fix: resolve CD pipeline failure and increase release verbosity

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Summary

• Root cause fix: The auto-release workflow was failing with npm error Version not changed because @release-it/bumper plugin and release-it's built-in npm plugin were both writing to package.json, causing a double-bump conflict. Removed package.json from the bumper out array so only the npm plugin handles the version bump.
• Increased verbosity: Added --verbose flag to all release-it invocations and a new "Debug release-it state" step that logs current version, tags, recent commits, and a dry-run output before the actual release.
• GitHub App authentication: Switched all release workflows (auto-release.yml, release.yml, release-web.yml) from secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN to the org's GitHub App auth action (nsheaps/github-actions/.github/actions/github-app-auth), which provides proper permissions for pushing commits, tags, and creating GitHub releases. This mirrors the pattern used in nsheaps/github-actions CI workflows.

Files Changed

File	Change
.release-it.json	Emptied bumper out array to prevent double version bump
.github/workflows/auto-release.yml	Added GitHub App auth, debug step, verbose flags
.github/workflows/release.yml	Added GitHub App auth, debug step, verbose flags
.github/workflows/release-web.yml	Added GitHub App auth for gh-pages push

Root Cause Analysis

The CI logs showed:

- npm version
✖ npm version
ERROR npm error Version not changed

This is a known issue when @release-it/bumper has package.json in its out array — the bumper plugin updates package.json first, then when the npm plugin tries npm version, it finds the version already matches and errors.

Prerequisite

The AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_ID and AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY secrets must be available to this repository (either as repo secrets or inherited from the nsheaps organization). These are already used by nsheaps/github-actions and nsheaps/.github repos.

Test Plan

• Verify AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_ID and AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY secrets are accessible from nsheaps/cept
• Merge to main and confirm auto-release workflow succeeds
• Verify the "Debug release-it state" step shows useful diagnostic info
• Confirm a GitHub release + tag is created automatically
• Verify release-web.yml can deploy to gh-pages on tag push

https://claude.ai/code/session_01CowQd6RG8QZSDocdtEJ2dK

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Release Version Check

🟡 MINOR version bump

	Version
Current	0.0.1
Next	0.1.0

This version will be released automatically when this PR is merged to main.

Changelog preview

0.1.0 (2026-03-05)

