From 243ce684d57a213101a11c8aae0ad1ace846517a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:38:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Set environment variable in the draft release job

gh release view also needs GH_TOKEN...
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9ca996e86..f1d609887 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -107,10 +107,9 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     env:
       TAG: ${{ needs.determine-package.outputs.package }}/${{ needs.determine-package.outputs.version }}
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     steps:
       - name: Draft a release.
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: gh release create ${TAG} --draft --title ${TAG}  # Default title is not always the tag name.
         continue-on-error: true  # Release create can fail if there is an existing release.
       - name: Check the release.

From 629fd682014167a0c9966d7f8a540a5429f18998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:39:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Update draft-release dependencies in workflow

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f1d609887..1480bfbe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
 
   draft-release:
     name: Draft a release or/and check the release
-    needs: [ determine-package, publish ]
+    needs: [ determine-package ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       contents: write

From 59043662629020944a2000f5ad9f4c5bea97a18d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:40:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Remove full changelog link from release notes

---
 tools/collect-release-notes.py | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/collect-release-notes.py b/tools/collect-release-notes.py
index 08f633e2b..572ebe097 100644
--- a/tools/collect-release-notes.py
+++ b/tools/collect-release-notes.py
@@ -116,14 +116,7 @@ def has_label(label: str, pr: PRDescription) -> bool:
             [f"* {relevant_log}" for relevant_log in maybe_relevant_logs]
         )
 
-    release_note.extend(
-        [
-            '',
-            '',
-            f"**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scipp/ess/compare/{compare_tag}...{cur_tag}",
-            '',
-        ]
-    )
+    release_note.extend([''])
 
     if hasattr(args, 'output_file_path') and args.output_file_path:
         output_file_path = pathlib.Path(args.output_file_path)

From 23e8567c6bbf4613eca4a0712b3570879a0bf9e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:42:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Remove empty string from release notes

---
 tools/collect-release-notes.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/collect-release-notes.py b/tools/collect-release-notes.py
index 572ebe097..c00e79fba 100644
--- a/tools/collect-release-notes.py
+++ b/tools/collect-release-notes.py
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ def has_label(label: str, pr: PRDescription) -> bool:
             [f"* {relevant_log}" for relevant_log in maybe_relevant_logs]
         )
 
-    release_note.extend([''])
-
     if hasattr(args, 'output_file_path') and args.output_file_path:
         output_file_path = pathlib.Path(args.output_file_path)
     else:

From fe64151b5ca2c397e7b27197570e277b416cc94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:53:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Checkout before drafting a release.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1480bfbe0..236fb21da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       TAG: ${{ needs.determine-package.outputs.package }}/${{ needs.determine-package.outputs.version }}
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Draft a release.
         run: gh release create ${TAG} --draft --title ${TAG}  # Default title is not always the tag name.
         continue-on-error: true  # Release create can fail if there is an existing release.

From 64422fc2face0b1f5664a46ac207a6acf1e1eb14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunyoung Yoo <17974113+YooSunYoung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:55:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Add condition to draft-release job for tag events

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 236fb21da..b9df0da64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Draft a release or/and check the release
     needs: [ determine-package ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     permissions:
       contents: write
     env: