Guard release workflow jobs on upstream success

[juliusmarminge]

Summary

• Add explicit job guards to the release workflow so downstream jobs only run when upstream jobs succeed.
• Prevent build, publish_cli, release, and finalize from continuing after failures or cancellations.
• Keep the stable-channel finalization step gated behind a successful release.

Testing

• Not run (workflow-only change).
• Reviewed .github/workflows/release.yml job conditions for build, publish_cli, release, and finalize.

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Low Risk
Low risk workflow-only change, but it can alter release automation behavior by preventing build/publish/release/finalize steps from running after upstream failures or skips.

Overview
Tightens .github/workflows/release.yml job conditions so build, publish_cli, and release only execute when their upstream dependencies completed successfully (in addition to not being cancelled/failing).

Also gates finalize on both a successful preflight and release, while keeping the existing stable-channel only restriction.

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Guard release workflow jobs on explicit upstream job success

The build, publish_cli, release, and finalize jobs in release.yml previously ran whenever the workflow had not failed or been cancelled, even if upstream jobs were skipped. Each job now also requires all upstream jobs to have result == 'success', ensuring the pipeline stops if any earlier step does not complete successfully.

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