release-process

Automating macOS code signing and notarization in a CI release pipeline requires enforcing preflight checks to verify Apple codesign certificates before building, signing, and notarizing release artifacts. This workflow handles those steps end-to-end across macOS and Linux environments.

Automating version bumping and changelog updates involves running a full-test pipeline, validating readiness, bumping versions, and generating changelog entries. This workflow enforces those steps sequentially, ensuring tags and release notes are prepared automatically before artifact packaging.

Pre-release checks are needed before publishing to ensure CI readiness and validate that Apple codesign certificates are correctly configured. Running these preflight checks prevents pipeline failures during the subsequent build, full-test, and artifact packaging stages.

Yes, this release automation workflow supports post-release verification across both Linux and macOS. It executes validation checks after release artifacts are published, ensuring the distributed software artifacts function correctly across the specified operating systems.

Yes, you can automate documentation site updates as part of the software release process. The workflow integrates documentation site updates alongside tagging, changelog management, and release artifact preparation to ensure docs reflect the newly published version.

The best way to manage tag creation and release artifact packaging is through an enforced automated workflow that handles tag management and packaging sequentially after full-test pipelines pass. This ensures artifacts are built, signed, and notarized correctly before publication.