From 4b2199439880ce4cb9a7b62b369cafefef56fbc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Eltsufin <meltsufin@google.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:37:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ci(generation): skip files inheriting coordinates in
 release check

Fixes #12840
---
 generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh b/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
index 68f1d32afe20..c6a6d78f4957 100755
--- a/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
+++ b/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ function find_existing_version_pom() {
   local version=$(xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' \
       "${pom_file}")
   echo -n "Checking ${group_id}:${artifact_id}:${version}:"
-  if [ -z "${group_id}" ] || [ -z "${artifact_id}" ] || [ -z "${version}" ]; then
-    echo "Couldn't parse the pom file: $pom_file"
+  if [ -z "${group_id}" ] || [ -z "${version}" ]; then
+    echo " Skipping file without explicit coordinates (likely inherits): $pom_file"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  if [ -z "${artifact_id}" ]; then
+    echo "Couldn't parse artifact_id in the pom file: $pom_file"
     exit 1
   fi
   if [[ "${version}" == *SNAPSHOT* ]] && [ "${artifact_id}" != "google-cloud-java" ]; then

From 06d6a508505d26bfe439f68e4a99efd3f162bc5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Eltsufin <meltsufin@google.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:53:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ci(generation): fail on missing artifactId before
 skipping

---
 generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh b/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
index c6a6d78f4957..d8b16503136b 100755
--- a/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
+++ b/generation/check_existing_release_versions.sh
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ function find_existing_version_pom() {
   local version=$(xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' \
       "${pom_file}")
   echo -n "Checking ${group_id}:${artifact_id}:${version}:"
-  if [ -z "${group_id}" ] || [ -z "${version}" ]; then
-    echo " Skipping file without explicit coordinates (likely inherits): $pom_file"
-    return 0
-  fi
   if [ -z "${artifact_id}" ]; then
     echo "Couldn't parse artifact_id in the pom file: $pom_file"
     exit 1
   fi
+  if [ -z "${group_id}" ] || [ -z "${version}" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping file without explicit coordinates (likely inherits): $pom_file"
+    return 0
+  fi
   if [[ "${version}" == *SNAPSHOT* ]] && [ "${artifact_id}" != "google-cloud-java" ]; then
     echo " Release Please pull request contains SNAPSHOT version. Please investigate."
     return_code=1