Strip JS comment steps from submit/apply; add github-decision + artifact upload

changelog/submit/apply/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <!-- Generated by https://github.com/reakaleek/gh-action-readme -->
 # <!--name-->Changelog submit / apply<!--/name-->
 <!--description-->
-Write action that downloads the changelog artifact produced by the evaluate action and either commits it to the PR branch or posts it as a PR comment. Requires contents:write and pull-requests:write permissions.
+Write action that downloads the changelog artifact produced by the evaluate action, commits the changelog entry to the PR branch, and uploads a changelog-decision artifact for the downstream comment workflow. Requires contents:write and pull-requests:write permissions.
 <!--/description-->
 
 ## Inputs
 <!--inputs-->
-| Name           | Description                                                        | Required | Default               |
-|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-----------------------|
-| `github-token` | GitHub token with contents:write and pull-requests:write           | `false`  | `${{ github.token }}` |
-| `config`       | Path to changelog.yml configuration file (used in failure comment) | `false`  | `docs/changelog.yml`  |
+| Name           | Description                                               | Required | Default               |
+|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------|-----------------------|
+| `github-token` | GitHub token with contents:write and pull-requests:write | `false`  | `${{ github.token }}` |
 <!--/inputs-->
 
 ## Outputs

changelog/submit/apply/action.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 name: Changelog submit / apply
 description: >
   Write action that downloads the changelog artifact produced by the evaluate
-  action and either commits it to the PR branch or posts it as a PR comment.
+  action, commits the changelog entry to the PR branch, and uploads a
+  changelog-decision artifact for the downstream comment workflow.
   Requires contents:write and pull-requests:write permissions.
 
 inputs:
   github-token:
     description: 'GitHub token with contents:write and pull-requests:write'
     default: '${{ github.token }}'
-  config:
-    description: 'Path to changelog.yml configuration file (used in failure comment)'
-    default: 'docs/changelog.yml'
 
 outputs:
   committed:
@@ -131,51 +129,36 @@ runs:
       run: |
         echo "::warning::Changelog commit step failed; posting the entry as a PR comment only. Same-repository PR entries are not regenerated by the merge-time upload, so resolve the commit failure before merging."
 
-    - name: Post success comment
-      if: steps.commit.outputs.committed == 'true'
-      uses: actions/github-script@v9
-      env:
-        PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.pr-number }}
-        HEAD_REF: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.head-ref }}
-        CHANGELOG_FILE: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.changelog-file }}
-      with:
-        github-token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
-        script: |
-          const script = require('${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/post-success-comment.js');
-          await script({ github, context, core });
-
-    # Two paths arrive here:
-    #   1. The strategy chose comment-only (fork PR from a trusted author, or
-    #      explicit `comment-only: true` input).
-    #   2. The strategy chose commit but the commit step failed; rather than
-    #      hard-fail, expose the generated entry on the PR so reviewers and the
-    #      author can still see what would have been recorded.
-    - name: Post comment-only changelog
-      if: steps.meta.outputs.should-comment-success == 'true' || steps.commit.outcome == 'failure'
-      uses: actions/github-script@v9
+    - name: Record decision and stage comment artifact
+      if: always()
+      continue-on-error: true
+      shell: bash
       env:
-        PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.pr-number }}
-        CHANGELOG_DIR: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.changelog-dir }}
-        STAGING_DIR: /tmp/changelog-staging
-        IS_FORK: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.is-fork }}
-        COMMIT_FAILED: ${{ steps.commit.outcome == 'failure' }}
-      with:
-        github-token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
-        script: |
-          const script = require('${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/post-comment-only.js');
-          await script({ github, context, core });
+        COMMIT_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.committed == 'true' && 'committed' || steps.commit.outcome == 'failure' && 'failed' || 'none' }}
+        COMMITTED_FILE: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.changelog-file }}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p .artifacts/changelog-decision
+        cp /tmp/changelog-staging/metadata.json .artifacts/changelog-decision/metadata.json
 
-    - name: Post failure comment
-      if: steps.meta.outputs.should-comment-failure == 'true'
-      uses: actions/github-script@v9
-      env:
-        PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.pr-number }}
-        LABEL_TABLE: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.label-table }}
-        PRODUCT_LABEL_TABLE: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.product-label-table }}
-        SKIP_LABELS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.skip-labels }}
-        CONFIG_FILE: ${{ inputs.config }}
+        # Copy the generated YAML so the comment renderer can show it in comment-only mode
+        GENERATED=$(ls /tmp/changelog-staging/*.yaml 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+        if [ -n "$GENERATED" ]; then
+          cp "$GENERATED" .artifacts/changelog-decision/
+        fi
+
+        ARGS=(--metadata .artifacts/changelog-decision/metadata.json --commit-outcome "$COMMIT_OUTCOME")
+        if [ -n "$COMMITTED_FILE" ]; then
+          ARGS+=(--committed-file "$COMMITTED_FILE")
+        fi
+
+        docs-builder changelog github-decision "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+    - name: Upload decision artifact
+      if: always()
+      continue-on-error: true
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
-        github-token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
-        script: |
-          const script = require('${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/post-failure-comment.js');
-          await script({ github, context, core });
+        name: changelog-decision
+        path: .artifacts/changelog-decision
+        retention-days: 1
+        if-no-files-found: ignore