From a1455d621de87407b714e21f69adb7372781327d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beinan <soros.wang@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:04:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: validate Rust registry metadata before publishing

---
 .github/workflows/rust-publish.yml      | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 crates/lance-context-metrics/Cargo.toml |  1 +
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-publish.yml
index 90fd1932..652d1865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-publish.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/rust-publish.yml
+      - Cargo.toml
+      - crates/**/Cargo.toml
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       mode:
@@ -46,6 +48,31 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
 
+      - name: Validate registry metadata
+        run: |
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import json
+          import subprocess
+
+          metadata = json.loads(
+              subprocess.check_output(
+                  ["cargo", "metadata", "--no-deps", "--format-version", "1", "--locked"],
+                  text=True,
+              )
+          )
+          errors = []
+          for package in metadata["packages"]:
+              if package["publish"] == []:
+                  continue
+              if not (package.get("description") or "").strip():
+                  errors.append(f"{package['name']}: missing description")
+              if not package.get("license") and not package.get("license_file"):
+                  errors.append(f"{package['name']}: missing license or license-file")
+          if errors:
+              raise SystemExit("\n".join(errors))
+          print("All publishable crates have the required registry metadata")
+          PY
+
       - name: Validate Rust crate packages
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: cargo package --workspace --exclude lance-context-python --allow-dirty --no-verify --all-features --locked
diff --git a/crates/lance-context-metrics/Cargo.toml b/crates/lance-context-metrics/Cargo.toml
index d41f0403..43a5dfac 100644
--- a/crates/lance-context-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lance-context-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lance-context-metrics"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Shared Prometheus metrics and HTTP instrumentation for lance-context"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true