INFRA-2576: Created a new workflow that will create a changelog PR or update existing changelog

[XxdpavelxX]

Tested here: consensys-test#204, https://github.com/consensys-test/metamask-extension-test-workflow2/actions/runs/18538077577
Ticket: https://consensyssoftware.atlassian.net/browse/INFRA-2576

Added a new workflow to update or create the changelog when release PRs are created or receive new merges.

Update Release Changelog PR (update-release-changelog.yml)
When it runs:
Triggers on every push to release branches matching:
Version-v* (e.g., Version-v13.3.0)
release/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+ (e.g., release/999.98.0)
What it does:
Calls the github-tools update-release-changelog.yml workflow
This workflow runs the update-release-changelog.sh script
The script uses @metamask/auto-changelog to generate/update the changelog

When CHANGELOG.md Gets Created or Updated
Initial Creation:
Branch Creation: When you create a release/999.98.0 branch
Auto Create Release PR: Triggers and calls create-release-pr.yml
Create Release PR: Calls github-tools to create the release PR
Changelog Creation: The github-tools script:
Creates a changelog branch: release/999.98.0-Changelog
Runs yarn auto-changelog update --rc --autoCategorize --useChangelogEntry --useShortPrLink
Creates/updates CHANGELOG.md with commits since the last tag
Creates a PR: release: release/999.98.0-Changelog
Subsequent Updates:
New Commits: When you push new commits to release/999.98.0
Update Release Changelog PR: Triggers automatically
Changelog Update: The workflow:
Checks out the existing release/999.98.0-Changelog branch
Runs the auto-changelog script again
Updates the existing CHANGELOG.md with new commits
Commits and pushes the changes to the existing changelog PR
The auto-changelog looks for git tags to determine the commit range
Duplicate Filtering: It filters out commits that don't have PR numbers or are already in the changelog

Description

Changelog

CHANGELOG entry: null

Related issues

Fixes:

Manual testing steps

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Screenshots/Recordings

Before

After

Pre-merge author checklist

• I've followed MetaMask Contributor Docs and MetaMask Extension Coding Standards.
• I've completed the PR template to the best of my ability
• I’ve included tests if applicable
• I’ve documented my code using JSDoc format if applicable
• I’ve applied the right labels on the PR (see labeling guidelines). Not required for external contributors.

Pre-merge reviewer checklist

• I've manually tested the PR (e.g. pull and build branch, run the app, test code being changed).
• I confirm that this PR addresses all acceptance criteria described in the ticket it closes and includes the necessary testing evidence such as recordings and or screenshots.

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Note

Adds a GitHub Actions workflow that triggers on release/x.y.z pushes to create/update the changelog PR via the shared github-tools workflow.

• CI/Workflows:
  • New /.github/workflows/update-release-changelog.yml:
    • Triggers on push to release/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+.
    • Uses reusable workflow MetaMask/github-tools/.github/workflows/update-release-changelog.yml@36dc168... with inputs: release-branch, repository-url, platform: extension, github-tools-version, previous-version-ref: null.
    • Sets permissions: contents: write, pull-requests: write; concurrency group update-release-changelog-${{ github.ref }}.
    • Uses secret github-token: secrets.PR_TOKEN.

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[metamaskbot]

📊 Page Load Benchmark Results

Current Commit: 7af9302 | Date: 10/15/2025

📄 Localhost MetaMask Test Dapp

Samples: 100

Summary

• pageLoadTime-> current mean value: 1.06s (±76ms) 🟡 | historical mean value: 1.05s ⬆️ (historical data)
• domContentLoaded-> current mean value: 742ms (±72ms) 🟢 | historical mean value: 739ms ⬆️ (historical data)
• firstContentfulPaint-> current mean value: 78ms (±15ms) 🟢 | historical mean value: 79ms ⬇️ (historical data)

📈 Detailed Results

Metric	Mean	Std Dev	Min	Max	P95	P99
pageLoadTime	1.06s	76ms	1.02s	1.36s	1.30s	1.36s
domContentLoaded	742ms	72ms	704ms	1.01s	990ms	1.01s
firstPaint	78ms	15ms	60ms	204ms	92ms	204ms
firstContentfulPaint	78ms	15ms	60ms	204ms	92ms	204ms
largestContentfulPaint	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms

