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@tsmithsz tsmithsz commented Aug 11, 2025

Problem

The AWS Toolkit VSCode project lacked a streamlined release candidate workflow. Creating release candidates would require manual branch creation and version management.

Solution

Added automated release candidate support:

  • Created .github/workflows/setup-release-candidate.yml - Workflow to create RC branches with automatic version bumping

  • Supports Major/Minor/Patch/Custom version increments

  • Reads and increments both toolkit and amazonq package versions independently

  • Creates date-based RC branches (rc-YYYYMMDD)

  • Commits version changes and pushes the RC branch

  • Updated .github/workflows/release.yml - Added support for release/* branches

  • Automatically creates rc-* prefixed releases for release candidate branches

  • Proper release naming for RC artifacts

This enables a clean RC workflow: trigger the setup workflow with a commit ID and version increment type, then the release pipeline automatically handles the rest.


  • Treat all work as PUBLIC. Private feature/x branches will not be squash-merged at release time.
  • Your code changes must meet the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • License: I confirm that my contribution is made under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.

@tsmithsz tsmithsz requested a review from a team as a code owner August 11, 2025 19:19
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⏳ I'm reviewing this pull request for security vulnerabilities and code quality issues. I'll provide an update when I'm done

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✅ I finished the code review, and didn't find any security or code quality issues.

@tsmithsz tsmithsz changed the title chore: create GitHub releases for release candidate branches ci: create GitHub releases for release candidate branches Aug 11, 2025
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@tsmithsz tsmithsz merged commit 7567ec8 into aws:master Aug 11, 2025
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