chore: sync .mokogitea/workflows/pr-check.yml from moko-platform [skip ci]

chore: cascade main → dev [skip ci]

.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml

@@ -26,13 +26,20 @@
 name: "Universal: Build & Release"
 
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, closed]
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - 'src/**'
-      - 'htdocs/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      action:
+        description: 'Action to perform'
+        required: false
+        type: choice
+        default: release
+        options:
+          - release
+          - promote-rc
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
@@ -44,28 +51,112 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  # ── PR Opened → Rename branch to RC and build RC release ─────────────────────
-    name: Build & Release Pipeline
+  promote-rc:
+    name: Promote to RC
     runs-on: release
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    if: >-
+      (github.event.action == 'opened' && github.event.pull_request.merged != true) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.action == 'promote-rc')
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: Setup moko-platform tools
         env:
-          MOKO_CLONE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
+          MOKO_CLONE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
           MOKO_CLONE_HOST: git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting
-          COMPOSER_AUTH: '{"github-oauth":{"github.com":"${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}"}}'
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v composer &> /dev/null; then
+            sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-curl composer >/dev/null 2>&1
+          fi
+          # Always fetch latest CLI tools — never use stale cache from previous runs
+          rm -rf /tmp/moko-platform-api
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch main --quiet \
+            "https://x-access-token:${MOKO_CLONE_TOKEN}@${MOKO_CLONE_HOST}/moko-platform.git" \
+            /tmp/moko-platform-api
+          cd /tmp/moko-platform-api
+          composer install --no-dev --no-interaction --quiet
+
+      - name: Rename branch to rc
+        run: |
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/branch_rename.php \
+            --from "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || 'dev' }}" --to rc \
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
+            --api-base "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}" \
+            --pr "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
+
+      - name: Checkout rc and configure git
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin rc
+          git checkout rc
+          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
+          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+
+      - name: Publish RC release
+        run: |
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_publish.php \
+            --path . --stability rc --bump minor --branch rc \
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
+            --skip-update-stream
+
+      - name: Summary
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "## Promoted to Release Candidate" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Branch renamed to rc, minor bump, RC release built (updates.xml managed by Gitea Pages)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+  # ── Merged PR → Build & Release (or promote RC to stable) ────────────────────
+  release:
+    name: Build & Release Pipeline
+    runs-on: release
+    if: >-
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true ||
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.action != 'promote-rc')
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Configure git for bot pushes
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
+          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+
+      - name: Check for merge conflict markers
+        run: |
+          CONFLICTS=$(grep -rn '<<<<<<< \|>>>>>>> \|^=======$' --include='*.php' --include='*.xml' --include='*.css' --include='*.js' --include='*.json' --include='*.md' --include='*.yml' --include='*.yaml' --include='*.ini' --include='*.txt' . 2>/dev/null | grep -v '.git/' || true)
+          if [ -n "$CONFLICTS" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Merge conflict markers found — aborting release"
+            echo "## Release Blocked: Conflict Markers" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "$CONFLICTS" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "No conflict markers found"
+
+      - name: Setup moko-platform tools
+        env:
+          MOKO_CLONE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
+          MOKO_CLONE_HOST: git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting
+          COMPOSER_AUTH: '{"github-oauth":{"github.com":"${{ secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN }}"}}'
         run: |
           # Ensure PHP + Composer are available
           if ! command -v composer &> /dev/null; then
             sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-curl composer >/dev/null 2>&1
           fi
+          # Always fetch latest CLI tools — never use stale cache from previous runs
+          rm -rf /tmp/moko-platform-api
           git clone --depth 1 --branch main --quiet \
             "https://x-access-token:${MOKO_CLONE_TOKEN}@${MOKO_CLONE_HOST}/moko-platform.git" \
             /tmp/moko-platform-api
@@ -73,633 +164,59 @@ jobs:
           composer install --no-dev --no-interaction --quiet
 
