From 9ac062ad7e18c524979c33cd3b2583905d825d5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "DESKTOP-RTLN3BA\\$punk" <vermarohanfinal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 15:03:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ci: add workflow_dispatch to desktop release for manual
 testing

---
 .github/workflows/desktop-release.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
index 62ba5d445..1f7e06a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ on:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
       - 'beta-v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version number (e.g. 0.0.15) — used for dry-run testing without a tag'
+        required: true
+        default: '0.0.0-test'
+      publish:
+        description: 'Publish to GitHub Releases'
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - never
+          - always
+        default: 'never'
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -27,13 +41,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Extract version from tag
+      - name: Extract version
         id: version
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-          VERSION=${TAG#beta-}
-          VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          else
+            TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+            VERSION=${TAG#beta-}
+            VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+          fi
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
@@ -75,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           POSTHOG_HOST: ${{ vars.POSTHOG_HOST }}
 
       - name: Package & Publish
-        run: pnpm exec electron-builder ${{ matrix.platform }} --config electron-builder.yml --publish always -c.extraMetadata.version=${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: pnpm exec electron-builder ${{ matrix.platform }} --config electron-builder.yml --publish ${{ inputs.publish || 'always' }} -c.extraMetadata.version=${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
         working-directory: surfsense_desktop
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}