Backport #4812 and #5189 into stable (#5248)

Backport #4812 and #5189 to fix the CI.

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Signed-off-by: Oliver Tale-Yazdi <oliver.tale-yazdi@parity.io>
Co-authored-by: Morgan Adamiec <morgan@parity.io>

.github/workflows/check-semver.yml

@@ -3,45 +3,87 @@ name: Check semver
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
-    paths:
-      - prdoc/*.prdoc
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: check-semver-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
-  TOOLCHAIN: nightly-2024-03-01
+  TOOLCHAIN: nightly-2024-06-01
+
 
 jobs:
   check-semver:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: docker.io/paritytech/ci-unified:bullseye-1.77.0-2024-04-10-v20240408
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
+      - name: extra git setup
+        env:
+          BASE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+          git fetch --no-tags --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin $BASE
+          git branch old $BASE
+
+      - name: Comment If Backport
+        if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.pull_request.base.ref, 'stable') }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          echo "This is a backport into stable."
+
+          wget -q https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.51.0/gh_2.51.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O gh.tar.gz && \
+          tar -xzf gh.tar.gz && mv gh_2.51.0_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin/gh && rm gh.tar.gz
+          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gh
+
+            cat > msg.txt <<EOF
+            This pull request is amending an existing release. Please proceed with extreme caution,
+            as to not impact downstream teams that rely on the stability of it. Some things to consider:
+            - Backports are only for 'patch' or 'minor' changes. No 'major' or other breaking change.
+            - Should be a legit *fix* for some  bug, not adding tons of new features.
+            - Must either be already audited or trivial (not sure audit).
+
+            <details><summary><i>Emergency Bypass</i></summary>
+            <p>
+
+            If you really need to bypass this check: add <code>validate: false</code> to each crate
+            in the Prdoc where a breaking change is introduced. This will release a new major
+            version of that crate and all its reverse dependencies and basically break the release.
+
+            </p>
+            </details> 
+          EOF
+          gh issue comment $PR --edit-last -F msg.txt || gh issue comment $PR -F msg.txt
+
+          echo "PRDOC_EXTRA_ARGS=--max-bump minor" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Rust Cache
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
-      - name: install parity-publish
-        run: cargo install parity-publish@0.6.0
-
       - name: Rust compilation prerequisites
         run: |
           rustup default $TOOLCHAIN
-          rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain $TOOLCHAIN
           rustup component add rust-src --toolchain $TOOLCHAIN
 
-      - name: extra git setup
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-          git fetch --no-tags --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin master
-          git branch old origin/master
+      - name: install parity-publish
+        # Set the target dir to cache the build.
+        run: CARGO_TARGET_DIR=./target/ cargo install parity-publish@0.8.0 -q
 
       - name: check semver
         run: |
           export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
           export RUSTFLAGS='-A warnings -A missing_docs'
           export SKIP_WASM_BUILD=1
-          if ! parity-publish --color always prdoc --since old --validate prdoc/pr_$PR.prdoc -v --toolchain $TOOLCHAIN; then
+
+          if ! parity-publish --color always prdoc --since old --validate prdoc/pr_$PR.prdoc $PRDOC_EXTRA_ARGS -v --toolchain $TOOLCHAIN; then
+
             cat <<EOF
           👋 Hello developer! The SemVer information that you declared in the prdoc file did not match what the CI detected.
 
@@ -56,3 +98,4 @@ jobs:
           fi
         env:
           PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          PRDOC_EXTRA_ARGS: ${{ env.PRDOC_EXTRA_ARGS }}

.github/workflows/publish-check-crates.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
       - name: install parity-publish
-        run: cargo install parity-publish@0.6.0
+        run: cargo install parity-publish@0.8.0
 
       - name: parity-publish check
         run: parity-publish --color always check --allow-unpublished

.github/workflows/publish-claim-crates.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
       - name: install parity-publish
-        run: cargo install parity-publish@0.6.0
+        run: cargo install parity-publish@0.8.0
 
       - name: parity-publish claim
         env: