From 7e7e83440f1f983966c44dac953e0c82f03be654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mihir Kandoi <kandoimihir@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:43:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ci: version 16 related changes

---
 .github/workflows/initiate_release.yml | 2 +-
 .mergify.yml                           | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
index 5b6536844fc..78b3cabe8a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        version: ["14", "15"]
+        version: ["15", "16"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 54e1bce46f2..5e558062048 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ pull_request_rules:
           - version-15-hotfix
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
-  - name: backport to version-16-beta
+  - name: backport to version-16-hotfix
     conditions:
-      - label="backport version-16-beta"
+      - label="backport version-16-hotfix"
     actions:
       backport:
         branches:
-          - version-16-beta
+          - version-16-hotfix
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
   - name: Automatic merge on CI success and review

From 4987b2fe26defb9534560efce1339c85ff0d2585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mihir Kandoi <kandoimihir@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:01:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ci: ignore ci folder for tests

---
 .github/workflows/patch.yml                | 1 +
 .github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch.yml b/.github/workflows/patch.yml
index fac11c071db..d275899ae39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
       - 'crowdin.yml'
       - '.coderabbit.yml'
       - '.mergify.yml'
+      - '.github/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
index 036f587dbf9..94d7dec7780 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
       - 'crowdin.yml'
       - '.coderabbit.yml'
       - '.mergify.yml'
+      - '.github/**'
   schedule:
     # Run everday at midnight UTC / 5:30 IST
     - cron: "0 0 * * *"

From bb307dec0aff736a9ed582b479c3e6f9c9fb29b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mihir Kandoi <kandoimihir@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:04:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: add v14

remove when EOL reached
---
 .github/workflows/initiate_release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
index 78b3cabe8a5..f57d46b354d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        version: ["15", "16"]
+        version: ["14", "15", "16"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x