 
-      # -- PLATFORM DETECTION ---------------------------------------------------
+      - name: "Publish stable release"
-      - name: Detect platform
-        id: platform
         run: |
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/manifest_read.php --path . --github-output
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_publish.php \
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+            --path . --stability stable --bump minor --branch main \
-          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \
-          echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            --skip-update-stream
-          echo "mod_file=${MOD_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: "Step 1: Read version"
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_read.php --path .)
-          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No VERSION in README.md"
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "release_tag=v${MAJOR}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "skip=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "branch=version/${MAJOR}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: "Step 1b: Bump version"
-        id: bump
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          MOKO_API="/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli"
-          BUMP=$(php ${MOKO_API}/version_bump.php --path . --minor)
-          VERSION=$(echo "$BUMP" | grep -oP '\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}$' || true)
-          [ -z "$VERSION" ] && VERSION=$(php ${MOKO_API}/version_read.php --path .)
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Bumped to: ${VERSION}"
-
-      - name: Check if already released
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
-
-          TAG_EXISTS=false
-          BRANCH_EXISTS=false
-
-          git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1 && TAG_EXISTS=true
-          git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$BRANCH" && BRANCH_EXISTS=true
-
-          echo "tag_exists=$TAG_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "branch_exists=$BRANCH_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-          # Tag and branch may persist across patch releases — never skip
-          echo "already_released=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      # -- SANITY CHECKS -------------------------------------------------------
-      - name: "Sanity: Pre-release validation"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          ERRORS=0
-
-          PLATFORM="${{ steps.platform.outputs.platform }}"
-          MANIFEST="${{ steps.platform.outputs.manifest }}"
-          MOD_FILE="${{ steps.platform.outputs.mod_file }}"
-          echo "## Pre-Release Sanity Checks (${PLATFORM})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-          # -- Version drift check (must pass before release) --------
-          README_VER=$(sed -n 's/.*VERSION:[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' README.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          if [ "$README_VER" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-            echo "- Version drift: README says \`${README_VER}\` but releasing \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-            ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-          else
-            echo "- Version consistent: \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-          # Check CHANGELOG version matches
-          CL_VER=$(sed -n 's/.*VERSION:[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' CHANGELOG.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          if [ -n "$CL_VER" ] && [ "$CL_VER" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-            echo "- CHANGELOG drift: \`${CL_VER}\` != \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-            ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-          fi
-
-          # Check composer.json version if present
-          if [ -f "composer.json" ]; then
-            COMP_VER=$(sed -n 's/.*"version"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' composer.json 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-            if [ -n "$COMP_VER" ] && [ "$COMP_VER" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-              echo "- composer.json drift: \`${COMP_VER}\` != \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-              ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          # Common checks
-          if [ ! -f "LICENSE" ]; then
-            echo "- Missing LICENSE file" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-            ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-          else
-            echo "- LICENSE present" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-          if [ ! -d "src" ] && [ ! -d "htdocs" ]; then
-            echo "- Warning: No src/ or htdocs/ directory" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            echo "- Source directory present" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-          # -- Platform-specific checks --------
-          case "$PLATFORM" in
-            joomla)
-              if [ -n "$MANIFEST" ]; then
-                XML_VER=$(sed -n 's/.*<version>\([^<]*\)<\/version>.*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-                if [ -n "$XML_VER" ] && [ "$XML_VER" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-                  echo "- Manifest drift: \`${XML_VER}\` != \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                  ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-                else
-                  echo "- Manifest version: \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                fi
-                TYPE=$(sed -n 's/.*<extension[^>]*type="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null)
-                echo "- Extension type: ${TYPE:-unknown}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-              else
-                echo "- No Joomla XML manifest (WaaS site)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-              fi ;;
-            dolibarr)
-              if [ -n "$MOD_FILE" ]; then
-                MOD_VER=$(sed -n "s/.*\\\$this->version = '\([^']*\)'.*/\1/p" "$MOD_FILE" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-                if [ -n "$MOD_VER" ] && [ "$MOD_VER" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-                  echo "- Module drift: \`${MOD_VER}\` != \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                  ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-                else
-                  echo "- Module version: \`${VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                fi
-              else
-                echo "- No mod*.class.php found" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-              fi
-              if [ ! -f "update.txt" ]; then
-                echo "- Missing update.txt" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-                ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
-              fi ;;
-            *) echo "- Generic platform � no manifest checks" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY ;;
-          esac
-
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          if [ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ]; then
-            echo "**${ERRORS} error(s) — release may be incomplete**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            echo "**All sanity checks passed**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-      # -- STEP 2: Create or update version/XX.YY archive branch ---------------
-      # Always runs — every version change on main archives to version/XX.YY
-      - name: "Step 2: Version archive branch"
-        if: steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
-          IS_MINOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.is_minor }}"
-          PATCH="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          PATCH_NUM=$(echo "$PATCH" | awk -F. '{print $3}')
-
-          # Check if branch exists
-          if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" | grep -q "$BRANCH"; then
-            git push origin HEAD:"$BRANCH" --force
-            echo "Updated archive branch: ${BRANCH} (patch ${PATCH_NUM})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            git checkout -b "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || git checkout "$BRANCH"
-            git push origin "$BRANCH" --force
-            echo "Created archive branch: ${BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-
-      # -- STEP 3: Set platform version ----------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 3: Set platform version"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_set_platform.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --branch main
-
-      # -- STEP 4: Update version badges ----------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 4: Update version badges"
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/badge_update.php --path . --version "${VERSION}" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: "Step 5: Write update stream"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/updates_xml_build.php \
-            --path . --version "${VERSION}" --stability stable \
-            --gitea-url "${GITEA_URL}" --org "${GITEA_ORG}" --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" \
-            --github-output
-
-      - name: Commit release changes
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.already_released != 'true'
-        run: |
-          if git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes to commit"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
-          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
-          # Set push URL with token for branch-protected repos
-          git remote set-url origin "https://jmiller:${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
-          git add -A
-          git commit -m "chore(release): build ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
-            --author="gitea-actions[bot] <gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech>"
-          git push -u origin HEAD
-
-      # -- STEP 6: Create tag ---------------------------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 6: Create git tag"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.check.outputs.tag_exists != 'true' &&
-          steps.version.outputs.is_minor == 'true'
-        run: |
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          # Only create the major release tag if it doesn't exist yet
-          if ! git rev-parse "$RELEASE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            git tag "$RELEASE_TAG"
-            git push origin "$RELEASE_TAG"
-            echo "Tag created: ${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            echo "Tag ${RELEASE_TAG} already exists" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-          echo "Tag: ${TAG}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 7: Create or update Gitea Release --------------------------------
-      - name: "Step 7: Gitea Release"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
-          MAJOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.major }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-
-          # Reuse metadata from Step 5 (single source of truth)
-          EXT_ELEMENT="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_element }}"
-          EXT_NAME="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_name }}"
-          EXT_TYPE="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_type }}"
-          EXT_FOLDER="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_folder }}"
-
-          # Fallbacks if Step 5 was skipped
-          if [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ]; then
-            EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
-          fi
-          [ -z "$EXT_NAME" ] && EXT_NAME="${GITEA_REPO}"
-
-          NOTES=$(php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_notes.php --path . --version "$VERSION" 2>/dev/null)
-          [ -z "$NOTES" ] && NOTES="Release ${VERSION}"
-
-          # Build release name: "Pretty Name VERSION (type_element-VERSION)"
-          TYPE_PREFIX=""
-          case "${EXT_TYPE}" in
-            plugin)    TYPE_PREFIX="plg_${EXT_FOLDER}_" ;;
-            module)    TYPE_PREFIX="mod_" ;;
-            component) TYPE_PREFIX="com_" ;;
-            template)  TYPE_PREFIX="tpl_" ;;
-            library)   TYPE_PREFIX="lib_" ;;
-            package)   TYPE_PREFIX="pkg_" ;;
-          esac
-          RELEASE_NAME="${EXT_NAME} ${VERSION} (${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION})"
-
-          # Delete existing release if present (overwrite, not append)
-          EXISTING=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          EXISTING_ID=$(echo "$EXISTING" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
-
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_ID" ]; then
-            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-              "${API_BASE}/releases/${EXISTING_ID}" 2>/dev/null || true
-            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-              "${API_BASE}/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true
-            echo "Deleted previous stable release (id: ${EXISTING_ID})"
-          fi
-
-          # Create fresh release
-          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases" \
-            -d "$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.dumps({
-              'tag_name': '${RELEASE_TAG}',
-              'name': '${RELEASE_NAME}',
-              'body': '''## ${VERSION} ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))\n${NOTES}''',
-              'target_commitish': '${BRANCH}'
-            }))")"
-          echo "Release created: ${RELEASE_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 8: Build Joomla install ZIP + SHA-256 checksum ------------------
-      - name: "Step 8: Build package and update checksum"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-
-          # All ZIPs upload to the major release tag (vXX)
-          RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
-            echo "No release ${RELEASE_TAG} found — skipping ZIP upload"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Find extension element name from manifest
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.xml" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
-          [ -z "$MANIFEST" ] && exit 0
-
-          # Reuse element from Step 5, with same fallback chain
-          EXT_ELEMENT="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_element }}"
-          if [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ]; then
-            EXT_ELEMENT=$(sed -n 's/.*<element>\([^<]*\)<\/element>.*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-            [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ] && EXT_ELEMENT=$(sed -n 's/.*plugin="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-            [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ] && EXT_ELEMENT=$(basename "$MANIFEST" .xml | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-            [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ] && EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
-          fi
-          # ZIP name: type_folder_element-VERSION (e.g. plg_system_mokojgdpc-01.01.00.zip)
-          EXT_TYPE=$(sed -n 's/.*<extension[^>]*type="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" | head -1)
-          EXT_FOLDER=$(sed -n 's/.*<extension[^>]*group="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" | head -1)
-          TYPE_PREFIX=""
-          case "${EXT_TYPE}" in
-            plugin)    TYPE_PREFIX="plg_${EXT_FOLDER}_" ;;
-            module)    TYPE_PREFIX="mod_" ;;
-            component) TYPE_PREFIX="com_" ;;
-            template)  TYPE_PREFIX="tpl_" ;;
-            library)   TYPE_PREFIX="lib_" ;;
-            package)   TYPE_PREFIX="pkg_" ;;
-          esac
-          ZIP_NAME="${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.zip"
-          TAR_NAME="${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-          # -- Build install packages from src/ ----------------------------
-          SOURCE_DIR="src"
-          [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ] && SOURCE_DIR="htdocs"
-          [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ] && { echo "No src/ or htdocs/"; exit 0; }
-
-          # ZIP package (type-aware via moko-platform PHP API)
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/joomla_build.php             --path . --version "${VERSION}" --output /tmp
-          # Match the expected ZIP_NAME for upload
-          BUILT_ZIP=$(ls /tmp/${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.zip 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
-          if [ -n "$BUILT_ZIP" ] && [ "$BUILT_ZIP" != "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" ]; then
-            mv "$BUILT_ZIP" "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}"
-          fi
-
-          # tar.gz package (flat source archive)
-          tar -czf "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" -C "$SOURCE_DIR"             --exclude='.ftpignore' --exclude='sftp-config*'             --exclude='*.ppk' --exclude='*.pem' --exclude='*.key' --exclude='.env*' .
-
-          ZIP_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || stat -f%z "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
-          TAR_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || stat -f%z "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
-
-          # -- Calculate SHA-256 for both ----------------------------------
-          SHA256_ZIP=$(sha256sum "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-          SHA256_TAR=$(sha256sum "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-
-          # -- Delete existing assets with same name before uploading ------
-          ASSETS=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets" 2>/dev/null || echo "[]")
-          for ASSET_NAME in "$ZIP_NAME" "$TAR_NAME"; do
-            ASSET_ID=$(echo "$ASSETS" | python3 -c "
-          import sys,json
-          assets = json.load(sys.stdin)
-          for a in assets:
-              if a['name'] == '${ASSET_NAME}':
-                  print(a['id']); break
-          " 2>/dev/null || true)
-            if [ -n "$ASSET_ID" ]; then
-              curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-                "${API_BASE}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets/${ASSET_ID}" 2>/dev/null || true
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # -- Upload both to release tag ----------------------------------
-          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            --data-binary @"/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${ZIP_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            --data-binary @"/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${TAR_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-          # -- Update updates.xml with both download formats ---------------
-          if [ -f "updates.xml" ]; then
-            ZIP_URL="${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/download/${RELEASE_TAG}/${ZIP_NAME}"
-            TAR_URL="${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/download/${RELEASE_TAG}/${TAR_NAME}"
-
-            # Use Python to update only the stable entry's downloads + sha256
-            export PY_ZIP_URL="$ZIP_URL" PY_TAR_URL="$TAR_URL" PY_SHA="$SHA256_ZIP"
-            python3 << 'PYEOF'
-          import re, os
-
-          with open("updates.xml") as f:
-              content = f.read()
-
-          zip_url = os.environ["PY_ZIP_URL"]
-          tar_url = os.environ["PY_TAR_URL"]
-          sha = os.environ["PY_SHA"]
-
-          # Find the stable update block and replace its downloads + sha256
-          def replace_stable(m):
-              block = m.group(0)
-              # Replace downloads block
-              new_downloads = (
-                  "    <downloads>\n"
-                  f"      <downloadurl type=\"full\" format=\"zip\">{zip_url}</downloadurl>\n"
-                  "    </downloads>"
-              )
-              block = re.sub(r'    <downloads>.*?</downloads>', new_downloads, block, flags=re.DOTALL)
-              # Add or replace sha256
-              if '<sha256>' in block:
-                  block = re.sub(r'    <sha256>.*?</sha256>', f'    <sha256>{sha}</sha256>', block)
-              else:
-                  block = block.replace('</downloads>', f'</downloads>\n    <sha256>{sha}</sha256>')
-              return block
-
-          content = re.sub(
-              r'  <update>.*?<tag>stable</tag>.*?</update>',
-              replace_stable,
-              content,
-              flags=re.DOTALL
-          )
-
-          with open("updates.xml", "w") as f:
-              f.write(content)
-          PYEOF
-
-            CURRENT_BRANCH="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-            git add updates.xml
-            git commit -m "chore(release): ZIP + tar.gz for ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
-              --author="gitea-actions[bot] <gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech>" || true
-            git push || true
-
-            # Sync updates.xml to main via direct API (always runs — may be on version/XX branch)
-            GA_TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
-            API="${GITEA_URL:-https://git.mokoconsulting.tech}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}"
-
-            FILE_SHA=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/contents/updates.xml?ref=main" | jq -r '.sha // empty')
-
-            if [ -n "$FILE_SHA" ]; then
-              CONTENT=$(base64 -w0 updates.xml)
-              curl -sf -X PUT -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-                "${API}/contents/updates.xml" \
-                -d "$(jq -n \
-                  --arg content "$CONTENT" \
-                  --arg sha "$FILE_SHA" \
-                  --arg msg "chore: sync updates.xml ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
-                  --arg branch "main" \
-                  '{content: $content, sha: $sha, message: $msg, branch: $branch}'
-                )" > /dev/null 2>&1 \
-                && echo "updates.xml synced to main via API" \
-                || echo "WARNING: failed to sync updates.xml to main"
-            else
-              echo "WARNING: could not get updates.xml SHA from main"
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          echo "### Packages" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Package | Size | SHA-256 |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "|---------|------|---------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| \`${ZIP_NAME}\` | ${ZIP_SIZE} | \`${SHA256_ZIP}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| \`${TAR_NAME}\` | ${TAR_SIZE} | \`${SHA256_TAR}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Release | \`${RELEASE_TAG}\` | |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Download | [${ZIP_NAME}](${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/download/${RELEASE_TAG}/${ZIP_NAME}) |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      # -- STEP 8b: Update release description with changelog + SHA ----------------
-      - name: "Step 8b: Update release body with changelog and SHA"
-        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          EXT_ELEMENT="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_element }}"
-          EXT_TYPE="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_type }}"
-          EXT_FOLDER="${{ steps.updates.outputs.ext_folder }}"
-
-          # Build TYPE_PREFIX to match Step 8's ZIP naming
-          TYPE_PREFIX=""
-          case "${EXT_TYPE}" in
-            plugin)    TYPE_PREFIX="plg_${EXT_FOLDER}_" ;;
-            module)    TYPE_PREFIX="mod_" ;;
-            component) TYPE_PREFIX="com_" ;;
-            template)  TYPE_PREFIX="tpl_" ;;
-            library)   TYPE_PREFIX="lib_" ;;
-            package)   TYPE_PREFIX="pkg_" ;;
-          esac
-          ZIP_NAME="${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.zip"
-          TAR_NAME="${TYPE_PREFIX}${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-          # Get SHA from the built files
-          SHA256_ZIP=""
-          [ -f "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" ] && SHA256_ZIP=$(sha256sum "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-          SHA256_TAR=""
-          [ -f "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" ] && SHA256_TAR=$(sha256sum "/tmp/${TAR_NAME}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-
-          # Extract latest changelog entry (strip the ## header to avoid duplicate)
-          CHANGELOG=""
-          if [ -f "CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
-            CHANGELOG=$(sed -n "/^## \[*${VERSION}/,/^## \[*[0-9]/p" CHANGELOG.md | sed '$d' | sed '1d')
-            [ -z "$CHANGELOG" ] && CHANGELOG=$(sed -n '/^## /,/^## /p' CHANGELOG.md | sed '$d' | sed '1d' | head -30)
-          fi
-
-          # Build release body (single header, no duplicate from changelog)
-          BODY="## ${VERSION} ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))\n\n"
-          if [ -n "$CHANGELOG" ]; then
-            BODY="${BODY}${CHANGELOG}\n\n"
-          fi
-          BODY="${BODY}---\n\n### Checksums\n\n"
-          BODY="${BODY}| File | SHA-256 |\n|------|--------|\n"
-          [ -n "$SHA256_ZIP" ] && BODY="${BODY}| \`${ZIP_NAME}\` | \`${SHA256_ZIP}\` |\n"
-          [ -n "$SHA256_TAR" ] && BODY="${BODY}| \`${TAR_NAME}\` | \`${SHA256_TAR}\` |\n"
-
-          # Get release ID and update body
-          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/releases/tags/${RELEASE_TAG}" 2>/dev/null | \
-            python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
-
-          if [ -n "$RELEASE_ID" ] && [ "$RELEASE_ID" != "None" ]; then
-            python3 -c "
-          import json, urllib.request
-          body = '''$(printf '%b' "$BODY")'''
-          data = json.dumps({'body': body}).encode()
-          req = urllib.request.Request(
-              '${API_BASE}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}',
-              data=data,
-              headers={'Authorization': 'token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
-              method='PATCH'
-          )
-          urllib.request.urlopen(req)
-          " 2>/dev/null && echo "Release body updated with changelog + SHA" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
 
