fix: beta release to use version-specific branches and link to artifacts (#6700)

Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: louislam <1336778+louislam@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/beta-release.yml

@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 24
 
       - name: Create release branch
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          # Delete local release branch if it exists
+          # Delete remote branch if it exists
-          git branch -D release || true
+          git push origin --delete "release-${VERSION}" || true
-          git checkout -b release
+          # Delete local branch if it exists
+          git branch -D "release-${VERSION}" || true
+          # Create new branch from master
+          git checkout -b "release-${VERSION}"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm clean-install --no-fund
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_PREVIOUS_VERSION: ${{ inputs.previous_version }}
           DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
         run: npm run release-beta
 
       - name: Upload dist.tar.gz as artifact

extra/release/beta.mjs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const repoNames = getRepoNames();
 const version = process.env.RELEASE_BETA_VERSION;
 const dryRun = process.env.DRY_RUN === "true";
 const previousVersion = process.env.RELEASE_PREVIOUS_VERSION;
+const branchName = `release-${version}`;
+const githubRunId = process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID;
 
 if (dryRun) {
     console.log("Dry run mode enabled. No images will be pushed.");
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ if (dryRun) {
 
 console.log("RELEASE_BETA_VERSION:", version);
 
-// Check if the current branch is "release"
+// Check if the current branch is "release-{version}"
-checkReleaseBranch();
+checkReleaseBranch(branchName);
 
 // Check if the version is a valid semver
 checkVersionFormat(version);
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ await checkTagExists(repoNames, version);
 execSync("node ./extra/beta/update-version.js");
 
 // Create Pull Request
-await createReleasePR(version, previousVersion, dryRun);
+await createReleasePR(version, previousVersion, dryRun, branchName, githubRunId);
 
 // Build frontend dist
 buildDist();

extra/release/lib.mjs

@@ -247,14 +247,15 @@ export function execSync(cmd) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Check if the current branch is "release"
+ * Check if the current branch matches the expected release branch pattern
+ * @param {string} expectedBranch Expected branch name (can be "release" or "release-{version}")
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function checkReleaseBranch() {
+export function checkReleaseBranch(expectedBranch = "release") {
     const res = childProcess.spawnSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]);
     const branch = res.stdout.toString().trim();
-    if (branch !== "release") {
+    if (branch !== expectedBranch) {
-        console.error(`Current branch is ${branch}, please switch to "release" branch`);
+        console.error(`Current branch is ${branch}, please switch to "${expectedBranch}" branch`);
         process.exit(1);
     }
 }
@@ -302,12 +303,20 @@ export async function createDistTarGz() {
  * @param {string} version Version
  * @param {string} previousVersion Previous version tag
  * @param {boolean} dryRun Still create the PR, but add "[DRY RUN]" to the title
+ * @param {string} branchName The branch name to use for the PR head (defaults to "release")
+ * @param {string} githubRunId The GitHub Actions run ID for linking to artifacts
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
-export async function createReleasePR(version, previousVersion, dryRun) {
+export async function createReleasePR(version, previousVersion, dryRun, branchName = "release", githubRunId = null) {
     const changelog = await generateChangelog(previousVersion);
 
     const title = dryRun ? `chore: update to ${version} (dry run)` : `chore: update to ${version}`;
+    
+    // Build the artifact link - use direct run link if available, otherwise link to workflow file
+    const artifactLink = githubRunId 
+        ? `https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/actions/runs/${githubRunId}/workflow`
+        : `https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/actions/workflows/beta-release.yml`;
+    
     const body = `## Release ${version}
 
 This PR prepares the release for version ${version}.
@@ -317,7 +326,7 @@ This PR prepares the release for version ${version}.
 - [ ] Create a new release on GitHub with the tag \`${version}\`.
 - [ ] Ask any LLM to categorize the changelog into sections.
 - [ ] Place the changelog in the release note.
-- [ ] Download and upload the \`dist.tar.gz\` artifact to the release.
+- [ ] Download the \`dist.tar.gz\` artifact from the [workflow run](${artifactLink}) and upload it to the release.
 - [ ] (Beta only) Set prerelease
 - [ ] Publish the release note on GitHub.
 
@@ -332,7 +341,7 @@ The \`dist.tar.gz\` archive will be available as an artifact in the workflow run
 `;
 
     // Create the PR using gh CLI
-    const args = ["pr", "create", "--title", title, "--body", body, "--base", "master", "--head", "release", "--draft"];
+    const args = ["pr", "create", "--title", title, "--body", body, "--base", "master", "--head", branchName, "--draft"];
 
     console.log(`Creating draft PR: ${title}`);