Nightly Release

Use for Tideclaw/OpenClaw alpha/nightly release automation, manual alpha triggers, beta prep, release-branch repair, and post-release forward-port. Load $release-private if it exists before using Tideclaw host paths, cron ids, or Discord routing ids.

Policy

• Alpha/nightly runs every 12h or by manual trigger.
• Beta is human-triggered from Discord from a proven alpha/release branch.
• Stable/latest always needs explicit human confirmation.
• Never publish from a dirty checkout or directly from main.
• Main can be busy or broken; alpha work must be isolated so transient main failures do not block a usable nightly.
• Publish only after release-branch proof is green.
• After a successful alpha, forward-port release-branch commits back to main and prove main CI green.
• Forward-port PRs contain only reusable fixes needed to make nightly/release checks pass. They must not contain alpha version bumps, release notes, changelog release entries, tags, generated artifacts, or state-file updates.
• Keep only alpha/nightly branches from the last 3 days, plus any branch with an active run, open PR, or release tag.
• Never run broad env/token dumps. For GitHub writes on the Tideclaw host, use the Tideclaw gh write wrapper below.

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