From a324fd37c6cb27d41dacae9109fb21c7cd1a4c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:17:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 617a2142c843c3618477c8eb121fa9b2280aa008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:26:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat: use action mode for release builds instead of
 release mode

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/workflow/action_mode.go               | 18 ++++++++++--------
 pkg/workflow/compiler_action_mode_test.go | 20 ++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/workflow/action_mode.go b/pkg/workflow/action_mode.go
index acd71931cfe..876d6f75ebe 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/action_mode.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/action_mode.go
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ func (m ActionMode) UsesExternalActions() bool {
 }
 
 // DetectActionMode determines the appropriate action mode based on the release flag.
-// Returns ActionModeRelease if this binary was built as a release (controlled by the
-// isReleaseBuild flag set via -X linker flag at build time), otherwise returns ActionModeDev.
-// Can be overridden with GH_AW_ACTION_MODE environment variable or GitHub Actions context.
+// Returns ActionModeAction if this binary was built as a release (controlled by the
+// isReleaseBuild flag set via -X linker flag at build time), or when running in a
+// GitHub Actions release context (release tags, release branches, or release events).
+// Returns ActionModeDev for all other cases (PRs, feature branches, local development).
+// Can be overridden with GH_AW_ACTION_MODE environment variable.
 // The version parameter is kept for backward compatibility but is no longer used for detection.
 func DetectActionMode(version string) ActionMode {
 	actionModeLog.Printf("Detecting action mode: version=%s, isRelease=%v", version, IsRelease())
@@ -82,8 +84,8 @@ func DetectActionMode(version string) ActionMode {
 	// Check if this binary was built as a release using the release flag
 	// This flag is set at build time via -X linker flag and does not rely on version string heuristics
 	if IsRelease() {
-		actionModeLog.Printf("Detected release mode from build flag (isReleaseBuild=true)")
-		return ActionModeRelease
+		actionModeLog.Printf("Detected action mode from build flag (isReleaseBuild=true)")
+		return ActionModeAction
 	}
 
 	// Check GitHub Actions context for additional hints
@@ -91,15 +93,15 @@ func DetectActionMode(version string) ActionMode {
 	githubEventName := os.Getenv("GITHUB_EVENT_NAME")
 	actionModeLog.Printf("GitHub context: ref=%s, event=%s", githubRef, githubEventName)
 
-	// Release mode conditions from GitHub Actions context:
+	// Conditions that return ActionModeAction from GitHub Actions context:
 	// 1. Running on a release branch (refs/heads/release*)
 	// 2. Running on a release tag (refs/tags/*)
 	// 3. Running on a release event
 	if strings.HasPrefix(githubRef, "refs/heads/release") ||
 		strings.HasPrefix(githubRef, "refs/tags/") ||
 		githubEventName == "release" {
-		actionModeLog.Printf("Detected release mode from GitHub context: ref=%s, event=%s", githubRef, githubEventName)
-		return ActionModeRelease
+		actionModeLog.Printf("Detected action mode from GitHub context: ref=%s, event=%s", githubRef, githubEventName)
+		return ActionModeAction
 	}
 
 	// Default to dev mode for all other cases:
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/compiler_action_mode_test.go b/pkg/workflow/compiler_action_mode_test.go
index 5ebcf5fbf4a..a149c715818 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/compiler_action_mode_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/compiler_action_mode_test.go
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ func TestActionModeDetection(t *testing.T) {
 			name:         "release tag",
 			githubRef:    "refs/tags/v1.0.0",
 			githubEvent:  "push",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
-			description:  "Release tags should use release mode",
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
+			description:  "Release tags should use action mode",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "release branch",
 			githubRef:    "refs/heads/release-1.0",
 			githubEvent:  "push",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
-			description:  "Release branches should use release mode",
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
+			description:  "Release branches should use action mode",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "release event",
 			githubRef:    "refs/heads/main",
 			githubEvent:  "release",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
-			description:  "Release events should use release mode",
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
+			description:  "Release events should use action mode",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "pull request",
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ func TestActionModeDetectionWithReleaseFlag(t *testing.T) {
 			isRelease:    true,
 			githubRef:    "",
 			githubEvent:  "",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
-			description:  "Release flag set to true should use release mode",
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
+			description:  "Release flag set to true should use action mode",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "release flag false",
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestActionModeDetectionWithReleaseFlag(t *testing.T) {
 			isRelease:    true,
 			githubRef:    "refs/heads/main",
 			githubEvent:  "push",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
 			description:  "Release flag should take precedence over branch",
 		},
 		{
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestActionModeDetectionWithReleaseFlag(t *testing.T) {
 			isRelease:    false,
 			githubRef:    "refs/tags/v1.0.0",
 			githubEvent:  "push",
-			expectedMode: ActionModeRelease,
+			expectedMode: ActionModeAction,
 			description:  "GitHub release tag should still work when release flag is false",
 		},
 		{