From 2f3d08793a034b0cdcdb24542d1010af8391e7ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matas <lauzmata@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:25:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] misc: build a service client during release checks (#1152)

---
 .github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
index f23e79749c1..ca69ea676f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ jobs:
           # This should help prevent the cases where we forgot to bump smithy-kotlin versions and don't catch it
           # because CI is masking it
           ./gradlew -Paws.kotlin.native=false test jvmTest
+      - name: Release Check - build an SDK client
+        if: env.MERGED_NEEDED == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Additionally generate and build a service client to confirm that codegen and build works
+          # without "live at HEAD" mode.
+          ./gradlew -Paws.services=s3 -Paws.kotlin.native=false bootstrap; 
+          ./gradlew -Paws.kotlin.native=false build;
       - name: Merge
         if: env.MERGE_NEEDED == 'true'
         shell: bash