Enhance GitHub Actions workflows: added jobs to fetch the latest beta and production release tags, integrated scheduling for production releases, and introduced a new input parameter for specifying the git reference in the Docker build workflow. This update improves automation and ensures the correct versions are used during image builds.

Author: jaydrogers

.github/workflows/action_publish-images-beta.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,20 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [prereleased]
 jobs:
+  get-latest-beta-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      release_tag: ${{ steps.get_latest_beta.outputs.release_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Latest Beta Release
+        id: get_latest_beta
+        run: |
+          LATEST_BETA=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases | jq -r '[.[] | select(.prerelease == true)][0].tag_name')
+          echo "release_tag=${LATEST_BETA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
   build-beta-images:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/service_docker-build-and-publish.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       release_type: 'beta'
+      ref: ${{ needs.get-latest-beta-release.outputs.release_tag }}

.github/workflows/action_publish-images-production.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,24 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [released]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '25 6 * * 1'
 
 jobs:
+  get-latest-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      release_tag: ${{ steps.get_latest_release.outputs.release_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Latest Release
+        id: get_latest_release
+        run: |
+          LATEST_TAG=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
+          echo "release_tag=${LATEST_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   build-production-images:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/service_docker-build-and-publish.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      release_type: 'latest'
+      release_type: 'latest'
+      ref: ${{ needs.get-latest-release.outputs.release_tag }}

.github/workflows/service_docker-build-and-publish.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
         required: true
         description: 'Release type (latest, beta, edge, dev, etc)'
         default: 'edge'
+      ref:
+        type: string
+        default: ${{ github.ref }}
+        description: 'The git ref to checkout (branch, tag, or commit SHA)'
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -16,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code.
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3