From ede1d433dc396fb247ef7667589efe17d2a67b61 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 1/2] ci: split release-please into independent release and PR
 creation steps

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 070d20e..2f673c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -6,50 +6,81 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+    steps:
+      # 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 a tag.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
+
+      - name: Create release tag
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          if gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/ref/tags/${TAG_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag ${TAG_NAME} already exists, skipping creation."
+          else
+            echo "Creating tag ${TAG_NAME}."
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git tag "${TAG_NAME}"
+            git push origin "${TAG_NAME}"
+          fi
+
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created != 'true' }}
+        id: release-prs
+        with:
+          skip-github-release: true
+
   release-package:
+    needs: release-please
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write # Needed if using OIDC to get release secrets.
       contents: write # Contents and pull-requests are for release-please to make releases.
-      pull-requests: write
       attestations: write # Needed for actions/attest
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4
-        id: release
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Full history is required for proper changelog generation
 
       - uses: launchdarkly/gh-actions/actions/release-secrets@release-secrets-v1.2.0
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         name: 'Get rubygems API key'
         with:
           aws_assume_role: ${{ vars.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           ssm_parameter_pairs: '/production/common/releasing/rubygems/api_key = GEM_HOST_API_KEY'
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/ci
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         with:
           ruby-version: 3.0
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/build-docs
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/publish
         id: publish
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         with:
           dry_run: false
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/publish-docs
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 
       - name: Attest build provenance
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         uses: actions/attest@v4
         with:
           subject-path: 'launchdarkly-server-sdk-otel-*.gem'

From f144b07b359bd294a1b620433e77beb041b2cf77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mkeeler@launchdarkly.com" <keelerm84@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 17:14:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ci: use release_created consistently in single-package
 repo

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 2f673c7..27090b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     outputs:
-      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       # Create any releases first, then create tags, and then optionally create any new PRs.
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release-package:
     needs: release-please
-    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write # Needed if using OIDC to get release secrets.