From a3889238efd3506e93584bdf79f776260219df48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Burton <sean.burton@quantinuum.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 12:51:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] build(CI): separate lint steps

---
 .github/workflows/pre-release.yml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 .github/workflows/release.yml     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index b907787..9be8200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
         - '!main'   # excludes main
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -24,6 +24,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm ci
           npm run lint
+        env:
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+            NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+            node-version: 20
+            cache: 'npm'
+            # Path to the lock file needs to be specified explicitly as it is not in the root of the repository
+            cache-dependency-path: 'documentation-ui/package-lock.json'
+      - name: Lint and build documentation UI JS package
+        working-directory: documentation-ui
+        run: |
+          npm ci
           npm run build
         env:
             GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9464784..b877430 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 jobs:
-  release_node:
+  lint_node:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -22,13 +22,28 @@ jobs:
             cache: 'npm'
             # Path to the lock file needs to be specified explicitly as it is not in the root of the repository
             cache-dependency-path: 'documentation-ui/package-lock.json'
-      - name: Lint and build documentation UI JS package
+      - name: Lint documentation UI JS package
         working-directory: documentation-ui
         run: |
           npm ci
           npm run lint
-          npm run build
 
+  build_and_release_node:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: lint_node
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+            node-version: 20
+            cache: 'npm'
+            # Path to the lock file needs to be specified explicitly as it is not in the root of the repository
+            cache-dependency-path: 'documentation-ui/package-lock.json'
+      - name: Build documentation UI JS package
+        working-directory: documentation-ui
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run build
       - name: Release documentation UI JS package
         working-directory: documentation-ui
         run: |
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release_pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: release_node
+    needs: build_and_release_node
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Python

From b3e4a1a11214baf7c559500d470358f7b0174ddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Burton <sean.burton@quantinuum.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 17:45:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Correct step names

---
 .github/workflows/pre-release.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 9be8200..001bb96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
             cache: 'npm'
             # Path to the lock file needs to be specified explicitly as it is not in the root of the repository
             cache-dependency-path: 'documentation-ui/package-lock.json'
-      - name: Lint and build documentation UI JS package
+      - name: Lint documentation UI JS package
         working-directory: documentation-ui
         run: |
           npm ci
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             cache: 'npm'
             # Path to the lock file needs to be specified explicitly as it is not in the root of the repository
             cache-dependency-path: 'documentation-ui/package-lock.json'
-      - name: Lint and build documentation UI JS package
+      - name: Build documentation UI JS package
         working-directory: documentation-ui
         run: |
           npm ci

From 16e482bdcc777b381d1edb94500b952de28339a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Burton <sean.burton@quantinuum.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 17:51:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Removed tokens from job they're not needed for

---
 .github/workflows/pre-release.yml | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 001bb96..818a171 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
@@ -24,13 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm ci
           npm run lint
-        env:
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-            NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6