fix: re-enable publish-indexes job with contentBoost field workaround

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Writerside builder 2026.04.8711 adds a "contentBoost" field to Algolia index JSON records that algolia-publisher (last updated March 2024) doesn't recognize, causing a Jackson UnrecognizedPropertyException and breaking the publish-indexes job. The job was previously disabled as a stopgap.

Changes

• Re-enables the publish-indexes job (was fully commented out)
• Adds a preprocessing step between "Unzip Algolia artifact" and "Update Algolia Index" that strips contentBoost from all JSON files before the publisher reads them

- name: Remove contentBoost field from index files
  run: |
    cd algolia-indexes
    shopt -s nullglob
    for f in *.json; do
      sed -i -E 's/"contentBoost":[0-9]+,//g; s/,"contentBoost":[0-9]+//g' "$f"
    done

Two sed passes cover both positions the field can appear in (mid-object with trailing comma, or last field with leading comma). shopt -s nullglob prevents a no-op iteration if the directory contains no JSON files.

Temporary workaround pending JetBrains updating algolia-publisher — tracked at WRS-7233.

Original prompt

Problem

The publish-indexes job in .github/workflows/deploy.yml fails because the Writerside builder version 2026.04.8711 generates Algolia index JSON files containing a new "contentBoost" field. The algolia-publisher:2.0.32-3 Docker image does not recognize this field, causing a com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException.

Full error:

Exception in thread "main" com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: 
Unrecognized field "contentBoost" (class com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.commands.algolia.AlgoliaIndexRecord), 
not marked as ignorable (15 known properties: "root", "depth", "pageTitle", "parent", "url", "breadcrumbs", 
"headings", "metaDescription", "version", "content", "objectID", "pageViews", "product", "type", "mainTitle"])

Required Change

In .github/workflows/deploy.yml, in the publish-indexes job, add a new step between the "Unzip Algolia artifact" step and the "Update Algolia Index" step that removes the contentBoost field from all JSON files in the algolia-indexes/ directory.

The new step should be:

      - name: Remove contentBoost field from index files
        run: |
          cd algolia-indexes
          for f in *.json; do
            sed -i 's/"contentBoost":[0-9]*,//g' "$f"
          done

This is a temporary workaround until JetBrains updates the algolia-publisher Docker image to support the contentBoost field. Do NOT change the DOCKER_VERSION or any other existing configuration. Only add this one new step in the correct position.

The following is the prior conversation context from the user's chat exploration (may be truncated):

User: Beim workflow bei publish indexes kommt es zu diesem problem: wie behebe ich es?

Run if [ -z "***" ]; then

Apr 09, 2026 10:47:59 PM com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.WebPublicationAgent main
INFO: WEPA version 2.0.0
Apr 09, 2026 10:47:59 PM com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.WebPublicationAgent main
INFO: Running with args: update-index --application-name C86V8LU863 --index-name docs_cast_crafter_community_server --product CCS --version 1.21.11 --index-directory algolia-indexes/
Will update index docs_cast_crafter_community_server product CCS version 1.21.11
Exception in thread "main" com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: Unrecognized field "contentBoost" (class com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.commands.algolia.AlgoliaIndexRecord), not marked as ignorable (15 known properties: "root", "depth", "pageTitle", "parent", "url", "breadcrumbs", "headings", "metaDescription", "version", "content", "objectID", "pageViews", "product", "type", "mainTitle"])
at [Source: (File); line: 1, column: 961] (through reference chain: com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.commands.algolia.AlgoliaIndexRecord["contentBoost"])
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException.from(UnrecognizedPropertyException.java:61)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handleUnknownProperty(DeserializationContext.java:1132)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer.handleUnknownProperty(StdDeserializer.java:2202)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.handleUnknownProperty(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1705)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.handleUnknownProperties(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1655)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer._deserializeUsingPropertyBased(BeanDeserializer.java:540)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeFromObjectUsingNonDefault(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1405)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:352)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:185)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DefaultDeserializationContext.readRootValue(DefaultDeserializationContext.java:323)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:4730)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:3542)
at com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.commands.algolia.UpdateIndex.execute(UpdateIndex.kt:42)
at kotlinx.cli.ArgParser.parse(ArgParser.kt:657)
at kotlinx.cli.ArgParser.parse(ArgParser.kt:530)
at com.jetbrains.webhelp.publication.agent.WebPublicationAgent.main(WebPublicationAgent.kt:38)

Assistant: Hier ist die Analyse und die Lösung für dein Problem:

Was ist passiert?

Die publish-indexes-Job in deinem deploy.yml Workflow schlägt fehl, weil eine Versionsinkompatiblität zwischen dem Writerside-Builder (der die Algolia-Indexdateien erzeugt) und dem Algolia-Publisher (der sie hochlädt) besteht.

Konkret:

• Dein Writerside-Builder nutzt Version 2026.04.8711 (Zeile 14 in deploy.yml), die beim Build JSON-Indexdateien mit dem neuen Feld "contentBoost" erzeugt.
• Dein...

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Pull request overview

Re-enables the previously disabled publish-indexes GitHub Actions job and adds a preprocessing workaround to keep Algolia publishing working with newer Writerside-generated index JSON that includes the unsupported contentBoost field.

Changes:

• Re-enabled the publish-indexes job in the deployment workflow.
• Added a step to strip contentBoost from generated Algolia index JSON files before running the Algolia publisher.

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