Update README to highlight evergreen compatibility testing

.github/workflows/test-on-dotcms-release.yml

@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ on:
         default: ''
 
 permissions:
-  actions: write        # update LAST_TESTED_DOTCMS_VERSION variable
-  contents: write       # push version-bump branch
-  pull-requests: write  # open PR
+  actions: write   # update LAST_TESTED_DOTCMS_VERSION variable
+  contents: write  # commit to main and create release tag
 
 jobs:
   check-release:
@@ -103,23 +102,24 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x .github/bin/test-install-plugins.sh
           .github/bin/test-install-plugins.sh
 
-      - name: Open version-bump PR
+      - name: Commit and push to main
         if: success()
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          BRANCH="chore/dotcms-core-${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}"
           git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git checkout -b "${BRANCH}"
           git add pom.xml
           git commit -m "chore: bump dotcms-core.version to ${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}"
-          git push origin "${BRANCH}"
-          gh pr create \
-            --title "chore: bump dotcms-core.version to ${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}" \
-            --body "Automated version bump — plugin tests passed against \`dotcms/dotcms-dev:${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}\`." \
-            --base main \
-            --head "${BRANCH}"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+
+      - name: Tag release
+        if: success()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create "${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}" \
+            --title "Compatible with dotCMS ${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}" \
+            --notes "All plugins verified ACTIVE against \`dotcms/dotcms-dev:${{ env.DOTCMS_VERSION }}\`." \
+            --target main
 
       - name: Update last tested version
         if: success()

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![Build Check](https://github.com/dotcms-community/plugin-examples/actions/workflows/build-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dotcms-community/plugin-examples/actions/workflows/build-check.yml)
 [![Plugin Installation Test](https://github.com/dotcms-community/plugin-examples/actions/workflows/test-install-plugins.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dotcms-community/plugin-examples/actions/workflows/test-install-plugins.yml)
 
-A collection of working, tested example plugins showing how to extend and customize dotCMS using OSGi bundles. Every plugin in this repo is verified to build and reach ACTIVE state in a dotCMS nightly container on every push.
+A collection of working, tested example plugins showing how to extend and customize dotCMS using OSGi bundles. Every plugin in this repo is verified to build and reach ACTIVE state in a live dotCMS container on every push — and automatically tested against every new dotCMS release, making it a reference for how to confidently ship plugins in an evergreen dotCMS environment.
 
 ## Plugins
 
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ Every push and pull request runs two checks:
 
 Results are posted as a step summary on each Actions run.
 
+## Evergreen Compatibility
+
+dotCMS ships releases continuously. This repo automatically stays current with them:
+
+- Every 4 hours, a workflow polls `dotcms/core` for new releases
+- When a new version is detected, all plugins are built and tested against the matching `dotcms/dotcms-dev` image
+- If tests pass, a pull request is opened automatically bumping `dotcms-core.version` in the parent `pom.xml`
+- The last verified dotCMS version is tracked as a repository variable so checks are skipped when nothing has changed
+
+This gives plugin developers a continuously-validated reference for what works — and when something breaks, it's caught within hours of a dotCMS release.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 - [dotCMS Plugin Documentation](https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/plugins)