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-name: Plugin Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: 'Release version (e.g. 1.0.0)'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      node-version:
-        description: 'Node.js version to use'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: '22'
-      upstream-repo:
-        description: 'Upstream repo to fetch appVersion from (e.g. fenio/tns-csi). Leave empty to skip.'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-    secrets:
-      RELEASE_APP_ID:
-        description: 'GitHub App ID for creating PRs (org blocks GITHUB_TOKEN from creating PRs)'
-        required: true
-      RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY:
-        description: 'GitHub App private key (PEM format)'
-        required: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: release
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  check-secrets:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      ready: ${{ steps.check.outputs.ready }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Verify RELEASE_APP_ID is configured
-        id: check
-        env:
-          RELEASE_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_APP_ID" ]; then
-            echo "::notice::RELEASE_APP_ID org secret is not configured (see PRI-380). Release skipped — no artifacts will be created."
-            echo "ready=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "ready=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-  ci:
-    needs: check-secrets
-    if: needs.check-secrets.outputs.ready == 'true'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/plugin-ci.yaml
-    with:
-      node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
-
-  check-token-permissions:
-    needs: check-secrets
-    if: needs.check-secrets.outputs.ready == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      has_write: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_write }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Generate GitHub App token
-        id: app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Check write permissions via API
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
-            -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}" \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs" \
-            -d '{"ref":"refs/heads/_release_check","sha":"${{ github.sha }}"}')
-          if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "201" ]; then
-            echo "::notice::Token has write permission — cleaning up test ref."
-            curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
-              -X DELETE \
-              -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}" \
-              "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs/heads/_release_check"
-            echo "has_write=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "403" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Token lacks write permission. Release cannot push tags or branches."
-            echo "has_write=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 1
-          else
-            echo "::warning::Unexpected response ($HTTP_CODE) when checking write permission."
-            echo "has_write=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-  check-tag:
-    needs: check-secrets
-    if: needs.check-secrets.outputs.ready == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      skip: ${{ steps.check.outputs.skip }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check if tag already exists
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}" \
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs/tags/v${{ inputs.version }}")
-          if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "::notice::Tag v${{ inputs.version }} already exists. Release skipped (not an error)."
-            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-  release:
-    needs: [ci, check-tag, check-secrets, check-token-permissions]
-    if: needs.check-secrets.outputs.ready == 'true' && needs.check-tag.outputs.skip != 'true' && needs.check-token-permissions.outputs.has_write == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Validate version format
-        run: |
-          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.version }}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "Error: Version must be in X.Y.Z format"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Detect package manager
-        id: pkg-manager
-        run: |
-          if [ -f "pnpm-lock.yaml" ]; then
-            echo "manager=pnpm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "lockfile=pnpm-lock.yaml" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            # Check for packageManager field in package.json (Corepack pinning).
-            # pnpm/action-setup@v5 errors when packageManager is absent and no version
-            # is specified, so use Corepack for repos that have the field pinned and
-            # fall back to pnpm/action-setup with version: latest for repos that don't.
-            PM=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(open('package.json')); print('true' if d.get('packageManager','').startswith('pnpm@') else 'false')" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
-            echo "has_package_manager=$PM" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "manager=npm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "lockfile=package-lock.json" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "has_package_manager=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
-          # Only enable built-in npm caching here; pnpm caching is handled below
-          # after pnpm is installed (corepack is not available before setup-node).
-          cache: ${{ steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager == 'npm' && 'npm' || '' }}
-
-      - name: Setup pnpm (via Corepack, reads version from packageManager field)
-        if: steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager == 'pnpm' && steps.pkg-manager.outputs.has_package_manager == 'true'
-        run: |
-          npm install -g corepack
-          corepack enable pnpm
-          corepack install
-
-      - name: Setup pnpm (version latest)
-        if: steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager == 'pnpm' && steps.pkg-manager.outputs.has_package_manager == 'false'
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
-        with:
-          run_install: false
-          version: latest
-
-      - name: Get pnpm store directory
-        id: pnpm-store
-        if: steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager == 'pnpm'
-        run: echo "dir=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Cache pnpm store
-        if: steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager == 'pnpm'
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.pnpm-store.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - name: Update version in package.json
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager }}" = "pnpm" ]; then
-            pnpm version ${{ inputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
-          else
-            npm version ${{ inputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
-          fi
-
-      - name: Update artifacthub-pkg.yml
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          if [ -f artifacthub-pkg.yml ]; then
-            PKG_NAME=$(grep '^name:' artifacthub-pkg.yml | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' "')
-          else
-            PKG_NAME=$(jq -r .name package.json | sed 's|^@[^/]*/||')
-          fi
-          RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/v${VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-          sed -i "s/^version:.*/version: \"${VERSION}\"/" artifacthub-pkg.yml
-          sed -i "s|headlamp/plugin/archive-url:.*|headlamp/plugin/archive-url: \"${RELEASE_URL}\"|" artifacthub-pkg.yml
-
-      - name: Update appVersion from upstream release
-        if: inputs.upstream-repo != ''
-        run: |
-          APP_VERSION=$(curl -sf "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ inputs.upstream-repo }}/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")')
-          if [ -z "$APP_VERSION" ] || [ "$APP_VERSION" = "null" ]; then
-            echo "::warning::Could not fetch latest upstream release, skipping appVersion update"
-          else
-            sed -i "s|^appVersion:.*|appVersion: \"${APP_VERSION}\"|" artifacthub-pkg.yml
-            echo "appVersion set to ${APP_VERSION}"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          max_attempts=3
-          attempt=1
-          while [ $attempt -le $max_attempts ]; do
-            echo "Attempt $attempt of $max_attempts"
-            if [ "${{ steps.pkg-manager.outputs.manager }}" = "pnpm" ]; then
-              pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && break
-            else
-              npm ci && break
-            fi
-            if [ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]; then
-              echo "::warning::Install step failed on attempt $attempt. Retrying in 5 seconds..."