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Results generated automatically by MetaMask CI

[metamaskbot]

Builds ready [7af9302]

• builds: chrome, firefox
• builds (beta): chrome, firefox
• builds (flask): chrome, firefox
• builds (test): chrome, firefox
• builds (test-flask): chrome, firefox
• build viz: Build System
• bundle size: Bundle Size Stats
• user-actions-benchmark: User Actions Stats
• storybook: Storybook
• typescript migration: Dashboard
• all artifacts
• bundle viz:

  • background: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • common: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  • ui: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
  • content-script: 0
  • offscreen: 0

UI Startup Metrics (1282 ± 71 ms)

Platform	BuildType	Page	Metric	Mean (ms)	Min (ms)	Max (ms)	Std Dev (ms)	P 75 (ms)	P 95 (ms)
Chrome	Browserify	Home	uiStartup	1282	1140	1494	71	1318	1440
			load	1096	976	1274	63	1127	1241
			domContentLoaded	1090	970	1271	63	1119	1233
			domInteractive	19	14	57	7	18	37
			firstPaint	748	79	1252	432	1108	1196
			backgroundConnect	261	242	294	10	266	284
			firstReactRender	28	19	57	8	31	45
			getState	17	5	63	9	21	35
			initialActions	5	1	41	6	6	17
			loadScripts	835	726	1029	62	861	972
			setupStore	10	6	30	4	11	17
	Webpack	Home	uiStartup	846	716	1157	71	870	980
			load	644	577	989	79	651	827
			domContentLoaded	636	571	980	78	641	803
			domInteractive	16	11	79	10	14	41
			firstPaint	188	53	909	171	195	604
			backgroundConnect	21	10	45	7	26	33
			firstReactRender	26	17	58	8	32	36
			getState	9	4	20	3	11	13
			initialActions	3	0	18	3	4	7
			loadScripts	633	569	970	76	639	801
			setupStore	10	6	25	3	12	14
Firefox	Browserify	Home	uiStartup	1464	1287	1914	131	1527	1732
			load	1222	1092	1574	95	1294	1379
			domContentLoaded	1222	1091	1574	95	1293	1378
			domInteractive	101	32	297	56	102	256
			firstPaint	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
			backgroundConnect	35	23	145	16	40	62
			firstReactRender	30	25	48	4	31	41
			getState	9	3	53	6	9	20
			initialActions	6	1	135	14	4	14
			loadScripts	1200	1075	1552	94	1272	1355
			setupStore	16	6	244	29	11	52
	Webpack	Home	uiStartup	1706	1517	2295	135	1783	1930
			load	1448	1292	1768	107	1518	1646
			domContentLoaded	1448	1292	1767	107	1517	1646
			domInteractive	106	33	462	74	104	372
			firstPaint	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
			backgroundConnect	42	25	98	15	48	78
			firstReactRender	38	28	106	14	38	87
			getState	9	4	22	3	10	15
			initialActions	5	2	51	7	4	16
			loadScripts	1422	1272	1742	106	1490	1625
			setupStore	14	6	147	17	12	38

Bundle size diffs [🚨 Warning! Bundle size has increased!]

• background: 58 Bytes (0%)
• ui: 0 Bytes (0%)
• common: 10 Bytes (0%)

[gauthierpetetin]

We no longer need to support Version-v format.

[XxdpavelxX]

Fixed

[gauthierpetetin]

Probably an error: these new lines are not needed

[XxdpavelxX]

Good catch, removed

[cursor]

Bug: Unnecessary Parameter in Code

The previous-version-ref: null parameter appears to be unnecessary based on reviewer feedback ("these new lines are not needed"). This parameter should likely be removed entirely rather than explicitly set to null.

