From 3cb831d3452bce54c4a782e53428029a40c5055d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claas Augner <caugner@mozilla.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 23:25:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat: maintain "next" GitHub release with latest main

---
 .github/workflows/prerelease.yml | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/prerelease.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f1b1575de7d461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Publish @mdn/browser-compat-data@next
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - prerelease
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+env:
+  package: "@mdn/browser-compat-data"
+  tag: "next"
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    if: github.repository == 'mdn/browser-compat-data'
+    name: Publish next pre-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
+          cache: npm
+          package-manager-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Get short hash
+        id: hash
+        run: echo "SHORT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Ensure `next` pre-release exists
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          if ! gh release view "$tag" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$tag" \
+              --title "$package@$tag" \
+              --notes "Bootstrapping next pre-release." \
+              --prerelease
+          fi
+
+      - name: Draft existing release while we move the tag
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: gh release edit --draft "$tag"
+
+      - name: Move the `next` tag
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git tag --force "$tag"
+          git push --force origin "$tag"
+
+      - name: Publish the pre-release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          SHORT_HASH: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.SHORT_HASH }}
+          NOTES: "This is a continuously-updated prerelease generated from `main` (currently at ${{ steps.hash.outputs.SHORT_HASH }})."
+        run: |
+          gh release edit \
+            --verify-tag \
+            --title "$package@$tag" \
+            --notes "$NOTES" \
+            --prerelease \
+            --draft=false \
+            "$tag"
+          gh release upload --clobber "$tag" build/data.json

From cbd5527adfc2f9f30ad549e9a01cc5cb2ef612ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claas Augner <495429+caugner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 17:40:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ci(prerelease): use concurrency group

---
 .github/workflows/prerelease.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index f1b1575de7d461..ad1a8c68e1a017 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
       - main
       - prerelease
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}
 permissions:
   contents: write
 

From 571ca709206a2e2b6107d3cf6b5669139ac9e572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claas Augner <495429+caugner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 17:42:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ci(prerelease): remove PR branch trigger

Co-authored-by: Leo McArdle <leo@mozilla.com>
---
 .github/workflows/prerelease.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index ad1a8c68e1a017..ff35c872d23126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - prerelease
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}