From 5b6bbc8118576788dfe3502f1ecac5588e7a92d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vorotamoroz <vrtmrz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:13:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove release instruction text assertions

---
 utils/release-process.unit.spec.ts | 45 ++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/release-process.unit.spec.ts b/utils/release-process.unit.spec.ts
index 577e166c..1e864d06 100644
--- a/utils/release-process.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/utils/release-process.unit.spec.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe("release workflow", () => {
         expect(prerelease).not.toContain("Mark this pull request ready and merge it");
     });
 
-    it("promotes a validated stable release before its manifest reaches the default branch", () => {
+    it("publishes a stable version initially as a GitHub pre-release for BRAT validation", () => {
         const stable = renderReleasePrBody("1.0.0", "main");
 
         expect(stable).toContain("prerelease=true");
@@ -206,53 +206,12 @@ describe("release workflow", () => {
         expect(stable).toContain(
             "Publish the GitHub Release initially as a pre-release without replacing the latest stable release"
         );
-        expect(stable).toContain(
-            "After BRAT validation passes, remove the pre-release designation and make this exact release the latest stable release"
-        );
-        expect(stable).toContain(
-            "Confirm this exact release is no longer a pre-release, then mark this pull request ready and merge it into `main` with a merge commit"
-        );
-        expect(stable).toContain(
-            "Integrate the exact release commit through the reviewed branch chain into the repository's default branch"
-        );
-        expect(stable).toContain("Confirm the default branch contains the exact release commit and metadata");
-        expect(stable).toContain(
-            "Create the stable CLI tag and publish its `latest` and major-minor image tags, if selected, through a separate maintainer gate"
-        );
-        expect(stable).toContain(
-            "Before the exact release commit reaches the repository's default branch, remove the pre-release designation"
-        );
-        expect(stable.indexOf("After BRAT validation passes")).toBeLessThan(
-            stable.indexOf("Confirm this exact release is no longer a pre-release")
-        );
-        expect(stable.indexOf("Confirm this exact release is no longer a pre-release")).toBeLessThan(
-            stable.indexOf("Integrate the exact release commit")
-        );
-        expect(stable.indexOf("Integrate the exact release commit")).toBeLessThan(
-            stable.indexOf("Confirm the default branch contains the exact release commit and metadata")
-        );
-        expect(
-            stable.indexOf("Confirm the default branch contains the exact release commit and metadata")
-        ).toBeLessThan(stable.indexOf("Create the stable CLI tag"));
         expect(stable).not.toContain("prerelease=false");
     });
 
-    it("summarises immutable pre-releases separately from stable versions awaiting promotion", () => {
+    it("requires stable pre-release staging to defer CLI publication", () => {
         const workflow = readFileSync(finaliseReleaseWorkflow, "utf8");
 
-        expect(workflow).toContain('if [[ "${VERSION}" == *-* ]]; then');
-        expect(workflow).toContain(
-            "Keep the release pull request in draft and unmerged after BRAT validation; close it only through a separate maintainer action."
-        );
-        expect(workflow).toContain(
-            "After BRAT validation, remove the pre-release designation and make this exact release the latest stable release before its manifest reaches the default branch."
-        );
-        expect(workflow).toContain(
-            "Confirm the release is no longer a pre-release, then merge the release pull request into its reviewed base branch and integrate the exact release commit into the default branch."
-        );
-        expect(workflow).toContain(
-            "This order prevents Community Directory review from inspecting a stable manifest version while the matching GitHub Release remains a pre-release."
-        );
         expect(workflow).toContain(
             'if [[ "${VERSION}" != *-* && "${PRERELEASE}" == "true" && "${PUBLISH_CLI}" == "true" ]]; then'
         );