From 97fe2840395642c8af32b51f343ae28b91db7df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SulfurNitride <SulfurNitride@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 14:04:23 -0500
Subject: release: preserve draft stable releases

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 CHANGELOG.md             |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 33bf512..0bb0ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -191,13 +191,23 @@ jobs:
             echo "See CHANGELOG.md for the full list of changes."
           } > "${NOTES_FILE}"
 
-          if gh release view "${TAG}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            gh release edit "${TAG}" \
-              --title "${TITLE}" \
-              --notes-file "${NOTES_FILE}" \
-              --draft=false \
-              --prerelease=false \
-              --latest
+          EXISTING_DRAFT="$(gh release view "${TAG}" --json isDraft --jq '.isDraft' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [[ -n "${EXISTING_DRAFT}" ]]; then
+            if [[ "${EXISTING_DRAFT}" == "true" ]]; then
+              gh release edit "${TAG}" \
+                --title "${TITLE}" \
+                --notes-file "${NOTES_FILE}" \
+                --draft \
+                --prerelease=false \
+                --latest=false
+            else
+              gh release edit "${TAG}" \
+                --title "${TITLE}" \
+                --notes-file "${NOTES_FILE}" \
+                --draft=false \
+                --prerelease=false \
+                --latest
+            fi
             gh release upload "${TAG}" "${archive_path}" --clobber
           else
             gh release create "${TAG}" "${archive_path}" \
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27cd3d6..a276653 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ follows SemVer (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH). Two distribution channels:
 
 ### Changed
 - Updated the embedded MO2 integration through upstream 2.5.3 Beta 12.
-- Stable release publishing now explicitly clears draft/prerelease state when
-  updating an existing `v*` release and marks it as the latest stable release.
+- Stable release publishing now preserves existing draft `v*` releases while
+  forcing published stable releases out of prerelease state and marking them
+  as latest.
 
 ### Added
 - Clearer prefix setup progress and failure logs, including installer exit
-- 
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