From 8e441fbf425b7a5fc30f775d13ca522a05e8bc07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel K <skevetter@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 08:01:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): deploy beta update metadata on prerelease

Previously, the deploy-update-metadata job was skipped entirely for
prereleases, meaning beta channel users never received prerelease
updates via auto-update. Now the job runs for all releases but only
deploys beta*.yml files for prereleases, leaving latest*.yml untouched.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 146709cb6..f4d539e6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ jobs:
   deploy-update-metadata:
     name: Deploy Electron Update Metadata
     needs: [build-desktop]
-    if: ${{ !github.event.release.prerelease }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -252,13 +251,20 @@ jobs:
           pip install pyyaml
           python3 hack/merge-mac-metadata.py metadata/ publish-dir/desktop/
 
-      - name: overlay non-mac metadata files
+      - name: overlay non-mac metadata files (stable release)
+        if: ${{ !github.event.release.prerelease }}
         run: |
           find metadata/ -name 'latest-linux.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
           find metadata/ -name 'latest.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
           find metadata/ -name 'beta-linux.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
           find metadata/ -name 'beta.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
 
+      - name: overlay non-mac metadata files (prerelease)
+        if: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}
+        run: |
+          find metadata/ -name 'beta-linux.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
+          find metadata/ -name 'beta.yml' -exec cp {} publish-dir/desktop/ \;
+
       - name: deploy to Netlify (dl.devsy.sh)
         uses: nwtgck/actions-netlify@v3
         with:
@@ -315,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
 
   prerelease:
     name: Publish Prerelease
-    needs: [build-desktop, build-flatpak]
+    needs: [build-desktop, build-flatpak, deploy-update-metadata]
     permissions:
       contents: write
     if: github.event.release.prerelease