From 8aa83886a76a32eb16168f218c0f73e531fc291f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manasjyoti Sharma <manas@fortifyroot.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 13:16:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ci: remove deprecated rc_tag release input

---
 .github/workflows/on-rc-tag.yml       | 10 +++-------
 .github/workflows/publish-release.yml |  9 +++------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-rc-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/on-rc-tag.yml
index 53a4ab8..163c4d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-rc-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-rc-tag.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@ on:
     inputs:
       release_tag:
         description: 'SDK release tag to validate (e.g. v1.0.0rc1 or v1.0.0)'
-        required: false
-      rc_tag:
-        description: 'Deprecated alias for release_tag'
-        required: false
+        required: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
   statuses: read
 
 concurrency:
-  group: sdk-release-gate-${{ inputs.release_tag || inputs.rc_tag || github.ref_name }}
+  group: sdk-release-gate-${{ inputs.release_tag || github.ref_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="${{ inputs.release_tag || inputs.rc_tag }}"
+            RELEASE_TAG="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
           else
             RELEASE_TAG="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           fi
@@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
             repos/FortifyRoot/fr-system-tests/dispatches \
             -f event_type=sdk_rc \
             -F "client_payload[release_tag]=${RELEASE_TAG}" \
-            -F "client_payload[rc_tag]=${RELEASE_TAG}" \
             -F "client_payload[tag_kind]=${TAG_KIND}" \
             -F "client_payload[status_nonce]=${STATUS_NONCE}" \
             -F "client_payload[repo]=FortifyRoot/ocelle-py"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 79698ef..9e63eed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ on:
     inputs:
       release_tag:
         description: 'SDK release tag that passed the gate (e.g. v1.0.0rc1 or v1.0.0)'
-        required: false
-      rc_tag:
-        description: 'Deprecated alias for release_tag'
-        required: false
+        required: true
       pypi_repository:
         description: 'PyPI repository (testpypi for rc, pypi for final)'
         required: false
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    name: Publish ${{ inputs.release_tag || inputs.rc_tag }} to ${{ inputs.pypi_repository }}
+    name: Publish ${{ inputs.release_tag }} to ${{ inputs.pypi_repository }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     environment:
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate release tag and target repository
         id: tag
         env:
-          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.release_tag || inputs.rc_tag }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
           PYPI_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.pypi_repository }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail