From 26d0727e23f059c87baa5b61b66c617c474a9b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mkeeler@launchdarkly.com" <keelerm84@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 16:46:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: split release-please into independent release and PR
 creation steps

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 70b00332..3317bf4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,71 @@ jobs:
       package-server-ai-optimization-released: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--release_created'] }}
       package-server-ai-optimization-tag-name: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--tag_name'] }}
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4
+      # Create any releases first, then create tags, and then optionally create any new PRs.
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         id: release
+        with:
+          skip-github-pull-request: true
+
+      # Need the repository content to be able to create and push tags.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: >-
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/sdk/server-ai--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--release_created'] == 'true'
+
+      - name: Create release tags
+        if: >-
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/sdk/server-ai--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai--release_created'] == 'true' ||
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--release_created'] == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SERVER_AI_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/sdk/server-ai--tag_name'] }}
+          LANGCHAIN_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain--tag_name'] }}
+          OPENAI_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai--tag_name'] }}
+          OPTIMIZATION_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--tag_name'] }}
+          SERVER_AI_RELEASED: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/sdk/server-ai--release_created'] }}
+          LANGCHAIN_RELEASED: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain--release_created'] }}
+          OPENAI_RELEASED: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai--release_created'] }}
+          OPTIMIZATION_RELEASED: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--release_created'] }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          for pair in \
+            "${SERVER_AI_RELEASED}:${SERVER_AI_TAG}" \
+            "${LANGCHAIN_RELEASED}:${LANGCHAIN_TAG}" \
+            "${OPENAI_RELEASED}:${OPENAI_TAG}" \
+            "${OPTIMIZATION_RELEASED}:${OPTIMIZATION_TAG}"; do
+
+            RELEASED="${pair%%:*}"
+            TAG="${pair#*:}"
+
+            if [ "${RELEASED}" != "true" ] || [ -z "${TAG}" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            if gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/ref/tags/${TAG}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "Tag ${TAG} already exists, skipping creation."
+            else
+              echo "Creating tag ${TAG}."
+              git tag "${TAG}"
+              git push origin "${TAG}"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
+        if: >-
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/sdk/server-ai--release_created'] != 'true' &&
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain--release_created'] != 'true' &&
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai--release_created'] != 'true' &&
+          steps.release.outputs['packages/optimization--release_created'] != 'true'
+        id: release-prs
+        with:
+          skip-github-release: true
 
   release-server-ai:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest