LDEV-6677 1.0.0.0-BETA, publish to Maven Central and GitHub releases

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [setup, build-and-test]
-    # deploy only from pushes to the default branch, never for pull requests
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && needs.build-and-test.result == 'success'
+    # deploy only from pushes (or manual runs) on the default branch after the tests passed, never for pull requests or other branches
+    if: needs.build-and-test.result == 'success' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch') && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -175,19 +175,99 @@ jobs:
           echo "$GPG_PRIVATE_KEY" | base64 --decode | gpg --batch --import
         env:
           GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Install Maven 3.9.16
+        # ubuntu-latest moved to Maven 3.10.0 (Oct 2026), which stages maven-metadata-local.xml
+        # in the deploy bundle; Central then rejects it
+        # ("Bundle has content that does NOT have a .pom file"). Pin 3.9.16 for the deploy.
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/maven.tar.gz https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.9.16/binaries/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz
+          echo "831a8591fe20c8243b1dbe7d71e3244f31d1665b0804b2e825e38cbbe5ce0cafb8338851f90780735568773e0a6cd07bbec107cda0b896b008b861075358b6f6  /tmp/maven.tar.gz" | sha512sum -c -
+          tar -xzf /tmp/maven.tar.gz -C /tmp
+          echo "/tmp/apache-maven-3.9.16/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          /tmp/apache-maven-3.9.16/bin/mvn -v
+
       - name: Build and Deploy with Maven
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
           GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
-            echo "------- Maven Deploy snapshot on ${{ github.event_name }} -------";
+          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::error::no version from the setup job"; exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ "$VERSION" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+            echo "------- Maven Deploy snapshot $VERSION -------"
             mvn -B -e -f pom.xml clean deploy -Dgoal=deploy --settings maven-settings.xml
-          elif [[ "${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}" == *-ALPHA ]]; then
-            echo "------- Maven Install alpha on ${{ github.event_name }} -------";
+          elif [[ "$VERSION" == *-ALPHA ]]; then
+            echo "------- Maven Install alpha $VERSION (ALPHA builds are not published) -------"
             mvn -B -e -f pom.xml clean install -Dgoal=install --settings maven-settings.xml
           else
-            echo "------- Maven Deploy release on ${{ github.event_name }} -------";
+            # final, BETA and RC builds go to Maven Central
+            echo "------- Maven Deploy release $VERSION -------"
             mvn -B -e -f pom.xml clean deploy -Dgoal=deploy -DperformRelease=true --settings maven-settings.xml
-          fi
+          fi
+
+      # LDEV-6677: the published .lex files (full and lite) for the github-release job
+      - name: Upload artifact for GitHub release
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: http-release
+          path: target/*.lex
+
+  # LDEV-6677: publish every final, BETA and RC build as a GitHub release with its .lex files attached,
+  # like the other extensions (LDEV-6511). -SNAPSHOT and ALPHA builds are not published, so they get no GitHub release.
+  # Separate job, so a failure here never blocks the Maven Central deploy.
+  github-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    needs: [setup, deploy]
+    if: >-
+      needs.deploy.result == 'success'
+      && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
+      && github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch)
+      && !endsWith(needs.setup.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT')
+      && !endsWith(needs.setup.outputs.version, '-ALPHA')
+    permissions:
+      # create the release (and its tag) and upload its assets
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      # the files the deploy job built and published
+      - name: Download published extension
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: http-release
+          path: release-files
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}
+          RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mapfile -t FILES < <(find release-files -type f \( -name "*-${VERSION}.lex" -o -name "*-${VERSION}.lite.lex" \) | sort)
+          if [ "${#FILES[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::no .lex files for $VERSION found"; find release-files -type f; exit 1
+          fi
+          printf 'Asset: %s\n' "${FILES[@]}"
+
+          # the release tag is the exact published version (e.g. 1.0.0.0-BETA), created on this commit
+          # if it does not exist yet. BETA/RC are pre-releases and never "latest".
+          if [[ "$VERSION" == *-* ]]; then
+            PRE=(--prerelease --latest=false)
+          else
+            PRE=(--latest)
+          fi
+
+          if gh release view "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Release $VERSION already exists - uploading assets again"
+            gh release upload "$VERSION" "${FILES[@]}" --clobber
+          else
+            echo "Creating release $VERSION ${PRE[*]} on $GITHUB_SHA"
+            gh release create "$VERSION" "${FILES[@]}" "${PRE[@]}" --target "$GITHUB_SHA" \
+              --title "$VERSION" \
+              --notes "Build $VERSION from commit $GITHUB_SHA, published by $RUN_URL"
+          fi

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.0.0-BETA
+
+- [LDEV-6677](https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-6677) — first BETA, published to Maven Central and as a GitHub pre-release with the .lex files, tested with the Lucee 9 versions from `LUCEE_TEST_VERSIONS_9`
+
 ## 1.0.0.0-ALPHA
 
 - [LDEV-6677](https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-6677) — initial version, the HTTP engine based on Apache HttpClient 5, registered with the manifest attribute `http-engine`

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.lucee</groupId>
     <artifactId>http-extension</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0.0-ALPHA</version>
+    <version>1.0.0.0-BETA</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>HTTP</name>