From 6e005ecf65314fa5081c1ea2a873d85e6828d6fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lahiru Maramba <llahiru@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:12:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: skip integration tests during release publish

---
 .github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh | 1 +
 pom.xml                              | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh b/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
index 5da0f32a4..3f4433b5a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ gpg --import --no-tty --batch --yes firebase.asc
 mvn -B clean deploy \
   -Dcheckstyle.skip \
   -DskipTests \
+  -DskipITs \
   -Prelease \
   --settings .github/resources/settings.xml
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 508605d51..2029e3a23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <skipUTs>${skipTests}</skipUTs>
+        <skipITs>${skipTests}</skipITs>
         <netty.version>4.2.18.Final</netty.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -146,6 +147,9 @@
         </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
+            <properties>
+                <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+            </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
@@ -331,6 +335,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipITs>${skipITs}</skipITs>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>

From 7c4155c122afd520a81a171db3d0f21aef3da7fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lahiru Maramba <llahiru@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:16:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: publish artifacts to Maven Central before creating
 release tag

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4830029e8..7a64bd46a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ jobs:
       id: preflight
       run: ./.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh
 
+    - name: Publish to Maven Central
+      run: ./.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
+      env:
+        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+        GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }}
+        CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+        CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+
     # See: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_create
     - name: Create release tag
       env:
@@ -116,12 +125,3 @@ jobs:
         gh release create "$RELEASE_VER" \
           --title "Firebase Admin Java SDK $RELEASE_VER" \
           --notes "$RELEASE_BODY"
-
-    - name: Publish to Maven Central
-      run: ./.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
-      env:
-        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-        GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-        GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }}
-        CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
-        CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN }}

From fd7b24c782e9e4782ab42c24c1210ea1deb9c762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lahiru Maramba <llahiru@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:33:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: address review feedback on release test skipping

---
 .github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh | 1 -
 pom.xml                              | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh b/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
index 3f4433b5a..5da0f32a4 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish_artifacts.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ gpg --import --no-tty --batch --yes firebase.asc
 mvn -B clean deploy \
   -Dcheckstyle.skip \
   -DskipTests \
-  -DskipITs \
   -Prelease \
   --settings .github/resources/settings.xml
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2029e3a23..66da562a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <skipTests>false</skipTests>
         <skipUTs>${skipTests}</skipUTs>
         <skipITs>${skipTests}</skipITs>
         <netty.version>4.2.18.Final</netty.version>
@@ -335,9 +336,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.6.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipITs>${skipITs}</skipITs>
-                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>