Fix Central release bundling and dry runs

.github/actions/publish/action.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ''
 
-  skip-publishing:
+  skip-upload:
     description: 'Build, sign and bundle everything, but upload nothing.'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
 
     # natives.dir makes webrtc and webrtc-java-media attach the jars of all
-    # platforms instead of the host's. skipPublishing suppresses both the
-    # bundling and the upload.
+    # platforms instead of the host's. skipUpload still stages and bundles the
+    # release, but stops before uploading it.
     #
     # Since Maven 3.10, credentials are only sent to the origins of the
     # repository with the server's id. The server is "central", which is also
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ runs:
     - name: Deploy
       env:
         PROFILES: ${{ inputs.profiles }}
-        SKIP_PUBLISHING: ${{ inputs.skip-publishing }}
+        SKIP_UPLOAD: ${{ inputs.skip-upload }}
       run: >
         mvn -B deploy -pl .,webrtc,webrtc-java-media -DskipTests
         -Dmaven.repository.credentialScope=id
         ${PROFILES:+-P$PROFILES}
         -Dnatives.dir="$PWD/natives"
-        -DskipPublishing="$SKIP_PUBLISHING"
+        -DskipUpload="$SKIP_UPLOAD"
       shell: bash

.github/actions/test-natives/action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
     description: 'The Maven profile that selects the classifier.'
     required: true
 
+  version:
+    description: 'Optional local project version override for a release dry run.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+
   java-version:
     description: 'The Java version.'
     required: true
@@ -72,7 +77,14 @@
         distribution: ${{ inputs.java-distribution }}
         architecture: ${{ inputs.java-architecture }}
 
+    - name: Set the release dry-run version
+      if: inputs.version != ''
+      env:
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      run: mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion="$RELEASE_VERSION" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+      shell: bash
+
     - name: Install the natives into the local repository
       run: |
         # The root pom has no parent, so its first <version> is the project's.
         # Not sed's 0,/re/ address: that is GNU only, and macOS has BSD sed.

.github/workflows/platforms.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
         description: "The commit, branch or tag to build. Empty for the one that triggered the caller."
         type: string
         default: ''
+      version:
+        description: "Optional local project version override for a release dry run."
+        type: string
+        default: ''
       retention-days:
         description: "How long the natives artifacts are kept."
         type: number
@@ -78,7 +82,14 @@
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-macos
 
+      - name: Set the release dry-run version
+        if: inputs.version != ''
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion="$RELEASE_VERSION" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Maven build
         uses: ./.github/actions/build
         with:
           platform-name: ${{ matrix.platform.name }}
@@ -149,3 +160,4 @@
           profile: ${{ matrix.platform.classifier }}
           java-distribution: ${{ matrix.platform.java-distribution }}
           java-architecture: ${{ matrix.platform.java-architecture }}
+          version: ${{ inputs.version }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     outputs:
       release_tag: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.tag }}
+      release_version: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.version }}
       release_body: ${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.content }}
     steps:
       # The full history, for git-cliff.
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       ref: ${{ !inputs.dryRun && needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_tag || '' }}
       retention-days: 7
+      version: ${{ inputs.dryRun && needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_version || '' }}
 
   publish-central:
     name: Publish to Maven Central
@@ -191,18 +193,17 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_tag }}
         run: |
+          version="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
           if [ "${{ inputs.dryRun }}" == "true" ]; then
-            version=$(mvn -B -q -N help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -DforceStdout)
-          else
-            version="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
+            # Exercise release bundling rather than the snapshot deployment path.
+            mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion="$version" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
           fi
 
           echo "Version to publish: $version"
           echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      # skipPublishing suppresses both the bundling and the upload, so a dry run
-      # still builds, signs and attaches everything without anything leaving the
-      # runner. As a second line of defence the Central credentials are replaced by
+      # skipUpload stages and bundles the release, then stops before uploading.
+      # As a second line of defence the Central credentials are replaced by
       # a placeholder during a dry run: should the upload ever happen regardless, it
       # fails on authentication instead of publishing a release. Signing does run, so
       # the GPG passphrase stays intact.
@@ -215,7 +216,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.version }}
           profiles: release
-          skip-publishing: ${{ inputs.dryRun }}
+          skip-upload: ${{ inputs.dryRun }}
+
+      - name: Verify the dry-run deployment bundle exists
+        if: ${{ inputs.dryRun }}
+        run: test -s target/central-publishing/central-bundle.zip
 
