Integration and roll-out of Release Automation

[hdamker]

Problem description

The Release Automation workflow has been developed and tested. It now needs to be integrated into the camaraproject organization and rolled out to API repositories with proper branch protection, team permissions, and onboarding tooling.

Part of #191 (Develop automation support in support of release management).

Proposed solution

Integration and roll-out across three repositories:

tooling

• Contribute Release Automation workflow — tooling#69, resolved via PR #67 + PR #68
• Create GitHub App and update workflow — tooling#70, done via PR Use GitHub App token for protected branch operations tooling#74, need to be tested in TestRepo (see Create test repository for Release Automation tooling#72)
• Define API repository setup documentation — tooling#71, PR to review: docs: repository setup for 3-ruleset branch protection design tooling#75
• Create test repository and validate E2E — tooling#72

project-administration

• Onboarding campaign workflow — project-administration#132, PR Add release automation onboarding campaign and admin tooling project-administration#134
• Ruleset application script — project-administration#133, PR Add release automation onboarding campaign and admin tooling project-administration#134

Roll-out phases

Phase	Scope	Validation
Alpha	Test repository in camaraproject	Full E2E with branch protection
RC	Volunteering API repositories	Real release cycles
GA	All API repositories	Bulk rollout

Additional context

Development was done over 50 sessions with comprehensive E2E testing. Regression testing on the upstream branch confirmed zero bugs for a full release lifecycle (issue creation → snapshot → review → merge → publish). See C2 (#354) and C3-C4 (#355) for the workflow component descriptions.

[hdamker]

Implementation and test in fork repository done. Integration in camaraproject org ongoing (see above) ... next step is to create a ReleaseTest repository (same setup as Sandbox repository).

One remaining task is to review and finalize the templates for Release Issue description, Release Review PR description, and Post Release Sync PR description. Proposal is to do this based on a test run within the TestRepo.

[hdamker]

Remaining implementation tasks done, e2e test in ReleaseTest repository done multiple times, identified issues addressed, demo for Thursday, March 5th in introduction session prepared.

Next step: rollout to volunteering first repositories ConsentInfo, SessionInsights, MediaStreamingRate, QualityOnDemand