Fix release installers and package manager fallbacks

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -39,20 +39,29 @@ jobs:
 
   publish-npm:
     needs: version-check
-    if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
+    if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_build_release == 'true'
     runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Skip npm publish
+        if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish != 'true'
+        run: echo "Skipping npm publish; version ${{ needs.version-check.outputs.version }} is already on npm."
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
         with:
           node-version: 24.14.0
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
-      - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
-      - run: npm run build
-      - run: npm test
+      - if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+      - if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
+        run: npm run build
+      - if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
+        run: npm test
       - run: npm publish --access public
+        if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -109,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       - version-check
       - publish-npm
       - build-native-bundles
-    if: always() && needs.version-check.outputs.should_build_release == 'true' && needs.build-native-bundles.result == 'success' && (needs.publish-npm.result == 'success' || needs.publish-npm.result == 'skipped')
+    if: needs.version-check.outputs.should_build_release == 'true' && needs.build-native-bundles.result == 'success' && needs.publish-npm.result == 'success'
     runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     permissions:
       contents: write