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docs(planning): record v1.5.1 shipped, and diagnose the deploy trigger - #147

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Two things: the v1.5.1 release record, and a CI finding that is worth more than the release itself.

v1.5.1 — verified from SVN

Tag v1.5.1 on 9caa65d. Checked against SVN rather than the wp.org API's lagging version field:

  • trunk Stable tag reads 1.5.1
  • tags/1.5.1/ exists and carries the actual code — the reserved-slot min-width: 24px, the #72aee6 ring, aria-describedby, isChildRoleLockedByParent, the norm_skip fold — not merely the right version string (the v1.4.0 lesson)
  • assets/ intact: 2 banners, 2 icons, 6 screenshots

The deploy trigger is dead by construction

STATE.md has carried "the SVN deploy is not automatic — plan the step in" as a standing lesson for four consecutive releases, framed as something to remember.

It is not a discipline problem. wp-deploy.yml declares:

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

That path has fired zero times in six releases. Every deploy in the repo's history is workflow_dispatch.

Cause confirmed in source, not inferred: release.yml:36 publishes the Release with softprops/action-gh-release@v3 and no token: input, so it authenticates as the default GITHUB_TOKEN — and GitHub does not create workflow runs from GITHUB_TOKEN-generated events. The trigger cannot fire.

Worth fixing rather than remembering because the failure is quiet in the worst way: the tag lands, the Release publishes with its ZIP, CI is green, and every visible signal says shipped while users still have the previous version.

The todo recommends having release.yml invoke the deploy directly over adding a PAT — a PAT defeats a loop-guard that exists for good reasons, which is a real security tradeoff for a convenience win. It also says not to delete the manual step in the same change that adds the automation, since only a real release can prove the fix.

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Planning docs only.

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v1.5.1 verified FROM SVN rather than the wp.org API: trunk Stable tag 1.5.1,
tags/1.5.1/ present and carrying the actual 1.5.1 CODE (reserved-slot min-width,
the #72aee6 ring, aria-describedby, isChildRoleLockedByParent, the norm_skip
fold) rather than merely the right version string, assets/ intact.

The more useful finding is the second one.

STATE.md has carried "the SVN deploy is not automatic — plan the step in" as a
standing lesson for FOUR consecutive releases, framed as something to remember.
It is not a discipline problem. wp-deploy.yml declares `release: types:
[published]`, and that path has fired zero times in six releases — every deploy
in the repo's history is workflow_dispatch.

Cause confirmed in source, not inferred: release.yml:36 publishes the Release
with softprops/action-gh-release@v3 and no `token:` input, so it authenticates as
GITHUB_TOKEN — and GitHub does not create workflow runs from GITHUB_TOKEN-
generated events. The trigger cannot fire. The lesson was scar tissue over a
workflow that declares automation it is structurally unable to perform.

Worth fixing rather than remembering because the failure is quiet in the worst
way: tag lands, Release publishes with its ZIP, CI is green, and every visible
signal says shipped while users still have the previous version.

Todo recommends having release.yml invoke the deploy directly over adding a PAT —
the PAT defeats a loop-guard that exists for good reasons, which is a real
security tradeoff for a convenience win. It also says not to delete the manual
step in the same change that adds the automation, since only a real release can
prove the fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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