From fbb4cbc65204648e5b896408d58641791a641f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: UnschooledGamer <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:46:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] feat: enhance nightly build workflow with additional
 outputs and tagging logic

---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 83 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 5b2886a0f5..04391630f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@
 
       outputs:
          release_output_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.url }} 
-         updated_version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.UPDATED_VERSION}} 
+         updated_version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.UPDATED_VERSION}}
+         NORMAL_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.NORMAL_APK_PATH }}
+         FDROID_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.FDROID_APK_PATH }}
          RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
+         tag_commit: ${{ steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outputs.tag_commit }}
       steps:
         - name: Fast Fail if secrets are missing
           if: ${{ env.KEYSTORE_CONTENT == '' || env.BUILD_JSON_CONTENT == '' }}
@@ -216,68 +219,80 @@
             rm $STORE_FILE_PATH $BUILD_JSON_PATH
             echo "Keystore and build.json removed successfully."
         
-        - name: Check Nightly Tag and Force Update
-          #if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.event.ref, 'tags/nightly') == false
-          if: ${{ ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases }}
+        - name: Check Nightly Tag
+          if: ${{ !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && !inputs.is_PR }}
           id: check-nightly-tag-force-update
           run: |
-            # Check if the nightly tag exists and get the commit it points to
             if git show-ref --quiet refs/tags/nightly; then
               TAG_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse nightly)
             else
               TAG_COMMIT=""
             fi
-            
-            # If the current commit is the same as the tag, skip updating the tag
+
             if [ "$TAG_COMMIT" != "${{ env.GIT_COMMIT }}" ]; then
-              echo "releaseRequired=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-              # export tag commit before updating for change logs comparing. 
-              echo "TAG_COMMIT=$TAG_COMMIT" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
-            
-              git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
-              git config --global user.email 'github-actions@github.com'
-              git tag -f nightly
-              git push origin nightly --force
+              echo "release_required=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             else
-              echo "Nightly tag already points to this commit. Skipping update."
+              echo "release_required=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             fi
+            echo "tag_commit=$TAG_COMMIT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+             
+    release:
+      needs: build
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
+      permissions:
+        contents: write
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout Repository
+          uses: actions/checkout@v7
+          with:
+            fetch-depth: 0
+            persist-credentials: true
 
+        - name: Force-update nightly tag
+          run: |
+            git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
+            git config --global user.email 'github-actions@github.com'
+            git tag -f nightly "${{ github.sha }}"
+            git push origin nightly --force
+
+        - name: Download APK artifacts
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+          with:
+            path: /tmp/artifacts
+        
         # 🚨⚠️ WARNING: the GITHUB_TOKEN under this step, has access to write & read access to Contents, Pull Requests
         # Which is why, it uses a fine-granted token with Read-Only Access to Public Repos Only.
         - name: Generate Release Notes (Experimental)
-          if: ${{ success() && env.releaseRequired == 'true' }}
           id: gen-release-notes
           continue-on-error: true
           run: |
-              RELEASE_NOTES=$(node utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js ${{ github.repository_owner }} Acode ${{ github.sha }} --format md --from-tag ${{ env.TAG_COMMIT }} --important-only --quiet --changelog-only)
-              {
-                echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF"
-                echo "$RELEASE_NOTES"
-                echo "EOF"
-              } >> $GITHUB_ENV        
-          env: 
+            RELEASE_NOTES=$(node utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js ${{ github.repository_owner }} Acode ${{ github.sha }} --format md --from-tag ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag_commit }} --important-only --quiet || true)
+            {
+              echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF"
+              echo "$RELEASE_NOTES"
+              echo "EOF"
+            } >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          env:
             GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_NOTES_GH_TOKEN }}
+
         - name: Release Nightly Version
-#          Only run this step, if not called from another workflow. And a previous step is successful with releasedRequired=true
-          id: release
-          if: ${{ ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outcome == 'success' && env.releaseRequired == 'true' && !inputs.is_PR }}
           uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
           env:
             FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
           with:
             prerelease: true
-            name: ${{ env.UPDATED_VERSION }}
-            tag_name: ${{ env.UPDATED_VERSION }} 
+            name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.updated_version }}
+            tag_name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.updated_version }}
             files: |
-              ${{ env.NORMAL_APK_PATH }}
-              ${{ env.FDROID_APK_PATH }}
+              /tmp/artifacts/**/acode-debug-normal-*.apk
+              /tmp/artifacts/**/acode-debug-fdroid-*.apk
             body: |
               Automated Nightly (pre-release) Releases for Today
-              
-              [Compare Changes](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ env.TAG_COMMIT }}...${{ github.sha }})
+
+              [Compare Changes](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ needs.build.outputs.tag_commit }}...${{ github.sha }})
 
               ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
-             
 
     community-release-notifier:
       needs: build

From 79cff76eae87cbc13540584ca754c48ace873197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: UnschooledGamer <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:49:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] feat: enhance nightly build workflow with release
 condition and changelog generation