 

[metamaskbot]

📊 Page Load Benchmark Results

Current Commit: 2599f84 | Date: 10/20/2025

📄 Localhost MetaMask Test Dapp

Samples: 100

Summary

• pageLoadTime-> current mean value: 1.03s (±72ms) 🟡 | historical mean value: 1.04s ⬇️ (historical data)
• domContentLoaded-> current mean value: 733ms (±84ms) 🟢 | historical mean value: 734ms ⬇️ (historical data)
• firstContentfulPaint-> current mean value: 80ms (±41ms) 🟢 | historical mean value: 79ms ⬆️ (historical data)

📈 Detailed Results

Metric	Mean	Std Dev	Min	Max	P95	P99
pageLoadTime	1.03s	72ms	998ms	1.33s	1.24s	1.33s
domContentLoaded	733ms	84ms	696ms	1.27s	926ms	1.27s
firstPaint	80ms	41ms	60ms	484ms	92ms	484ms
firstContentfulPaint	80ms	41ms	60ms	484ms	92ms	484ms
largestContentfulPaint	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms	0ms

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Results generated automatically by MetaMask CI

[metamaskbot]

Builds ready [2599f84]

• builds: chrome, firefox
• builds (beta): chrome, firefox
• builds (flask): chrome, firefox
• builds (test): chrome, firefox
• builds (test-flask): chrome, firefox
• build viz: Build System
• bundle size: Bundle Size Stats
• user-actions-benchmark: User Actions Stats
• storybook: Storybook
• typescript migration: Dashboard
• all artifacts
• bundle viz:

  • background: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • common: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  • ui: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
  • content-script: 0
  • offscreen: 0

UI Startup Metrics (1253 ± 66 ms)

Platform	BuildType	Page	Metric	Mean (ms)	Min (ms)	Max (ms)	Std Dev (ms)	P 75 (ms)	P 95 (ms)
Chrome	Browserify	Home	uiStartup	1253	1122	1413	66	1286	1377
			load	1072	963	1212	60	1107	1178
			domContentLoaded	1064	955	1205	59	1099	1171
			domInteractive	18	13	55	8	18	41
			firstPaint	699	71	1202	423	1088	1176
			backgroundConnect	255	238	377	15	259	271
			firstReactRender	26	17	77	8	27	42
			getState	19	8	36	6	22	32
			initialActions	4	0	24	3	5	11
			loadScripts	816	716	961	57	849	921
			setupStore	9	6	22	3	10	18
	Webpack	Home	uiStartup	809	685	1076	68	835	948
			load	600	546	904	72	597	773
			domContentLoaded	592	540	893	71	590	755
			domInteractive	15	11	46	7	14	34
			firstPaint	185	50	855	182	171	588
			backgroundConnect	23	11	44	7	27	35
			firstReactRender	25	16	37	7	32	34
			getState	11	5	18	3	13	16
			initialActions	3	0	10	2	4	7
			loadScripts	590	538	885	70	589	753
			setupStore	10	5	16	3	12	14
Firefox	Browserify	Home	uiStartup	1446	1245	1951	137	1501	1726
			load	1219	1062	1461	90	1291	1367
			domContentLoaded	1219	1062	1461	90	1290	1366
			domInteractive	112	35	294	49	122	241
			firstPaint	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
			backgroundConnect	36	19	100	13	41	57
			firstReactRender	27	20	46	7	26	45
			getState	8	4	82	9	7	15
			initialActions	5	1	184	19	3	12
			loadScripts	1197	1045	1440	87	1270	1349
			setupStore	15	6	208	22	13	35
	Webpack	Home	uiStartup	1546	1342	1993	113	1596	1781
			load	1328	1171	1581	89	1395	1514
			domContentLoaded	1327	1171	1581	89	1394	1514
			domInteractive	95	34	330	46	97	188
			firstPaint	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
			backgroundConnect	41	21	133	17	47	66
			firstReactRender	26	22	49	5	27	35
			getState	7	4	14	2	8	12
			initialActions	3	1	41	4	3	9
			loadScripts	1304	1155	1556	85	1370	1475
			setupStore	17	6	232	27	14	48

Bundle size diffs [🚨 Warning! Bundle size has increased!]

• background: -45.08 KiB (-0.99%)
• ui: 12.87 KiB (0.2%)
• common: 61.68 KiB (0.74%)