From f334bcf3ef9184c93fd4cc9f0ceae9ea4f8570d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FredApps <153173854+FredApps@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:04:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CI: nightly release dry run (#3520)

release.yml also runs nightly on main with craft-common-actions' dry-run: every release build
except macOS, with nothing signed, pushed or drafted. Breakage that only the release build hits
(riscv64, Flatpak, FreeBSD, packaging) then shows up the next morning instead of on release
day, as it did on 11 Nov 2026.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 354fbd268..ffbe49afb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
+  # A nightly dry run on main: every release build except macOS, nothing signed or released
+  # (craft-common-actions release.yml `dry-run`). Finds release-only breakage before release day.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "32 1 * * *"
   push:
     branches: [release]
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     # Intentionally tracked at @main (not SHA-pinned) so org-wide CI improvements, security fixes, and build optimizations propagate without PR churn across all craftapp repos.
     uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/release.yml@main
     with:
+      dry-run: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
       app-name: effectcraft
       app-title: EffectCraft
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}