plenum-ci-and-release

Debugging GitHub Actions workflows requires analyzing job dependencies and identifying the failing build stage. You must trace image handoff mechanisms and apply failure recovery procedures to resolve pipeline blocks.

The release process follows a tag-to-release-PR-to-publish sequence. You must satisfy validation requirements and branch protection expectations before the automation pipeline can complete the publish stage.

Visual regression validation checks container build outputs against expected baselines during the Docker image handoff process. It acts as a release gate to prevent unapproved visual changes from passing the CI pipeline.

Image handoff failures occur when workflow job dependencies are misconfigured or container build artifacts are corrupted. You must validate the GitHub Actions pipeline structure and ensure Docker image transfers complete before downstream jobs execute.

Release automation cannot bypass branch protection expectations. The tag-to-release-PR-to-publish workflow enforces validation gates that require branch protection rules to pass before any publish stage executes.