JetBrains Release Todo

One-Time Marketplace Setup

• Confirm ai.kilocode.jetbrains is the final permanent Marketplace plugin ID before the first upload.
• Build a production ZIP locally or in CI for the first Marketplace version.
• Manually upload the first plugin version in JetBrains Marketplace if the plugin has not been published before.
• Confirm the plugin is owned by the correct Kilo vendor or organization.
• Confirm the eap custom channel exists or is accepted on the first RC upload.
• Confirm Marketplace signing requirements before publishing RC builds.

One-Time GitHub Setup

• Create a JetBrains Marketplace permanent token from Marketplace My Tokens.
• Add JETBRAINS_MARKETPLACE_TOKEN to GitHub Actions secrets or the protected environment.
• Confirm GITHUB_TOKEN has contents: write permission for creating and updating GitHub Releases for jetbrains/v* tags.
• Confirm KILO_MAINTAINER_APP_ID and KILO_MAINTAINER_APP_SECRET are available to create release PRs and immediate release tags.
• Optionally create a protected jetbrains-marketplace GitHub Environment with required reviewers.
• If using an environment, move the Marketplace and signing secrets there and set the workflow job environment.

One-Time Signing Certificate Setup

• Generate or locate the JetBrains plugin signing private key and certificate chain.
• Add JETBRAINS_CERTIFICATE_CHAIN with the full certificate chain PEM content.
• Add JETBRAINS_PRIVATE_KEY with the private key PEM content.
• Add JETBRAINS_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD with the private key password.
• Keep PEM files out of git, local logs, and workflow output.
• If GitHub secret input mangles multiline PEM values, store base64-encoded values and verify the Gradle signing task decodes them correctly.

Per-RC Release

• Choose an RC version in the form x.y.z-rc.n.
• Run the prepare-jetbrains-release workflow with kind=rc and version x.y.z-rc.n.
• Confirm the workflow created jetbrains/vx.y.z-rc.n immediately at the intended source commit.
• Review and edit packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md in the generated release PR.
• Merge the release PR to trigger publish from jetbrains/vx.y.z-rc.n, for example jetbrains/v7.0.1-rc.1.
• Watch the publish-jetbrains workflow.
• Download and retain the workflow artifact if needed.
• Confirm the update appears on the JetBrains Marketplace eap channel.
• Confirm the GitHub Release for the jetbrains/vx.y.z-rc.n tag exists and contains the JetBrains plugin ZIP asset.
• Share https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugins/eap/list with testers.

Per-Stable Release

• Choose a stable version in the form x.y.z.
• Run the prepare-jetbrains-release workflow with kind=stable and version x.y.z.
• Confirm the workflow created jetbrains/vx.y.z immediately at the intended source commit.
• Review and edit packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md in the generated release PR.
• Merge the release PR to trigger publish from jetbrains/vx.y.z.
• Watch the publish-jetbrains workflow.
• Confirm the update appears on the default JetBrains Marketplace channel.
• Confirm the GitHub Release for the jetbrains/vx.y.z tag exists and contains the JetBrains plugin ZIP asset.