Improving the release notes workflow

.github/workflows/check_pr_release_notes.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2026 ABSA Group Limited
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
 name: Check PR Release Notes
 
 on:
@@ -22,17 +6,17 @@ on:
     branches: [ master ]
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: release-notes-check-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   check-release-notes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405
         with:
-          python-version: '3.13'
+          python-version: '3.14'
 
       - name: Check presence of release notes in PR description
         uses: AbsaOSS/release-notes-presence-check@8e586b26a5e27f899ee8590a5d988fd4780a3dbf

.github/workflows/release_draft.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2026 ABSA Group Limited
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
 name: Draft Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -22,35 +6,37 @@ on:
         description: 'Name of git tag to be created, and then draft release created. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".'
         required: true
       from-tag-name:
-        description: 'Name of the git tag from which to detect changes from. Default value: latest tag. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".'
+        description: >-
+          Name of the git tag from which to detect changes from.
+          Default value: latest tag. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".
         required: false
 
 jobs:
   release-draft:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405
         with:
-          python-version: '3.13'
+          python-version: '3.14'
 
-      - name: Check Format of Received Tag
+      - name: Check format of received target tag
         id: check-version-tag
-        uses: AbsaOSS/version-tag-check@36496be76eab24e1f14d45d3b8292311a2aebaaa
+        uses: AbsaOSS/version-tag-check@4145e48bf3f77a5afff2ec9afdd8afb6b53bce34
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           github-repository: ${{ github.repository }}
           version-tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
 
-      - name: Check Format of Received From Tag
+      - name: Check format of received from tag
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.from-tag-name }}
         id: check-version-from-tag
-        uses: AbsaOSS/version-tag-check@36496be76eab24e1f14d45d3b8292311a2aebaaa
+        uses: AbsaOSS/version-tag-check@4145e48bf3f77a5afff2ec9afdd8afb6b53bce34
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
@@ -60,56 +46,61 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate Release Notes
         id: generate_release_notes
-        uses: AbsaOSS/generate-release-notes@B90223510d1704301a36a36f0d86a72a0e72f0cf
+        uses: AbsaOSS/generate-release-notes@da535383f54a6532adb84e88d3b6e5c7236132df
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
+          release-notes-title: "## [Rr]elease [Nn]otes"
           tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
           from-tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.from-tag-name }}
           chapters: |
-            - {"title": "Entries to skip 🚫", "label": "duplicate"}
-            - {"title": "Entries to skip 🚫", "label": "invalid"}
-            - {"title": "Entries to skip 🚫", "label": "wontfix"}
-            - {"title": "Entries to skip 🚫", "label": "no RN"}
-            - {"title": "Breaking Changes 💥", "label": "breaking change"}
-            - {"title": "Security updates 👮", "label": "security"}
-            - {"title": "New Features 🎉", "label": "enhancement"}
-            - {"title": "Bugfixes 🛠", "label": "bug"}
-            - {"title": "Epics 📖", "label": "epic"}
-            - {"title": "Infrastructure ⚙️", "label": "infrastructure"}
-            - {"title": "Silent-live 🤫", "label": "silent live"}
-            - {"title": "Documentation 📜", "label": "documentation"}
-          duplicity-scope: 'none'
+            - { title: Breaking Changes 💥, label: breaking change, order: 10 }
+            - { title: New Features 🎉, label: feature, order: 20 }
+            - { title: Bugfixes 🛠, label: bug, order: 30 }
+            - { title: Infrastructure ⚙️, label: infrastructure, order: 40 }
+            - { title: UI/UX 🎨, label: UI/UX, order: 50 }
           warnings: true
-          skip-release-notes-labels: "no RN,duplicate,invalid,wontfix"
           print-empty-chapters: false
-          row-format-issue: '_{title}_ {developers} in {number}'
-          row-format-pr: '_{title}_ {developers} in {number}'
-          row-format-link-pr: true
-          hierarchy: true
+          row-format-issue: '{type}: {number} _{title}_ by {developers} in {pull-requests}'
+          row-format-pr: '{number} _{title}_ by {developers}'
 
-      - name: Create and Push Tag
-        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3
         env:
           TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
         with:
           script: |
-            const tag = process.env.TAG_NAME
+            const tag = process.env.TAG_NAME;
             const ref = `refs/tags/${tag}`;
             const sha = context.sha; // The SHA of the commit to tag
+            const tagMessage = `${tag} released by GitHub Action`;
+
+            const tagObject = await github.rest.git.createTag({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              tag: tag,
+              message: tagMessage,
+              object: sha,
+              type: 'commit',
+              tagger: {
+                name: context.actor,
+                email: `${context.actor}@users.noreply.github.com`,
+                date: new Date().toISOString()
+              }
+            });
 
             await github.rest.git.createRef({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               ref: ref,
-              sha: sha
+              sha: tagObject.data.sha
             });
 
             console.log(`Tag created: ${tag}`);
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Create Draft Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a06a81a03ee405af7f2048a818ed3f03bbf83c7b
+      - name: Create draft release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with: