fix: improve beta release cicd

.github/workflows/pre_release.yaml

@@ -1,108 +1,55 @@
 name: Create a pre-release
 
 on:
-    workflow_dispatch:
-    # Push to master will deploy a beta version
-    push:
-        branches:
-            - master
-        tags-ignore:
-            - "**" # Ignore all tags to prevent duplicate builds when tags are pushed.
+    # Only trigger on PRs with "beta" label
+    pull_request:
+        types: [labeled, synchronize, reopened]
 
 concurrency:
     group: release
     cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-    release_metadata:
-        if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'docs') && !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci') && startsWith(github.repository, 'apify/')"
-        name: Prepare release metadata
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        outputs:
-            version_number: ${{ steps.release_metadata.outputs.version_number }}
-            changelog: ${{ steps.release_metadata.outputs.changelog }}
-        steps:
-            -   uses: apify/workflows/git-cliff-release@main
-                name: Prepare release metadata
-                id: release_metadata
-                with:
-                    release_type: prerelease
-                    existing_changelog_path: CHANGELOG.md
-
     wait_for_checks:
+        # Run ONLY when PR has the "beta" label
+        if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'beta')
         name: Wait for code checks to pass
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
-            -   uses: lewagon/[email protected]
+            -   name: Wait for existing checks or skip if none
+                uses: lewagon/[email protected]
                 with:
-                    ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+                    ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
                     repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                     check-regexp: (Code checks)
-                    wait-interval: 5
-
-    update_changelog:
-        needs: [ release_metadata, wait_for_checks ]
-        name: Update changelog
+                    wait-interval: 10
+                    running-workflow-name: 'Wait for code checks to pass'
+                    allowed-conclusions: success,neutral,skipped
+                continue-on-error: false
+
+    push_pkg_pr_new:
+        needs: [ wait_for_checks ]
+        name: Push to pkg.pr.new
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        outputs:
-            changelog_commitish: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.commit_long_sha || github.sha }}
 
         steps:
             -   name: Checkout repository
                 uses: actions/checkout@v4
                 with:
-                    token: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+                    ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+                    repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
-            -   name: Use Node.js 22
-                uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-                with:
-                    node-version: 22
-
-            -   name: Update package version in package.json
-                run: npm version --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.version_number }}
-
-            -   name: Update CHANGELOG.md
-                uses: DamianReeves/write-file-action@master
-                with:
-                    path: CHANGELOG.md
-                    write-mode: overwrite
-                    contents: ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.changelog }}
-
-            -   name: Commit changes
-                id: commit
-                uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-                with:
-                    author_name: Apify Release Bot
-                    author_email: [email protected]
-                    message: "chore(release): Update changelog and package version [skip ci]"
-
-    publish_to_npm:
-        name: Publish to NPM
-        needs: [ release_metadata, wait_for_checks ]
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            -   uses: actions/checkout@v4
-                with:
-                    ref: ${{ needs.update_changelog.changelog_commitish }}
             -   name: Use Node.js 22
                 uses: actions/setup-node@v4
                 with:
                     node-version: 22
                     cache: 'npm'
                     cache-dependency-path: 'package-lock.json'
+
             -   name: Install dependencies
-                run: |
-                    echo "access=public" >> .npmrc
-                    echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc
-                    npm ci
-            - # Check version consistency and increment pre-release version number for beta only.
-                name: Bump pre-release version
-                run: node ./.github/scripts/before-beta-release.cjs
-            -   name: Build module
+                run: npm ci
+
+            -   name: Build
                 run: npm run build
-            -   name: Publish to NPM
-                run: npm publish --tag beta
 
-env:
-    NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NPM_TOKEN }}
-    NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NPM_TOKEN }}
+            -   run: npx -y pkg-pr-new publish