       # -- STEP 9: Mirror to GitHub (stable only) --------------------------------
       - name: "Step 9: Mirror release to GitHub"
         if: >-
           steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.version.outputs.stability == 'stable' &&
+          secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN != ''
-          secrets.GH_TOKEN != ''
         continue-on-error: true
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           RELEASE_TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}"
-          MAJOR="${{ steps.version.outputs.major }}"
-          BRANCH="${{ steps.version.outputs.branch }}"
           GH_REPO="${{ vars.GH_MIRROR_REPO || github.repository }}"
-
+          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          NOTES=$(php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_notes.php --path . --version "$VERSION" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_mirror.php \
-          [ -z "$NOTES" ] && NOTES="Release ${VERSION}"
+            --version "$VERSION" --tag "$RELEASE_TAG" \
-          echo "$NOTES" > /tmp/release_notes.md
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "$API_BASE" \
-
+            --gh-token "${{ secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN }}" --gh-repo "$GH_REPO" \
-          EXISTING=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" "${GITEA_URL:-https://git.mokoconsulting.tech}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/$RELEASE_TAG" 2>/dev/null | jq -r ".tag_name // empty" || true)
+            --branch main 2>&1 || true
-
+          echo "GitHub mirror updated" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          if [ -z "$EXISTING" ]; then
-            gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" \
-              --repo "$GH_REPO" \
-              --title "v${MAJOR} (latest: ${VERSION})" \
-              --notes-file /tmp/release_notes.md \
-              --target "$BRANCH" || true
-          else
-            gh release edit "$RELEASE_TAG" \
-              --repo "$GH_REPO" \
-              --title "v${MAJOR} (latest: ${VERSION})" || true
-          fi
-
-          # Upload assets to GitHub mirror
-          for PKG in /tmp/${EXT_ELEMENT:-pkg}-${VERSION}.*; do
-            if [ -f "$PKG" ]; then
-              _RELID=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" "${GITEA_URL:-https://git.mokoconsulting.tech}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/$RELEASE_TAG" 2>/dev/null | jq -r ".id // empty")
-              [ -n "$_RELID" ] && curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" "${GITEA_URL:-https://git.mokoconsulting.tech}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${_RELID}/assets?name=$(basename $PKG)" --data-binary "@$PKG" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "GitHub mirror updated: ${GH_REPO} ${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
       # -- STEP 10: Sync main branch to GitHub mirror ----------------------------
       - name: "Step 10: Push main to GitHub mirror"
         if: >-
           steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          secrets.GH_TOKEN != ''
+          secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           GH_REPO="${{ vars.GH_MIRROR_REPO || github.repository }}"
           GH_ORG=$(echo "$GH_REPO" | cut -d/ -f1)
           GH_NAME=$(echo "$GH_REPO" | cut -d/ -f2)
-          git remote add github "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GH_ORG}/${GH_NAME}.git" 2>/dev/null || \
+          git remote add github "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GH_ORG}/${GH_NAME}.git" 2>/dev/null || \
-            git remote set-url github "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GH_ORG}/${GH_NAME}.git"
+            git remote set-url github "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GH_MIRROR_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GH_ORG}/${GH_NAME}.git"
           git fetch origin main --depth=1
           git push github origin/main:refs/heads/main --force 2>/dev/null \
             && echo "main branch pushed to GitHub mirror" \
             || echo "WARNING: GitHub mirror push failed"
 
-      # -- Clean up lesser pre-releases (cascade) ---------------------------------
+      - name: "Step 11: Delete rc branch and recreate dev from main"
-      # stable → deletes all | rc → beta,alpha,dev | beta → alpha,dev | alpha → dev
-      - name: "Delete lesser pre-release channels"
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/release_cascade.php \
-            --stability stable \
-            --token "${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}" \
-            --org "${GITEA_ORG}" --repo "${GITEA_REPO}" \
-            --gitea-url "${GITEA_URL}" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: "Step 11: Delete and recreate dev branch from main"
         if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
+          TOKEN="${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
+
+          # Delete rc branch (ephemeral — created by promote-rc)
+          curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+            "${API_BASE}/branches/rc" 2>/dev/null \
+            && echo "Deleted rc branch" || echo "rc branch not found"
 
           # Delete dev branch
           curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
@@ -711,30 +228,37 @@ jobs:
             "${API_BASE}/branches" \
             -d '{"new_branch_name":"dev","old_branch_name":"main"}' 2>/dev/null && echo "Recreated dev from main"
 
-          echo "Dev branch reset from main (keeps dev ahead after release)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Pre-release branches cleaned, dev reset from main" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
-
+      - name: "Step 12: Create version branch from main"
-      # -- Dolibarr post-release: Reset dev version -----------------------------
+        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
-      - name: "Dolibarr: Reset dev version"
-        if: >-
-          steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' &&
-          steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'dolibarr' &&
-          steps.platform.outputs.mod_file != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
+          TOKEN="${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
-          MOD_FILE="${{ steps.platform.outputs.mod_file }}"
+          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version || steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          ENCODED_PATH=$(echo "$MOD_FILE" | sed 's|^\./||' | python3 -c "import sys,urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.stdin.read().strip()))")
+          BRANCH_NAME="version/${VERSION}"
-          FILE_RESP=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" "${API_BASE}/contents/${ENCODED_PATH}?ref=dev" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          MAIN_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          FILE_SHA=$(echo "$FILE_RESP" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('sha',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
-          FILE_CONTENT=$(echo "$FILE_RESP" | python3 -c "import sys,json,base64; print(base64.b64decode(json.load(sys.stdin).get('content','')).decode())" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          # Delete old version branch if it exists (same version re-release)
-          if [ -n "$FILE_SHA" ] && [ -n "$FILE_CONTENT" ]; then
+          curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}"             "${API_BASE}/branches/${BRANCH_NAME}" 2>/dev/null && echo "Deleted old ${BRANCH_NAME}"
-            UPDATED=$(echo "$FILE_CONTENT" | sed "s/\$this->version = '[^']*'/\$this->version = 'development'/")
+
-            ENCODED=$(echo "$UPDATED" | base64 -w0)
+          # Create version/XX.YY.ZZ from main
-            curl -sf -X PUT -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" "${API_BASE}/contents/${ENCODED_PATH}" \
+          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}"             -H "Content-Type: application/json"             "${API_BASE}/branches"             -d "{\"new_branch_name\":\"${BRANCH_NAME}\",\"old_branch_name\":\"main\"}" 2>/dev/null             && echo "Created ${BRANCH_NAME} from main (${MAIN_SHA})"             || echo "WARNING: ${BRANCH_NAME} creation failed"
-              -d "$(jq -n --arg content \"$ENCODED\" --arg sha \"$FILE_SHA\" --arg msg \"chore(version): reset dev version [skip ci]\" --arg branch \"dev\" '{content:$content,sha:$sha,message:$msg,branch:$branch}')" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
-          fi
+          echo "Version branch created: ${BRANCH_NAME} (${MAIN_SHA})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+
+
+      # -- Dolibarr post-release: Reset dev version -----------------------------
+      - name: "Post-release: Reset dev version"
+        if: steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/version_reset_dev.php \
+            --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" --api-base "${API_BASE}" \
+            --branch dev --path . 2>&1 || true
 
       # -- Summary --------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Pipeline Summary

.mokogitea/workflows/cascade-dev.yml

@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-#
-# FILE INFORMATION
-# DEFGROUP: Gitea.Workflow
-# INGROUP: MokoStandards.Maintenance
-# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/mokoconsulting-tech/MokoStandards-API
-# PATH: /templates/workflows/cascade-dev.yml.template
-# VERSION: 02.00.00
-# BRIEF: Forward-merge main → all open branches after every push to main
-#
-# +========================================================================+
-# |                CASCADE MAIN → ALL BRANCHES                             |
-# +========================================================================+
-# |                                                                        |
-# |  Triggers on every push to main (PR merges, bot commits, etc.)         |
-# |                                                                        |
-# |  1. List all branches matching: dev, rc/*, beta/*, alpha/*             |
-# |  2. For each: create PR (main → branch), auto-merge if clean           |
-# |  3. On conflict: leave PR open for manual resolution                   |
-# |                                                                        |
-# +========================================================================+
-
-name: "Universal: Cascade Main → Dev"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
-  GITEA_URL: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
-  GITEA_ORG: ${{ vars.GITEA_ORG || github.repository_owner }}
-  GITEA_REPO: ${{ vars.GITEA_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  cascade:
-    name: Cascade main → branches
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: >-
-      !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') &&
-      !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip cascade]')
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Discover target branches
-        id: branches
-        env:
-          GA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-
-          # Fetch all branches (paginated)
-          PAGE=1
-          ALL_BRANCHES=""
-          while true; do
-            BATCH=$(curl -sS \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/branches?page=${PAGE}&limit=50" \
-              | jq -r '.[].name // empty')
-            [ -z "$BATCH" ] && break
-            ALL_BRANCHES="$ALL_BRANCHES $BATCH"
-            PAGE=$((PAGE + 1))
-          done
-
-          # Filter to cascade targets: dev, dev/*, rc/*, beta/*, alpha/*
-          TARGETS=""
-          for BRANCH in $ALL_BRANCHES; do
-            case "$BRANCH" in
-              dev|dev/*|rc/*|beta/*|alpha/*)
-                TARGETS="$TARGETS $BRANCH"
-                ;;
-            esac
-          done
-
-          TARGETS=$(echo "$TARGETS" | xargs)  # trim whitespace
-
-          if [ -z "$TARGETS" ]; then
-            echo "targets=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "ℹ️  No cascade target branches found"
-          else
-            echo "targets=$TARGETS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            COUNT=$(echo "$TARGETS" | wc -w)
-            echo "📋 Found ${COUNT} target branch(es): ${TARGETS}"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Cascade to all target branches
-        if: steps.branches.outputs.targets != ''
-        env:
-          GA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          SHORT_SHA="${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}"
-          TARGETS="${{ steps.branches.outputs.targets }}"
-
-          SUCCESS=0
-          CONFLICTS=0
-          SKIPPED=0
-          FAILED=0
-
-          for BRANCH in $TARGETS; do
-            echo ""
-            echo "═══ main → ${BRANCH} ═══"
-
-            # Check if branch is already up to date
-            ENCODED_BRANCH=$(echo "$BRANCH" | sed 's|/|%2F|g')
-            RESPONSE=$(curl -sS \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/compare/${ENCODED_BRANCH}...main")
-
-            AHEAD=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq '.total_commits // 0')
-
-            if [ "$AHEAD" -eq 0 ]; then
-              echo "  ✅ Already up to date"
-              SKIPPED=$((SKIPPED + 1))
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            echo "  ℹ️  main is ${AHEAD} commit(s) ahead"
-
-            # Check for existing cascade PR
-            EXISTING=$(curl -sS \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/pulls?state=open&head=${GITEA_ORG}:main&base=${ENCODED_BRANCH}&limit=1")
-
-            EXISTING_COUNT=$(echo "$EXISTING" | jq 'length')
-            PR_NUMBER=""
-
-            if [ "$EXISTING_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
-              PR_NUMBER=$(echo "$EXISTING" | jq -r '.[0].number')
-              echo "  ℹ️  Reusing existing PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
-            else
-              # Create cascade PR
-              PR_RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -w "\n%{http_code}" \
-                -X POST \
-                -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-                -d "{
-                  \"title\": \"chore: cascade main → ${BRANCH} (${SHORT_SHA}) [skip ci]\",
-                  \"body\": \"## Automatic cascade\\n\\nForward-merging \`main\` (${SHORT_SHA}) into \`${BRANCH}\`.\\n\\nIf conflicts exist, resolve manually and merge.\\n\\n> Auto-created by **Cascade Main → Dev**.\",
-                  \"head\": \"main\",
-                  \"base\": \"${BRANCH}\"
-                }" \
-                "${API}/pulls")
-
-              HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$PR_RESPONSE" | tail -1)
-              BODY=$(echo "$PR_RESPONSE" | sed '$d')
-              PR_NUMBER=$(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.number // empty')
-
-              if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "201" ] || [ -z "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
-                MSG=$(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.message // .' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-                echo "  ❌ Failed to create PR (HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}): ${MSG}"
-                FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
-                continue
-              fi
-
-              echo "  ✅ Created PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
-            fi
-
-            # Try auto-merge
-            PR_DATA=$(curl -sS \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}")
-
-            MERGEABLE=$(echo "$PR_DATA" | jq -r '.mergeable // false')
-
-            if [ "$MERGEABLE" != "true" ]; then
-              echo "  ⚠️  Conflicts — PR #${PR_NUMBER} left open"
-              CONFLICTS=$((CONFLICTS + 1))
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            MERGE_RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -w "\n%{http_code}" \
-              -X POST \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{
-                \"Do\": \"merge\",
-                \"merge_message_field\": \"chore: cascade main → ${BRANCH} [skip ci]\",
-                \"delete_branch_after_merge\": false
-              }" \
-              "${API}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/merge")
-
-            MERGE_HTTP=$(echo "$MERGE_RESPONSE" | tail -1)
-
-            if [ "$MERGE_HTTP" = "200" ] || [ "$MERGE_HTTP" = "204" ]; then
-              echo "  ✅ Merged — ${BRANCH} is in sync"
-              SUCCESS=$((SUCCESS + 1))
-            else
-              MERGE_BODY=$(echo "$MERGE_RESPONSE" | sed '$d')
-              echo "  ⚠️  Merge failed (HTTP ${MERGE_HTTP}) — PR #${PR_NUMBER} left open"
-              CONFLICTS=$((CONFLICTS + 1))
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # Summary
-          echo ""
-          echo "════════════════════════════════════════"
-          echo "  ✅ Merged:    ${SUCCESS}"
-          echo "  ⚠️  Conflicts: ${CONFLICTS}"
-          echo "  ⏭️  Up to date: ${SKIPPED}"
-          echo "  ❌ Failed:    ${FAILED}"
-          echo "════════════════════════════════════════"
-
-          if [ "$FAILED" -gt 0 ]; then
-            exit 1
-          fi

