From 4ca51e1d4796f30d4d81186f131811f403314250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:15:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] add upload-dev-build workflow

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml               | 117 ----------------------
 .github/workflows/publish-dist.yml     | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 234 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/publish-dist.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 79a69597525..5785b12c9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -575,123 +575,6 @@ jobs:
   # ============================================================
   # Standalone jobs (no dependencies on install-and-cibuild)
   # ============================================================
-  publish-dist:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-          cache: 'npm'
-
-      - name: Set up build environment
-        run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
-
-      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
-
-      - name: Set draft version in package.json
-        run: |
-          node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
-
-      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
-
-      - name: Build dist/
-        run: npm run build
-
-      # Upload library uncompressed to allow for testing in REPLs
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
-        name: Upload uncompressed plotly.js built from PR, using Node 22
-        with:
-          retention-days: 30
-          archive: false
-          path: dist/plotly.js
-      
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
-        name: Upload Node 18 archive of plotly.js build folder
-        with:
-          name: dist-node18
-          retention-days: 7
-          path: dist/
-
-      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
-
-      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
-
-      - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
-        run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json
-
-  publish-dist-node-v22:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
-        with:
-          node-version: '22.14.0'
-          cache: 'npm'
-
-      - name: Set up build environment
-        run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
-
-      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
-
-      - name: Set draft version in package.json
-        run: |
-          node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
-
-      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
-
-      - name: Build dist/
-        run: npm run build
-      
-      # This is necessary to avoid a naming collision with the upload from the Node 18 build
-      - name: Copy library for upload
-        run: cp dist/plotly.js dist/plotly.node22.js
-
-      # Upload library uncompressed to allow for testing in REPLs
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
-        name: Upload uncompressed plotly.js built from PR, using Node 22
-        with:
-          retention-days: 30
-          archive: false
-          path: dist/plotly.node22.js
-
-      - name: Remove copy of library
-        run: rm dist/plotly.node22.js
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
-        name: Upload Node 22 archive of plotly.js build folder
-        with:
-          name: dist-node22
-          retention-days: 7
-          path: dist/
-
-      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
-
-      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
-
-      - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
-        run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json
-
   test-stackgl-bundle:
     needs: detect-changes
     if: >-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4e93db3db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+name: Publish Dist
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: publish-dist-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
+
+jobs:
+  publish-dist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Set up build environment
+        run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
+
+      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
+
+      - name: Set draft version in package.json
+        run: |
+          node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
+
+      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
+        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
+
+      - name: Build dist/
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        name: Upload Node 18 archive of plotly.js build folder
+        with:
+          name: dist-node18
+          retention-days: 7
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
+        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
+
+      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
+
+      - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
+        run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json
+
+  publish-dist-node-v22:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
+        with:
+          node-version: '22.14.0'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Set up build environment
+        run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
+
+      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
+
+      - name: Set draft version in package.json
+        run: |
+          node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
+
+      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
+        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
+
+      - name: Build dist/
+        run: npm run build
+
+      # This is necessary to avoid a naming collision with the upload from the Node 18 build
+      - name: Copy library for upload
+        run: cp dist/plotly.js dist/plotly.node22.js
+
+      # Upload library uncompressed to allow for testing in REPLs
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        name: Upload uncompressed plotly.js built from PR, using Node 22
