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Releases had no downloadable binaries: .github/workflows/build-binary.yml only ran on pushes and pull requests and kept the six executables as one-day workflow artifacts. It now also runs on release: published, and a final release job uploads the smoke-tested binaries uncompressed, exactly as built (open-connector-<target>, .exe on Windows), together with a SHA256SUMS file, using gh release upload --clobber. The job needs every smoke job, so one failing platform blocks the whole upload instead of shipping a partial set, and it is the only job with contents: write.

The macOS smoke jobs overwrite their artifact with the binary they re-signed, so the released darwin executables carry a valid signature rather than the Linux-built one that macOS 27 rejects. Asset names carry no version so releases/latest/download/open-connector-<target> always resolves, and a release_tag input on workflow_dispatch backfills an existing release such as v1.4.1. Both checkout steps pin ref to that tag, so a backfill dispatched from main still builds and uploads the tag's own code. docs/single-binary.md gains a Download section.

Releases had no downloadable binaries: the build workflow only ran on pushes and pull requests and kept its six executables as one-day workflow artifacts. It now also runs on `release: published`, and a final `release` job packs the smoke-tested binaries into `open-connector-<target>.tar.gz` / `.zip` archives with a `SHA256SUMS` file and attaches them to the release. The job needs every smoke job, so one failing platform blocks the whole upload rather than shipping a partial set, and only this job gets `contents: write`.

The macOS smoke jobs overwrite their artifact with the binary they re-signed, so the released darwin executables carry a valid signature instead of the Linux-built one that macOS 27 rejects. Asset names are stable across releases so `releases/latest/download/` resolves, `--clobber` lets a re-run replace attached assets, and a `release_tag` dispatch input backfills an existing release. _docs/single-binary.md_ gains a Download section.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cui <bh@bugs.cc>
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  • New Features

    • Published releases now provide downloadable binaries for six platforms.
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The binary workflow runs for published releases and manual tag selections. It propagates RELEASE_TAG to build and smoke checkouts. macOS smoke jobs publish re-signed binaries for releases. A release job validates six binaries, generates SHA256SUMS, and uploads the assets. The documentation describes downloads, checksum verification, permissions, stable URLs, version pinning, and macOS signing.

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  participant GitHubRelease
  ReleaseTrigger->>BuildAndSmokeJobs: start tagged or manually selected release
  BuildAndSmokeJobs->>ReleaseJob: provide six verified binaries
  ReleaseJob->>ReleaseJob: validate binaries and generate SHA256SUMS
  ReleaseJob->>GitHubRelease: upload binaries and checksum file with overwrite support
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The release job packed the executables into tar.gz and zip archives. Ship the files exactly as built instead, so `releases/latest/download/open-connector-<target>` is the binary itself and a `curl` plus `chmod +x` install needs no archive tool. Only `SHA256SUMS` is generated alongside them.

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In @.github/workflows/build-binary.yml:
- Line 83: Update both actions/checkout@v7 steps in the build and smoke jobs to
explicitly use the RELEASE_TAG value as their ref, falling back to github.sha
when RELEASE_TAG is unset, so manual backfills build binaries from the release
tag they upload to.

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The build and smoke jobs checked out the ref the run was started from, while the release job uploads to `RELEASE_TAG` with `--clobber`. A manual dispatch from main with `release_tag` set would therefore have replaced that release's assets with binaries built from main. Both checkout steps now pin `ref` to `RELEASE_TAG`, and an empty value on push and pull_request runs falls back to the action's default ref, so those paths are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cui <bh@bugs.cc>
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BlackHole1 added a commit to massimoalbarello/open-connector that referenced this pull request Sep 4, 2026
PR oomol-lab#488 added nibrun as a first-class column of the README deploy table.
main has since moved every managed platform behind More platforms and a
multilingual comparison page (oomol-lab#492), so nibrun goes there instead: a row
on docs/deployment-options/ in every language and the name in the More
platforms cell. The release workflow and the single-binary Download
section now come from oomol-lab#494, so this change no longer touches them.

The deploy link points at releases/latest/download/open-connector-linux-x64,
which resolves since v1.5.0, and sets OOMOL_CONNECT_CATALOG_LAZY_SCHEMAS=true.
Every nibrun app is capped at 256 MiB and the default catalog mode peaks
above that during startup. The logo is re-boxed to the 176x50 frame the
other deployment logos use.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cui <bh@bugs.cc>
BlackHole1 added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 4, 2026
Adds nibrun as a managed deployment target. nibrun runs one Linux binary
per Firecracker microVM with a persistent disk and an HTTPS hostname, so
it only needs the single-file executable and a deploy link.

- nibrun is listed under More platforms in the README deploy table and
gets its own row on _docs/deployment-options/_ in all seven languages,
following the layout #492 introduced: overview, advantages, pricing, and
a one-click deploy link.
- The deploy link points at
`releases/latest/download/open-connector-linux-x64`. The release
workflow that attaches the executables landed separately in #494, and
v1.5.0 already ships all six binaries plus `SHA256SUMS`, so the link
resolves today. This PR no longer touches
_.github/workflows/build-binary.yml_ or _docs/single-binary.md_.
- The deploy link prefills `HOST=0.0.0.0`,
`OOMOL_CONNECT_DATA_DIR=${NIBRUN_DATA_DIR}`, and
`OOMOL_CONNECT_ORIGIN=https://${NIBRUN_HOSTNAME}`, and names the three
secrets for the form. It also sets
`OOMOL_CONNECT_CATALOG_LAZY_SCHEMAS=true`: every nibrun app is capped at
1 vCPU / 256 MiB, and after #490 the Linux binary's startup peak (VmHWM)
is about 305 MB in default mode versus about 198 MB with lazy schemas.
- The nibrun logo is re-boxed to the 176x50 frame the other deployment
logos use.

The first commit is the original one from @massimoalbarello, rebased
onto main with its README and workflow hunks dropped; the docs commit on
top adapts it to the current README and docs layout.

Verified with `oxfmt --check` on every touched Markdown file.

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Signed-off-by: Kevin Cui <bh@bugs.cc>
Co-authored-by: Kevin Cui <bh@bugs.cc>
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