ci: fix release workflow and version test for CI compatibility

Author: gk16

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,20 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - run: pip install -e ".[dev]"
+      - run: pytest tests/ -v
+
   publish:
     name: Publish to PyPI
+    needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: pypi
     steps:

tests/test_daemon.py

@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ def test_daemon_bin_none_by_default(self):
 
     def test_default_version(self):
         dm = DaemonManager()
-        assert dm._daemon_version == "0.3.0"
+        # Default version comes from importlib.metadata; verify it's a valid semver string.
+        import re
+
+        assert re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", dm._daemon_version)
 
     def test_custom_version(self):
         dm = DaemonManager(daemon_version="0.2.0")