chore(ci): Fix release-entry canary-release option handling (#6164)

Author: davidkna-sap

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ on:
       - 'docs/**'
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      canary-release:
-        description: 'Release canary version (skips tests and checks)'
+      canary-release-skip-checks:
+        description: 'Release canary version (true skips tests and checks)'
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: false
+      # This allows cleanly separating this workflow_call from other event triggers
+      is-workflow-call:
+        description: 'Indicates that the workflow was triggered via workflow_call'
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: false
 
 jobs:
   tests:
-    if: inputs.canary-release == false
+    if: inputs.canary-release-skip-checks == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_ICON: https://sap.github.io/cloud-sdk/img/logo.png
 
   checks:
-    if: inputs.canary-release == false
+    if: inputs.canary-release-skip-checks == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_ICON: https://sap.github.io/cloud-sdk/img/logo.png
 
   e2e-tests:
-    if: inputs.canary-release == false
+    if: inputs.canary-release-skip-checks == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
   canary-release-pre-check:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_call' && inputs.canary-release == false
+    if: inputs.is-workflow-call && inputs.canary-release-skip-checks == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       skip-release: ${{ steps.date-check.outputs.skip-release }}
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
     # execute canary release if:
     # either the canary-release was scheduled and the canary-pre-check step resulted in skip-release=false
     # or the canary-release input is true
-    if: always() && (needs.canary-release-pre-check.outputs.skip-release == 'false' || inputs.canary-release == true)
+    if: always() && inputs.is-workflow-call && (needs.canary-release-pre-check.outputs.skip-release == 'false' || inputs.canary-release-skip-checks == true)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [canary-release-pre-check]
     permissions:

.github/workflows/release-entry.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       canary-release:
-        description: 'Release canary version (skips tests and checks)'
-        type: boolean
+        description: 'Canary release'
+        type: choice
         required: false
-        default: false
+        default: 'With Tests and Checks'
+        options:
+          - 'With Tests and Checks'
+          - 'Skip Tests and Checks (Force Release)'
 jobs:
   delegate_to_release_job:
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
@@ -27,4 +30,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      canary-release: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.canary-release || github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+      canary-release-skip-checks: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.canary-release == 'Skip Tests and Checks (Force Release)' }}
+      is-workflow-call: true