Releases
Overview
Releases provide:
- Auto-generated summaries of changes
- Complete list of produced artifacts
- Consumed dependencies
- Links to source code and workflows
- Semantic searchability
What is a Release?
Definition
A release is automatically created when:
- A GitHub Actions workflow runs
- The workflow has the Fly action configured
- The workflow successfully uploads at least one artifact to Fly Registry
Release Components
Each release includes:
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Version/Name | Release identifier or version number |
| Summary | AI-generated description of changes |
| Artifacts | List of packages/images pushed |
| Dependencies | External packages consumed |
| Commits | All commits included in this release |
| Pull Requests | PRs merged in this release |
| Workflow | Link to GitHub Actions workflow |
| Timestamp | When the release was created |
Release List View
Accessing Releases
You can access releases in two ways:
1. Navigate in the Fly Web App:
- Navigate to Git Repositories
- Select a repository
- Click the Releases tab
- View all releases from that specific repository
2. Semantic Search via Fly Chat:
- Use natural language queries to find specific releases
- Example: “Show me the latest release from payment-service”
- Fly Chat will find and display the relevant releases
Semantic Release Search
Semantic search is a powerful feature that allows you to find releases using natural language queries via Fly Chat or your IDE (with Fly MCP).
Tip: When using your IDE, you can add “Fly release” to your query to help find releases more easily.
Example Queries
| Query | Finds |
|---|---|
| “Find the release where I fixed the login bug” | Releases mentioning login fixes in summary |
| “Show me Jon’s last deployment” | Most recent release by Jon |
| “Releases from last week with API changes” | Releases within date range mentioning API |
| “Find the Fly release that broke production” | Releases with issue keywords |
| “Latest stable Fly release” | Most recent tagged stable release |
| “Fly release with Docker image updates” | Releases that pushed Docker artifacts |