ci: make steps into jobs to rerun them independently; enable the job to be executed manually

[michael-chang-appier]

Release Framework Workflow Improvements

Summary

Refactored the release workflow to support both automatic PR merge triggers and manual retry capability via workflow_dispatch. This fixes issues where failed jobs could block successful ones on rerun, and allows selective job skipping during manual retries.

Changes

Problem Statement

• Blocked reruns: If trunk deployment failed but tagging succeeded, rerunning the workflow would fail at tagging again (tag already exists), preventing redeployment
• No workflow_dispatch support: The workflow condition used github.head_ref which is null during manual dispatch, preventing any manual reruns
• All-or-nothing execution: All jobs ran in a single monolithic unit, making it impossible to retry individual failed jobs

Solution

1. Separated concerns into independent jobs

   • prepare: Validates release conditions (handles both PR merge and workflow_dispatch)
     

   • setup: Runs checkout & gem setup once (avoids redundant execution)

   • create_release: Creates GitHub release & tag

   • deploy_pod_framework: Deploys framework pod

   • deploy_pod_extension: Deploys extension pod

   • enable_dependent_workflows: Enables downstream workflows (only if release created)

2. Added idempotency checks

   • Tag existence check prevents failures when rerunning create_release
   • Sets release_created output to false if tag already exists

3. Enabled selective job skipping

   • Three skip inputs: skip_add_tag_and_release, skip_deploy_pod_framework, skip_deploy_pod_extension
   • Works with both PR merge and manual workflow_dispatch triggers

4. Minimized redundant execution

   • setup job runs once with checkout + gem install
   • Other jobs depend on setup, then do minimal checkout for code access
   • Parallel execution after setup completes

Workflow Execution

graph TD
    A[PR Merge or Manual Dispatch] --> B[prepare: Check Conditions]
    B -->|should_release=true| C[setup: Checkout & Gem Setup]
    C --> D{skip_add_tag_and_release?}
    D -->|No| E[create_release: Tag & Release]
    D -->|Yes| E2[Skipped]
    C --> F{skip_deploy_pod_framework?}
    F -->|No| G[deploy_pod_framework: Deploy Framework]
    F -->|Yes| G2[Skipped]
    C --> H{skip_deploy_pod_extension?}
    H -->|No| I[deploy_pod_extension: Deploy Extension]
    H -->|Yes| I2[Skipped]
    E -->|release_created=true| J[enable_dependent_workflows]
    E -->|release_created=false| J2[Skipped]
    G --> K[Slack Success/Fail Message]
    I --> K
    J --> K
    B -->|should_release=false| L[All jobs skipped]

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