.mokogitea/workflows/pr-check.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 # FILE INFORMATION
 # DEFGROUP: Gitea.Workflow
-# INGROUP: MokoStandards.CI
+# INGROUP: moko-platform.CI
-# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/mokoconsulting-tech/MokoStandards-API
+# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/mokoconsulting-tech/moko-platform
 # PATH: /templates/workflows/universal/pr-check.yml.template
-# VERSION: 05.00.00
+# VERSION: 09.23.00
 # BRIEF: PR gate — branch policy + code validation before merge
 
 name: "Universal: PR Check"
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@ jobs:
                 REASON="Fix branches must target 'dev', not '${BASE}'"
               fi
               ;;
+            patch/*)
+              if [ "$BASE" != "dev" ] && [ "$BASE" != "rc" ]; then
+                ALLOWED=false
+                REASON="Patch branches must target 'dev' or 'rc', not '${BASE}'"
+              fi
+              ;;
             hotfix/*)
               if [ "$BASE" != "dev" ] && [ "$BASE" != "main" ]; then
                 ALLOWED=false
                 REASON="Hotfix branches can only target 'dev' or 'main', not '${BASE}'"
               fi
               ;;
-            alpha/*|beta/*)
+            rc)
-              if [ "$BASE" != "dev" ]; then
-                ALLOWED=false
-                REASON="Pre-release branches must target 'dev', not '${BASE}'"
-              fi
-              ;;
-            rc/*)
               if [ "$BASE" != "main" ]; then
                 ALLOWED=false
-                REASON="Release candidate branches must target 'main', not '${BASE}'"
+                REASON="RC branch can only merge into 'main', not '${BASE}'"
               fi
               ;;
             dev)
@@ -105,11 +105,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Check for merge conflict markers
+        run: |
+          CONFLICTS=$(grep -rn '<<<<<<< \|>>>>>>> \|^=======$' --include='*.php' --include='*.xml' --include='*.css' --include='*.js' --include='*.json' --include='*.md' --include='*.yml' --include='*.yaml' --include='*.ini' --include='*.txt' . 2>/dev/null | grep -v '.git/' || true)
+          if [ -n "$CONFLICTS" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Merge conflict markers found in source files"
+            echo "## Conflict Markers Found" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "$CONFLICTS" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "No conflict markers found"
+
       - name: Detect platform
         id: platform
         run: |
-          # Parse manifest for platform detection
+          # Read platform from XML manifest (<platform> tag) or plain text fallback
-          PLATFORM=$(php /tmp/mokostandards-api/cli/manifest_read.php --path . --field platform 2>/dev/null)
+          PLATFORM=$(sed -n 's/.*<platform>\([^<]*\)<\/platform>.*/\1/p' .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM=$(cat .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]')
           [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM="generic"
           echo "platform=$PLATFORM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -133,6 +147,98 @@ jobs:
           echo "PHP lint: ${ERRORS} error(s)"
           [ "$ERRORS" -eq 0 ] || { echo "::error::PHP syntax errors found"; exit 1; }
 
+      - name: Joomla JEXEC guard check
+        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
+        run: |
+          ERRORS=0
+          while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+            # Skip vendor, node_modules, and index.html stub files
+            case "$file" in ./vendor/*|./node_modules/*) continue ;; esac
+            # Check first 10 lines for JEXEC or JPATH guard
+            if ! head -20 "$file" | grep -qE "defined\s*\(\s*['\"](_JEXEC|JPATH_BASE|\\\\JPATH_PLATFORM)['\"]"; then
+              echo "::error file=${file}::Missing JEXEC guard: ${file}"
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+            fi
+          done < <(find . -name "*.php" -path "*/src/*" -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "./vendor/*" -print0)
+          if [ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::${ERRORS} PHP file(s) missing defined('_JEXEC') or die guard"
+            echo "## JEXEC Guard Check: Failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "${ERRORS} file(s) in src/ are missing the Joomla execution guard." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "JEXEC guard: OK"
+
+      - name: Joomla directory listing protection
+        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
+        run: |
+          MISSING=0
+          SOURCE_DIR="src"
+          [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ] && exit 0
+          while IFS= read -r dir; do
+            if [ ! -f "${dir}/index.html" ]; then
+              echo "::warning::Missing index.html in ${dir} (directory listing protection)"
+              MISSING=$((MISSING + 1))
+            fi
+          done < <(find "$SOURCE_DIR" -type d -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "*/vendor/*" -not -path "*/node_modules/*")
+          if [ "$MISSING" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "## Directory Protection" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "${MISSING} director(ies) missing index.html" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          fi
+          echo "Directory protection: ${MISSING} missing (advisory)"
+
+      - name: Joomla script file and asset checks
+        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
+        run: |
+          ERRORS=0
+          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          [ -z "$MANIFEST" ] && exit 0
+          MANIFEST_DIR=$(dirname "$MANIFEST")
+
+          # Check scriptfile exists if declared
+          SCRIPTFILE=$(sed -n 's/.*<scriptfile>\([^<]*\)<\/scriptfile>.*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null)
+          if [ -n "$SCRIPTFILE" ]; then
+            if [ ! -f "${MANIFEST_DIR}/${SCRIPTFILE}" ]; then
+              echo "::error::Manifest declares <scriptfile>${SCRIPTFILE}</scriptfile> but file not found at ${MANIFEST_DIR}/${SCRIPTFILE}"
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+            else
+              echo "Script file: ${MANIFEST_DIR}/${SCRIPTFILE} (OK)"
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          # Require joomla.asset.json and validate it
+          ASSET_JSON=$(find "$MANIFEST_DIR" -name "joomla.asset.json" -not -path "./.git/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          if [ -z "$ASSET_JSON" ]; then
+            echo "::error::joomla.asset.json not found — Joomla asset system is required"
+            ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+          else
+            if command -v php &> /dev/null; then
+              php -r "json_decode(file_get_contents('$ASSET_JSON')); if(json_last_error()!==JSON_ERROR_NONE){echo json_last_error_msg();exit(1);}" 2>&1 || {
+                echo "::error::joomla.asset.json is not valid JSON"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              }
+            fi
+            echo "joomla.asset.json: valid"
+          fi
+
+          # Validate all XML files in src/ are well-formed
+          XML_ERRORS=0
+          if command -v php &> /dev/null; then
+            while IFS= read -r -d '' xmlfile; do
+              if ! php -r "libxml_use_internal_errors(true); \$x = simplexml_load_file('$xmlfile'); if(!\$x){foreach(libxml_get_errors() as \$e) echo trim(\$e->message) . ' in $xmlfile'; exit(1);}" 2>&1; then
+                XML_ERRORS=$((XML_ERRORS + 1))
+              fi
+            done < <(find "$MANIFEST_DIR" -name "*.xml" -not -path "./.git/*" -print0)
+          fi
+          if [ "$XML_ERRORS" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::${XML_ERRORS} XML file(s) are malformed"
+            ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+          else
+            echo "XML well-formedness: OK"
+          fi
+
+          [ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ] && exit 1
+          echo "Joomla asset checks: OK"
+
       - name: Validate platform manifest
         run: |
           PLATFORM="${{ steps.platform.outputs.platform }}"
@@ -150,6 +256,13 @@ jobs:
               for ELEMENT in name version description; do
                 grep -q "<${ELEMENT}>" "$MANIFEST" || { echo "::error::Missing <${ELEMENT}> in manifest"; exit 1; }
               done
+              # Block legacy raw/branch update server URLs on MokoGitea
+              RAW_URLS=$(grep -n 'raw/branch' "$MANIFEST" | grep -i 'mokoconsulting\|mokogitea\|git\.mokoconsulting\.tech' || true)
+              if [ -n "$RAW_URLS" ]; then
+                echo "::error::Manifest contains legacy raw/branch update server URL on MokoGitea. Use the Gitea Pages URL instead (e.g. /{REPO}/updates.xml not /{REPO}/raw/branch/main/updates.xml)"
+                echo "$RAW_URLS"
+                exit 1
+              fi
               echo "Joomla manifest valid"
               ;;
             dolibarr)
@@ -182,6 +295,160 @@ jobs:
               ;;
           esac
 
