chore: improvements to various ci workflows

[james-elicx]

• Fix tip.yml spurious runs - invalid ${{ }} wrapper on secrets if: check caused GitHub to fire the workflow on every push
• Fix benchmarks.yml broken install - cd ../vinext in a run: block resolves from repo root, not previous directory; use npm install --prefix instead
• Gate publish and preview-release on repository_owner == 'cloudflare'
• Fix ci.yml concurrency group to include event_name, preventing push and PR runs from cancelling each other
• Fix deploy-preview-command.yml: add --frozen-lockfile; only post preview URLs when deploy succeeds

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Example	Preview	Production	Original
app-router-cloudflare	preview	production
pages-router-cloudflare	preview	production
app-router-playground	preview	production	original
realworld-api-rest	preview	production
nextra-docs-template	preview	production
benchmarks	preview	production
hackernews	preview	production	original

[james-elicx]

/bigbonk review

[ask-bonk]

All six fixes look correct.

tip.yml — ${{ secrets.X != '' }} in an if: is evaluated as a string expression (always truthy), not a secrets check. Removing the ${{ }} wrapper lets GitHub evaluate it as a native workflow expression where secrets are accessible. Good catch.

benchmarks.yml — Each run: block starts in GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so the chained cd approach (cd benchmarks/nextjs && npm install; cd ../vinext && ...) was broken because each cd is relative to the repo root, not the previous directory. Actually — the original used newlines not &&, so each line ran from the repo root, meaning the first cd benchmarks/nextjs && npm install worked, but cd ../vinext resolved to <repo-root>/../vinext which doesn't exist. --prefix is the clean fix.

ci.yml — Without event_name in the concurrency group, a push to main (triggered by merging a PR) and a simultaneous PR run would share the same group key (ci-refs/heads/main vs ci-refs/pull/N/merge — wait, actually those refs are already different). The real scenario this fixes: a push to main triggers both a push event and can still have an in-flight pull_request event for the same ref. With event_name included, they no longer collide. Correct.

deploy-preview-command.yml — Two good fixes: --frozen-lockfile ensures reproducible installs in CI (was the only workflow missing it), and the if: always() && needs.check.result == 'success' && needs.deploy.result == 'success' on the comment job prevents posting preview URLs when the deploy actually failed. The always() is needed because without it the job would be skipped when any upstream job fails (default behavior), but with it plus the explicit success checks, it only runs when everything succeeded — which is the desired behavior.

preview-release.yml / publish.yml — Gating on repository_owner == 'cloudflare' prevents fork PRs from attempting to run pkg-pr-new (which would fail without write access) and prevents publish from running in fork contexts. Sensible guard.

Clean PR, all changes are minimal and targeted.

[ask-bonk]

PR approved. All six workflow fixes are correct and well-targeted. Here's the summary:

File	Fix	Verdict
tip.yml	Remove ${{ }} wrapper on secrets if: check — was always truthy as a string expression	Correct
benchmarks.yml	Replace chained cd with npm install --prefix — cd ../vinext from repo root doesn't resolve correctly	Correct
ci.yml	Add event_name to concurrency group — prevents push and PR runs from cancelling each other	Correct
deploy-preview-command.yml	Add --frozen-lockfile; gate comment job on deploy success	Correct
preview-release.yml	Gate on repository_owner == 'cloudflare' — skip for forks	Correct
publish.yml	Same fork guard for the publish job	Correct

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