-              sleep 5
-            fi
-            attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-          done
-          if [ $attempt -gt $max_attempts ]; then
-            echo "::error::Install step failed after $max_attempts attempts."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build plugin
-        run: npx @kinvolk/headlamp-plugin build
-
-      - name: Package plugin
-        run: npx @kinvolk/headlamp-plugin package
-
-      - name: Prepare release tarball
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          # headlamp-plugin strips the @org/ prefix when naming tarballs.
-          # e.g. @privilegedescalation/headlamp-argocd-plugin -> headlamp-argocd-plugin
-          if [ -f artifacthub-pkg.yml ]; then
-            PKG_NAME=$(grep '^name:' artifacthub-pkg.yml | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' "')
-          else
-            PKG_NAME=$(jq -r .name package.json | sed 's|^@[^/]*/||')
-          fi
-          TARBALL="${PKG_NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-          for f in *.tar.gz; do
-            [ "$f" != "$TARBALL" ] && mv "$f" "$TARBALL"
-          done
-          if [ ! -f "$TARBALL" ]; then
-            echo "Error: Expected tarball $TARBALL not found"
-            ls -la *.tar.gz 2>/dev/null || echo "No .tar.gz files found"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "TARBALL=$TARBALL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PKG_NAME=$PKG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Validate tarball
-        run: |
-          echo "Tarball: ${{ env.TARBALL }}"
-          ls -lh "${{ env.TARBALL }}"
-          tar -tzf "${{ env.TARBALL }}" | head -20
-          tar -tzf "${{ env.TARBALL }}" | grep -q "main.js" || { echo "Error: main.js not found in tarball"; exit 1; }
-
-      - name: Compute checksum
-        run: |
-          CHECKSUM=$(sha256sum "${{ env.TARBALL }}" | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "CHECKSUM=$CHECKSUM" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          sed -i "s|headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum:.*|headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum: sha256:${CHECKSUM}|" artifacthub-pkg.yml
-
-      - name: Commit and tag
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          BRANCH="release/v${VERSION}"
-          # If the release branch already exists (e.g. from a failed prior run),
-          # delete it so the re-trigger can proceed cleanly. The check-tag job
-          # above already skips when the tag exists, so we only reach here when
-          # the tag does NOT exist yet — safe to remove a stale branch.
-          if git ls-remote --exit-code origin "refs/heads/$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null; then
-            echo "::notice::Branch $BRANCH already exists — deleting for clean re-trigger."
-            git push origin --delete "$BRANCH"
-          fi
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
-          git add package.json "${{ steps.pkg-manager.outputs.lockfile }}" artifacthub-pkg.yml
-          git commit -m "release: v${VERSION}"
-          git tag "v${VERSION}"
-          git push origin "$BRANCH"
-          git push origin "refs/tags/v${VERSION}"
-
-      - name: Generate GitHub App token
-        id: app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          tag_name: "v${{ inputs.version }}"
-          files: ${{ env.TARBALL }}
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: false
-          generate_release_notes: true
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          if ! command -v gh &>/dev/null; then
-            GH_VERSION="2.74.0"
-            curl -fsSL "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_VERSION}/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz" -o /tmp/gh.tar.gz
-            tar -xzf /tmp/gh.tar.gz -C /tmp
-            mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-            mv "/tmp/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64/bin/gh" "$HOME/.local/bin/gh"
-            rm -rf /tmp/gh.tar.gz "/tmp/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64"
-            echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-            "$HOME/.local/bin/gh" --version
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create PR for version bump
-        run: |
-          set -o pipefail
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          BODY=$(printf "Automated version bump and checksum update for v%s.\n\ncc @cpfarhood" "${VERSION}")
-          # Create PR only if an OPEN one doesn't already exist.
