From f55e5431154d9e30b423f5ba226121c5f284f077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Jalim <stevejalim@mozilla.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:37:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Reduce=20release=20GHA=20noise=20in=20#www=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20notify=20#www-notify=20instead?=
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Port of mozmeao/springfield#1748. Intermediate release
notifications (stage push, prod approval, prod push, prod
deploy complete) now go to #www-notify. Only the release
start and final status remain in #www.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 154db17253b..780cf5405c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      - name: Notify #www — pushing to stage
+      - name: Notify #www-notify — pushing to stage
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           env_name: stage
           label: "Bedrock release"
           status: info
-          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW }}
+          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW_NOTIFY }}
           slack_bot_token: ${{ env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ needs.preflight-checks.outputs.release_sha }}
           message: "Pushing to Bedrock stage"
@@ -404,14 +404,14 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ needs.preflight-checks.outputs.release_sha }}
           message: "Stage deployment verified. All checks passed."
 
-      - name: Notify #www — awaiting prod approval
+      - name: Notify #www-notify — awaiting prod approval
         if: inputs.pause_on_staging == true
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           env_name: stage
           label: "Bedrock release"
           status: info
-          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW }}
+          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW_NOTIFY }}
           slack_bot_token: ${{ env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ needs.preflight-checks.outputs.release_sha }}
           message: "Stage verified. Awaiting approval to push to prod — click Details to review and approve."
@@ -488,13 +488,13 @@ jobs:
           ./bin/tag-release.sh --ci --push
           # The tag value is written to $GITHUB_OUTPUT by the script
 
-      - name: Notify #www — pushing to prod
+      - name: Notify #www-notify — pushing to prod
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           env_name: prod
           label: "Bedrock release"
           status: info
-          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW }}
+          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW_NOTIFY }}
           slack_bot_token: ${{ env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ steps.tag-release.outputs.tag }}
           message: "Pushing Bedrock Prod, tagged ${{ steps.tag-release.outputs.tag }}"
@@ -577,13 +577,13 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      - name: Notify #www — prod deployment complete
+      - name: Notify #www-notify — prod deployment complete
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           env_name: prod
           label: "Bedrock release"
           status: success
-          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW }}
+          channel_id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL_WWW_NOTIFY }}
           slack_bot_token: ${{ env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ steps.tag-release.outputs.tag }}
           message: "Bedrock Prod deploy complete, tagged ${{ steps.tag-release.outputs.tag }}"