+      - name: Validate Joomla language files
+        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
+        run: |
+          ERRORS=0
+          WARNINGS=0
+
+          # Require both en-GB and en-US language directories
+          LANG_ROOT=$(find . -path "*/language" -type d -not -path "./.git/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          if [ -z "$LANG_ROOT" ]; then
+            echo "No language/ directory found — skipping"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          if [ ! -d "$LANG_ROOT/en-GB" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Missing en-GB language directory (${LANG_ROOT}/en-GB)"
+            ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+          fi
+          if [ ! -d "$LANG_ROOT/en-US" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Missing en-US language directory (${LANG_ROOT}/en-US)"
+            ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+          fi
+
+          # Check that en-GB and en-US have matching .ini files
+          if [ -d "$LANG_ROOT/en-GB" ] && [ -d "$LANG_ROOT/en-US" ]; then
+            for GB_INI in "$LANG_ROOT/en-GB"/*.ini; do
+              [ ! -f "$GB_INI" ] && continue
+              US_INI="$LANG_ROOT/en-US/$(basename "$GB_INI")"
+              if [ ! -f "$US_INI" ]; then
+                echo "::error::$(basename "$GB_INI") exists in en-GB but missing from en-US"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              fi
+            done
+            for US_INI in "$LANG_ROOT/en-US"/*.ini; do
+              [ ! -f "$US_INI" ] && continue
+              GB_INI="$LANG_ROOT/en-GB/$(basename "$US_INI")"
+              if [ ! -f "$GB_INI" ]; then
+                echo "::error::$(basename "$US_INI") exists in en-US but missing from en-GB"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              fi
+            done
+          fi
+
+          # Find all .ini language files
+          INI_FILES=$(find . -path "*/language/*/*.ini" -not -path "./.git/*" 2>/dev/null)
+          if [ -z "$INI_FILES" ]; then
+            echo "No .ini language files found"
+            [ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ] && exit 1
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          echo "Found $(echo "$INI_FILES" | wc -l) language file(s)"
+
+          for FILE in $INI_FILES; do
+            FNAME=$(basename "$FILE")
+            LINENUM=0
+            SEEN_KEYS=""
+
+            while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
+              LINENUM=$((LINENUM + 1))
+
+              # Skip empty lines and comments
+              [ -z "$line" ] && continue
+              echo "$line" | grep -qE '^\s*;' && continue
+              echo "$line" | grep -qE '^\s*$' && continue
+
+              # Must match KEY="VALUE" format
+              if ! echo "$line" | grep -qE '^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*=".*"$'; then
+                echo "::error file=${FILE},line=${LINENUM}::Malformed line: ${line}"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
+
+              # Extract key and check for duplicates
+              KEY=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/=.*//')
+              if echo "$SEEN_KEYS" | grep -qx "$KEY"; then
+                echo "::error file=${FILE},line=${LINENUM}::Duplicate key: ${KEY}"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              fi
+              SEEN_KEYS="${SEEN_KEYS}
+          ${KEY}"
+            done < "$FILE"
+
+            echo "  ${FILE}: checked ${LINENUM} lines"
+          done
+
+          # Cross-check en-GB vs en-US key consistency
+          GB_DIR=$(find . -path "*/language/en-GB" -type d -not -path "./.git/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          US_DIR=$(find . -path "*/language/en-US" -type d -not -path "./.git/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+
+          if [ -n "$GB_DIR" ] && [ -n "$US_DIR" ]; then
+            for GB_FILE in "$GB_DIR"/*.ini; do
+              [ ! -f "$GB_FILE" ] && continue
+              FNAME=$(basename "$GB_FILE")
+              US_FILE="$US_DIR/$FNAME"
+              [ ! -f "$US_FILE" ] && continue
+
+              GB_KEYS=$(grep -oP '^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*(?==)' "$GB_FILE" 2>/dev/null | sort)
+              US_KEYS=$(grep -oP '^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*(?==)' "$US_FILE" 2>/dev/null | sort)
+
+              # Keys in en-GB but not en-US
+              MISSING_US=$(comm -23 <(echo "$GB_KEYS") <(echo "$US_KEYS"))
+              if [ -n "$MISSING_US" ]; then
+                echo "::warning::Keys in en-GB/$FNAME but missing from en-US/$FNAME:"
+                echo "$MISSING_US" | while read -r k; do echo "  - $k"; done
+                WARNINGS=$((WARNINGS + 1))
+              fi
+
+              # Keys in en-US but not en-GB
+              MISSING_GB=$(comm -13 <(echo "$GB_KEYS") <(echo "$US_KEYS"))
+              if [ -n "$MISSING_GB" ]; then
+                echo "::warning::Keys in en-US/$FNAME but missing from en-GB/$FNAME:"
+                echo "$MISSING_GB" | while read -r k; do echo "  - $k"; done
+                WARNINGS=$((WARNINGS + 1))
+              fi
+            done
+          fi
+
+          {
+            echo "### Language File Validation"
+            echo "| Metric | Count |"
+            echo "|---|---|"
+            echo "| Files checked | $(echo "$INI_FILES" | wc -l) |"
+            echo "| Errors | ${ERRORS} |"
+            echo "| Warnings | ${WARNINGS} |"
+          } >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+          if [ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::Language validation failed with ${ERRORS} error(s)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Language files: OK (${WARNINGS} warning(s))"
+
+      - name: Check changelog has unreleased entry
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f "CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
+            echo "::warning::No CHANGELOG.md found"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # Check for content under [Unreleased] section
+          if ! grep -q "## \[Unreleased\]" CHANGELOG.md; then
+            echo "::error::CHANGELOG.md missing [Unreleased] section"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          # Check there's at least one entry (Added/Changed/Fixed/Removed) under Unreleased
+          UNRELEASED_CONTENT=$(sed -n '/## \[Unreleased\]/,/## \[/p' CHANGELOG.md | grep -cE '^\s*-\s' || true)
+          if [ "$UNRELEASED_CONTENT" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] section has no entries. Add a changelog entry describing your changes."
+            echo "## Changelog Check: Failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "The \`[Unreleased]\` section in CHANGELOG.md has no entries." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "Add a line like \`- Description of your change\` under a heading (\`### Added\`, \`### Changed\`, \`### Fixed\`, etc.)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Changelog: ${UNRELEASED_CONTENT} entry/entries in [Unreleased]"
+
       - name: Verify package source
         run: |
           SOURCE_DIR="src"
@@ -194,31 +461,48 @@ jobs:
           echo "Source: ${FILE_COUNT} files"
           [ "$FILE_COUNT" -gt 0 ] || { echo "::error::Source directory is empty"; exit 1; }
 
-  # ── Changelog Gate ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # ── Pre-Release RC Build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  changelog:
+  pre-release:
-    name: Changelog Updated
+    name: Build RC Package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.base_ref == 'main'
+    needs: [branch-policy, validate]
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Trigger RC pre-release
-        with:
+        env:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          GA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
-
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-      - name: Check CHANGELOG.md was updated
+          BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
         run: |
-          BASE="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+          curl -s -X POST             "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/actions/workflows/pre-release.yml/dispatches"             -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}"             -H "Content-Type: application/json"             -d "{\"ref\":\"${BRANCH}\",\"inputs\":{\"stability\":\"release-candidate\"}}"
-          HEAD="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+          echo "### Pre-Release" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Triggered RC build on branch \`${BRANCH}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
-          if git diff --name-only "$BASE" "$HEAD" | grep -q "^CHANGELOG.md$"; then
+  # ── Issue Reporter ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-            echo "CHANGELOG.md updated"
+  report-issues:
-          else
+    name: Report Issues
-            # Allow [skip changelog] in PR title or body
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            PR_TITLE="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+    needs: [branch-policy, validate]
-            PR_BODY="${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}"
+    if: >-
-            if echo "$PR_TITLE $PR_BODY" | grep -qi "\[skip changelog\]"; then
+      always() &&
-              echo "::warning::Changelog skip requested via [skip changelog]"
+      needs.validate.result == 'failure'
-              exit 0
+
-            fi
+    steps:
-            echo "::error::CHANGELOG.md must be updated before merging to main. Add [skip changelog] to the PR title to bypass."
+      - name: Checkout
-            exit 1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-          fi
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: "File issue for PR validation failure"
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
+        run: |
+          chmod +x automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh
+          ./automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh \
+            --gate "PR Validation" \
+            --workflow "PR Check" \
+            --severity error \
+            --details "PR validation failed (syntax, manifest, changelog, or source checks). See the CI run for the specific check that failed."

