From 3886e3029d52f10841386dda4a40d915b3d4271b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Titus Fortner <titus.fortner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:29:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [build] alert Slack when a CDP update lands on trunk

---
 .github/workflows/release-ready.yml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-ready.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml b/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba2815e35d966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Release Ready Alert
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    paths:
+      - 'common/devtools/**'
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    name: Notify Release Ready
+    if: >
+      github.event.repository.fork == false &&
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'pinned-browser-updates' &&
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'with CDP')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Slack Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':rocket:'
+          SLACK_COLOR: good
+          SLACK_CHANNEL: selenium-tlc
+          SLACK_USERNAME: GitHub Workflows
+          SLACK_TITLE: Ready for Release
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "CDP was updated in #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}. Selenium is ready for the next release."
+          MSG_MINIMAL: actions url
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}

From 65df4cbdd0cf5fc709e2e486a05402e09875b980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Titus Fortner <titus.fortner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:46:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [build] ask in the release alert whether anything needs
 to land first

---
 .github/workflows/release-ready.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml b/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml
index ba2815e35d966..9978b584e93fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ready.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_CHANNEL: selenium-tlc
           SLACK_USERNAME: GitHub Workflows
           SLACK_TITLE: Ready for Release
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: "CDP was updated in #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}. Selenium is ready for the next release."
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "CDP was updated in #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}. Selenium is ready for the next release. Anything that needs to land before it goes out?"
           MSG_MINIMAL: actions url
           SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}