set version is flagged for tagging without a bump;
  • a hand-set version that is already tagged stands down;
  • a failed tag lookup fails the run;
  • bump type none wins over the breaking label and over a dispatched type;
  • none keeps the version as set and still refuses a malformed one;
  • the bump commit is made even when empty;
  • the decide step releases a breaking change on the very merge that set its version.

Seven of them fail against main's workflow and pass with this change. Two more pin both guards to the bump commit's subject and author. Both fail against the old contains guards. Two assertions in test_release_ci_gate.py and test_version_bump_serialization.py pinned the exact git commit -m line, and now expect --allow-empty.

Checklist

  • PR title follows Conventional Commits format
  • All pre-commit checks pass (make pre-commit): I ran ruff check and ruff format directly, not through make pre-commit.
  • No hardcoded strings in non-config/non-constants files
  • No # type: ignore, cast(), Any, or object type hints
  • New comments and docstrings explain why, not what (see Comment Policy)

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  • Release Process
    • Manually specified versions are preserved rather than bumped again. The workflow tags an untagged version, skips versions that are already tagged, and reports failures when it cannot check tags.
    • Version-bump commits are recognized by both their commit message and author, so other commits with similar messages continue through processing.
    • Breaking changes are handled according to whether they were included when the version was set.
  • Documentation
    • Updated contribution guidance to explain version handling during merges.

A merge that changed the version in pyproject.toml skipped the whole bump
job: no tag, no decide, no release. A breaking change or security fix in
that merge waited for some later merge to release it, and the hand-set
version itself was never tagged.

Such a merge now runs the job with bump type `none`: the version stays as
set, server.json and uv.lock follow it, and the bump commit, tag and (when
due) release go out as for a bumped version. The commit is made even when
nothing changed, since it is the boundary a later deferred-release scan
stops at. A hand-set version that already has its tag still stands down.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011vJuBD56koVwEaSaTM3nQ7
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📝 Walkthrough

The version-bump workflows now identify bot-generated bump commits using both the commit message and author email. They handle manually set versions by checking remote tags, selecting a no-op bump, and allowing an empty commit. Tests and contribution guidance reflect these changes.

Changes: Version release workflow

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Filter bot-generated bump commits
.github/workflows/version-bump-supersede.yml, .github/workflows/version-bump.yml, codebase_rag/tests/test_version_bump_supersede.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_version_bump_serialization.py
Both workflows skip runs for bump commits only when the message has the required prefix and the author email matches the GitHub Actions bot. Tests check these conditions.
Handle manually set versions
.github/workflows/version-bump.yml, codebase_rag/tests/test_release_ci_gate.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_version_bump_rollover.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_version_bump_serialization.py, docs/contributing.md
The workflow checks whether a manually set version has a remote tag. An existing tag skips the run; a missing tag continues without another version bump; lookup errors fail the run. The none bump preserves valid version components, and the commit step allows an empty commit. Tests cover tag lookup, version validation, and release decisions. The contribution guide describes the merge behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow as Version-bump workflow
  participant Tags as Remote Git tags
  participant Bump as Version bump script
  participant Git as Git commit
  Workflow->>Tags: Look up the manually set version tag
  Tags-->>Workflow: Return tag lookup result
  Workflow->>Bump: Select none for a manually set version
  Bump-->>Workflow: Preserve validated version components
  Workflow->>Git: Create allow-empty version-bump commit
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 36f39

If two merges land close together, a hand-set version can be skipped without a tag or release, and the next merge bumps past it. The scenario is narrow, but it affects release integrity, so it is worth resolving before merge or explicitly accepting.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: tagging and releasing manually set versions on their own merge. It follows Conventional Commits format.
Description check Passed The description covers the required sections, explains the workflow behavior, documents edge cases, identifies related work, and reports test coverage and limitations. It is complete enough for review…
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Out of Scope Changes check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge; no concrete major issues were found.

Summary

Lets a merge that sets its own version continue through tagging and release checks without another version increase.

  • Hand-set versions now get tagged without being bumped again.

