name: Major Release

on:

schedule:

- cron: 0 0 15 2,8 * # runs at midnight UTC every 15 February and 15 August

permissions:

contents: read

jobs:

create-issue:

if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'

runs-on: ubuntu-slim

permissions:

issues: write

steps:

- name: Check for release schedule

id: check-date

run: |

# Get the current month and day

MONTH=$(date +'%m')

DAY=$(date +'%d')

# We'll create the reminder issue two months prior the release

if [[ "$MONTH" == "02" || "$MONTH" == "08" ]] && [[ "$DAY" == "15" ]]; then

echo "create_issue=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

fi

- name: Retrieve next major release info from nodejs/Release

if: env.create_issue == 'true'

run: |

curl -L https://github.com/nodejs/Release/raw/HEAD/schedule.json | \

jq -r 'to_entries | map(select(.value.start | strptime("%Y-%m-%d") | mktime > now)) | first | "VERSION=" + .key + "\nRELEASE_DATE=" + .value.start' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

- name: Compute max date for landing semver-major PRs

if: env.create_issue == 'true'

run: |

echo "PR_MAX_DATE=$(date -d "$RELEASE_DATE -1 month" +%Y-%m-%d)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

- name: Create release announcement issue

if: env.create_issue == 'true'

run: |

gh issue create --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \

--title "Upcoming Node.js Major Release ($VERSION)" \

--body-file -<<EOF

A reminder that the next Node.js **SemVer Major release** is scheduled for **${RELEASE_DATE}**.

All commits that were landed until **${PR_MAX_DATE}** (one month prior to the release) will be included in the next semver major release. Please ensure that any necessary preparations are made in advance.

For more details on the release process, consult the [Node.js Release Working Group repository](https://github.com/nodejs/release).

cc: @nodejs/collaborators

EOF

env:

GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}