From b196dd69867fa483400753877d940a4fddaf5c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edgars <edgars@genlayerlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:40:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): keep tag publish workflows active

---
 .release-it.cjs                |  4 +++-
 tests/release-channel.test.mjs | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.release-it.cjs b/.release-it.cjs
index a8f89560..535b67b6 100644
--- a/.release-it.cjs
+++ b/.release-it.cjs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   git: {
-    commitMessage: "Release v${version} [skip ci]",
+    // Keep release commits CI-active: GitHub also suppresses tag-triggered
+    // workflows when the tagged commit contains a skip directive.
+    commitMessage: "Release v${version}",
     tagName: "v${version}",
     requireCleanWorkingDir: false,
     requireUpstream: false,
diff --git a/tests/release-channel.test.mjs b/tests/release-channel.test.mjs
index fe195232..7a0cc2af 100644
--- a/tests/release-channel.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/release-channel.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import {createRequire} from "node:module";
 import {describe, expect, it} from "vitest";
 import {resolveReleaseChannel} from "../scripts/resolve-release-channel.mjs";
 
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const releaseConfig = require("../.release-it.cjs");
+
 describe("release channel policy", () => {
   it("publishes stable releases to latest", () => {
     expect(resolveReleaseChannel("0.40.0", "0.40.0")).toEqual({
@@ -33,4 +37,12 @@ describe("release channel policy", () => {
       "Invalid prerelease npm dist-tag",
     );
   });
+
+  it("keeps release commits eligible for tag-triggered publishing", () => {
+    expect(releaseConfig.git.commitMessage).toBe("Release v${version}");
+    expect(releaseConfig.git.commitMessage).not.toMatch(
+      /\[(?:skip ci|ci skip|no ci|skip actions|actions skip)\]/i,
+    );
+    expect(releaseConfig.git.commitMessage).not.toMatch(/skip-checks:\s*true/i);
+  });
 });