fix(ci): deploy beta update metadata on prerelease

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Summary

• Removes the !github.event.release.prerelease gate from deploy-update-metadata so it runs for all releases
• Splits the overlay step: stable releases deploy both latest*.yml and beta*.yml; prereleases only deploy beta*.yml
• Adds deploy-update-metadata as a dependency of the prerelease job so metadata is live before the release is published

This fixes the beta auto-update channel — previously, beta channel users never received prereleases via auto-update because no metadata was deployed to dl.devsy.sh during prerelease workflows.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated release workflow automation to improve metadata deployment for stable and prerelease versions.

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Note: This release contains no user-facing changes. Updates are limited to internal build and release infrastructure improvements.

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• .github/workflows/release.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release workflow's metadata deployment job now conditionally overlays Electron update metadata files based on release type. Stable releases copy latest/beta Linux and cross-platform YAML files, while prereleases copy only prerelease-specific files. The prerelease publication job is made dependent on this metadata deployment completing.

Changes

Release workflow metadata deployment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Conditional metadata overlay and prerelease dependency .github/workflows/release.yml	The "Deploy Electron Update Metadata" job replaces its single file-copy step with two mutually-exclusive conditional steps: one for stable releases copying latest-linux.yml, beta-linux.yml, latest.yml, and beta.yml, and one for prereleases copying beta-linux.yml and beta.yml. The "Publish Prerelease" job's needs list is expanded to require deploy-update-metadata alongside existing dependencies.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• devsy-org/devsy#323: Both PRs modify the deploy-update-metadata job in .github/workflows/release.yml—this PR adds conditional file-copy branching for stable vs. prerelease, while the related PR updates the Netlify deploy command used by that job.
• devsy-org/devsy#321: Both PRs modify the metadata deployment flow in the release workflow, with this PR introducing conditional prerelease-vs-stable handling that complements that PR's fixes to the Netlify deploy command.
• devsy-org/devsy#326: Both PRs modify the release pipeline around desktop artifact uploads and metadata deployment for prereleases, updating how the workflow handles prerelease-specific behavior.

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