build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6 (main)
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Renovate PR to bump release-drafter action v5.25.0 -> v6.1.0 was closed unmerged on 2025-04-24, superseded by PR #159 which removed the release-drafter workflow (commit fa73f55).
Resolution: closed superseded
Reason: Maintainer lengau closed the PR with the comment "Superseded by #159" on 2025-04-24; Renovate then noted the update would be ignored. PR #159 ("ci: remove release-drafter workflow") merged as commit fa73f55 (ccfe2a3 "ci: drop release-drafter workflow"), deleting the workflow this PR would have upgraded. A later commit 764de6f (#334) applied the v6.1.0 bump in another context.
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Issue body
This PR contains the following updates:
| Package | Type | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| [release-drafter/release-drafter](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter) | action | major | `v5.25.0` -> `v6.1.0` |
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### Release Notes
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<summary>release-drafter/release-drafter (release-drafter/release-drafter)</summary>
### [`v6.1.0`](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/releases/tag/v6.1.0)
[Compare Source](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0)
### What's Changed
#### New
- Add config option for PR query limit ([#​1362](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1362)) [@​ssolbeck](https://redirect.github.com/ssolbeck)
#### Bug Fixes
- Fix: Correctly mention bot accounts in release notes ([#​1376](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1376)) [@​jamietanna](https://redirect.github.com/jamietanna)
- Update only drafts with the same prerelease status ([#​1385](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1385)) [@​jaap3](https://redirect.github.com/jaap3)
#### Documentation
- docs: Fix Fork Link ([#​1412](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1412)) [@​Dor-bl](https://redirect.github.com/Dor-bl)
- Ensure support new default branch name ([#​1079](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1079)) [@​Triloworld](https://redirect.github.com/Triloworld)
- update schema generation and update schema to draft 07 ([#​1422](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1422)) [@​jetersen](https://redirect.github.com/jetersen)
- fix typo: therelease ([#​1407](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1407)) [@​billykern](https://redirect.github.com/billykern)
- Document added action outputs introduced in [#​1300](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1300) ([#​1406](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1406)) [@​SVNKoch](https://redirect.github.com/SVNKoch)
- Update README.md ([#​1421](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1421)) [@​yusufraji](https://redirect.github.com/yusufraji)
- fix: update broken link in readme ([#​1416](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1416)) [@​kopach](https://redirect.github.com/kopach)
- Update v6 README.md ([#​1384](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1384)) [@​taku333](https://redirect.github.com/taku333)
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0
### [`v6.0.0`](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/releases/tag/v6.0.0)
[Compare Source](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/compare/v5.25.0...v6.0.0)
### What's Changed
- Update Node.js to 20 ([#​1379](https://redirect.github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/issues/1379)) [@​massongit](https://redirect.github.com/massongit)
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/compare/v5.25.0...v6.0.0
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed superseded | Renovate PR to bump release-drafter action v5.25.0 -> v6.1.0 was closed unmerged on 2025-04-24, superseded by PR #159 which removed the release-drafter workflow (commit fa73f55). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed superseded | Release-drafter v6 upgrade was closed unmerged because PR #159 removed the release-drafter workflow entirely, then merged in commit fa73f55. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Superseded by PR #159. The release-drafter v6 dependency update was closed without merging, causing Renovate to ignore future 6.x releases. CI checks showed mixed results prior to closure. |
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Related work
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Superseded By:
canonical/craft-archives#159
(confidence 98%)
Merged PR removing the release-drafter workflow/config (commit fa73f55), cited by lengau as the reason for closing
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Likely Fixed By:
craft-archives#334
(confidence 60%)
Commit 764de6f 'build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0' — later bump of the same action
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #263 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 | craft-store | merged | Renovate PR merged: bumped the release-drafter action from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0 in .github/workflows (commit 5518c4c). The workflow was later removed entirely in commit ccfe2a3. | |
| #97 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 | craft-platforms | merged | Renovate PR #97 merged in commit 652a730, updating the release-drafter action from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0. | |
| #206 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.2.0 (main) | craft-platforms | merged | Merged PR #206 updated release-drafter from v6.1.0 to v6.2.0; the change was recorded in commit 9cabf4f. | |
| #350 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.4.0 (main) | craft-store | merged | Renovate PR #350 bumped the release-drafter GitHub Action from v6.1.0 to v6.4.0 in craft-store; approved and merged via commit 5cf1df1 (single-line workflow change). | |
| #5294 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 (main) | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5294, updating the release-drafter GitHub Action from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0 in commit 99735c73b. | |
| #16 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 | craft-artifacts | merged | Merged PR #16 updated release-drafter from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0 via commit ee54348. | |
| #72 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 | craft-grammar | merged | Merged PR #72 updated release-drafter from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0; repository history records the merge as commit bd3cbab. | |
| #272 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.1.0 (hotfix/3.2) | craft-store | merged | Renovate bumped the release-drafter GitHub Action from v6.0.0 to v6.1.0 on the hotfix/3.2 branch; the one-line workflow change was merged in commit 104658b. | |
| #5978 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.2.0 (main) | snapcraft | merged | Merged into main as c15d1f82f, upgrading release-drafter from v6.1.0 to v6.2.0 via Renovate PR #5978. | |
| #6101 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6.4.0 (main) | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #6101 updated release-drafter/release-drafter from v6.2.0 to v6.4.0 in commit 971d8249c. |