trying a more deterministic approach to package version verification

Author: flowstate

.github/workflows/pr-preview.yml

@@ -103,25 +103,28 @@ jobs:
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
         run: |
-          # Wait for package to be available (try up to 30 times with 20s delay - total 10 minutes)
           for i in {1..30}; do
-            if curl -s -f https://test.pypi.org/pypi/socketsecurity/$VERSION/json > /dev/null; then
-              echo "Package ${VERSION} is now available on Test PyPI"
+            if pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple socketsecurity==${VERSION}; then
+              echo "Package ${VERSION} is now available and installable on Test PyPI"
+              pip uninstall -y socketsecurity
+              echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
               exit 0
             fi
-            echo "Attempt $i: Package not yet available, waiting 20s... (${i}/30)"
+            echo "Attempt $i: Package not yet installable, waiting 20s... (${i}/30)"
             sleep 20
           done
-          echo "Package ${VERSION} not available after 10 minutes"
+          echo "success=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           exit 1
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        if: steps.verify_package.outputs.success == 'true'
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build & Push Docker Preview
+        if: steps.verify_package.outputs.success == 'true'
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}