fix for potential time delay?

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ name: docs
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      nightly:
+        description: "Optional nightly redirect override"
+        default: ""
+        required: false
+        type: string
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -38,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/configure_git.sh
 
       - name: Build and deploy docs with mike
+        env:
+          MKDOCS_NIGHTLY_RELEASE_OVERRIDE: ${{ inputs.nightly || '' }}
         run: |
           cd docs
           mike deploy nightly --push

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
     name: upload-release
     needs: build-release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.tag_release_name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
@@ -94,11 +96,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create and set tag name and release name
         if: github.event.inputs.isMock != 'true'
+        id: tag_release_name
         run: |
           COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
           TIME=$(date +%s)
           TAG_NAME=$(echo "nightly-$COMMIT_HASH-$TIME")
           echo "TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TAG_NAME=$$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "$TAG_NAME"
 
           DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
@@ -130,4 +134,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: [initialize-job, upload-release]
     if: ${{ needs.initialize-job.outputs.should_skip != 'true' && github.event.inputs.isMock != 'true' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/docs.yml
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      nightly: ${{needs.job1.outputs.output1}}

docs/hooks/nightly_redirect.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import mkdocs.plugins
 import urllib.request
 import json
@@ -9,19 +10,28 @@ import json
 def on_config(config):
     print("Running nightly release redirect hook...")
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.github.com/repos/ClementTsang/bottom/releases") as response:
-            raw_data = response.read()
-            data = json.loads(raw_data.decode('utf-8'))
+        nightly_tag_name = None
+        override = os.environ.get('MKDOCS_NIGHTLY_RELEASE_OVERRIDE')
 
-            first_nightly = next(release for release in data if "nightly-" in release["tag_name"])
-            nightly_tag_name = first_nightly["tag_name"]
+        if override:
+            nightly_tag_name = override
+        else:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.github.com/repos/ClementTsang/bottom/releases") as response:
+                raw_data = response.read()
+                data = json.loads(raw_data.decode('utf-8'))
 
-            redirect_plugin = config.get('plugins', {}).get('redirects')
-            redirects = redirect_plugin.config.get('redirect_maps', {})
+                first_nightly = next(release for release in data if "nightly-" in release["tag_name"])
+                nightly_tag_name = first_nightly["tag_name"]
 
+                redirect_plugin = config.get('plugins', {}).get('redirects')
+                redirects = redirect_plugin.config.get('redirect_maps', {})
+
+        if nightly_tag_name is not None:
             nightly_release_url = f"https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom/releases/tag/{nightly_tag_name}"
 
             print(f"Updated nightly release redirect to point to {nightly_release_url}")
             redirects["nightly-release.md"] = nightly_release_url
+        else:
+            print("nightly tag name was not set by any means.")
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"error adjusting redirect, falling back to general releases page: {e}")