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-name: Deploy Nightly Release
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 2 * * *' # run at 2 AM UTC
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    if: github.repository == 'backstage/backstage' # prevent running on forks
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    env:
-      CI: true
-      NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=8192
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@17d0e2bd7d51742c71671bd19fa12bdc9d40a3d6 # v2.8.1
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-
-      - name: use node.js 18.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/ # Needed for auth
-      - name: yarn install
-        uses: backstage/actions/yarn-install@772cef06641090d0095188e15c85647acdf0c250 # v0.6.11
-        with:
-          cache-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-v18.x
-
-      # No verification done here, only build & publish. If the master branch
-      # is broken we will see that from those builds, but we still want to push nightly
-      # builds since upgrading to them is a manual process anyway.
-
-      - name: tsc
-        run: yarn tsc
-
-      - name: build
-        run: yarn backstage-cli repo build
-
-      - name: build embedded techdocs app
-        working-directory: packages/techdocs-cli-embedded-app
-        run: yarn build
-
-      # Prepares a nightly release version of any package with pending changesets
-      # Pre-mode is exited if case we're in it, otherwise it has no effect
-      - name: prepare nightly release
-        run: |
-          yarn changeset pre exit || true
-          yarn changeset version --snapshot nightly
-
-      # Publishes the nightly release to npm, by using tag we make sure the release is
-      # not flagged as the latest release, which means that people will not get this
-      # version of the package unless requested explicitly
-      - name: publish nightly release
-        run: |
-          yarn config set -H 'npmAuthToken' "${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}"
-          yarn workspaces foreach -p -j 10 -v --no-private npm publish --access public --tolerate-republish --tag nightly
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Discord notification
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: Ilshidur/action-discord@0c4b27844ba47cb1c7bee539c8eead5284ce9fa9 # 0.3.2
-        env:
-          DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
-        with:
-          args: 'Nightly build failed https://github.com/{{GITHUB_REPOSITORY}}/actions/runs/{{GITHUB_RUN_ID}}'