       - name: Summarize what would have been published
         if: ${{ inputs.dryRun }}
@@ -239,15 +244,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: deployment-bundle-dry-run
           path: |
-            target/central-*/**
+            target/central-publishing/central-bundle.zip
             webrtc/target/central-*/**
             webrtc/target/*.jar
             webrtc/target/*.asc
             webrtc-java-media/target/central-*/**
             webrtc-java-media/target/*.jar
             webrtc-java-media/target/*.asc
             natives/*.asc
-          if-no-files-found: warn
+          if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 7
 
   publish-release:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,105 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.20.0] - 2026-10-16
+
+### Features
+- Decode VP9 spatial layers with VA-API by @devopvoid in [#388](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/388)
+- Encode H.264 and H.265 temporal layers with VA-API by @devopvoid in [#381](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/381)
+- Encode VP9 temporal layers with VA-API by @devopvoid in [#380](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/380)
+- Encode AV1 temporal layers with VA-API by @devopvoid in [#379](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/379)
+- Encode AV1 with VA-API on Linux by @devopvoid in [#377](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/377)
+- Decode AV1 with VA-API on Linux by @devopvoid in [#376](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/376)
+- Decode H.264 with VA-API on Linux by @devopvoid in [#375](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/375)
+- Encode VP9 with VA-API on Linux without turning it on by @devopvoid in [#374](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/374)
+- Decode H.265 with VA-API on Linux by @devopvoid in [#372](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/372)
+- Let the audio codecs of a factory be limited and ordered by @devopvoid in [#340](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/340)
+- Report receiver source changes and audio packet infos by @devopvoid in [#366](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/366)
+- Send encoded frames through RTP sender injectors by @devopvoid in [#365](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/365)
+- List the hardware codecs of the hardware video codec factories by @devopvoid in [#359](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/359)
+- Decode H.265 and AV1 with NVDEC on Linux by @devopvoid in [#353](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/353)
+- Encode H.265 and VP9 and decode VP9 with VA-API on Linux, when turned on by @devopvoid in [#352](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/352)
+- Encode VP9 in hardware on Windows, when turned on by @devopvoid in [#348](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/348)
+- Encode and decode H.265 in hardware on Windows by @devopvoid in [#347](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/347)
+- Build WebRTC with H.265 by @devopvoid in [#346](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/346)
+- Decode with Vulkan Video on Linux in the media player by @devopvoid in [#345](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/345)
+- Decode HEVC and AV1 in hardware in the media player by @devopvoid in [#331](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/331)
+- Let a video processor change camera and desktop frames by @devopvoid in [#342](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/342)
+- Add first-packet observers, sender and receiver IDs, and track volume by @devopvoid in [#338](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/338)
+- Add the missing peer connection signaling and control calls by @devopvoid in [#334](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/334)
+- Decode H.264 and VP9 with NVDEC on NVIDIA GPUs on Linux by @devopvoid in [#321](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/321)
+- Decode video in hardware in the media player by @devopvoid in [#320](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/320)
+- Decode VP9 on the GPU with Media Foundation on Windows by @devopvoid in [#319](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/319)
+- Decode VP9 with VideoToolbox on macOS by @devopvoid in [#318](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/318)
+- Add a hardware video decoder factory, with Media Foundation on Windows by @devopvoid in [#315](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/315)
+- Encode AV1 on the GPU with Media Foundation and NVENC by @devopvoid in [#314](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/314)
+- Encode H.264 with VA-API on Intel and AMD GPUs on Linux by @devopvoid in [#313](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/313)
+- Encode H.264 with NVENC on NVIDIA GPUs, on Windows and Linux by @devopvoid in [#312](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/312)
+- Add a hardware video encoder factory, with Media Foundation H.264 by @devopvoid in [#310](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/310)
+- Add custom video codec factories by @devopvoid in [#303](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/303)
+- Map the remaining peer connection configuration fields by @devopvoid in [#317](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/317)
+- Map the remaining sender encoding parameters by @devopvoid in [#316](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/316)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+- Map the VP9 interpolation filter to VA-API's order by @devopvoid in [#383](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/383)
+- Write the H.264 and H.265 headers for VA-API drivers that need them by @devopvoid in [#371](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/371)
+- Call network thread observers on a callback thread by @devopvoid in [#364](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/364)
+- Play and record on Windows devices that mix in more than two channels by @devopvoid in [#358](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/358)
+- Capture screens with ScreenCaptureKit on macOS by @devopvoid in [#354](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/354)
+- Mark encoded frames as the end of their temporal unit by @devopvoid in [#356](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/356)
+- Dispose a MediaStream from onAddTrack as a view, and return its ID by @devopvoid in [#343](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/343)
+- Keep camera hotplug and track views from crashing or releasing shared tracks by @devopvoid in [#341](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/341)
+- Stop exceptions from callbacks unwinding through WebRTC by @devopvoid in [#335](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/335)
+- Keep audio device change handling from aborting or corrupting state by @devopvoid in [#337](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/337)
+- Keep exceptions inside the audio device change callbacks by @Yml-0 in [#333](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/333)
+- Fall back from a failed hardware video decoder without losing or damaging pictures by @devopvoid in [#329](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/329)
+- Keep a seek near the end of the source and the position after seeking back by @devopvoid in [#328](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/328)
+- Keep hardware encoders for sources whose first frame has an odd size by @devopvoid in [#324](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/324)
+
+### Refactor
+- Let the PeerConnectionFactory own its worker thread by @devopvoid in [#355](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/355)
+
+### Documentation
+- Link the unreleased docs from the README and release notes by @devopvoid in [#386](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/386)
+- Note that VP9 cannot be injected by @devopvoid in [#385](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/385)
+- Add icons and links to the home page features by @devopvoid in [#384](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/384)
+- List the hardware codecs in tables by @devopvoid in [#378](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/378)
+- Open the other channel's docs in the same tab by @devopvoid in [#382](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/382)
+- List hardware codecs, video processing and frame injection as features by @devopvoid in [#369](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/369)
+
+### Performance
+- Cut the processor time of hardware decoding on Windows by @devopvoid in [#326](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/326)
+
+### Testing
+- Play real sizes and formats the GPU refuses in the media player by @devopvoid in [#325](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/325)
+- Cover the lifecycle of hardware decoding in the media player by @devopvoid in [#323](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/323)
+- Check that hardware decoders crop padded frames to the picture by @devopvoid in [#322](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/322)
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+- Bump @vue/server-renderer and vue in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in [#363](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/363)
+- Bump source-map-js from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in [#362](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/362)
+- Publish the docs of the latest release, and main's under /next/ by @devopvoid in [#361](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/361)
+- Send Central credentials again under Maven 3.10 by @devopvoid in [#339](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/339)
+- Bump the github-actions group across 3 directories with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in [#309](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/309)
+- Share one platform matrix and deploy snapshots once by @devopvoid in [#306](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/306)
+- Add Dependabot and trim caches and artifacts by @devopvoid in [#304](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/304)
+- Harden the release workflow and keep native caches warm by @devopvoid in [#302](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/302)
+
+### Other
+- Fix badge link text formatting in README.md by @devopvoid in [#390](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/390)
+- Update documentation badge for next version by @devopvoid in [#389](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/389)
+- Bump the maven-dependencies group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in [#370](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/370)
+- Update WebRTC branch from 7977 to 8059 (M155) by @devopvoid in [#360](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/360)
+- Build WebRTC with autoninja by @devopvoid in [#357](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/357)
+- Patch FFmpeg so that Direct3D 12 decoding works on AMD and Intel by @devopvoid in [#330](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/330)
+- Bump the maven-dependencies group with 7 updates by @dependabot[bot] in [#308](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/308)
+- Bump the maven-plugins group with 9 updates by @dependabot[bot] in [#307](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/307)
+- Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind by @dependabot[bot] in [#301](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/301)
+- Prepare for next development iteration by @devopvoid
+
+## New Contributors
+* @Yml-0 made their first contribution in [#333](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/333)
+
 ## [0.19.0] - 2026-09-27
 
