From 5268f501be4ee755cd56cac97f70bc409433da9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AztecBot <tech@aztec-labs.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:26:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: remove alpha team canary workflow

---
 .../workflows/release-canary-pr-update.yml    | 142 ------------------
 1 file changed, 142 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-canary-pr-update.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-canary-pr-update.yml b/.github/workflows/release-canary-pr-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a4f4d776b3a..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-canary-pr-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-name: Alpha Team Canary
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - next
-    paths:
-      # Match any file named bootstrap.sh
-      - '**/bootstrap.sh'
-      # Anything in ci3 folder
-      - 'ci3/**'
-      # Anything in yarn-project
-      - 'yarn-project/**'
-
-env:
-  CANARY_BRANCH: ad/chore/ci-release-pr-canary
-  PR_TITLE: "no-merge: alpha canary PR"
-
-jobs:
-  update-canary-pr:
-    name: Update alpha team canary PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name AztecBot
-          git config --global user.email tech@aztecprotocol.com
-
-      - name: Detect changed paths
-        id: detect
-        run: |
-          changed_files=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }})
-          echo "Changed files:"
-          echo "$changed_files"
-
-          # Check for bootstrap.sh or ci3/ changes -> ci-release-pr label
-          if echo "$changed_files" | grep -qE '(bootstrap\.sh|^ci3/)'; then
-            echo "release_pr=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "release_pr=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-          # Check for yarn-project/ changes -> ci-network-kind label
-          if echo "$changed_files" | grep -q '^yarn-project/'; then
-            echo "network_kind=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "network_kind=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Ensure canary branch and PR exist
-        id: ensure-pr
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Check if branch exists
-          if ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin "$CANARY_BRANCH" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "Creating canary branch from next"
-            git checkout -b "$CANARY_BRANCH" origin/next
-            git push -u origin "$CANARY_BRANCH"
-          fi
-
-          # Check if PR exists
-          pr_number=$(gh pr list --state open --head "$CANARY_BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number')
-
-          if [[ -z "$pr_number" ]]; then
-            echo "Creating canary PR"
-            pr_url=$(gh pr create \
-              --head "$CANARY_BRANCH" \
-              --base next \
-              --title "$PR_TITLE" \
-              --body "This PR tests certain CI labels periodically. Any failures in this branch log to alpha-team channel with slack.
-
-          This PR is automatically updated when \`**/bootstrap.sh\`, \`ci3/**\`, or \`yarn-project/**\` files are pushed to \`next\`.
-
-          **Important:** This PR should never be merged. It exists solely to test CI labels.")
-
-            pr_number=$(gh pr list --state open --head "$CANARY_BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number')
-            echo "Created canary PR #$pr_number"
-          fi
-
-          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Check if CI is already running
-        id: check-ci
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          pr_number="${{ steps.ensure-pr.outputs.pr_number }}"
-
-          # Check if CI is currently running on this PR
-          running_ci=$(gh run list --branch "$CANARY_BRANCH" --workflow ci3.yml --status in_progress --json databaseId --jq 'length')
-
-          if [[ "$running_ci" -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "CI is already running on canary PR #$pr_number, skipping update"
-            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "No CI running, proceeding with update"
-            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Merge next into canary branch
-        if: steps.check-ci.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          pr_number="${{ steps.ensure-pr.outputs.pr_number }}"
-
-          # Fetch both branches
-          git fetch origin "$CANARY_BRANCH" next
-
-          # Checkout the canary branch
-          git checkout "$CANARY_BRANCH"
-
-          # Merge next into canary branch
-          if git merge origin/next --no-edit -m "Merge branch 'next' into $CANARY_BRANCH"; then
-            echo "Successfully merged next into $CANARY_BRANCH"
-            git push origin "$CANARY_BRANCH"
-            echo "Pushed update to $CANARY_BRANCH"
-
-            # Add labels based on what changed
-            labels=""
-            if [[ "${{ steps.detect.outputs.release_pr }}" == "true" ]]; then
-              labels="$labels --add-label ci-release-pr"
-            fi
-            if [[ "${{ steps.detect.outputs.network_kind }}" == "true" ]]; then
-              labels="$labels --add-label ci-network-kind"
-            fi
-            if [[ -n "$labels" ]]; then
-              gh pr edit "$pr_number" $labels
-              echo "Added labels to PR #$pr_number: $labels"
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "Merge conflict detected, aborting"
-            git merge --abort
-            exit 1
-          fi