.gitlab-ci.yml

 stages:
-  - release 🚀
-  - build 📦
-  # - test
   - fetch-version 🔎
+  - build 📦
   - deploy 🚅
+  - release 🚀
 
 .common_release_config:
   image: node:18
@@ -17,12 +16,17 @@ variables:
   REGISTRY_DIND_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/dind
   REGISTRY_VAULT_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/vault
 
-release:
+fetch_semantic_version:
   extends: .common_release_config
-  stage: release 🚀
+  stage: fetch-version 🔎
   dependencies: []
   script:
-    - npx semantic-release
+    - echo "Fetching Station Software release version 🚧"
+    - npx semantic-release --dry-run
+    - echo "Release Version added to Artifacts ✅"
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: variables.env
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
 
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ build_station_software:
   before_script:
     - apk update && apk add git
     - echo "$CI_JOB_TOKEN" | docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
+    - '[ -n "$RELEASE_VERSION" ] && echo \{\"version\":\"$RELEASE_VERSION\"\} > version.json'
   script:
     - echo "Building Station Software 🚧"
     - docker build --pull -t $REGISTRY_STATION_SOFTWARE_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA -t $REGISTRY_STATION_SOFTWARE_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME .
@@ -98,38 +103,6 @@ build_vault:
     - docker push $REGISTRY_VAULT_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA
     - echo "build complete!"
 
-### COMMENTING FOR NOW
-### TEST COVERAGE CAN BE PRIORITIZED LATER
-# test_station_software:
-#   image: node:16.2.0
-#   stage: test
-#   needs:
-#     - build_station_software
-#   script:
-#     - echo "Test station software!"
-#     - ls
-#     - npm install
-#     - npx jest --ci --reporters=default --reporters=jest-junit
-#   artifacts:
-#     when: always
-#     reports:
-#       junit:
-#         - junit.xml
-
-fetch_semantic_version:
-  extends: .common_release_config
-  stage: fetch-version 🔎
-  dependencies: []
-  script:
-    - echo "Fetching Station Software release version 🚧"
-    - npx semantic-release --dry-run
-    - echo "Release Version added to Artifacts ✅"
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      dotenv: variables.env
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
-
 deploy_image_branch:
   image: docker:23-dind
   services:
@@ -157,6 +130,34 @@ deploy_image_branch:
     - docker push $HARBOR_VAULT_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
+
+release:
+  extends: .common_release_config
+  stage: release 🚀
+  dependencies: []
+  script:
+    - npx semantic-release
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
+
+### COMMENTING FOR NOW
+### TEST COVERAGE CAN BE PRIORITIZED LATER
+# test_station_software:
+#   image: node:16.2.0
+#   stage: test
+#   needs:
+#     - build_station_software
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Test station software!"
+#     - ls
+#     - npm install
+#     - npx jest --ci --reporters=default --reporters=jest-junit
+#   artifacts:
+#     when: always
+#     reports:
+#       junit:
+#         - junit.xml
+
 # pages:
 #   image: ubuntu:latest
 #   stage: deploy

package.json

 {
   "name": "@padme-development/padme-station-software",
-  "version": "2.0.3",
+  "version": "2.0.4",
   "description": "A Dockerized Javascript Web Application providing interfaces for Monitoring of the algorithms and components, which manage the business logic e.g. pulling a train, execute a train, inspect the results, and many more.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://git.rwth-aachen.de/padme-development/padme-station-software",

routes/dashboard.js

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const { vault } = require("../utils");
 const { utility } = require("../utils");
 const { environment } = require("../utils");
 const { verifyImage } = require("../utils/cosign");
-const { version } = require("../package.json");
 
 // Dashboard
 // Get Docker Information
@@ -258,9 +257,15 @@ function resolveVaultPathList(callback) {
 
 module.exports = (keycloak) => {
   router.get("/v2/stationInfo", (req, res) => {
-    res.send({
-      appVersion: version,
-    });
+    let appVersion;
+    try {
+      appVersion = require("../version.json").version;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.log("Could not load station version from 'version.json'. Using package.json");
+      appVersion = require("../package.json").version;
+    }
+
+    res.send({ appVersion });
   });
 
   router.get("/v2/keycloakConfig", (req, res) => {