.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -1,375 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-#
-# FILE INFORMATION
-# DEFGROUP: Gitea.Workflow
-# INGROUP: moko-platform.Release
-# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/moko-platform
-# PATH: /templates/workflows/universal/pre-release.yml.template
-# VERSION: 05.01.00
-# BRIEF: Manual pre-release -- builds dev/alpha/beta/rc packages from any branch
-
-name: "Universal: Pre-Release"
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      stability:
-        description: 'Pre-release channel'
-        required: true
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - development
-          - alpha
-          - beta
-          - release-candidate
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-env:
-  GITEA_URL: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
-  GITEA_ORG: ${{ vars.GITEA_ORG || github.repository_owner }}
-  GITEA_REPO: ${{ vars.GITEA_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: "Build Pre-Release (${{ inputs.stability }})"
-    runs-on: release
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Setup tools
-        run: |
-          # Update moko-platform CLI tools if available; install PHP if missing
-          if command -v moko-platform-update &> /dev/null; then
-            moko-platform-update
-          elif [ -d "/opt/moko-platform" ]; then
-            cd /opt/moko-platform && git pull origin main --quiet 2>/dev/null || true
-          else
-            if ! command -v php &> /dev/null; then
-              sudo apt-get update -qq
-              sudo apt-get install -y -qq php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-curl >/dev/null 2>&1
-            fi
-            git clone --depth 1 --branch main --quiet \
-              "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/moko-platform.git" \
-              /tmp/moko-platform-api
-          fi
-          # Set MOKO_CLI to whichever path exists
-          if [ -d "/opt/moko-platform/cli" ]; then
-            echo "MOKO_CLI=/opt/moko-platform/cli" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          else
-            echo "MOKO_CLI=/tmp/moko-platform-api/cli" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Detect platform
-        id: platform
-        run: |
-          PLATFORM=$(sed -n 's/.*<platform>\([^<]*\)<\/platform>.*/\1/p' .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | head -1 | tr -d '[:space:]')
-          [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM="generic"
-          echo "platform=$PLATFORM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          MANIFEST=$(find ./src -maxdepth 1 -name "pkg_*.xml" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          [ -z "$MANIFEST" ] && MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" ! -path "*/packages/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          [ -z "$MANIFEST" ] && MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "mod_file=${MOD_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Resolve metadata and bump version
-        id: meta
-        run: |
-          STABILITY="${{ inputs.stability }}"
-
-          case "$STABILITY" in
-            development)        SUFFIX="-dev";   TAG="development" ;;
-            alpha)              SUFFIX="-alpha"; TAG="alpha" ;;
-            beta)               SUFFIX="-beta";  TAG="beta" ;;
-            release-candidate)  SUFFIX="-rc";    TAG="release-candidate" ;;
-          esac
-
-          # Patch bump via CLI tool
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_bump.php --path .
-          VERSION=$(php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_read.php --path . 2>/dev/null)
-          [ -z "$VERSION" ] && VERSION="00.00.01"
-          TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-
-          # Update platform-specific manifest
-          PLATFORM="${{ steps.platform.outputs.platform }}"
-          MANIFEST="${{ steps.platform.outputs.manifest }}"
-          MOD_FILE="${{ steps.platform.outputs.mod_file }}"
-
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_set_platform.php \
-            --path . --version "$VERSION" --branch "${{ github.ref_name }}" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-          # Commit version bump
-          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
-          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
-          git remote set-url origin "https://jmiller:${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
-          git add -A
-          git diff --cached --quiet || {
-            git commit -m "chore(version): pre-release bump to ${VERSION} [skip ci]"
-            git push origin HEAD 2>&1
-          }
-
-          # Auto-detect element (platform-aware)
-          EXT_ELEMENT=""
-          case "$PLATFORM" in
-            joomla)
-              if [ -n "$MANIFEST" ]; then
-                EXT_ELEMENT=$(sed -n 's/.*<element>\([^<]*\)<\/element>.*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-                if [ -z "$EXT_ELEMENT" ]; then
-                  EXT_ELEMENT=$(basename "$MANIFEST" .xml | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-                  case "$EXT_ELEMENT" in
-                    templatedetails|manifest) EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -') ;;
-                  esac
-                fi
-              else
-                EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
-              fi
-              ;;
-            dolibarr)
-              if [ -n "$MOD_FILE" ]; then
-                MOD_BASENAME=$(basename "$MOD_FILE" .class.php)
-                EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "$MOD_BASENAME" | sed 's/^mod//' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-              else
-                EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
-              fi
-              ;;
-            *)
-              EXT_ELEMENT=$(echo "${GITEA_REPO}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d ' -')
-              ;;
-          esac
-
-          ZIP_NAME="${EXT_ELEMENT}-${VERSION}${SUFFIX}.zip"
-
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "stability=${STABILITY}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "suffix=${SUFFIX}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "tag=${TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "zip_name=${ZIP_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "ext_element=${EXT_ELEMENT}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-          echo "=== Pre-Release: ${EXT_ELEMENT} ${VERSION}${SUFFIX} ==="
-
-      - name: Build package
-        run: |
-          SOURCE_DIR="src"
-          [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ] && SOURCE_DIR="htdocs"
-          if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No src/ or htdocs/ directory"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          MANIFEST="${{ steps.meta.outputs.manifest }}"
-          EXT_TYPE=""
-          if [ -n "$MANIFEST" ]; then
-            EXT_TYPE=$(sed -n 's/.*<extension[^>]*type="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$MANIFEST" | head -1)
-          fi
-
-          EXCLUDES="sftp-config* .ftpignore *.ppk *.pem *.key .env* *.local .build-trigger"
-
-          mkdir -p build/package
-
-          if [ "$EXT_TYPE" = "package" ] && [ -d "${SOURCE_DIR}/packages" ]; then
-            echo "=== Building Joomla PACKAGE (multi-extension) ==="
-            for ext_dir in "${SOURCE_DIR}"/packages/*/; do
-              [ ! -d "$ext_dir" ] && continue
-              EXT_NAME=$(basename "$ext_dir")
-              echo "  Packaging sub-extension: ${EXT_NAME}"
-              cd "$ext_dir"
-              zip -r "../../build/package/${EXT_NAME}.zip" . -x $EXCLUDES
-              cd "$OLDPWD"
-            done
-            for f in "${SOURCE_DIR}"/*.xml "${SOURCE_DIR}"/*.php; do
-              [ -f "$f" ] && cp "$f" build/package/
-            done
-          else
-            echo "=== Building standard extension ==="
-            rsync -a \
-              --exclude='sftp-config*' \
-              --exclude='.ftpignore' \
-              --exclude='*.ppk' \
-              --exclude='*.pem' \
-              --exclude='*.key' \
-              --exclude='.env*' \
-              --exclude='*.local' \
-              --exclude='.build-trigger' \
-              "${SOURCE_DIR}/" build/package/
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create ZIP
-        id: zip
-        run: |
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
-          cd build/package
-          zip -r "../${ZIP_NAME}" .
-          cd ..
-
-          SHA256=$(sha256sum "${ZIP_NAME}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-          echo "sha256=${SHA256}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "ZIP: ${ZIP_NAME} (SHA: ${SHA256:0:16}...)"
-
-      - name: Create or replace Gitea release
-        id: release
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag }}"
-          VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
-          STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
-          SHA256="${{ steps.zip.outputs.sha256 }}"
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
-          EXT_ELEMENT="${{ steps.meta.outputs.ext_element }}"
-          TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
-          API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
-
-          BODY="## ${VERSION} ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))
-          **Channel:** ${STABILITY}
-          **SHA-256:** \`${SHA256}\`"
-
-          # Delete existing release
-          EXISTING_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-            "${API}/releases/tags/${TAG}" | jq -r '.id // empty' 2>/dev/null)
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_ID" ]; then
-            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/releases/${EXISTING_ID}" 2>/dev/null || true
-            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/tags/${TAG}" 2>/dev/null || true
-          fi
-
-          # Create release
-          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            "${API}/releases" \
-            -d "$(jq -n \
-              --arg tag "$TAG" \
-              --arg target "$BRANCH" \
-              --arg name "${EXT_ELEMENT} ${VERSION} (${STABILITY})" \
-              --arg body "$BODY" \
-              '{tag_name: $tag, target_commitish: $target, name: $name, body: $body, prerelease: true}'
-            )" | jq -r '.id')
-
-          echo "release_id=${RELEASE_ID}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-          # Upload ZIP
-          curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            "${API}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${ZIP_NAME}" \
-            --data-binary "@build/${ZIP_NAME}"
-
-          echo "Released: ${EXT_ELEMENT} ${VERSION} (${STABILITY})"
-
-      - name: Update updates.xml
-        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
-        run: |
-          STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
-          VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
-          SHA256="${{ steps.zip.outputs.sha256 }}"
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag }}"
-
-          if [ ! -f "updates.xml" ]; then
-            echo "No updates.xml -- skipping"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Map stability to XML tag name
-          case "$STABILITY" in
-            development)        XML_TAG="development" ;;
-            alpha)              XML_TAG="alpha" ;;
-            beta)               XML_TAG="beta" ;;
-            release-candidate)  XML_TAG="rc" ;;
-            *)                  XML_TAG="$STABILITY" ;;
-          esac
-
-          DOWNLOAD_URL="${GITEA_URL}/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${ZIP_NAME}"
-
-          # Use PHP to update the channel in updates.xml
-          php -r '
-            $xml_tag = $argv[1];
-            $version = $argv[2];
-            $sha256 = $argv[3];
-            $url = $argv[4];
-            $date = date("Y-m-d");
-
-            $content = file_get_contents("updates.xml");
-            $pattern = "/(<update>(?:(?!<\/update>).)*?<tag>" . preg_quote($xml_tag) . "<\/tag>.*?<\/update>)/s";
-
-            $content = preg_replace_callback($pattern, function($m) use ($version, $sha256, $url, $date) {
-              $block = $m[0];
-              $block = preg_replace("/<version>[^<]*<\/version>/", "<version>{$version}</version>", $block);
-              if (strpos($block, "<sha256>") !== false) {
-                $block = preg_replace("/<sha256>[^<]*<\/sha256>/", "<sha256>{$sha256}</sha256>", $block);
-              } else {
-                $block = str_replace("</downloads>", "</downloads>\n    <sha256>{$sha256}</sha256>", $block);
-              }
-              $block = preg_replace("/(<downloadurl[^>]*>)[^<]*(<\/downloadurl>)/", "\${1}{$url}\${2}", $block);
-              return $block;
-            }, $content);
-
-            file_put_contents("updates.xml", $content);
-            echo "Updated {$xml_tag} channel: version={$version}\n";
-          ' "$XML_TAG" "$VERSION" "$SHA256" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
-
-          # Commit and push
-          if ! git diff --quiet updates.xml 2>/dev/null; then
-            git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
-            git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
-            git add updates.xml
-            git commit -m "chore: update ${STABILITY} channel ${VERSION} [skip ci]"
-            git push origin HEAD 2>&1 || echo "WARNING: push failed"
-          fi
-
-      - name: "Sync updates.xml to all branches"
-        if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
-        run: |
-          CURRENT_BRANCH="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
-          git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
-
-          for BRANCH in main dev; do
-            [ "$BRANCH" = "$CURRENT_BRANCH" ] && continue
-            echo "Syncing updates.xml -> ${BRANCH}"
-            git fetch origin "${BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null || continue
-            git checkout "origin/${BRANCH}" -- . 2>/dev/null || continue
-            git checkout "${CURRENT_BRANCH}" -- updates.xml
-            if ! git diff --quiet updates.xml 2>/dev/null; then
-              git add updates.xml
-              git commit -m "chore: sync updates.xml from ${CURRENT_BRANCH} [skip ci]"
-              git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/${BRANCH} 2>&1 || echo "WARNING: push to ${BRANCH} failed"
-            fi
-            git checkout "${CURRENT_BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null
-          done
-
-      - name: "Delete lesser pre-release channels (cascade)"
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
-          TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
-
-          php ${MOKO_CLI}/release_cascade.php \
-            --stability "${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}" \
-            --token "${TOKEN}" \
-            --api-base "${API_BASE}"
-
-      - name: Summary
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
-          STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
-          SHA256="${{ steps.zip.outputs.sha256 }}"
-          echo "## Pre-Release Complete" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Field | Value |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "|-------|-------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Version | \`${VERSION}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Channel | ${STABILITY} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Package | \`${ZIP_NAME}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| SHA-256 | \`${SHA256:-n/a}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

.mokogitea/workflows/repo-health.yml

@@ -7,19 +7,15 @@
 #
 # FILE INFORMATION
 # DEFGROUP: Gitea.Workflow
-# INGROUP: MokoStandards.Validation
+# INGROUP: moko-platform.Validation
-# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/mokoconsulting-tech/MokoStandards-API
+# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/mokoconsulting-tech/moko-platform
 # PATH: /templates/workflows/joomla/repo_health.yml.template
-# VERSION: 04.06.00
+# VERSION: 09.23.00
-# BRIEF: Enforces repository guardrails by validating release configuration, scripts governance, tooling availability, and core repository health artifacts.
+# BRIEF: Enforces repository guardrails by validating scripts governance, tooling availability, and core repository health artifacts.
 # ============================================================================
 
 name: "Generic: Repo Health"
 
-concurrency:
-  group: repo-health-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
@@ -28,13 +24,12 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       profile:
-        description: 'Validation profile: all, release, scripts, or repo'
+        description: 'Validation profile: all, scripts, or repo'
         required: true
         default: all
         type: choice
         options:
           - all
-          - release
           - scripts
           - repo
   pull_request:
@@ -44,16 +39,12 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  # Release policy - Repository Variables Only
-  RELEASE_REQUIRED_REPO_VARS: RS_FTP_PATH_SUFFIX
-  RELEASE_OPTIONAL_REPO_VARS: DEV_FTP_SUFFIX
-
   # Scripts governance policy
   SCRIPTS_REQUIRED_DIRS:
   SCRIPTS_ALLOWED_DIRS: scripts,scripts/fix,scripts/lib,scripts/release,scripts/run,scripts/validate
 
