## Problem
PR #309 added `main`, `types`, and `exports` fields to package.json for library usage,
but v2.18.9 was published without these fields. The publish scripts (both local and CI/CD)
use package.runtime.json as the base and didn't copy these critical fields.
Result: npm package broke library usage for multi-tenant backends.
## Root Cause
Both scripts/publish-npm.sh and .github/workflows/release.yml:
- Copy package.runtime.json as base package.json
- Add metadata fields (name, bin, repository, etc.)
- Missing: main, types, exports fields
## Changes
### 1. scripts/publish-npm.sh
- Added main, types, exports fields to package.json generation
- Removed test suite execution (already runs in CI)
### 2. .github/workflows/release.yml
- Added main, types, exports fields to CI publish step
### 3. Version bump
- Bumped to v2.18.10 to republish with correct fields
## Verification
✅ Local publish preparation tested
✅ Generated package.json has all required fields:
- main: "dist/index.js"
- types: "dist/index.d.ts"
- exports: { "." : { types, require, import } }
✅ TypeScript compilation passes
✅ All library export paths validated
## Impact
- Fixes library usage for multi-tenant deployments
- Enables downstream n8n-mcp-backend project
- Maintains backward compatibility (CLI/Docker unchanged)
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This commit fixes the critical release pipeline failures that have
blocked 19 out of 20 recent npm package releases.
## Root Cause Analysis
The release workflow was failing with exit code 139 (segmentation fault)
during the "npm run rebuild" step. The rebuild process loads 400+ n8n
nodes with full metadata into memory, causing memory exhaustion and
crashes on GitHub Actions runners.
## Changes Made
### 1. NPM Registry Version Validation
- Added version validation against npm registry before release
- Prevents attempting to publish already-published versions
- Ensures new version is greater than current npm version
- Provides early failure with clear error messages
### 2. Database Rebuild Removal
- Removed `npm run rebuild` from both build-and-verify and publish-npm jobs
- Database file (data/nodes.db) is already built during development and committed
- Added verification step to ensure database exists before proceeding
- Saves 2-3 minutes per release and eliminates segfault risk
### 3. Redundant Test Removal
- Removed `npm test` from build-and-verify job
- Tests already pass in PR before merge (GitHub branch protection)
- Same commit gets released - no code changes between PR and release
- Saves 6-7 minutes per release
- Kept `npm run typecheck` for fast syntax validation
### 4. Job Renaming and Dependencies
- Renamed `build-and-test` → `build-and-verify` (reflects actual purpose)
- Updated all job dependencies to reference new job name
- Workflow now aligns with `publish-npm-quick.sh` philosophy
## Performance Impact
- **Time savings**: ~8-10 minutes per release
- Database rebuild: 2-3 minutes saved
- Redundant tests: 6-7 minutes saved
- **Reliability**: 19/20 failures → 0% expected failure rate
- **Safety**: All safeguards maintained via PR testing and typecheck
## Benefits
✅ No more segmentation faults (exit code 139)
✅ No duplicate version publishes (npm registry check)
✅ Faster releases (8-10 minutes saved)
✅ Simpler, more maintainable pipeline
✅ Tests run once (in PR), deploy many times
✅ Database verified but not rebuilt
## Version Bump
Bumped version from 2.17.5 → 2.17.6 to trigger release workflow
and validate the new npm registry version check.
Fixes: Release automation blocked by CI/CD failures (19/20 releases)
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- GitHub Actions doesn't support both 'paths' and 'paths-ignore' in the same trigger
- This was causing the release workflow to fail on startup
- Keeping only the 'paths' filter for package.json changes
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- Add comprehensive paths-ignore to all workflows to skip runs when only docs are changed
- Standardize pattern ordering across all workflow files
- Fix redundant path configuration in benchmark-pr.yml
- Add support for more documentation file types (*.txt, examples/**, .gitignore, etc.)
- Ensure LICENSE* pattern covers all license file variants
This optimization saves CI/CD minutes and reduces costs by avoiding unnecessary
test runs, Docker builds, and benchmarks for documentation-only commits.
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- Fix GitHub Actions expression in shell script by using env variable
- Prevents YAML parsing error on line 452
- Ensures workflow can execute properly
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- Fix multiline commit message syntax that was breaking YAML parsing
- Add missing GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable for gh CLI commands
- Simplify commit message to avoid YAML parsing issues
The workflow was failing due to unescaped multiline string in git commit command.
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- Add release.yml GitHub workflow for automated npm releases
- Add prepare-release.js script for version bumping and changelog
- Add extract-changelog.js for release notes extraction
- Add test-release-automation.js for testing the workflow
- Add documentation for automated releases
This enables automatic npm publishing when tags are pushed,
fixing the issue where releases were created but npm packages
were not published.
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