ci(release): stop running the PR-quality gate on tag releases

Release is gated on the tag only. `bun run verify` runs on PRs and locally,
not at release time, so a failing quality gate no longer blocks publishing.

- release-desktop.yml: remove the quality-preflight job and its `needs`.
- release-workflow.test.ts: assert the release workflow does NOT run verify.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/release-desktop.yml

@@ -19,36 +19,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  quality-preflight:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Bun
-        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-        with:
-          bun-version: latest
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-
-      - name: Install root dependencies
-        run: bun install
-
-      - name: Install desktop dependencies
-        working-directory: desktop
-        run: bun install
-
-      - name: Install adapter dependencies
-        working-directory: adapters
-        run: bun install
-
-      - name: Verify PR-quality gate before release packaging
-        run: bun run verify
-
   signing-preflight:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -93,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     needs:
-      - quality-preflight
       - signing-preflight
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

scripts/pr/release-workflow.test.ts

@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ describe('release desktop workflow', () => {
     )?.[0]
   }
 
-  test('build job waits for a PR-quality preflight before packaging', () => {
+  test('release packaging does not run the PR-quality gate', () => {
     const workflow = readReleaseWorkflow()
 
-    expect(workflow).toContain('quality-preflight:')
+    // Quality gates run on PRs, not at release time: tagging should not be
-    expect(workflow).toContain('run: bun run verify')
+    // blocked by `bun run verify`. Releasing is gated on the tag only.
-    expect(workflow).toContain('- quality-preflight')
+    expect(workflow).not.toContain('quality-preflight')
+    expect(workflow).not.toContain('bun run verify')
     expect(workflow).toContain('name: Build (${{ matrix.label }})')
   })
 
@@ -144,7 +145,6 @@ describe('release desktop workflow', () => {
     expect(macRequiredBlock).not.toContain('exit 1')
     expect(windowsOptionalBlock).toContain('::warning::')
     expect(windowsOptionalBlock).not.toContain('exit 1')
-    expect(buildJob).toContain('- quality-preflight')
     expect(buildJob).toContain('- signing-preflight')
     expect(workflow.indexOf('signing-preflight:')).toBeLessThan(workflow.indexOf('build:'))
     expect(workflow.indexOf('signing-preflight:')).toBeLessThan(workflow.indexOf('Upload release artifacts for final publish'))