feat: unified GitHub release, server change tracking, and enhanced release PR (#3085)

- Add .server-changes/ convention for tracking server-only changes
- Create scripts/enhance-release-pr.mjs to deduplicate and categorize
changeset PR body
- Create scripts/generate-github-release.mjs to format unified GitHub
release body
- Change release.yml to create one unified GitHub release instead of
per-package releases
- Add update-release job to patch Docker image link after images are
pushed to GHCR
- Update changesets-pr.yml to trigger on .server-changes, enhance PR
body, and clean up consumed files
- Document server changes in CLAUDE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CHANGESETS.md,
and RELEASE.md

.github/workflows/changesets-pr.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "packages/**"
       - ".changeset/**"
+      - ".server-changes/**"
       - "package.json"
       - "pnpm-lock.yaml"
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Update PR title with version
+      - name: Update PR title and enhance body
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published != 'true'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -61,6 +62,15 @@ jobs:
             # we arbitrarily reference the version of the cli package here; it is the same for all package releases
             VERSION=$(git show origin/changeset-release/main:packages/cli-v3/package.json | jq -r '.version')
             gh pr edit "$PR_NUMBER" --title "chore: release v$VERSION"
+
+            # Enhance the PR body with a clean, deduplicated summary
+            RAW_BODY=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" --json body --jq '.body')
+            ENHANCED_BODY=$(CHANGESET_PR_BODY="$RAW_BODY" node scripts/enhance-release-pr.mjs "$VERSION")
+            if [ -n "$ENHANCED_BODY" ]; then
+              gh api repos/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/pulls/"$PR_NUMBER" \
+                -X PATCH \
+                -f body="$ENHANCED_BODY"
+            fi
           fi
 
   update-lockfile:
@@ -88,15 +98,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install and update lockfile
         run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
 
-      - name: Commit and push lockfile
+      - name: Clean up consumed .server-changes/ files
         run: |
           set -e
-          if git diff --quiet pnpm-lock.yaml; then
-            echo "No lockfile changes"
-          else
-            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-            git add pnpm-lock.yaml
-            git commit -m "chore: update lockfile for release"
+          shopt -s nullglob
+          files=(.server-changes/*.md)
+          for f in "${files[@]}"; do
+            if [ "$(basename "$f")" != "README.md" ]; then
+              git rm --ignore-unmatch "$f"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Commit and push lockfile + server-changes cleanup
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add pnpm-lock.yaml
+          if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            git commit -m "chore: update lockfile and clean up .server-changes/ for release"
             git push origin changeset-release/main
+          else
+            echo "No changes to commit"
           fi

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
           publish: pnpm run changeset:release
-          createGithubReleases: true
+          createGithubReleases: false
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ jobs:
           package_version=$(echo '${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}' | jq -r '.[0].version')
           echo "package_version=${package_version}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      - name: Create unified GitHub release
+        if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.package_version }}"
+          node scripts/generate-github-release.mjs "$VERSION" > /tmp/release-body.md
+          gh release create "v${VERSION}" \
+            --title "trigger.dev v${VERSION}" \
+            --notes-file /tmp/release-body.md \
+            --target main
+
       - name: Create and push Docker tag
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
         run: |
@@ -140,6 +153,47 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image_tag: v${{ needs.release.outputs.published_package_version }}
 
+  # After Docker images are published, update the GitHub release with the exact GHCR tag URL.
+  # The GHCR package version ID is only known after the image is pushed, so we query for it here.
+  update-release:
+    name: 🔗 Update release Docker link
+    needs: [release, publish-docker]
+    if: needs.release.outputs.published == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Update GitHub release with Docker image link
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          VERSION="${{ needs.release.outputs.published_package_version }}"
+          TAG="v${VERSION}"
+
+          # Query GHCR for the version ID matching this tag
+          VERSION_ID=$(gh api --paginate -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            /orgs/triggerdotdev/packages/container/trigger.dev/versions \
+            --jq ".[] | select(.metadata.container.tags[] == \"${TAG}\") | .id" \
+            | head -1)
+
+          if [ -z "$VERSION_ID" ]; then
+            echo "Warning: Could not find GHCR version ID for tag ${TAG}, skipping update"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          DOCKER_URL="https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/pkgs/container/trigger.dev/${VERSION_ID}?tag=${TAG}"
+          GENERIC_URL="https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/pkgs/container/trigger.dev"
+
+          # Get current release body and replace the generic link with the tag-specific one.
+          # Use word boundary after GENERIC_URL (closing paren) to avoid matching URLs that
+          # already have a version ID appended (idempotent on re-runs).
+          gh release view "${TAG}" --json body --jq '.body' > /tmp/release-body.md
+          sed -i "s|${GENERIC_URL})|${DOCKER_URL})|g" /tmp/release-body.md
+
+          gh release edit "${TAG}" --notes-file /tmp/release-body.md
+
   # The prerelease job needs to be on the same workflow file due to a limitation related to how npm verifies OIDC claims.
   prerelease:
     name: 🧪 Prerelease