From f6011444d1f89db76a370a7fa6627d6d37bc13cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:18:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tools: fix failing release-proposal linter for LTS
 transitions

---
 tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
index b5104a6503e489..b619601486015c 100755
--- a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
+++ b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ if (commitListingStart === -1) {
   commitList = changelog.replace(/(^.+\n### Semver-Major|\n### Semver-(Minor|Patch)) Commits\n/gs, '')
     .replaceAll('**(SEMVER-MAJOR)** ', '');
 } else {
-  const commitListingEnd = changelog.indexOf('\n\n<a', commitListingStart);
-  assert.notStrictEqual(commitListingEnd, -1);
+  // We can't assume the Commits section is the one for this release in case of
+  // a release to transition to LTS (i.e. with no commits).
+  const releaseStart = /\n<a id="(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)"><\/a>\n\n## \d+-\d+-\d+, Version \1/.exec(changelog);
+  assert.ok(releaseStart, 'Could not determine the start of the release section');
+  const releaseEnd = changelog.indexOf('\n\n<a', releaseStart.index);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(releaseEnd, -1, 'Could not determine the end of the release section');
   commitList = changelog.slice(commitListingStart, commitListingEnd + 1);
 }
 

From 96e25b5b6ad9c0c84e1ec5b82e2a17d92a8633c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:34:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixup! tools: fix failing release-proposal linter for LTS
 transitions

---
 tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
index b619601486015c..a0deecc00edb1f 100755
--- a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
+++ b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (commitListingStart === -1) {
   assert.ok(releaseStart, 'Could not determine the start of the release section');
   const releaseEnd = changelog.indexOf('\n\n<a', releaseStart.index);
   assert.notStrictEqual(releaseEnd, -1, 'Could not determine the end of the release section');
-  commitList = changelog.slice(commitListingStart, commitListingEnd + 1);
+  commitList = changelog.slice(commitListingStart, releaseEnd + 1);
 }
 
 // Normalize for consistent comparison