fix(ci): upload desktop artifacts via softprops/action-gh-release

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Summary

• Removes the github provider from desktop/electron-builder.yml — electron-builder's GitHub publish provider was silently skipping all desktop uploads due to a release type mismatch (expects draft, but release-please creates prerelease)
• Adds softprops/action-gh-release@v3 step in the build-desktop job to upload desktop artifacts (.dmg, .zip, .exe, .AppImage, .deb, .rpm) directly to the GitHub release
• This fixes a bug that has existed since desktop builds were added — no release has ever had desktop artifacts uploaded by electron-builder

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated desktop binary release publishing configuration.
  • Enhanced automated release artifact handling for desktop builds.

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• .github/workflows/release.yml
• desktop/electron-builder.yml

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• desktop/electron-builder.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pull request reconfigures desktop release publishing by switching electron-builder from publishing directly to GitHub to a generic HTTP endpoint, while adding a GitHub Actions workflow step that separately uploads built desktop binaries (dmg, zip, exe, AppImage, deb, rpm) to GitHub Releases as draft artifacts.

Changes

Desktop Release Publishing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Desktop release publishing configuration desktop/electron-builder.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml	Electron-builder publish provider changes from github (with owner/repo) to generic pointing to https://dl.devsy.sh/desktop. GitHub Actions workflow adds a new step in build-desktop to upload desktop release artifacts to GitHub Releases via softprops/action-gh-release@v3 with draft status.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• devsy-org/devsy#324: Modifies .github/workflows/release.yml to adjust permissions and steps for publishing GitHub Release assets, directly supporting the main PR's new GitHub release upload behavior.
• devsy-org/devsy#321: Modifies the same GitHub Actions release.yml workflow context, fixing Netlify metadata deployment and Flatpak-to-GitHub release uploading in the same release flow.
• devsy-org/devsy#314: Modifies the same .github/workflows/release.yml build-desktop job sequence, adding/changing upload and packaging-related steps around electron-builder for desktop releases.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: uploading desktop artifacts via softprops/action-gh-release, which is the core fix being implemented.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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