From f03e612a1493af5b34fc8d9257bd903eaaa3883a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Cummings <3627351+jzheaux@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:46:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Remove Release Workflows

This commit removes workflows for scheduling and
releasing releases in favor of release train support

Closes gh-19518
---
 .../continuous-integration-workflow.yml       | 14 +---------
 .github/workflows/finalize-release.yml        | 27 -------------------
 .github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml       | 24 -----------------
 .../update-scheduled-release-version.yml      | 23 ----------------
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 87 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/finalize-release.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/update-scheduled-release-version.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
index 90d6214955..328e82e906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
@@ -42,21 +42,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       should-deploy-schema: ${{ needs.build.outputs.should-deploy-artifacts }}
     secrets: inherit
-  perform-release:
-    name: Perform Release
-    needs: [ deploy-artifacts, deploy-schema ]
-    uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/perform-release.yml@b92832ecbc7cbe969201e6beafbde0ee400cf095 # v1.0.15
-    with:
-      should-perform-release: ${{ needs.deploy-artifacts.outputs.artifacts-deployed }}
-      project-version: ${{ needs.deploy-artifacts.outputs.project-version }}
-      milestone-repo-url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2
-      release-repo-url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2
-      artifact-path: org/springframework/security/spring-security-core
-      slack-announcing-id: spring-security-announcing
-    secrets: inherit
   send-notification:
     name: Send Notification
-    needs: [ perform-release ]
+    needs: [ deploy-artifacts, deploy-schema ]
     if: ${{ !success() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/finalize-release.yml b/.github/workflows/finalize-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1db659f9a..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/finalize-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-name: Finalize Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # Manual trigger
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: The Spring Security release to finalize (e.g. 7.0.0-RC2)
-        required: true
-
-env:
-  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  perform-release:
-    name: Perform Release
-    uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/perform-release.yml@ed473b4dafba053c63a453d2d88a89df3b3e18b3 # v1
-    with:
-      should-perform-release: true
-      project-version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-      milestone-repo-url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2
-      release-repo-url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2
-      artifact-path: org/springframework/security/spring-security-core
-      slack-announcing-id: spring-security-announcing
-    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml b/.github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 28e7d0e0d6..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-scheduler.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Scheduler
-on:
-  schedule:
-  - cron: '15 15 * * MON' # Every Monday at 3:15pm UTC
-  workflow_dispatch:
-permissions: read-all
-jobs:
-  dispatch_scheduled_releases:
-    name: Dispatch scheduled releases
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects'
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # List of active maintenance branches.
-        branch: [ main, 6.5.x, 6.4.x, 6.3.x ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: Dispatch
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
-      run: gh workflow run update-scheduled-release-version.yml -r ${{ matrix.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-scheduled-release-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-scheduled-release-version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 455226686d..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-scheduled-release-version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: Update Scheduled Release Version
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # Manual trigger only. Triggered by release-scheduler.yml on main.
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  update-scheduled-release-version:
-    name: Update Scheduled Release Version
-    uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/workflows/update-scheduled-release-version.yml@b92832ecbc7cbe969201e6beafbde0ee400cf095 # v1.0.15
-    secrets: inherit
-  send-notification:
-    name: Send Notification
-    needs: [ update-scheduled-release-version ]
-    if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Send Notification
-        uses: spring-io/spring-security-release-tools/.github/actions/send-notification@b92832ecbc7cbe969201e6beafbde0ee400cf095 # v1.0.15
-        with:
-          webhook-url: ${{ secrets.SPRING_SECURITY_CI_GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
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