fix(ci): auto-promote-staging opens a PR + uses merge queue, not direct push

Mirrors the fix #2234 applied to auto-sync-main-to-staging.yml in the
reverse direction. Both workflows now use the same merge-queue path
that humans use; no special-case bypass.

Why

Every tick of auto-promote-staging.yml since main's branch protection
went stricter has been failing with:

  remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for refs/heads/main.
  remote: - Required status checks "Analyze (go)", "Analyze (javascript-typescript)",
    "Analyze (python)", "Canvas (Next.js)", "Detect changes",
    "E2E API Smoke Test", "Platform (Go)", "Python Lint & Test",
    and "Shellcheck (E2E scripts)" were not set by the expected
    GitHub apps.
  remote: - Changes must be made through a pull request.

The previous version did `git merge --ff-only origin/staging &&
git push origin main` directly. That works against a permissive
branch — it doesn't work against a ruleset that requires checks
satisfied by the expected GitHub apps. Only PR merges through the
queue produce check runs from the right apps.

Result was that today's 12+ merges to staging never propagated to
main; the auto-promote ran every tick and failed every tick, while
operators had to keep opening manual `staging → main` bridges.

Fix

  - Replace the direct git push step with a step that opens (or reuses)
    a PR base=main head=staging and enables auto-merge. The merge queue
    lands it once gates are green on the merge_group ref.
  - The PR's head IS the staging branch (no per-SHA promote branch
    needed) — the whole purpose is "advance main to staging's tip".
  - Add `pull-requests: write` permission so the workflow can call
    gh pr create + gh pr merge --auto.
  - Drop the `git merge-base --is-ancestor` divergence check — the
    merge queue itself enforces branch protection now, and rejects
    the PR if main has diverged from staging history.

Loop safety preserved: when this PR's merge lands on main, it
triggers auto-sync-main-to-staging.yml which opens a sync PR back
to staging. That sync PR's eventual merge is by GITHUB_TOKEN (the
merge queue) which doesn't trigger downstream workflow_run events
— so auto-promote-staging.yml does NOT re-fire from its own merge
landing.

Refs: #2234 (the parallel fix for auto-sync-main-to-staging.yml),
task #142, multiple failing runs visible in
https://github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-core/actions/workflows/auto-promote-staging.yml
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Hongming Wang 2026-04-28 17:54:15 -07:00
parent a1bc771f87
commit e45a5c98b0

