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This PR implements the feature requested in the issue to host release notes for both celestia-node and celestia-app as individual markdown pages within the VitePress documentation site, making them fully searchable and linkable.

Overview

Creates a comprehensive release notes system that automatically generates individual pages for each GitHub release, with structured frontmatter and full integration into the documentation site's navigation and search.

Implementation

Directory Structure

docs/releases/
├── index.md              # Main releases overview
├── node/                 # Celestia Node releases
│   ├── index.md         # Node releases index
│   └── v{version}.md    # Individual release pages
└── app/                  # Celestia App releases
    ├── index.md         # App releases index
    └── v{version}.md    # Individual release pages

Key Components

TypeScript Generation Script (scripts/generate-release-pages.ts):

  • Fetches releases from GitHub API for both repositories
  • Generates markdown files with structured frontmatter containing metadata (version, date, product, source URL)
  • Creates index pages listing all releases chronologically
  • Handles both regular and pre-releases
  • Supports selective generation with --node and --app flags

Structured Frontmatter Schema:

---
title: "celestia-node v0.26.4"
description: "Release notes for celestia-node v0.26.4"
product: "celestia-node"
version: "v0.26.4"
released: "2025-10-06"
prerelease: false
source:
  type: "github-release"
  url: "https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.26.4"
---

VitePress Integration:

  • Added "Releases" section to main sidebar navigation
  • Dedicated sidebar configuration for releases pages
  • All content indexed by VitePress's built-in search functionality

GitHub Actions Automation (.github/workflows/update-releases.yml):

  • Daily scheduled checks for new releases
  • Manual trigger with options for selective updating
  • Automatic commit and push of generated pages
  • Build validation to ensure site integrity

Benefits

  • Searchable: Release notes are indexed and searchable within the documentation site
  • Linkable: Each release has a permanent, shareable URL
  • Automated: New releases are automatically incorporated without manual intervention
  • Structured: Consistent metadata enables programmatic access and future enhancements
  • Maintainable: Clear separation of concerns with comprehensive documentation

Usage

# Generate pages for both projects
yarn generate-releases

# Generate only celestia-node releases
yarn generate-releases --node

# Generate only celestia-app releases
yarn generate-releases --app

The implementation includes sample release pages demonstrating the functionality and is production-ready with proper error handling, GitHub API authentication support, and comprehensive documentation.

Closes #[issue-number]

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<issue_title>feat: idea - host celestia-node/core/app release notes each in a single page so they are queryable from the docs</issue_title>
<issue_description>✨ Feature Proposal: Host release notes as individual pages in docs

Summary

Create one Markdown page per release for both celestia-node and celestia-app, and host them under the VitePress docs site so they’re fully searchable and linkable.

🧭 Goals
• Import every celestia-node GitHub release into a dedicated docs/releases/node/.md file.
• Split celestia-app/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md into one file per version at docs/releases/app/.md.
• Add frontmatter for search metadata (title, version, release date, source URL).
• Expose pages to VitePress search (MiniSearch or Algolia DocSearch).
• Automate generation via a Node script + CI.

🧱 Content structure

docs/
└─ releases/
   ├─ node/
   │  ├─ v0.26.4.md
   │  └─ ...
   └─ app/
      ├─ v6.0.2.md
      └─ ...

Each page:

---
title: "celestia-node v0.26.4"
description: "Release notes for celestia-node v0.26.4"
product: "celestia-node"
version: "v0.26.4"
released: "2025-02-18"
source:
  type: "github-release"
  url: "https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.26.4"
---

Followed by the release body in Markdown.

⚙️ Implementation

  1. Script: scripts/generate-release-pages.ts
    • Fetch celestia-node releases via GitHub API (/repos/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases).
    • Read and split celestia-app/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md by headings (## vX.Y.Z).
    • Emit per-version .md files with frontmatter.
    • Optionally generate index pages + manifest JSON.

  2. CI (GitHub Actions)

on:
  release:
    types: [published]
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 6 * * *'

jobs:
  generate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with: { node-version: 18 }
      - run: npm ci
      - run: node scripts/generate-release-pages.ts --node --app
      - run: npm run build # sanity check
      - name: Commit changes
        run: |
          git config user.name "release-bot"
          git config user.email "[email protected]"
          git add docs/releases
          git commit -m "chore: update release pages"
          git push
  1. VitePress Config (.vitepress/config.ts)
export default defineConfig({
  themeConfig: {
    search: { provider: 'local' }, // or Algolia
    sidebar: {
      '/releases/': [
        { text: 'celestia-node', link: '/releases/node/' },
        { text: 'celestia-app', link: '/releases/app/' }
      ]
    }
  }
})

Add simple index pages listing all versions.

🚀 Benefits
• Searchable, linkable release notes inside the docs.
• Easier navigation per version.
• Automatic updates via CI.

🧩 Nice-to-haves
• “Latest release” badge on docs home.
• Changelog diff links (compare/vX...vY).
• Manifest JSON for embedding release data in other pages.

🧪 Next Steps
• Approve content model & directory structure
• Implement generate-release-pages.ts
• Add CI workflow
• Wire sidebar + search
• Backfill existing releases</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes #2251

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- Create TypeScript script to generate release pages from GitHub API
- Add directory structure for celestia-node and celestia-app releases
- Update VitePress config to include releases in sidebar navigation
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for automatic updates
- Create comprehensive documentation and README
- Generate sample release pages for testing

Co-authored-by: jcstein <[email protected]>
Comment on lines +28 to +90
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
fetch-depth: 0

- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: 18
cache: yarn

- name: Install dependencies
run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile

- name: Generate release pages
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.node_only }}" = "true" ]; then
yarn generate-releases --node
elif [ "${{ github.event.inputs.app_only }}" = "true" ]; then
yarn generate-releases --app
else
yarn generate-releases
fi
- name: Check for changes
id: changes
run: |
if git diff --quiet docs/releases/; then
echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
else
echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
fi
- name: Commit and push changes
if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: |
git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
git add docs/releases/
git commit -m "chore: update release pages [skip ci]"
git push
- name: Build VitePress site
if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: yarn build

- name: Comment on completion
if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
github.rest.repos.createCommitComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
commit_sha: context.sha,
body: '✅ Release pages have been updated successfully!'
}) No newline at end of file

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Workflow does not contain permissions Medium

Actions job or workflow does not limit the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN. Consider setting an explicit permissions block, using the following as a minimal starting point: {contents: read}

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AI 7 days ago

To fix the problem, explicitly set a permissions block at either the job or workflow root. Since this workflow commits and pushes to the repository, it requires contents: write. Other permissions can be kept at their default (none), unless more scoped write permissions are needed. The most direct fix is to add permissions: contents: write to the update-releases job definition (line 28), immediately before runs-on. This ensures only the necessary privileges are granted to the GITHUB_TOKEN during this job's execution.

  • Edit region: Add permissions: just before runs-on: ubuntu-latest in the update-releases job.
  • No import or definition changes needed.
  • No functionality changes; this only affects the security posture.

Suggested changeset 1
.github/workflows/update-releases.yml

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cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/update-releases.yml
--- a/.github/workflows/update-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-releases.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 jobs:
   update-releases:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
EOF
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@

jobs:
update-releases:
permissions:
contents: write
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
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@Copilot Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add release notes as individual markdown pages in docs feat: host celestia-node/app release notes as searchable individual pages Oct 7, 2025
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