Release v1.9.0 · microsoft/apm-action

[1.9.0] - 2026-05-18

mode: release umbrella for tag-triggered releases ([microsoft/apm#1348]). A single input collapses the release pipeline into one step: gate (apm pack --check-versions --check-clean --json), per-package matrix pack with sha256 sidecars, marketplace.json drift detection, GH Step Summary, and gh release create publish. The CLI primitives underneath stay vendor-neutral — the equivalent shell recipe works unchanged on GitLab CI, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps (see producer/releasing-from-any-ci.md).
- New inputs (all optional): mode (release), release-tag, release-name, release-notes, release-draft, release-prerelease (true/false/auto — auto-detects from -rc/-alpha/-beta/-pre in the tag), release-skip-publish (dry-run for CI / e2e).
- New outputs: packages (JSON array of {name, version, bundle, sha256, sha256_path}), marketplace-drift (true/false), release-url, release-tag. Outside mode: release the packages output is always set to '[]' so downstream fromJSON() steps work unconditionally.
- Mutually exclusive with the classic dispatch inputs (pack, bundle, bundles-file, setup-only); setting any combination fails fast with a single consolidated error.
- Requires apm >= 0.14.0 on PATH for the --check-versions / --check-clean gate; the default apm-version is pinned to 0.14.0 so the umbrella is functional out of the box.
- Reference workflow: tests/fixtures/release/ (aggregator + single-plugin shapes).

apm-version default bumped to 0.14.0 (was 0.13.0). Picks up the v0.14.0 release: apm pack --check-versions / --check-clean release gates (required by mode: release), apm plugin init noun-verb surface, apm pack multi-format outputs (--marketplace, --marketplace-path, --json, marketplace.outputs map form), apm marketplace doctor version-alignment + format-coverage rows, and the breaking MCP Registry v0.1 client (self-hosted registries must serve /v0.1/ paths). Consumers pinning apm-version explicitly are unaffected.

feat(action): mode: release umbrella for tag-triggered publishes (#1348) by @danielmeppiel in #43
chore: cut 1.9.0 by @danielmeppiel in #44

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0