   # Repo health policy
-  REPO_REQUIRED_ARTIFACTS: README.md,LICENSE,CHANGELOG.md,CONTRIBUTING.md,CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md,.gitea/workflows/
+  REPO_REQUIRED_ARTIFACTS: README.md,LICENSE,CHANGELOG.md,CONTRIBUTING.md,CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md,.mokogitea/workflows/
   REPO_OPTIONAL_FILES: SECURITY.md,GOVERNANCE.md,.editorconfig,.gitattributes,.gitignore,README.md,docs/
   REPO_DISALLOWED_DIRS:
   REPO_DISALLOWED_FILES: TODO.md,todo.md
@@ -64,7 +55,7 @@ env:
   # File / directory variables
   DOCS_INDEX: docs/docs-index.md
   SCRIPT_DIR: scripts
-  WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+  WORKFLOWS_DIR: .mokogitea/workflows
   SHELLCHECK_PATTERN: '*.sh'
   SPDX_FILE_GLOBS: '*.sh,*.php,*.js,*.ts,*.css,*.xml,*.yml,*.yaml'
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
@@ -85,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check actor permission (admin only)
         id: perm
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN || secrets.GA_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN || secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN || github.token }}
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
         run: |
@@ -142,101 +133,6 @@ jobs:
           printf '%s\n' 'ERROR: Access denied. Admin permission required.' >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
           exit 1
 
-  release_config:
-    name: Release configuration
-    needs: access_check
-    if: ${{ needs.access_check.outputs.allowed == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Guardrails release vars
-        env:
-          PROFILE_RAW: ${{ github.event.inputs.profile }}
-          RS_FTP_PATH_SUFFIX: ${{ vars.RS_FTP_PATH_SUFFIX }}
-          DEV_FTP_SUFFIX: ${{ vars.DEV_FTP_SUFFIX }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          profile="${PROFILE_RAW:-all}"
-          case "${profile}" in
-            all|release|scripts|repo) ;;
-            *)
-              printf '%s\n' "ERROR: Unknown profile: ${profile}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-              exit 1
-              ;;
-          esac
-
-          if [ "${profile}" = 'scripts' ] || [ "${profile}" = 'repo' ]; then
-            {
-              printf '%s\n' '### Release configuration (Repository Variables)'
-              printf '%s\n' "Profile: ${profile}"
-              printf '%s\n' 'Status: SKIPPED'
-              printf '%s\n' 'Reason: profile excludes release validation'
-              printf '\n'
-            } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          IFS=',' read -r -a required <<< "${RELEASE_REQUIRED_REPO_VARS}"
-          IFS=',' read -r -a optional <<< "${RELEASE_OPTIONAL_REPO_VARS}"
-
-          missing=()
-          missing_optional=()
-
-          for k in "${required[@]}"; do
-            v="${!k:-}"
-            [ -z "${v}" ] && missing+=("${k}")
-          done
-
-          for k in "${optional[@]}"; do
-            v="${!k:-}"
-            [ -z "${v}" ] && missing_optional+=("${k}")
-          done
-
-          {
-            printf '%s\n' '### Release configuration (Repository Variables)'
-            printf '%s\n' "Profile: ${profile}"
-            printf '%s\n' '| Variable | Status |'
-            printf '%s\n' '|---|---|'
-            printf '%s\n' "| RS_FTP_PATH_SUFFIX | ${RS_FTP_PATH_SUFFIX:-NOT SET} |"
-            printf '%s\n' "| DEV_FTP_SUFFIX | ${DEV_FTP_SUFFIX:-NOT SET} |"
-            printf '\n'
-          } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-
-          if [ "${#missing_optional[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-            {
-              printf '%s\n' '### Missing optional repository variables'
-              for m in "${missing_optional[@]}"; do printf '%s\n' "- ${m}"; done
-              printf '\n'
-            } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-          fi
-
-          if [ "${#missing[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-            {
-              printf '%s\n' '### Missing required repository variables'
-              for m in "${missing[@]}"; do printf '%s\n' "- ${m}"; done
-              printf '%s\n' 'ERROR: Guardrails failed. Missing required repository variables.'
-            } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          {
-            printf '%s\n' '### Repository variables validation result'
-            printf '%s\n' 'Status: OK'
-            printf '%s\n' 'All required repository variables present.'
-            printf '%s\n' ''
-            printf '%s\n' '**Note**: Organization secrets (RS_FTP_HOST, RS_FTP_USER, etc.) are validated at deployment time, not in repository health checks.'
-            printf '\n'
-          } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-
   scripts_governance:
     name: Scripts governance
     needs: access_check
@@ -260,14 +156,14 @@ jobs:
 
           profile="${PROFILE_RAW:-all}"
           case "${profile}" in
-            all|release|scripts|repo) ;;
+            all|scripts|repo) ;;
             *)
               printf '%s\n' "ERROR: Unknown profile: ${profile}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
               exit 1
               ;;
           esac
 
-          if [ "${profile}" = 'release' ] || [ "${profile}" = 'repo' ]; then
+          if [ "${profile}" = 'repo' ]; then
             {
               printf '%s\n' '### Scripts governance'
               printf '%s\n' "Profile: ${profile}"
@@ -288,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          IFS=',' read -r -a required_dirs <<< "${SCRIPTS_REQUIRED_DIRS}"
+          if [ -n "${SCRIPTS_REQUIRED_DIRS:-}" ]; then IFS=',' read -r -a required_dirs <<< "${SCRIPTS_REQUIRED_DIRS}"; else required_dirs=(); fi
           IFS=',' read -r -a allowed_dirs <<< "${SCRIPTS_ALLOWED_DIRS}"
 
           missing_dirs=()
@@ -374,14 +270,14 @@ jobs:
 
           profile="${PROFILE_RAW:-all}"
           case "${profile}" in
-            all|release|scripts|repo) ;;
+            all|scripts|repo) ;;
             *)
               printf '%s\n' "ERROR: Unknown profile: ${profile}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
               exit 1
               ;;
           esac
 
-          if [ "${profile}" = 'release' ] || [ "${profile}" = 'scripts' ]; then
+          if [ "${profile}" = 'scripts' ]; then
             {
               printf '%s\n' '### Repository health'
               printf '%s\n' "Profile: ${profile}"
@@ -392,23 +288,27 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          # Source directory: src/ or htdocs/ (either is valid)
+          IFS=',' read -r -a required_artifacts <<< "${REPO_REQUIRED_ARTIFACTS}"
+          IFS=',' read -r -a optional_files <<< "${REPO_OPTIONAL_FILES}"
+          if [ -n "${REPO_DISALLOWED_DIRS:-}" ]; then IFS=',' read -r -a disallowed_dirs <<< "${REPO_DISALLOWED_DIRS}"; else disallowed_dirs=(); fi
+          IFS=',' read -r -a disallowed_files <<< "${REPO_DISALLOWED_FILES:-}"
+
+          missing_required=()
+          missing_optional=()
+
+          # Source directory: src/ or htdocs/ (either is valid for extension repos)
+          SOURCE_DIR=""
           if [ -d "src" ]; then
             SOURCE_DIR="src"
           elif [ -d "htdocs" ]; then
             SOURCE_DIR="htdocs"
+          elif [ -d "deploy" ] || [ -d "cli" ] || [ -d "monitoring" ]; then
+            # Platform/tooling repos don't need src/
+            SOURCE_DIR=""
           else
             missing_required+=("src/ or htdocs/ (source directory required)")
           fi
 
-          IFS=',' read -r -a required_artifacts <<< "${REPO_REQUIRED_ARTIFACTS}"
-          IFS=',' read -r -a optional_files <<< "${REPO_OPTIONAL_FILES}"
-          IFS=',' read -r -a disallowed_dirs <<< "${REPO_DISALLOWED_DIRS}"
-          IFS=',' read -r -a disallowed_files <<< "${REPO_DISALLOWED_FILES}"
-
-          missing_required=()
-          missing_optional=()
-
           for item in "${required_artifacts[@]}"; do
             if printf '%s' "${item}" | grep -q '/$'; then
               d="${item%/}"
@@ -450,12 +350,8 @@ jobs:
             fi
           done < <(git branch -r --list 'origin/dev*' | sed 's/^ *//')
 
-          if [ "${#dev_paths[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+          if [ "${#dev_paths[@]}" -eq 0 ] && [ "${#dev_branches[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
-            missing_required+=("dev/* branch (e.g. dev/01.00.00)")
+            missing_required+=("dev or dev/* branch")
-          fi
-
-          if [ "${#dev_branches[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-            missing_required+=("invalid branch dev (must be dev/<version>)")
           fi
 
           content_warnings=()
@@ -481,26 +377,7 @@ jobs:
           export MISSING_OPTIONAL="$(printf '%s\n' "${missing_optional[@]:-}")"
           export CONTENT_WARNINGS="$(printf '%s\n' "${content_warnings[@]:-}")"
 
-          report_json="$(python3 - <<'PY'
+          report_json=$(printf '{"profile":"%s","missing_required":%d,"missing_optional":%d,"content_warnings":%d}'             "$profile" "${#missing_required[@]}" "${#missing_optional[@]}" "${#content_warnings[@]}")
-          import json
-          import os
-
-          profile = os.environ.get('PROFILE_RAW') or 'all'
-
-          missing_required = os.environ.get('MISSING_REQUIRED', '').splitlines() if os.environ.get('MISSING_REQUIRED') else []
-          missing_optional = os.environ.get('MISSING_OPTIONAL', '').splitlines() if os.environ.get('MISSING_OPTIONAL') else []
-          content_warnings = os.environ.get('CONTENT_WARNINGS', '').splitlines() if os.environ.get('CONTENT_WARNINGS') else []
-
-          out = {
-            'profile': profile,
-            'missing_required': [x for x in missing_required if x],
-            'missing_optional': [x for x in missing_optional if x],
-            'content_warnings': [x for x in content_warnings if x],
-          }
-
-          print(json.dumps(out, indent=2))
-          PY
-          )"
 
           {
             printf '%s\n' '### Repository health'
@@ -578,12 +455,14 @@ jobs:
             joomla_findings+=("updates.xml missing in root (required for Joomla update server)")
           fi
 
+          if [ -n "${SOURCE_DIR}" ]; then
             INDEX_DIRS=("${SOURCE_DIR}" "${SOURCE_DIR}/admin" "${SOURCE_DIR}/site")
             for dir in "${INDEX_DIRS[@]}"; do
               if [ -d "${dir}" ] && [ ! -f "${dir}/index.html" ]; then
                 joomla_findings+=("${dir}/index.html missing (directory listing protection)")
               fi
             done
+          fi
 
           if [ "${#joomla_findings[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
             {
@@ -629,43 +508,29 @@ jobs:
             fi
 