 ### Features
@@ -16,9 +115,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Give AudioTrackSource a dispose() to release its native reference by @devopvoid in [#287](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/287)
 
 ### Miscellaneous Tasks
+- Update CHANGELOG.md for v0.19.0 by @github-actions[bot]
 - Cache the FFmpeg build of the macOS x86_64 target by @devopvoid in [#295](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/295)
 
 ### Other
+- Prepare release v0.19.0 by @devopvoid
 - Sync the WebRTC checkout without git history by @devopvoid in [#298](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/298)
 - Cross compile the macOS x86_64 target natively on Apple Silicon by @devopvoid in [#296](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/296)
 - Build FFmpeg on every platform and make the media module part of the normal build by @devopvoid in [#292](https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/pull/292)

docs/.vitepress/versions.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export const PROJECT_VARS: Record<string, string> = {
-	VERSION: '0.19.0',
-	VERSION_SNAPSHOT: '0.20.0-SNAPSHOT'
+	VERSION: '0.20.0',
+	VERSION_SNAPSHOT: '0.21.0-SNAPSHOT'
 };

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>dev.onvoid.webrtc</groupId>
 	<artifactId>webrtc-java-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>0.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>webrtc-java-parent</name>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
 					<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>0.11.0</version>
+					<version>0.12.0</version>
 					<extensions>true</extensions>
 					<configuration>
 						<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>

webrtc-examples/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.onvoid.webrtc</groupId>
         <artifactId>webrtc-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>webrtc-java-examples</artifactId>

webrtc-java-media/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.onvoid.webrtc</groupId>
 		<artifactId>webrtc-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>webrtc-java-media</artifactId>

webrtc-jni/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.onvoid.webrtc</groupId>
 		<artifactId>webrtc-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>webrtc-java-jni</artifactId>

webrtc/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.onvoid.webrtc</groupId>
 		<artifactId>webrtc-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>webrtc-java</artifactId>