+        with:
+          name: plotly.node22.js
+          retention-days: 30
+          archive: false
+          path: dist/plotly.node22.js
+
+      - name: Remove copy of library
+        run: rm dist/plotly.node22.js
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        name: Upload Node 22 archive of plotly.js build folder
+        with:
+          name: dist-node22
+          retention-days: 7
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
+        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
+
+      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
+
+      - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
+        run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
index b7619a0caec..2a997219d63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
@@ -2,16 +2,116 @@ name: Upload dev build from PR (placeholder, not yet implemented)
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["CI"]  # ci.yml
+    workflows: ["Publish Dist"]  # publish-dist.yml
     types:
       - completed
   workflow_dispatch:
-
+    inputs:
+      pr_number:
+        description: 'PR Number to deploy'
+        required: true
+      run_id:
+        description: 'The Run ID of the CI workflow that has the artifact'
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
-  hello:
+  upload:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || 
+          (github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request')    
     steps:
-      - name: Hello World
+      - name: Download build artifact
+        id: download-artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          name: dist-node22  # uploaded by publish-dist.yml > publish-dist-node-v22
+          run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id || inputs.run_id }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          path: temp-dist
+
+      - name: Check if artifact exists
+        if: steps.download-artifact.outcome != 'success'
+        env:
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id || inputs.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          echo "No build artifact found for $RUN_ID. Skipping upload."
+          exit 0 
+
+      - name: Setup metadata and prepare folders
+        id: setup-metadata
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_NUM: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.pull_requests[0].number || inputs.pr_number }}
+        run: |
+          # Get SHA from triggering workflow, or from manual input
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_run" ]; then
+            SHA="${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}"
+          else
+            echo "Fetching latest SHA for PR #$PR_NUM..."
+            SHA=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUM" --repo ${{ github.repository }} --json headRefOid --template '{{.headRefOid}}')
+          fi
+
+          echo "Using SHA: $SHA"
+          mkdir -p "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA"
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plotly.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plotly.min.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plot-schema.json "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plot-schema.json"
+          cp -r "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/" "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/latest/"
+
+          UPLOAD_DIR_PATH=$(pwd)/upload/
+
+          echo "Created directory ${UPLOAD_DIR_PATH} with the following contents:"
+          echo "$(ls -lR ${UPLOAD_DIR_PATH})"
+
+          echo "PR_NUM=$PR_NUM" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHA=$SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHORT_SHA=${SHA::7}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: generate-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3  #v3.1.1
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ vars.DEV_DEPLOY_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.DEV_DEPLOY_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: plotly
+          repositories: plotly.js-dev-builds
+
+      - name: Check out plotly.js-dev-builds repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          repository: plotly/plotly.js-dev-builds
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}  # token from previous step
+          path: plotly.js-dev-builds
+
+      - name: Commit and push files
+        id: commit-and-push
+        run: |
+          # 1. Move 'upload' directory into repo folder and cd into repo root
+          mkdir -p plotly.js-dev-builds/upload/
+          cp -r upload/ plotly.js-dev-builds/
+          cd plotly.js-dev-builds
+
+          # 2. Configure git
+          git config user.name "plotly.js-pr-upload"
+          git config user.email "<>"
+
+          # 3. add, commit, and push
+          git add upload/
+
+          # Only commit if there are changes
+          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes to commit"
+          else
+            git commit -m "Deploy build for PR #${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }} (commit ${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHORT_SHA }})"
+            git push origin main
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate summary
         run: |
-          echo "Hello World"
+          BASE="https://plotly.github.io/plotly.js-dev-builds/upload/pr-${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }}"
+          echo "### PR Build Uploaded" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Builds for PR #${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }} are available:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Latest build for this PR: [$BASE/latest/plotly.min.js]($BASE/latest/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Build for this commit (permalink): [$BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js]($BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

