feat: speed up release by prioritizing linux/amd64

Split GoReleaser into two stages:
- Fast release: linux/amd64 binary + Docker image (what users wait for)
- Full release: remaining platforms, appends to existing release

Changes:
- Add .goreleaser-fast.yml for linux/amd64 only
- Update .goreleaser.yml to exclude linux/amd64 and use append mode
- Split workflow into test -> release-fast -> release-full
- Move tests to dedicated prerequisite job instead of GoReleaser hook

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>

Author: whoAbhishekSah

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,23 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.23.1"
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
+
   dev:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -31,8 +46,40 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           file: "./Dockerfile.dev"
           tags: raystack/frontier:dev
-  releaser:
+
+  # Fast release: Linux/amd64 binary + Docker image only
+  # This finishes first so users don't have to wait
+  release-fast:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.23.1"
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: docker.io
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Run GoReleaser (fast - linux/amd64)
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: goreleaser
+          version: "~> v1"
+          args: release --clean -f .goreleaser-fast.yml
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GO_RELEASER_TOKEN }}
+
+  # Full release: All other platforms, appends to the release created above
+  release-full:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: release-fast
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -48,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Run GoReleaser
+      - name: Run GoReleaser (full - remaining platforms)
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser

.goreleaser-fast.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+project_name: frontier
+
+release:
+  prerelease: auto
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - make ui
+
+builds:
+  - id: "frontier"
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    binary: frontier
+    main: ./main.go
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X github.com/raystack/frontier/config.Version={{.Tag}}
+      - -X github.com/raystack/frontier/config.BuildCommit={{.FullCommit}}
+      - -X github.com/raystack/frontier/config.BuildDate={{.Date}}
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+archives:
+  - id: "frontier-archive"
+    format: tar.gz
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: "checksums-linux-amd64.txt"
+
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
+
+dockers:
+  - goos: linux
+    goarch: amd64
+    ids:
+      - frontier
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image_templates:
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:latest"
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Tag }}"
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Tag }}-amd64"
+
+# Skip changelog - full release will generate it
+changelog:
+  disable: true

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ project_name: frontier
 
 release:
   prerelease: auto
+  # Append to the release created by fast releaser
+  mode: append
 
 before:
   hooks:
-    - make test
     - make ui
 
 builds:
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ builds:
     goarch:
       - amd64
       - arm64
+    # Skip linux/amd64 - already built by fast releaser
+    ignore:
+      - goos: linux
+        goarch: amd64
     binary: frontier
     main: ./main.go
     ldflags:
@@ -55,15 +60,7 @@ snapshot:
   name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
 
 dockers:
-  - goos: linux
-    goarch: amd64
-    ids:
-      - frontier
-    dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    image_templates:
-      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:latest"
-      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Tag }}"
-      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Tag }}-amd64"
+  # linux/amd64 Docker image is built by fast releaser
   - goos: linux
     goarch: arm64
     ids: