From 6fd0b9a2658fa30a708dc4f1f8f01f66d64e5b3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Billy D." <billy.davies.10@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:05:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add downstream dependency cascade on release

After a successful release tag, notify 5 downstream repos via
Gitea repository_dispatch so they auto-update handler-base.
---
 .gitea/workflows/ci.yml | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 11ace10..3bf5984 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, test]
     if: gitea.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && gitea.event_name == 'push'
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -100,10 +102,32 @@ jobs:
           git tag -a ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} -m "Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           git push origin ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
 
+  notify-downstream:
+    name: Notify Downstream
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [release]
+    if: needs.release.result == 'success'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        repo:
+          - chat-handler
+          - pipeline-bridge
+          - tts-module
+          - voice-assistant
+          - stt-module
+    steps:
+      - name: Trigger dependency update
+        run: |
+          curl -s -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"event_type":"handler-base-release","client_payload":{"version":"${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}"}}' \
+            "${{ gitea.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/daviestechlabs/${{ matrix.repo }}/dispatches"
+
   notify:
     name: Notify
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, test, release]
+    needs: [lint, test, release, notify-downstream]
     if: always()
     steps:
       - name: Notify on success