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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added automated releases with downloadable firmware and architecture-specific container images.
    • Added support for publishing containers across amd64, ARM32, and ARM64 platforms.
  • Documentation

    • Updated setup and deployment guidance for Buildx, image tagging, registry usage, release triggers, and included artifacts.
  • Chores

    • Added automated dependency updates and pull request labeling.
    • Added continuous integration checks for builds, tests, firmware, and container images.

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The pull request adds Dependabot configuration, CI validation, pull request labeling, multi-architecture Docker builds, firmware release automation, and related README instructions. It also changes the detector’s _running field declaration.

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Repository automation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dependency update configuration
.github/dependabot.yml
Dependabot checks NuGet packages, GitHub Actions, and Docker images weekly. Each ecosystem uses grouped updates and the dependency update label.
Validation and pull request labeling
.github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/labels.yml
CI tests and builds .NET projects, rebuilds nanoFramework firmware, and builds Docker images without pushing. The labeling workflow creates missing labels and applies labels from changed paths or dependency updates.
Multi-architecture container builds
LegoTrain/Dockerfile*, README.md
Docker build stages target $BUILDPLATFORM. The README documents Buildx setup, architecture-specific builds, image tags, push commands, and GHCR image references.
Firmware and container release publication
.github/workflows/release.yml, README.md
Published tags and releases build firmware, push amd64, arm32, and arm64 images to GHCR, and create or update GitHub Releases with firmware artifacts.

Detector run state

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detector running-state declaration
TrainDetect/Models/Detector.cs
The private _running field no longer uses the volatile modifier.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 4e516

This PR adds CI/CD and release automation, but the current version still has security-sensitive workflow permissions and tag handling, can miss ARM image failures, may omit dependency updates, and can prevent detector shutdown or release publication. These issues create a high merge-readiness risk and should be addressed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReleaseEvent
  participant FirmwareJob
  participant DockerJob
  participant ReleaseJob
  participant GitHubRelease
  ReleaseEvent->>FirmwareJob: trigger firmware build and artifact upload
  ReleaseEvent->>DockerJob: build and push amd64, arm32, and arm64 images
  FirmwareJob->>ReleaseJob: provide firmware artifact
  DockerJob->>ReleaseJob: complete image publishing
  ReleaseJob->>GitHubRelease: create or update release with firmware binaries
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Inline comments:
In @.github/dependabot.yml:
- Around line 3-12: Update the NuGet Dependabot configuration to scan both
project directories, replacing the single root directory setting with a
multi-directory configuration covering LegoTrain/ and DiscoveryMessageTests/ (or
the equivalent /* pattern). Preserve the existing weekly schedule, labels, and
nuget-dependencies group.

In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Around line 49-59: Update the docker job to validate all three release
Dockerfiles using the same matrix and target platforms defined in the release
workflow; add docker/setup-qemu-action@v3 and configure the build step to
consume the matrix entries while retaining pull-request-only builds without
pushing.

In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 12-14: Set the workflow-level permissions block to empty, then add
job-level permissions: contents read for firmware, contents read and packages
write for docker, and contents write for github-release. Remove inherited write
access from unrelated build jobs while preserving the permissions required by
each named job.
- Line 76: In the release workflow, pass github.event.release.tag_name through a
RELEASE_TAG environment variable, then use RELEASE_TAG for both the version
assignment and the tag output at .github/workflows/release.yml lines 76 and 106.
Update both affected locations so the tag is treated as data rather than subject
to shell command substitution.

In `@README.md`:
- Line 99: Update the README’s published image reference from
docker.io/ellerbach/legotrain to ghcr.io/ellerbach/legotrain, including the
existing run example outside the commented line, so all documented release image
pulls use GHCR.

In `@TrainDetect/Models/Detector.cs`:
- Line 21: Update the _running field used by Detector.Stop() and the worker loop
to restore cross-thread synchronization, using volatile access or equivalent
Volatile.Read and Volatile.Write operations while preserving the existing
Thread.Join behavior.
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78-92: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject Docker-incompatible release tags before publishing.

The release.published trigger accepts tags containing /. A tag such as publish-rc/1 produces arm32-publish-rc/1, which is not a valid Docker image reference. The matrix jobs fail, so github-release is skipped. Validate or normalize the release tag before writing version.

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In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 78 - 92, Update the
version-selection step before its `GITHUB_OUTPUT` writes to validate or
normalize `RELEASE_TAG` for Docker image-reference compatibility, specifically
preventing `/` from producing an invalid version such as an
architecture-prefixed tag containing `/`; preserve the existing
`GITHUB_REF_NAME` behavior for non-release events.
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 61: Update the documented image reference to use the release workflow’s
actual tag, arm32-publish-1.0, so the README command matches the publish-1.0
release output.

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Outside diff comments:
In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 78-92: Update the version-selection step before its
`GITHUB_OUTPUT` writes to validate or normalize `RELEASE_TAG` for Docker
image-reference compatibility, specifically preventing `/` from producing an
invalid version such as an architecture-prefixed tag containing `/`; preserve
the existing `GITHUB_REF_NAME` behavior for non-release events.
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README.md (1)

75-81: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the target platform to both helper scripts.

  • Map each architecture to linux/amd64, linux/arm64, or linux/arm/v7, and pass it to docker build or docker buildx build. Without --platform, Docker defaults to the builder platform.
  • Document -Push for build-docker.ps1 and --push for build-docker.sh.
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In `@README.md` around lines 75 - 81, Update build-docker.ps1 and build-docker.sh
to map amd64, arm64, and arm32 to linux/amd64, linux/arm64, and linux/arm/v7
respectively, passing the mapped value to the underlying docker build or buildx
build command via the platform option; document the PowerShell -Push and shell
--push options in README.md.

Apply the same fix in `@README.md` at line 83.

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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 75-81: Update build-docker.ps1 and build-docker.sh to map amd64,
arm64, and arm32 to linux/amd64, linux/arm64, and linux/arm/v7 respectively,
passing the mapped value to the underlying docker build or buildx build command
via the platform option; document the PowerShell -Push and shell --push options
in README.md.

Apply the same fix in `@README.md` at line 83.

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Ellerbach merged commit b041efd into main Aug 21, 2026
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