Manual backport of chore: remove stable-website to release/1.15.x (#2…

…1275)

backport of commit d0ca14d

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ When you're ready to submit a pull request:
    | --- | --- |
    | `pr/no-changelog` | This PR does not have an intended changelog entry |
    | `pr/no-metrics-test` | This PR does not require any testing for metrics |
-   | `backport/stable-website` | This PR contains documentation changes that are ready to be deployed immediately. Changes will also automatically get backported to the latest release branch |
-   | `backport/1.12.x` | Backport the changes in this PR to the targeted release branch. Consult the [Consul Release Notes](https://www.consul.io/docs/release-notes) page to view active releases. |
+   | `backport/1.12.x` | Backport the changes in this PR to the targeted release branch. Consult the [Consul Release Notes](https://www.consul.io/docs/release-notes) page to view active releases. Website documentation merged to the latest release branch is deployed immediately |
    Other labels may automatically be added by the Github Action CI.
 7. After you submit, the Consul maintainers team needs time to carefully review your
    contribution and ensure it is production-ready, considering factors such as: security,

.github/workflows/backport-assistant.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 # This action creates downstream PRs for PRs with backport labels defined.
 # See docs here: https://github.com/hashicorp/backport-assistant
 
@@ -18,33 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: hashicorpdev/backport-assistant:0.3.4
     steps:
-      - name: Run Backport Assistant for stable-website
-        run: |
-          backport-assistant backport -merge-method=squash -gh-automerge
-        env:
-          BACKPORT_LABEL_REGEXP: "type/docs-(?P<target>cherrypick)"
-          BACKPORT_TARGET_TEMPLATE: "stable-website"
-          BACKPORT_MERGE_COMMIT: true
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Backport changes to latest release branch
-        run: |
-          # Use standard token here 
-          resp=$(curl -f -s -H 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/labels?per_page=100")
-          ret="$?"
-          if [[ "$ret" -ne 0 ]]; then
-              echo "The GitHub API returned $ret"
-              exit $ret
-          fi
-          # get the latest backport label excluding any website labels, ex: `backport/0.3.x` and not `backport/website`
-          latest_backport_label=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | (startswith("backport/") and (contains("website") | not))) | .name' | sort -rV | head -n1)
-          echo "Latest backport label: $latest_backport_label"
-          # set BACKPORT_TARGET_TEMPLATE for backport-assistant
-          # trims backport/ from the beginning with parameter substitution
-          export BACKPORT_TARGET_TEMPLATE="release/${latest_backport_label#backport/}.x"
-          backport-assistant backport -merge-method=squash -gh-automerge
-        env:
-          BACKPORT_LABEL_REGEXP: "type/docs-(?P<target>cherrypick)"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Run Backport Assistant for release branches
         run: |
           backport-assistant backport -merge-method=squash -gh-automerge