ci: unified crates.io release workflow using release-plz

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 name: "Rust CI"
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "crates/**"
-      - "Cargo.toml"
-      - ".github/workflows/ci.yaml"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+
+  rust-toolchain:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.rust-toolchain.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract rust toolchain version
+        id: rust-toolchain
+        run: echo "version=$(cat rust-toolchain)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+  release:
+    needs: rust-toolchain
+    uses: matter-labs/zksync-ci-common/.github/workflows/release-plz.yaml@v1
+    secrets:
+      gh_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+      cargo_registry_token: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+      slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_RELEASES }}
+    with:
+      rust-toolchain: ${{ needs.rust-toolchain.outputs.version }}

RELEASE.md

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 
 ## Automatic releases
 
-We use [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) to manage releases, as well
-as a custom automation to publish releases on [crates.io](https://crates.io/).
+We use [release-plz](https://release-plz.dev/) to manage and publish releases to [crates.io](https://crates.io/).
 
 Any pull request name must follow [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)
 specification, and then, based on the PR titles, a release pull request will be created, which
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ sure that the change will trigger a release PR, mark the PR as `fix` or `feat`.
 By default, a patch version will be bumped. If you want to bump a minor version, mark the PR as breaking with
 an exclamation point, e.g. `feat!` or `fix!`.
 
-It is recommended that each PR has a component mentioned, e.g. `feat(component): Change added`.
+It is recommended that each PR has a component mentioned, e.g. `feat(component): change added`.
 
 Once release PR is merged, it will be published to `crates.io`, and a notification will be sent to Slack.
 
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ Once release PR is merged, it will be published to `crates.io`, and a notificati
 > [!WARNING]  
 > Manual releases are discouraged, and should only be used as a last resort measure.
 > Discuss the manual release with the team beforehand and prepare a plan.
-> It is very likely that manual release will interfere with `release-please` configuration,
-> which will have to be fixed manually as well.
 >
 > Additionally, if the release was created, but wasn't published, you will only need a subset
 > of the actions listed below (e.g. if the it failed due to a transient error, you just need to

release-plz.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[workspace]
+dependencies_update = true                   # Wether to run `cargo update` in the release PR
+pr_name = "chore(main): release {{version}}" # template for the PR name
+pr_labels = ["release", "crates.io"]         # Set PR labels
+changelog_path = "./CHANGELOG.md"            # Set common changelog path for all crates
+changelog_update = false                     # Disable individual changelog updates for all packages.
+git_tag_enable = false                       # Disable individual tags for all packages.
+git_release_enable = false                   # Disable individual releases for all packages.
+semver_check = false                         # Disable API breaking changes checks with cargo-semver-checks.
+publish_timeout = "10m"                      # Set a timeout for `cargo publish`.
+
+# Use one package to combine changelog updates and tags for all workspace
+[[package]]
+name = "circuit_definitions"
+git_release_enable = true           # Enable GitHub releases
+git_tag_enable = true               # Enable one common tag for all crates
+git_tag_name = "v{{version}}"       # Common tag name for the workspace
+git_release_name = "v{{version}}"   # Common GitHub release name
+changelog_update = true             # Enable changelog updates combining all crates
+changelog_include = [
+    "circuit_encodings", "circuit_sequencer_api", "zksync_kzg",
+    "zkevm-assembly", "zk_evm", "zk_evm_abstractions",
+    "zkevm_circuits", "zkevm_opcode_defs", "zkevm_test_harness"
+]