From 1720ce7b1d7a0d37e86ea2b6b3f64c57c7c15bd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 11:16:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] revisions in response to PR comments

---
 .github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml | 19 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
index 2a997219d63..74c218dad3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
@@ -18,27 +18,22 @@ jobs:
   upload:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || 
-          (github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request')    
+          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+          (
+            github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && 
+            github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
+            github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+          )
     steps:
       - name: Download build artifact
         id: download-artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
-        continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: dist-node22  # uploaded by publish-dist.yml > publish-dist-node-v22
           run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id || inputs.run_id }}
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           path: temp-dist
 
-      - name: Check if artifact exists
-        if: steps.download-artifact.outcome != 'success'
-        env:
-          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id || inputs.run_id }}
-        run: |
-          echo "No build artifact found for $RUN_ID. Skipping upload."
-          exit 0 
-
       - name: Setup metadata and prepare folders
         id: setup-metadata
         env:
@@ -114,4 +109,4 @@ jobs:
           echo "### PR Build Uploaded" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "Builds for PR #${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }} are available:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "- Latest build for this PR: [$BASE/latest/plotly.min.js]($BASE/latest/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- Build for this commit (permalink): [$BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js]($BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Build for this commit: [$BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js]($BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

From d215ce50d92627f2205b9bdd023d9b84c2a8586e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:32:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] remove upload plotly.js step

---
 .github/workflows/publish-dist.yml | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
index f4e93db3db8..71e0212f844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
@@ -95,22 +95,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build dist/
         run: npm run build
 
-      # This is necessary to avoid a naming collision with the upload from the Node 18 build
-      - name: Copy library for upload
-        run: cp dist/plotly.js dist/plotly.node22.js
-
-      # Upload library uncompressed to allow for testing in REPLs
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
-        name: Upload uncompressed plotly.js built from PR, using Node 22
-        with:
-          name: plotly.node22.js
-          retention-days: 30
-          archive: false
-          path: dist/plotly.node22.js
-
-      - name: Remove copy of library
-        run: rm dist/plotly.node22.js
-
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         name: Upload Node 22 archive of plotly.js build folder
         with:

From 2f7f4f783de94d8262025c1383b99f547ac57f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 16:27:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] remove unused steps from publish-dist

---
 .github/workflows/publish-dist.yml | 32 ++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
index 71e0212f844..9f382c39755 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
@@ -34,16 +34,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up build environment
         run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
 
-      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
-
       - name: Set draft version in package.json
         run: |
           node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
-
-      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
+          # View package.json diff from last release (should show that the version has been changed to the draft version)
+          git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
 
       - name: Build dist/
         run: npm run build
@@ -55,13 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           path: dist/
 
-      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
-
-      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
-
       - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
         run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json
 
@@ -81,16 +69,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up build environment
         run: .github/scripts/env_build.sh
 
-      - name: Preview CHANGELOG for next release (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: npm run use-draftlogs && git --no-pager diff --color-words CHANGELOG.md || true
-
       - name: Set draft version in package.json
         run: |
           node --eval "var fs = require('fs'); var inOut = './package.json'; var data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inOut)); var a = process.argv; data.version = a[a.length - 1].replace('v', ''); fs.writeFileSync(inOut, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + '\n');" $(git describe)
-
-      - name: View package.json diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
+          # View package.json diff from last release (should show that the version has been changed to the draft version)
+          git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) package.json || true
 
       - name: Build dist/
         run: npm run build
@@ -102,12 +85,5 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           path: dist/
 
-      - name: View dist/README.md diff between previous and next releases
-        run: git --no-pager diff --color-words tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/README.md || true
-
-      - name: Preview plot-schema diff (only on master)
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: git --no-pager diff tags/$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) dist/plot-schema.json || true
-
       - name: Test plot-schema.json diff
         run: diff --unified --color dist/plot-schema.json test/plot-schema.json

From 33b7425ab7df02b86ff5289565231524e30b7bbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 18:29:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] remove NODE_VERSION env var

---
 .github/workflows/publish-dist.yml | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
index 9f382c39755..3e4526ca826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: publish-dist-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-env:
-  NODE_VERSION: '18'
-
 jobs:
   publish-dist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          node-version: '18'
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Set up build environment

From a9e2362422b7300339957aa4b2ab971d8b374a86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 18:33:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] use short SHA instead of long SHA in directory name

