validate-a-release

# Skill: validate-a-release Run after `release` reports the GitHub release published. Every check runs on the artifacts users download, never on a local build. macOS arm64 host, `gh` authenticated. Booting packaged builds is covered before release, not here: the Linux packaged smoke (`app-smoke`, "Packaged desktop smoke", which every alpha release waits for) and the macOS signed update install (`packaged-update-install`) in the scheduled `ci-tests.yml` run. Check that the release commit's alpha run and latest scheduled run passed both. ## 1. Download and unpack `V` is the release under test. ```bash export V=0.18.45 export R=/tmp/ow-release-$V; mkdir -p $R && cd $R gh release download v$V -R different-ai/openwork -p "openwork-enterprise-mac-arm64-$V.zip" -p "openwork-cloud-mac-arm64-$V.zip" -p '*.yml' --clobber for f in enterprise cloud; do rm -rf $f-$V; mkdir $f-$V ditto -x -k openwork-$f-mac-arm64-$V.zip $f-$V && xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine $f-$V; done export ENT="$R/enterprise-$V/OpenWork Enterprise.app" CLOUD="$R/cloud-$V/OpenWork Cloud.app" ``` ## 2. Signing and notarization ```bash for app in "$ENT" "$CLOUD"; do codesign --verify --deep --strict "$app" && spctl -a -t exec -vv "$app"; done ``` Expect `accepted`, `source=Notarized Developer ID`, `origin=Developer ID Application: Different AI inc. (F5DJWB4CCV)`. ## 3. Updater manifests ```bash grep -H '^version:' enterprise*.yml cloud*.yml # every line must be: version: $V gh release view v$V -R different-ai/openwork --json assets --jq '.assets[].name' > assets.txt grep -h 'url: ' enterprise*.yml cloud*.yml | awk '{print $NF}' | sort -u | while read u; do grep -qx "$u" assets.txt && echo "ok $u" || echo "MISSING $u"; done for f in enterprise cloud; do zip=openwork-$f-mac-arm64-$V.zip want=$(awk -v z="$zip" '$0 ~ "url: "z {f=1} f && /sha512:/ {print $2; exit}' $f-mac.yml) have=$(openssl dgst -sha512 -binary $zip | base64); [ "$want" = "$have" ] && echo "$zip sha512 OK" || echo "$zip sha512 MISMATCH"; done ``` Any `MISSING`, `MISMATCH`, or wrong version means the updater will fail or refuse the download: stop and report. ## 4. Publish evidence Post the command output from steps 2 and 3 (the `spctl` lines, the version grep, and the `ok`/sha512 lines) to the PR or issue that tracks the release. ## What this proves and does not prove Proves, on the released mac-arm64 binaries: Developer ID signature and notarization; all updater manifests name `$V`, point at existing assets, and the mac-arm64 sha512s match. Does not prove: that the released binaries boot (that is proven on the release commit's packaged builds by `app-smoke` and `packaged-update-install`, not on the downloaded artifacts); mac-x64, Windows, or Linux signing (only their manifest entries are checked); a customer's self-hosted Den version, branding, or policies; SSO/browser sign-in; or any chat/model work after boot.