---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 04391630f5..f456f6389f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
          FDROID_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.FDROID_APK_PATH }}
          RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
          tag_commit: ${{ steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outputs.tag_commit }}
+         release_required: ${{ steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outputs.release_required }}
       steps:
         - name: Fast Fail if secrets are missing
           if: ${{ env.KEYSTORE_CONTENT == '' || env.BUILD_JSON_CONTENT == '' }}
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
     release:
       needs: build
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
+      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url && needs.build.outputs.release_required == 'true' }}
       permissions:
         contents: write
       steps:
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@
           id: gen-release-notes
           continue-on-error: true
           run: |
-            RELEASE_NOTES=$(node utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js ${{ github.repository_owner }} Acode ${{ github.sha }} --format md --from-tag ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag_commit }} --important-only --quiet || true)
+            RELEASE_NOTES=$(node utils/scripts/generate-release-notes.js ${{ github.repository_owner }} Acode ${{ github.sha }} --format md --from-tag ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag_commit }} --important-only --quiet --changelog-only || true)
             {
               echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF"
               echo "$RELEASE_NOTES"

From be55e757d4c75aed80154b902b824da8a408d56e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 14:34:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Update nightly-build.yml

---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index f456f6389f..2b9f561bd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
         contents: write
         pull-requests: write
 
-      outputs:
-         release_output_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.url }} 
+      outputs: 
          updated_version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.UPDATED_VERSION}}
          NORMAL_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.NORMAL_APK_PATH }}
          FDROID_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.FDROID_APK_PATH }}
@@ -243,6 +242,9 @@
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url && needs.build.outputs.release_required == 'true' }}
       permissions:
         contents: write
+      
+      outputs:
+       release_output_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.url }}
       steps:
         - name: Checkout Repository
           uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@
               ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
 
     community-release-notifier:
-      needs: build
+      needs: [build, release]
 #      Run only if push tags, or triggered by a schedule
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && (contains(fromJSON('["push", "schedule"]'), github.event_name) || ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases) && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
       uses: Acode-Foundation/acode/.github/workflows/community-release-notifier.yml@main

From c7604ce4bbe1186d1c3b1dbd561edde637a5d633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 14:40:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Update nightly-build.yml

---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 2b9f561bd9..b4064a9407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
       if: github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation'
 
       permissions:
-#        contents write is needed to create Nightly Releases.
-        contents: write
-        pull-requests: write
+        pull-requests: read
 
       outputs: 
          updated_version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.UPDATED_VERSION}}

From dce6556c5653ffd1372d670ee0a851672b72d123 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 14:52:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update nightly-build.yml

---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index b4064a9407..3f055da4d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
          updated_version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.UPDATED_VERSION}}
          NORMAL_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.NORMAL_APK_PATH }}
          FDROID_APK_PATH: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.FDROID_APK_PATH }}
-         RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
          tag_commit: ${{ steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outputs.tag_commit }}
          release_required: ${{ steps.check-nightly-tag-force-update.outputs.release_required }}
       steps:
@@ -237,12 +236,13 @@
     release:
       needs: build
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url && needs.build.outputs.release_required == 'true' }}
+      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && !inputs.is_PR && !inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases && needs.build.outputs.release_required == 'true' }}
       permissions:
         contents: write
       
       outputs:
        release_output_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.url }}
+       RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
       steps:
         - name: Checkout Repository
           uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && (contains(fromJSON('["push", "schedule"]'), github.event_name) || ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases) && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
       uses: Acode-Foundation/acode/.github/workflows/community-release-notifier.yml@main
       with:
-         tag_name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.updated_version }}
-         url: ${{ needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
-         body: ${{ needs.build.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
+         tag_name: ${{ needs.release.outputs.updated_version }}
+         url: ${{ needs.release.outputs.release_output_url }}
+         body: ${{ needs.release.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
       secrets:
         DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE_NOTES }}
         TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN }}

From a276a12a9e26f5c3a45c2e442a9a437148464a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 15:07:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Update .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml

Co-authored-by: greptile-apps[bot] <165735046+greptile-apps[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 3f055da4d5..0e7e2249b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
     community-release-notifier:
       needs: [build, release]
 #      Run only if push tags, or triggered by a schedule
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && (contains(fromJSON('["push", "schedule"]'), github.event_name) || ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases) && needs.build.outputs.release_output_url }}
+      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && (contains(fromJSON('["push", "schedule"]'), github.event_name) || ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases) && needs.release.outputs.release_output_url }}
       uses: Acode-Foundation/acode/.github/workflows/community-release-notifier.yml@main
       with:
          tag_name: ${{ needs.release.outputs.updated_version }}

From 7f472cacb0ec45b6e95169f6604368f11a8e2e67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lobo <76094069+UnschooledGamer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 15:07:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml

Co-authored-by: greptile-apps[bot] <165735046+greptile-apps[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/nightly-build.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 0e7e2249b8..3f537dcfb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Acode-Foundation' && (contains(fromJSON('["push", "schedule"]'), github.event_name) || ! inputs.skip_tagging_and_releases) && needs.release.outputs.release_output_url }}
       uses: Acode-Foundation/acode/.github/workflows/community-release-notifier.yml@main
       with:
-         tag_name: ${{ needs.release.outputs.updated_version }}
+         tag_name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.updated_version }}
          url: ${{ needs.release.outputs.release_output_url }}
          body: ${{ needs.release.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
       secrets: