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ci: Only run Breaking Change Detector on GA (>= 1.0) components

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
75/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, php
Domain
ci-cd, release

Research direction

The job is defined in .github/workflows/release-checks.yaml. Look for the 'Breaking Change Detector' step. Need to understand how components are versioned (likely via release_level metadata or version numbers). Modify the detector's logic to skip components with version < 1.0.0 or release_level != 'stable'. Reference issue #9389 for context. Test by creating a mock PR or checking workflow syntax.

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Description

The Breaking Change Detector job in .github/workflows/release-checks.yaml currently checks all components in the repository, causing PRs with breaking changes in pre-1.0 / preview libraries (such as GeminiDataAnalytics at 0.x) to fail unless bypassed with BREAKING_CHANGE_REASON=.

While the detector is reporting accurately, we do not need to block or flag breaking changes in pre-1.0 (0.x) components. We should update the Breaking Change Detector to only check GA (>= 1.0.0 / release_level: stable) components (e.g., alongside the per-component BC check improvements in #9389).

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