Diagram

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[Newest merge on main] --> B{Version changed by hand?}
  B -->|No| C[Choose normal bump]
  B -->|Yes| D{Tag lookup}
  D -->|Exists| E[Stand down]
  D -->|Fails| F[Fail run]
  D -->|Absent| G[Keep chosen version]
  C --> H[Update files and commit]
  G --> H
  H --> I{Release due and CI passed?}
  I -->|Yes| J[Push tag and create release]
  I -->|No| K[Push tag without publishing]
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vitali87 and others added 2 commits October 22, 2026 17:04
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019N185e756nAdpAmp2uky9i
…ge titled like one

Both version-bump.yml and version-bump-supersede.yml skipped any push
whose message contained "chore: bump version". A merge whose pull request
is titled "chore: bump version to X" carries that phrase in its message,
and is exactly the merge that sets a version by hand, so the new
hand-set path never ran for it: no tag, no release. The guards now match
only the commit the job itself pushes: its subject starts with
"chore: bump version to " and its author is the github-actions[bot]
identity the commit step configures.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019N185e756nAdpAmp2uky9i

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- Around line 91-93: Update the version-bump flow that compares OLD_VERSION and
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if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
echo "skip=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "hand_set=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '%s\n' '--- supersede workflow ---'
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rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'manual' -e 'hand_set' -e 'supersed' -e 'untagged' -e 'latest tag' codebase_rag/tests | head -200

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Preserve an untagged manual version when a newer merge supersedes its run.

If merge A sets 0.2.0 and its run stands down or is cancelled before pushing, merge B sees 0.2.0 in both HEAD^ and HEAD. The comparison sets hand_set=false. B then computes a patch or breaking bump from CURRENT=0.2.0, producing 0.2.1.

The deferred-release scan can inspect A and account for its labels, but it does not tag A's version. The tag step only creates v${NEW_VERSION}, so B tags v0.2.1 and v0.2.0 remains untagged and unreleased. Detect the untagged manual transition in the commits covered by B's run, or tag and release that version before computing B's bump.

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Update the version-bump flow that compares OLD_VERSION and NEW_VERSION to detect
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Preserve and tag/release that version before calculating a subsequent bump, so a
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Traced it. The path is real, but nothing goes unreleased; the only loss is the number itself.

Merge A sets 0.2.0, and merge B's run supersedes A's run (cancelled by version-bump-supersede.yml, or stood down at the tip check). B's run then works like this:

  • It sees an untagged 0.2.0 (TAG_STATUS 2), so "Decide" scans from the newest release tag and A's commits are in the range.
  • The breaking count stops at A, the commit whose parent held another version. A's breaking change is not counted again, so there is no double bump: test_a_hand_set_version_already_accounts_for_its_breaking_change.
  • A breaking change in A is still owed a release, so B's run releases: test_a_hand_set_breaking_change_still_ships.
  • B bumps patch from 0.2.0 to 0.2.1, or minor if B itself is breaking: test_a_breaking_change_after_a_hand_set_version_counts.

So A's changes ship in v0.2.1. v0.2.0 is skipped as a number, not left unreleased. The fixture behind those tests models exactly this case: a hand-set version whose own run never tagged it.

Tagging 0.2.0 on B's run would change what the workflow does, not just add a check:

  • Any untagged current version would be tagged without a bump, including one left behind by a failed bump run.
  • A breaking change counted after the hand-set commit would have to win over bump type none, the reverse of the precedence this PR adds and tests.

That is in proportion only if the exact hand-set number has to survive a race. I've left the call to the maintainer and am keeping this thread open until they decide.


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@vitali87 You're right. I conflated a skipped version number with unreleased changes.

The supplied workflow supports your trace. The scan includes A’s commits and stops counting breaking changes at the manual version transition. A’s breaking change still makes the release due, subject to the existing CI gate. B can therefore ship A’s changes under v0.2.1 without counting A’s breaking change twice.

I retract the Major finding. Preserving the exact hand-set version number across superseded runs is a separate behavior requirement, not a demonstrated release-loss bug. As requested, I’ll leave the thread open for the maintainer’s decision.

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