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Summary

• Adds release-staging.yml — a standalone workflow_dispatch pipeline that builds staging desktop artifacts from the staging branch
• Same build matrix as production release (macOS arm64/x64, Linux x86_64, Windows x86_64) but hardcoded to staging environment
• Debug profile builds, uploads as workflow artifacts only

What's different from release.yml staging path

• Runs from staging branch instead of main
• No version bump, no git tag, no GitHub Release
• No Apple code signing / notarization
• No Sentry debug symbol uploads
• No Docker image build/push
• No auto-updater manifest (latest.json)
• Minimal permissions (contents: read, packages: read)

Test plan

• Trigger workflow manually from staging branch in GitHub Actions
• Verify it rejects runs from non-staging branches
• Verify all 4 platform builds complete and upload artifacts

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A new GitHub Actions workflow for staging releases was introduced that executes on the staging branch. It reads the app version, captures the commit SHA, and builds Tauri applications for macOS, Linux, and Windows with platform-specific configurations. The workflow sets up toolchains, manages caches for dependencies, generates a Tauri configuration override, builds a sidecar binary, and uploads generated artifacts.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Staging Release Workflow .github/workflows/release-staging.yml	New workflow file establishing a multi-platform CI/CD pipeline for staging builds. Includes version/SHA extraction, matrix builds for macOS (arm64/x64), Linux, and Windows with caching strategies for Cargo, CEF distributions, and JS dependencies. Builds sidecar binary, generates Tauri config override, and uploads desktop bundles and standalone core binaries.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 4 (Complex) | ⏱️ ~45 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• fix(windows): fix install script and add Windows build workflow #281: Modifies GitHub Actions workflows for building and staging the Rust "core" sidecar binary across multiple platforms.
• Build staging desktop artifacts in debug profile #1044: Alters GitHub Actions release workflows to configure staging builds with debug profiles and manage artifact discovery with platform awareness.

Poem

🐰 Hop along the staging branch so green,
Where workflows dance and CI dreams are seen,
Matrix builds for Mac and Linux too,
Windows joins the party—Windows blue!
Artifacts ascend to clouds so high,
Release stage complete—let bundles fly! 🚀

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title clearly and specifically describes the main change: adding a dedicated staging release workflow. The title is concise, directly related to the primary modification in the changeset, and would be immediately clear to someone reviewing the commit history.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.

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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests

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