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fix: use versioned npm tag for non-main branch releases #1236

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fix: use versioned npm tag for non-main branch releases
pcarleton Dec 4, 2025
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fix: use release-X.Y tag format to avoid semver range conflict
pcarleton Dec 4, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/publish-npm-tag-for-patches
felixweinberger Dec 4, 2025
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/main.yml
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Expand Up @@ -67,8 +67,19 @@ jobs:
id: npm-tag
run: |
VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
# Check if this is a beta release
if [[ "$VERSION" == *"-beta"* ]]; then
echo "tag=--tag beta" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
# Check if this release is from a non-main branch (patch/maintenance release)
elif [[ "${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}" != "main" ]]; then
# Use "release-X.Y" as tag for old branch releases (e.g., "release-1.23" for 1.23.x)
# npm tags are mutable pointers to versions (like "latest" pointing to 1.24.3).
# Using "release-1.23" means users can `npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@release-1.23`
# to get the latest patch on that minor version, and the tag updates if we
# release 1.23.2, 1.23.3, etc.
# Note: Can't use "v1.23" because npm rejects tags that look like semver ranges.
MAJOR_MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1,2)
echo "tag=--tag release-${MAJOR_MINOR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
else
echo "tag=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
fi
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