Features

• add Claude Code rules for UI evidence, task completion, GitHub access, and PR management (4520912)
• add file browser, space switcher, disable imports, fix base path detection (4113a81)
• add path-based SPA routing with 404.html redirect hack (c73c62e), closes #pageId
• add release-it versioning with conventional changelog (2e59640)
• bdd: create features/ directory structure with feature files [T0.9] (e4cd58d)
• ci: add GitHub Pages preview deployment workflow [T0.11] (f2670d8)
• core: add all abstraction interfaces — types only [T0.3] (3d4e5b2)
• core: add relations and rollups engine for database properties (T4.10) (8590b86)
• core: add WebFsBackend using File System Access API [P2.7] (6308066)
• deploy to GitHub Pages on push to main and add live demo link (da797f0)
• e2e: set up Playwright with smoke test [T0.6] (f46a8f6)
• editor: add table rendering and slash command [P2.4d] (c24de18)
• infra: initialize monorepo with Nx, bun workspaces, TypeScript [T0.1] (0439217)
• infra: set up CI workflow, ESLint, Prettier, typecheck [T0.2] (93e2f23)
• restructure sidebar, improve page header, add trash page view (32b2e2f)
• show changelog preview in PR version check comment (d010406)
• show dynamic version on about page with commit SHA for preview deploys (e3d3874)
• T5.1 — GitHub OAuth App flow with device flow support (e8856c8)
• T5.2 — Repo picker/creator UI component (c851397)
• T5.3 — Auto-commit engine with debounce and batching (370e446)
• T5.4 — Auto-branch strategy (single, per-device, per-session) (e911198)
• T5.5 — Auto-merge + conflict resolution engine (0269e42)
• T5.6 — Conflict notification + resolution UI (e639977)
• T5.7 — Page history viewer with Git log + diff (b1386e5)
• T5.8 — Sync engine with pull/push cycle (06c110a)
• test: set up BDD tooling with @amiceli/vitest-cucumber [T0.8] (9f1c8f0)
• test: set up Vitest with unit test [T0.7] (bb84641)
• ui: add DatabaseBoardView with drag-and-drop Kanban columns (T4.3) (b1b9da9)
• ui: add DatabaseCalendarView with month grid and event display (T4.4) (6c9a714)
• ui: add DatabaseGalleryView with image cards and property previews (T4.6) (00ca342)
• ui: add DatabaseListView with expandable row details (T4.7) (c4c05ad)
• ui: add DatabaseMapView with location parsing and marker list (T4.5) (934d2c8)
• ui: add DatabaseProvider and useDatabaseEngine hook [P2.5] (8634ed4)
• ui: add DatabaseTableView with sorting, filtering, and cell formatting (T4.2) (87195d2)
• ui: add folder view for pages with children [P2.4b] (84bf88e)
• ui: add import/export dialogs for Notion, Obsidian, and page export [P2.10-P2.12] (d2062ed)
• ui: add InlineDatabase TipTap extension for embedded database blocks (T4.8) (fe9e602)
• ui: add landing page for GitHub Pages with guides and demo info [P2.4a] (d2b6267)
• ui: add LinkedDatabaseView with view type tabs and name editing (T4.9) (6fb79b6)
• ui: add page cover banner and icon support [P2.4c] (35572d2)
• ui: add PropertyEditor for all database property types (T4.12) (44bff25)
• ui: add SelectEditor and MultiSelectEditor with color tags (T4.11) (772dd52)
• ui: add SpaceManager for multi-space support [P2.9] (e06266f)
• ui: create UI package skeleton with React, TailwindCSS [T0.4] (79972bf)
• ui: implement CEPT_DEMO_MODE with sample content [T0.12] (202795d)
• ui: replace localStorage with BrowserFsBackend (keystone P2.3) (2d857df)
• ui: wire page CRUD to storage backend — individual page files [P2.4] (876e7da)
• ui: wire search index to CeptSearchIndex with TF-IDF scoring [P2.6] (1cf10bd)
• use release-it tag flow instead of push-to-main for deploys (2915703)
• web: create Vite entry point with dev server [T0.5] (d3d758f)
• wire spaces/import/export into UI, fix toggle touch, add responsive E2E (e0d4fbf)

Bug Fixes

• add d3 as proper dependency for KnowledgeGraph component (4e496e2)
• auto-release on merge to main and add PR version comments (5669874)
• checkout PR head ref to avoid detached HEAD in version check (44d4e03)
• CI mise version specs and vitest project configuration (99c879e)
• CI runs on all branches, add e2e to workspaces (1258c4a)
• core,signaling: fix GitBackend node:fs hardcode, diff empty hunks, signaling entry point [P2.1] (32cf46b)
• core: harden Markdown parser/serializer roundtrip, fix extractText [P2.2] (c7cffa2)
• deploy to /cept/app/ with site-level 404 router for SPA deep links (be6fefe)
• guard URL updates behind initialization, fix reload deep linking (9497a5c)
• page title hover-only outline, no selected bg in recent, rename Move... (225b3ac)
• release workflow failures and set initial version to 0.0.1 (68c27cc)
• remove unused variable 'i' in graph-animation test to fix lint (d288275)
• resolve CD pipeline failure and increase release verbosity (6bcd2a2)
• restore @amiceli/vitest-cucumber dependency in package.json (5661f54)
• run vitest from root instead of per-package via NX (8835894)
• update .claude/settings.json for unattended tool execution (c35b8b1)
• web: stub node: imports in web build, update continue protocol (4d0799f)
• wire up App integration layer, fix Tailwind build, fix layout (b7020f2)

Refactoring

• DRY 404/index.html into shared .github/pages/ files (5c7461e)

Documentation

• create feature spec stubs for Phase 1 features [T0.10] (4af7c9b)
• mark P2.4f and P2.4g complete in TASKS.md [P2.4f, P2.4g] (313b9c4)
• mark Phase 1 complete in TASKS.md (10b56d5)

Tests

• editor: add table rendering tests and E2E coverage [P2.4e] (e29b842)

CI/CD

• run CI on all pull requests regardless of base branch (e67a8fe)
• run E2E tests on all branches and draft PRs (964da1b)

Chores

• regenerate bun.lock after rebase (568ee3a)

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