This GitHub Action automatically comments on and/or labels Issues and PRs when a fix is released for them.

Use this action in a workflow triggered by a release. It will scan commits between that and the prior release, find associated Issues and PRs, and comment on them to let people know a release has been made. Associated Issues and PRs can be directly linked to the commit or manually linked from a PR associated with the commit.

GITHUB_TOKEN

A GitHub personal access token with repo scope, such as secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN.

comment-template (optional)

Override the comment posted on Issues and PRs. Set to the empty string to disable commenting. Several variables strings will be automatically replaced:

• {release_link} - a markdown link to the release
• {release_name} - the release's name
• {release_tag} - the release's tag

label-template (optional)

Add the given label. Multiple labels can be separated by commas. Several variable strings will be automatically replaced:

• {release_name} - the release's name
• {release_tag} - the release's tag

skip-label (optional)

Skip processing if any of the given labels are present. Same processing rules as label-template. Default is "dependencies".

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  release:
    steps:
      - uses: apexskier/github-release-commenter@v1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          comment-template: |
            Release {release_link} addresses this.

These are some known limitations of this action. I'd like to try to address them in the future.

• Non-linear releases aren't supported. For example, releasing a patch to a prior major release after a new major release has been bumped.
• Non-sequential releases aren't supported. For example, if you release multiple prereleases between two official releases, this will only create a comment for the first prerelease in which a fix is released, not the final release.
• The first release for a project will be ignored. This is intentional, as the use case is unlikely. Most projects will either have several alphas that don't need release comments, or won't use issues/PRs for the first commit.
• If a large number of things are commented on, you may see the error Error: You have triggered an abuse detection mechanism. Please wait a few minutes before you try again.. Consider using the skip-label input to reduce your load on the GitHub API.

Workflows will automatically update the tags v1 and latest, allowing you to reference one of those instead of locking to a specific release.