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Sleezer's releases are created with the job token (softprops/action-gh-release with github.token), and a release made that way raises no release event, so repo-events.yml has never posted one.

  • build.yml gains a notify job after publish:
    • on success it posts 🚀 Release published: v<version> with the release's first eight commit lines (the same list the release notes open with) and a link to the release;
    • on a failed build or publish it posts the failure with the jobs that failed. A cancelled run posts nothing.
  • The excerpt step runs after the release is created and has continue-on-error, so it can never block or fail a release; if it fails the post simply goes out without the commit lines.
  • build.yml declares DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL as an optional workflow_call secret and release.yml passes it in, since a called workflow gets no secrets otherwise. A tag pushed by hand reads the repo secret directly.

Workflow-only change, so no release: label: merging it should not cut a version.

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  • New Features
    • Added optional Discord notifications when a release is published or a build or publishing job fails. When available, notifications include a link to the release and a brief excerpt of its notes. Excerpt generation uses up to eight nonblank commit-message lines, may note additional lines, and does not interrupt publishing if excerpt generation fails.

The release is created with the job token, so no release event fires and repo-events never posted it. build.yml now posts the release with its first commit lines and a link, or the failed build with the jobs that failed. release.yml passes the webhook into build.yml.
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The reusable build workflow now generates release details and calls a Discord notification workflow after publishing succeeds or the build or publish job fails. The release workflow forwards an optional webhook secret to the reusable workflow.

Changes: Release Notifications

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Release details and excerpt
.github/workflows/build.yml
The publish job exposes the release URL and notes excerpt. A best-effort step generates an excerpt from up to eight nonblank commit-message lines and adds a count of remaining lines when needed.
Notification workflow wiring
.github/workflows/build.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml
The reusable workflow accepts an optional DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL secret. The notify job calls the Discord notification workflow after publishing succeeds or the build or publish job fails. The release workflow forwards the secret.

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  participant BuildPublish as Build and publish jobs
  participant Notify as Notify job
  participant DiscordWorkflow as Discord notification workflow
  BuildPublish->>Notify: Publish succeeds or build/publish fails
  Notify->>DiscordWorkflow: Pass status, release details, job results, and webhook secret
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- Line 516: Update the `notify` job’s `if` condition to use `!cancelled()`
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