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@ -1,25 +1,44 @@
name: Auto-promote staging → main
# Fires after any of the staging-branch quality gates complete. When ALL
# required gates are green on the same staging SHA, fast-forwards `main`
# to that SHA automatically — closing the gap that historically let
# features sit on staging for weeks waiting for a bulk promotion PR
# (see molecule-core#1496 for the 1172-commit example).
# required gates are green on the same staging SHA, opens (or re-uses)
# a PR `staging → main` and enables auto-merge so the merge queue lands
# it. Closes the gap that historically let features sit on staging for
# weeks waiting for a bulk promotion PR (see molecule-core#1496 for the
# 1172-commit example).
#
# 2026-04-28 rewrite (PR #142): the previous version did a direct
# `git merge --ff-only origin staging && git push origin main`. That
# breaks against main's branch-protection ruleset, which requires
# status checks "set by the expected GitHub apps" — direct pushes
# can't satisfy that condition (only PR merges through the queue can).
# The workflow was failing every tick with:
# remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for refs/heads/main.
# remote: - Required status checks ... were not set by the expected GitHub apps.
# Fix: mirror the PR-based pattern from auto-sync-main-to-staging.yml
# (the reverse-direction sync, fixed in #2234 for the same reason).
# Both directions now use the same merge-queue path that humans use,
# no special-case bypass.
#
# Safety model:
# - Runs ONLY on workflow_run events for the staging branch.
# - Requires EVERY named gate workflow to have the same head_sha and
# all be `conclusion == success`. If any of them is red, skipped,
# cancelled, or pending, we abort (stay on the current main).
# - Uses --ff-only: refuses to advance main if main has diverged from
# the staging history (e.g. a hotfix landed directly on main). In
# that case a human resolves the fork.
# - Writes a commit summary so the promote shows up in git log as a
# deliberate act, not a stealth move.
# - The PR base=main head=staging path lets GitHub itself enforce
# branch protection. If main has diverged from staging or required
# checks aren't satisfied, the merge queue declines the PR — no
# need for a manual ff-only ancestry check here.
# - Loop safety: the auto-sync-main-to-staging workflow fires when
# main lands the auto-promote PR, but its merge into staging is by
# GITHUB_TOKEN which doesn't trigger downstream workflow_run events
# (GitHub Actions safety). So this workflow doesn't re-fire from
# its own promote landing.
#
# **Initial rollout:** ship this file but leave the `enabled` input set
# such that nothing auto-promotes until staging CI has been reliably
# green for a few days. Toggle via repo variable `AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED`.
# Toggle via repo variable AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED (true/unset). When
# unset, the workflow logs what it would have done but doesn't open
# the PR — useful for dry-running the gate logic without surfacing
# a noisy PR while staging CI is still flaky.
on:
workflow_run:
@ -38,6 +57,7 @@ on:
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
jobs:
check-all-gates-green:
@ -134,14 +154,14 @@ jobs:
set -eu
# Repo variable AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED=true flips this on. While
# it's unset, the workflow dry-runs (logs what it would have
# done) but doesn't actually push to main. Set the variable in
# done) but doesn't open the promote PR. Set the variable in
# Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → Variables.
if [ "${AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED:-}" != "true" ] && [ "${FORCE_INPUT:-false}" != "true" ]; then
{
echo "## ⏸ Auto-promote disabled"
echo
echo "Repo variable \`AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED\` is not set to \`true\`."
echo "All gates are green on staging; would have promoted to \`main\`."
echo "All gates are green on staging; would have opened a promote PR to \`main\`."
echo
echo "To enable: Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → Variables → \`AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED=true\`."
echo "To test once manually: workflow_dispatch with \`force=true\`."
@ -150,50 +170,55 @@ jobs:
exit 0
fi
- name: Checkout main
if: ${{ vars.AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED == 'true' || github.event.inputs.force == 'true' }}
uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
with:
ref: main
fetch-depth: 0
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Fast-forward main → staging HEAD
- name: Open (or reuse) staging → main promote PR + enable auto-merge
if: ${{ vars.AUTO_PROMOTE_ENABLED == 'true' || github.event.inputs.force == 'true' }}
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
TARGET_SHA: ${{ needs.check-all-gates-green.outputs.head_sha }}
run: |
set -eu
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
set -euo pipefail
git fetch origin staging
git fetch origin main
# Look for an existing open promote PR (idempotent on re-run
# of the workflow). The PR's head IS the staging branch — the
# whole point is "advance main to staging's tip", so we don't
# need a per-SHA branch like auto-sync-main-to-staging uses.
PR_NUM=$(gh pr list --repo "$REPO" \
--base main --head staging --state open \
--json number --jq '.[0].number // ""')
# Refuse to advance main if it's diverged from staging history.
# Someone landed a commit directly on main that's not on
# staging → human needs to decide how to reconcile.
if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor "$(git rev-parse origin/main)" "$TARGET_SHA"; then
{
echo "## ❌ Auto-promote refused — main has diverged"
echo
echo "\`main\` (\`$(git rev-parse --short origin/main)\`) is not an ancestor of staging (\`${TARGET_SHA:0:7}\`)."
echo "Someone committed directly to main or the histories forked."
echo
echo "Resolve manually: merge main into staging, get CI green on the merged commit,"
echo "then the auto-promote will succeed on the next run."
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
exit 1
if [ -z "$PR_NUM" ]; then
TITLE="staging → main: auto-promote ${TARGET_SHA:0:7}"
BODY_FILE=$(mktemp)
cat > "$BODY_FILE" <<EOFBODY
Automated promotion of \`staging\` (\`${TARGET_SHA:0:8}\`) to \`main\`. All required staging gates green at this SHA: CI, E2E Staging Canvas, E2E API Smoke, CodeQL.
This PR is auto-generated by \`.github/workflows/auto-promote-staging.yml\` whenever every required gate completes green on the same staging SHA. It exists because main's branch protection requires status checks "set by the expected GitHub apps" — direct \`git push\` from a workflow can't satisfy that, only PR merges through the queue can.
Merge queue lands this; no human action needed unless gates fail. Reverse-direction sync (the merge commit on main → staging) is handled by \`auto-sync-main-to-staging.yml\`.
EOFBODY
PR_URL=$(gh pr create --repo "$REPO" \
--base main --head staging \
--title "$TITLE" \
--body-file "$BODY_FILE")
PR_NUM=$(echo "$PR_URL" | grep -oE '[0-9]+$' | tail -1)
rm -f "$BODY_FILE"
echo "::notice::Opened PR #${PR_NUM}"
else
echo "::notice::Re-using existing promote PR #${PR_NUM}"
fi
# Fast-forward main to the target SHA.
git checkout main
git merge --ff-only "$TARGET_SHA"
git push origin main
# Enable auto-merge — the merge queue picks it up once
# required gates are green on the merge_group ref.
if ! gh pr merge "$PR_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --auto --merge 2>&1; then
echo "::warning::Failed to enable auto-merge on PR #${PR_NUM} — operator may need to merge manually."
fi
{
echo "## ✅ Auto-promoted main → ${TARGET_SHA:0:7}"
echo "## ✅ Auto-promote PR opened"
echo
echo "All gate workflows green on staging at this SHA."
echo "\`main\` fast-forwarded to match."
echo "- Source: staging at \`${TARGET_SHA:0:8}\`"
echo "- PR: #${PR_NUM}"
echo
echo "Merge queue lands the PR once required gates are green; no human action needed unless gates fail."
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"