-          # Note: gh pr view also finds MERGED PRs; we must check for open ones explicitly
-          # so that a re-trigger after a stale-branch delete creates a fresh PR.
-          OPEN_PR=$(gh pr list --base main --head "release/v${VERSION}" --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number' 2>/dev/null)
-          if [ -z "$OPEN_PR" ]; then
-            gh pr create \
-              --title "release: v${VERSION}" \
-              --body "$BODY" \
-              --base main \
-              --head "release/v${VERSION}"
-            # Pull the number again to handle both create and pre-existing cases
-            OPEN_PR=$(gh pr list --base main --head "release/v${VERSION}" --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number' 2>/dev/null)
-          else
-            echo "::notice::Open PR #${OPEN_PR} for release/v${VERSION} already exists — skipping creation."
-          fi
-          # Guard: ensure we have a PR number before proceeding
-          if [ -z "$OPEN_PR" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Could not determine PR number for release/v${VERSION}."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "::notice::Working with PR #${OPEN_PR}"
-
-          # Check if PR was already merged (idempotency — safe to re-trigger after a stale branch)
-          MERGED_CHECK=$(gh pr view "$OPEN_PR" --json state --jq '.state' 2>/dev/null)
-          if [ "$MERGED_CHECK" = "MERGED" ]; then
-            echo "::notice::PR #${OPEN_PR} was already merged. Nothing to do."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          # Determine whether to use --auto or not based on current status.
-          # Retry the status check up to 3 times with exponential back-off when
-          # GitHub is still computing the merge state (UNKNOWN state).
-          MAX_RETRIES=3
-          BACKOFF=3
-          MERGE_STATE=""
-          for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
-            MERGE_STATE=$(gh pr view "$OPEN_PR" --json mergeStateStatus --jq '.mergeStateStatus' 2>/dev/null)
-            if [ "$MERGE_STATE" != "UNKNOWN" ]; then
-              break
-            fi
-            if [ $i -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; then
-              echo "PR merge state is UNKNOWN (GitHub still computing). Retry ${i}/${MAX_RETRIES} in ${BACKOFF}s..."
-              sleep $BACKOFF
-              BACKOFF=$((BACKOFF * 2))
-            fi
-          done
-
-          if [ "$MERGE_STATE" = "BLOCKED" ] || [ "$MERGE_STATE" = "UNKNOWN" ]; then
-            echo "PR is $MERGE_STATE — attempting auto-merge (safe fallback, waits for branch protection checks)."
-            if gh pr merge "$OPEN_PR" --auto --squash --delete-branch 2>&1; then
-              echo "Auto-merge initiated successfully."
-            else
-              AUTO_MERGE_ERR=$?
-              # If --auto failed because auto-merge is disabled for this repo
-              # (autoMergeAllowed: false), fall back to --admin which merges
-              # regardless of branch protection rules. --admin requires GitHub
-              # App token, not GITHUB_TOKEN, so GH_TOKEN is already correct.
-              if gh pr merge "$OPEN_PR" --admin --squash --delete-branch 2>&1; then
-                echo "Auto-merge unavailable (autoMergeAllowed: false) — merged via --admin."
-              else
-                echo "::error::Both --auto and --admin merge failed. Exiting."
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "PR is $MERGE_STATE — merging directly."
-            gh pr merge "$OPEN_PR" --squash --delete-branch
-          fi
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-
-      - name: Verify checksums are consistent (main == tag == tarball)
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          TARBALL_CS=$(sha256sum "${{ env.TARBALL }}" | awk '{print $1}')
-
-          # Checksum recorded in the tag's artifacthub-pkg.yml
-          TAG_CS=$(git show "v${VERSION}:artifacthub-pkg.yml" 2>/dev/null             | grep "archive-checksum" | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/sha256://')
-
-          # Checksum now on main (after PR merge)
-          MAIN_CS=$(git fetch origin main 2>/dev/null; git show "origin/main:artifacthub-pkg.yml"             | grep "archive-checksum" | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/sha256://')
-
-          echo "Tarball SHA256 : $TARBALL_CS"
-          echo "Tag artifacthub: $TAG_CS"
-          echo "Main artifacthub: $MAIN_CS"
-
-          FAIL=0
-          [ "$TARBALL_CS" != "$TAG_CS"  ] && echo "ERROR: tag checksum mismatch!"  && FAIL=1
-          [ "$TARBALL_CS" != "$MAIN_CS" ] && echo "ERROR: main checksum mismatch!" && FAIL=1
-          [ "$FAIL" = "1" ] && exit 1
-          echo "All checksums consistent — ArtifactHub will index correctly."
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}