             if [ -f "${DOCS_INDEX}" ]; then
-              missing_links="$(python3 - <<'PY'
+              missing_links=""
-              import os
+              while IFS= read -r docline; do
-              import re
+                for link in $(echo "$docline" | grep -oE '\]\([^)]+\)' | sed 's/\](//' | sed 's/)$//' || true); do
-
+                  case "$link" in http://*|https://*|"#"*|mailto:*) continue ;; esac
-              idx = os.environ.get('DOCS_INDEX', 'docs/docs-index.md')
+                  linkpath="${link%%#*}"
-              base = os.getcwd()
+                  linkpath="${linkpath%%\?*}"
-
+                  [ -z "$linkpath" ] && continue
-              bad = []
+                  if [ "${linkpath:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
-              pat = re.compile(r'\[[^\]]+\]\(([^)]+)\)')
+                    testpath="${linkpath#/}"
-
+                  else
-              with open(idx, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    testpath="$(dirname "${DOCS_INDEX}")/${linkpath}"
-                for line in f:
+                  fi
-                  for m in pat.findall(line):
+                  [ ! -e "$testpath" ] && missing_links="${missing_links}${testpath} "
-                    link = m.strip()
+                done
-                    if link.startswith('http://') or link.startswith('https://') or link.startswith('#') or link.startswith('mailto:'):
+              done < "${DOCS_INDEX}"
-                      continue
-                    if link.startswith('/'):
-                      rel = link.lstrip('/')
-                    else:
-                      rel = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(idx), link))
-                    rel = rel.split('#', 1)[0]
-                    rel = rel.split('?', 1)[0]
-                    if not rel:
-                      continue
-                    p = os.path.join(base, rel)
-                    if not os.path.exists(p):
-                      bad.append(rel)
-
-              print('\n'.join(sorted(set(bad))))
-              PY
-              )"
               if [ -n "${missing_links}" ]; then
                 extended_findings+=("docs/docs-index.md contains broken relative links")
                 {
                   printf '%s\n' '### Docs index link integrity'
                   printf '%s\n' 'Broken relative links:'
-                  while IFS= read -r l; do [ -n "${l}" ] && printf '%s\n' "- ${l}"; done <<< "${missing_links}"
+                  for bl in ${missing_links}; do
+                    printf '%s\n' "- ${bl}"
+                  done
                   printf '\n'
                 } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
               fi
@@ -739,7 +604,7 @@ jobs:
             printf '%s\n' '| Domain | Status | Notes |'
             printf '%s\n' '|---|---|---|'
             printf '%s\n' '| Access control | OK | Admin-only execution gate |'
-            printf '%s\n' '| Release variables | OK | Repository variables validation |'
+            printf '%s\n' '| Release policy | N/A | Releases handled by MokoGitea |'
             printf '%s\n' '| Scripts governance | OK | Directory policy and advisory reporting |'
             printf '%s\n' '| Repo required artifacts | OK | Required, optional, disallowed enforcement |'
             printf '%s\n' '| Repo content heuristics | OK | Brand, license, changelog structure |'
@@ -764,3 +629,83 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           printf '%s\n' 'Repository health guardrails passed.' >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+
+  site-health:
+    name: Site Health
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.3'
+
+      - name: Uptime check
+        if: env.URLS != ''
+        run: |
+          echo "$URLS" > /tmp/urls.txt
+          php monitoring/uptime-probe.php --urls /tmp/urls.txt --timeout 15 || echo "::warning::Some sites are down"
+          rm -f /tmp/urls.txt
+        env:
+          URLS: ${{ vars.MONITORED_URLS }}
+
+      - name: SSL certificate check
+        if: env.DOMAINS != ''
+        run: |
+          echo "$DOMAINS" > /tmp/domains.txt
+          php monitoring/ssl-check.php --domains /tmp/domains.txt --warn-days 30 || echo "::warning::SSL certificates expiring soon"
+          rm -f /tmp/domains.txt
+        env:
+          DOMAINS: ${{ vars.MONITORED_DOMAINS }}
+
+      - name: Summary
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "### Site Health" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Uptime and SSL checks completed." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+  # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  # Issue Reporter — file issues for failed gates
+  # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  report-issues:
+    name: "Report Issues"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [access_check, scripts_governance, repo_health]
+    if: >-
+      always() &&
+      (needs.scripts_governance.result == 'failure' ||
+       needs.repo_health.result == 'failure')
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: "File issues for failed gates"
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
+        run: |
+          chmod +x automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh
+          REPORTER="./automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh"
+          WF="Repo Health"
+
+          report_gate() {
+            local gate="$1" result="$2" details="$3"
+            if [ "$result" = "failure" ]; then
+              "$REPORTER" --gate "$gate" --details "$details" --workflow "$WF" --severity error
+            fi
+          }
+
+          report_gate "Scripts Governance" \
+            "${{ needs.scripts_governance.result }}" \
+            "Scripts directory policy violations detected. Review required and allowed directories."
+
+          report_gate "Repository Health" \
+            "${{ needs.repo_health.result }}" \
+            "Repository health checks failed — missing required artifacts, disallowed files, or content warnings. Check the CI run summary."

automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ============================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# FILE INFORMATION
+# DEFGROUP: Automation.CI
+# INGROUP: moko-platform.Automation
+# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/moko-platform
+# PATH: /automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh
+# VERSION: 09.23.00
+# BRIEF: Creates or updates a Gitea issue when a CI gate fails.
+#        Deduplicates by searching open issues with the "ci-auto" label
+#        whose title matches the gate. If a matching issue exists, a comment
+#        is appended instead of opening a duplicate.
+# ============================================================================
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Defaults ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL:-https://git.mokoconsulting.tech}"
+GITEA_TOKEN="${GITEA_TOKEN:-}"
+REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}"
+RUN_URL="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL:-${GITEA_URL}}/${REPO}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-0}"
+LABEL_NAME="ci-auto"
+LABEL_COLOR="#e11d48"
+
+GATE=""
+DETAILS=""
+SEVERITY="error"
+WORKFLOW=""
+
+# ── Parse arguments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: ci-issue-reporter.sh --gate NAME --details TEXT [OPTIONS]
+
+Required:
+  --gate      CI gate name (e.g. "Code Quality", "Self-Health")
+  --details   Human-readable failure description
+
+Optional:
+  --severity  "error" (default) or "warning"
+  --workflow  Workflow name for the issue title
+  --repo      owner/repo (default: \$GITHUB_REPOSITORY)
+  --run-url   URL to the CI run (auto-detected from env)
+  --token     Gitea API token (default: \$GITEA_TOKEN)
+  --url       Gitea base URL (default: \$GITEA_URL)
+EOF
+  exit 1
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --gate)     GATE="$2";       shift 2 ;;
+    --details)  DETAILS="$2";    shift 2 ;;
+    --severity) SEVERITY="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+    --workflow) WORKFLOW="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+    --repo)     REPO="$2";      shift 2 ;;
+    --run-url)  RUN_URL="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+    --token)    GITEA_TOKEN="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --url)      GITEA_URL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -h|--help)  usage ;;
+    *)          echo "Unknown option: $1"; usage ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+[[ -z "$GATE" ]]         && { echo "ERROR: --gate is required"; usage; }
+[[ -z "$DETAILS" ]]      && { echo "ERROR: --details is required"; usage; }
+[[ -z "$GITEA_TOKEN" ]]  && { echo "ERROR: GITEA_TOKEN not set"; exit 1; }
+[[ -z "$REPO" ]]         && { echo "ERROR: GITHUB_REPOSITORY not set"; exit 1; }
+
+API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}"
+
+# ── Build title ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if [[ -n "$WORKFLOW" ]]; then
+  TITLE="[CI] ${WORKFLOW}: ${GATE} failed"
+else
+  TITLE="[CI] ${GATE} failed"
+fi
+
+# ── Ensure label exists ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ensure_label() {
+  local exists
+  exists=$(curl -sf -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+    "${API}/labels" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+
+  if [[ "$exists" == "200" ]]; then
+    # Check if label already exists
+    local found
+    found=$(curl -sf \
+      -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+      "${API}/labels" 2>/dev/null \
+      | grep -o "\"name\":\"${LABEL_NAME}\"" || true)
+
+    if [[ -z "$found" ]]; then
+      curl -sf -X POST \
+        -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        "${API}/labels" \
+        -d "{\"name\":\"${LABEL_NAME}\",\"color\":\"${LABEL_COLOR}\",\"description\":\"Auto-created by CI issue reporter\"}" \
+        > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# ── Search for existing open issue ──────────────────────────────────────────
+find_existing_issue() {
+  # URL-encode the gate name for the query
+  local query
+  query=$(printf '%s' "[CI] ${GATE}" | sed 's/ /%20/g; s/\[/%5B/g; s/\]/%5D/g')
+
+  local response
+  response=$(curl -sf \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+    "${API}/issues?type=issues&state=open&labels=${LABEL_NAME}&q=${query}&limit=5" \
+    2>/dev/null || echo "[]")
+
+  # Extract the first matching issue number
+  echo "$response" \
+    | grep -oP '"number":\s*\K[0-9]+' \
+    | head -1
+}
+
+# ── Build issue body ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+build_body() {
+  local severity_badge
+  if [[ "$SEVERITY" == "error" ]]; then
+    severity_badge="**Severity:** Error"
+  else
+    severity_badge="**Severity:** Warning"
+  fi
+
+  cat <<BODY
+## CI Gate Failure: ${GATE}
+
+${severity_badge}
+**Workflow:** ${WORKFLOW:-unknown}
+**Branch:** ${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-unknown}
+**Commit:** \`${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}\`
+**Run:** [View CI run](${RUN_URL})
+
+### Details
+
+${DETAILS}
+
+### Resolution
+
+Fix the issue described above and push a new commit. This issue will be closed automatically when the gate passes, or can be closed manually.
+
+---
+*Auto-created by [ci-issue-reporter](${GITEA_URL}/${REPO}/src/branch/main/automation/ci-issue-reporter.sh)*
+BODY
+}
+
+# ── Build comment body (for existing issues) ────────────────────────────────
+build_comment() {
+  cat <<COMMENT
+### CI failure recurrence
+
+**Branch:** ${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-unknown}
+**Commit:** \`${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}\`
+**Run:** [View CI run](${RUN_URL})
+
+${DETAILS}
+COMMENT
+}
+
+# ── Main ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ensure_label
+
+EXISTING=$(find_existing_issue)
+
+if [[ -n "$EXISTING" ]]; then
+  # Append comment to existing issue
+  COMMENT_BODY=$(build_comment)
+  COMMENT_JSON=$(printf '%s' "$COMMENT_BODY" | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+print(json.dumps({'body': sys.stdin.read()}))" 2>/dev/null)
+
+  HTTP=$(curl -sf -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    "${API}/issues/${EXISTING}/comments" \
+    -d "${COMMENT_JSON}" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+
+  if [[ "$HTTP" == "201" ]]; then
+    echo "Commented on existing issue #${EXISTING}"
+  else
+    echo "WARNING: Failed to comment on issue #${EXISTING} (HTTP ${HTTP})"
+  fi
+else
+  # Create new issue
+  ISSUE_BODY=$(build_body)
+  ISSUE_JSON=$(python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+body = sys.stdin.read()
+print(json.dumps({
+    'title': sys.argv[1],
+    'body': body,
+    'labels': []
+}))" "$TITLE" <<< "$ISSUE_BODY" 2>/dev/null)
+
+  # Create the issue
+  RESPONSE=$(curl -sf -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    "${API}/issues" \
+    -d "${ISSUE_JSON}" 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+
+  ISSUE_NUM=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -oP '"number":\s*\K[0-9]+' | head -1)
+
+  if [[ -n "$ISSUE_NUM" ]]; then
+    # Apply label (separate call — more reliable across Gitea versions)
+    LABEL_ID=$(curl -sf \
+      -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+      "${API}/labels" 2>/dev/null \
+      | grep -oP "\"id\":\s*\K[0-9]+(?=[^}]*\"name\":\s*\"${LABEL_NAME}\")" \
+      | head -1 || true)
+
+    if [[ -n "$LABEL_ID" ]]; then
+      curl -sf -X POST \
+        -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        "${API}/issues/${ISSUE_NUM}/labels" \
+        -d "{\"labels\":[${LABEL_ID}]}" \
+        > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+
+    echo "Created issue #${ISSUE_NUM}: ${TITLE}"
+  else
+    echo "WARNING: Failed to create issue"
+    echo "Response: ${RESPONSE}"
+  fi
+fi