ci: remove release drafter
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #245 removed the unused Release Drafter configuration after Renovate's v7 update caused its workflow to fail; merged as commit 6591487.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #245 was approved and merged as commit 6591487, deleting the unused Release Drafter setup that had been failing since the Renovate upgrade.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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This workflow is always failing ever since an update from v6 to v7 from Renovate, and we don't even use it. See https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/pull/6253.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #245 removed the unused Release Drafter configuration after Renovate's v7 update caused its workflow to fail; merged as commit 6591487. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #245, removing the unused release-drafter workflow and configuration after Renovate upgraded it from v6 to v7 and caused persistent failures. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged removal of the unused and failing release drafter CI workflow, which broke after a Renovate v6 to v7 update. Approved by a reviewer, the change eliminates 40 lines of configuration across two files to resolve persistent pipeline failures. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
5
Confidence:
90
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needs review | Removes a failing CI release drafter workflow that broke after a Renovate update and is no longer used. Currently awaiting initial review and CI checks. |
Update history
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#6253
(confidence 98%)
Cited in the PR as context for the Release Drafter failure following the Renovate v6-to-v7 update.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6262 ci: drop release drafter | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #6262 (commit 1a127efa1) deleted the unused release-drafter workflow and config (22 lines) after maintainers rejected the v7 upgrade fix in #6253. | |
| #6253 ci: fix release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged after maintainers chose deletion over v7 compatibility; PR #6262 removed release-drafter in commit 1a127efa1. | |
| #760 ci: remove release-drafter workflow | craft-providers | merged | Merged PR #760 removed the obsolete release-drafter GitHub Actions workflow via commit 1e44ec7. | |
| #369 ci: drop release-drafter workflow | starbase | merged | Merged PR #369 (commit ccfe2a3, "ci: drop release-drafter workflow"), deleting the unused release-drafter workflow and its config (-40 lines) since each repo keeps its own changelogs/release notes. | |
| #76 ci: cleaning duplicate release drafter conf | craft-grammar | merged | Merged PR #76 removed 15 lines of duplicate Release Drafter configuration after approval by two reviewers, with no unresolved review comments. | |
| #5597 ci: add release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5597 as commit a6f87915c, restoring the Release Drafter workflow to generate contributor lists for future releases. | |
| #5314 ci: remove duplicate release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5314 in d20682815, deleting a duplicate 16-line release-drafter workflow after two approvals and with no unresolved review comments. | |
| #6251 build(deps): update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v7.3.1 (main) | snapcraft | closed | Release-drafter v7.3.1 update was closed unmerged; maintainers chose to remove the workflow instead, as reflected by commit ccfe2a36c. | |
| #1239 ci: remove release-drafter workflow | rockcraft | merged | Merged PR #1239 (commit 2ea803a2) deleted the redundant release-drafter workflow (-41 lines, 2 files) because the publish workflow already generates release notes. Approved by 2 reviewers; only unrelated source-spread-tests failed. | |
| #3117 ci: setup release-drafter | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #3117 in commit 6f6e6040e, adding release-drafter configuration for automated release-note drafting. |