move-pin-release-to-first-step

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+
+      # we pin v1.0.27 as 'latest' tag.
+      # in github UI the release may be marked as latest. So do it as first step of the workflow so there is less time
+      #  that this release is marked as latest
+      # this is a workaround for:
+      #  in November 2024 we changed the version of the agent that the plugin downloads from latest to a specific version.
+      #  for that we needed to pin v1.0.27 as latest so that older plugin version will still use this release.
+      # todo: this step can be removed after all users upgraded the plugin, probably around March 25.
+      - name: pin v1.0.27 as latest
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release edit v1.0.27 --latest
+
+
       - name: GIT Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -42,14 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: gh release upload ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} ./build/libs/digma-agent*.jar
 
-      # we pin v1.0.27 as latest tag. this is a workaround .
-      # in November 2024 we changed the version of the agent that the plugin downloads from latest to a specific version.
-      # for that we needed to pin v1.0.27 as latest so that older plugin version will still use this release.
-      - name: pin v1.0.27 as latest
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh release edit v1.0.27 --latest