---
 .github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
index 74c218dad3f..2e43f343570 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ jobs:
             echo "Fetching latest SHA for PR #$PR_NUM..."
             SHA=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUM" --repo ${{ github.repository }} --json headRefOid --template '{{.headRefOid}}')
           fi
+          SHORT_SHA=${SHA::7}
 
           echo "Using SHA: $SHA"
-          mkdir -p "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA"
-          cp temp-dist/plotly.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plotly.js"
-          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plotly.min.js"
-          cp temp-dist/plot-schema.json "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/plot-schema.json"
-          cp -r "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHA/" "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/latest/"
+          echo "Short SHA: $SHORT_SHA"
+          mkdir -p "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA"
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plotly.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plotly.min.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plot-schema.json "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plot-schema.json"
+          cp -r "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/" "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/latest/"
 
           UPLOAD_DIR_PATH=$(pwd)/upload/
 
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "PR_NUM=$PR_NUM" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "SHA=$SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "SHORT_SHA=${SHA::7}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHORT_SHA=$SHORT_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Generate GitHub App token
         id: generate-token

From a9a66faaee51901ea81cb8925bf0f9b336810b67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 18:47:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] modify summary

---
 .github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
index 2e43f343570..89413ad783d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           BASE="https://plotly.github.io/plotly.js-dev-builds/upload/pr-${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }}"
           echo "### PR Build Uploaded" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "Builds for PR #${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }} are available:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Builds for PR #${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.PR_NUM }} can be accessed at:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "- Latest build for this PR: [$BASE/latest/plotly.min.js]($BASE/latest/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "- Build for this commit: [$BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js]($BASE/${{ steps.setup-metadata.outputs.SHA }}/plotly.min.js)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "The above links should start working a minute or two after this job completes." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

From e09ca4179c0a80560c28ac630cd3ba14b2122184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 14:46:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] retain only plotly.min.js artifact for per-commit uploads

---
 .github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml | 31 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
index 89413ad783d..a24bc1cde49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-dev-build.yml
@@ -48,23 +48,26 @@ jobs:
             SHA=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUM" --repo ${{ github.repository }} --json headRefOid --template '{{.headRefOid}}')
           fi
           SHORT_SHA=${SHA::7}
+          UPLOAD_DIR_NAME="upload"
 
-          echo "Using SHA: $SHA"
-          echo "Short SHA: $SHORT_SHA"
-          mkdir -p "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA"
-          cp temp-dist/plotly.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plotly.js"
-          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plotly.min.js"
-          cp temp-dist/plot-schema.json "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/plot-schema.json"
-          cp -r "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/$SHORT_SHA/" "upload/pr-$PR_NUM/latest/"
+          echo "Using SHA: ${SHA}"
+          echo "Short SHA: ${SHORT_SHA}"
+          mkdir -p "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/latest"
+          mkdir -p "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/${SHORT_SHA}"
+          # Copy all 3 artifacts (plotly.js, plotly.min.js, plot-schema.json) to /latest/
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.js "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/latest/plotly.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/latest/plotly.min.js"
+          cp temp-dist/plot-schema.json "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/latest/plot-schema.json"
+          # Copy only plotly.min.js to /$SHORT_SHA/
+          cp temp-dist/plotly.min.js "${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/pr-${PR_NUM}/${SHORT_SHA}/plotly.min.js"
 
-          UPLOAD_DIR_PATH=$(pwd)/upload/
+          UPLOAD_DIR_FULL_PATH=$(pwd)/${UPLOAD_DIR_NAME}/
+          echo "Created directory ${UPLOAD_DIR_FULL_PATH} with the following contents:"
+          echo "$(ls -lR ${UPLOAD_DIR_FULL_PATH})"
 
-          echo "Created directory ${UPLOAD_DIR_PATH} with the following contents:"
-          echo "$(ls -lR ${UPLOAD_DIR_PATH})"
-
-          echo "PR_NUM=$PR_NUM" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "SHA=$SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "SHORT_SHA=$SHORT_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "PR_NUM=${PR_NUM}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHA=${SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHORT_SHA=${SHORT_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Generate GitHub App token
         id: generate-token