Prevent releases when release blockers exist (#4543)

* Prevent releases when release blockers exist

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

* Fix

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

* Add permissions

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

Author: t3chguy

.github/workflows/release-make.yml

@@ -40,10 +40,34 @@ on:
                 required: false
 permissions: {}
 jobs:
+    checks:
+        name: Sanity checks
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        permissions:
+            issues: read
+            pull-requests: read
+        steps:
+            - name: Check for X-Release-Blocker label on any open issues or PRs
+              uses: actions/github-script@v7
+              with:
+                  script: |
+                      const { data } = await github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
+                          q: `repo:${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo} label:X-Release-Blocker is:open`,
+                          per_page: 50,
+                      });
+
+                      if (data.total_count) {
+                          data.items.forEach(item => {
+                              core.error(`Release blocker: ${item.html_url}`);
+                          });
+                          core.setFailed(`Found release blockers!`);
+                      }
+
     release:
         name: Release
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
         environment: Release
+        needs: checks
         permissions:
             contents: write
         steps: