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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# Detect semver-incompatible (breaking) API changes in crates modified by a PR.
+#
+# Only public workspace crates that have file changes are checked.
+# Internal crates (benchmarks, test-utils, sqllogictest, doc) are excluded.
+#
+# If breaking changes are found, a sticky comment is posted on the PR.
+# The comment is removed automatically once the issues are resolved.
+
+name: "Detect breaking changes"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  check-semver:
+    name: Check semver
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      logs: ${{ steps.check_semver.outputs.logs }}
+      # Default to "success" so the comment job clears any stale comment
+      # when the check step is skipped (e.g. no published crates changed).
+      result: ${{ steps.check_semver.outputs.result || 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # For fork PRs, `origin` points to the fork, not the upstream repo.
+      # Explicitly fetch the base branch from the upstream repo so we have
+      # a valid baseline ref for both diff and semver-checks.
+      - name: Fetch base branch
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: git fetch "https://github.com/${REPO}.git" "${BASE_REF}:refs/remotes/origin/${BASE_REF}"
+
+      - name: Determine changed crates
+        id: changed_crates
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+        run: |
+          PACKAGES=$(ci/scripts/changed_crates.sh changed-crates "origin/${BASE_REF}")
+          echo "packages=$PACKAGES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Changed crates: $PACKAGES"
+
+      - name: Install cargo-semver-checks
+        if: steps.changed_crates.outputs.packages != ''
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@94cb46f8d6e437890146ffbd78a778b78e623fb2  # v2.74.0
+        with:
+          tool: cargo-semver-checks
+
+      - name: Run cargo-semver-checks
+        id: check_semver
+        if: steps.changed_crates.outputs.packages != ''
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+          PACKAGES: ${{ steps.changed_crates.outputs.packages }}
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          # `tee` lets cargo's output stream live into the Actions log
+          # while we also keep a copy for the PR comment.
+          ci/scripts/changed_crates.sh semver-check "origin/${BASE_REF}" $PACKAGES \
+            2>&1 | tee /tmp/semver-output.txt
+          EXIT_CODE=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          {
+            echo "logs<<EOF"
+            sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' /tmp/semver-output.txt
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # Pass the result through an output instead of failing the job:
+          # a detected breaking change should surface as a PR comment, not a
+          # red check, so PR authors aren't confused by an intentional break.
+          if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "result=success" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "result=failure" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+  # Post or remove a sticky comment on the PR based on the semver check result.
+  comment-on-pr:
+    name: Comment on pull request
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check-semver
+    if: always()
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: ci/scripts
+
+      - name: Update PR comment
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          CHECK_RESULT: ${{ needs.check-semver.outputs.result }}
+          SEMVER_LOGS: ${{ needs.check-semver.outputs.logs }}
+        run: |
+          ci/scripts/changed_crates.sh comment \
+            "$REPO" "$PR_NUMBER" "$CHECK_RESULT" "$SEMVER_LOGS"
diff --git a/ci/scripts/changed_crates.sh b/ci/scripts/changed_crates.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# Helper script for the breaking-changes-detector workflow.
+#
+# Subcommands:
+#   changed-crates <base_ref>
+#       Print space-separated list of crate names whose files changed vs base_ref.
+#       Only published workspace members (those without `publish = false`) are
+#       considered.
+#
+#   semver-check <base_ref> <packages...>
+#       Run cargo-semver-checks for the given packages against base_ref.
+#       Output and exit code are passed through unchanged; the caller is
+#       responsible for capturing/formatting them.
+#
+#   comment <repo> <pr_number> <check_result> [logs]
+#       Upsert or delete a sticky PR comment based on check_result.
+#       check_result: "success" deletes any existing comment,
+#                     anything else upserts the comment with the provided logs.
+#       Requires GH_TOKEN to be set.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+MARKER="<!-- semver-check-comment -->"
+
+# ── changed-crates ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cmd_changed_crates() {
+  local base_ref="${1:?Usage: changed_crates.sh changed-crates <base_ref>}"
+
+  # 1. Files changed between the PR and the base branch.
+  local changed_files
+  changed_files=$(git diff --name-only "${base_ref}...HEAD")
+
+  # 2. Every publishable workspace member, one per line as
+  #    "<crate-name> <crate-dir>". `publish = false` in Cargo.toml shows
+  #    up as `"publish": []` in cargo metadata, so filtering on that
+  #    excludes internal crates without a manual exclusion list.
+  local crates
+  crates=$(cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version 1 | jq -r '
+    (.workspace_root + "/") as $root
+    | .packages[]
+    | select(.publish != [])
+    | "\(.name) \(.manifest_path | ltrimstr($root) | rtrimstr("/Cargo.toml"))"
+  ')
+
+  # 3. Keep crates whose directory contains a changed file.
+  while read -r name dir; do
+    if grep -q "^${dir}/" <<<"$changed_files"; then
+      echo "$name"
+    fi
+  done <<<"$crates" | xargs
+}
+
+# ── semver-check ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cmd_semver_check() {
+  local base_ref="${1:?Usage: changed_crates.sh semver-check <base_ref> <packages...>}"
+  shift
+
+  local args=()
+  for pkg in "$@"; do
+    args+=(--package "$pkg")
+  done
+
+  cargo semver-checks --baseline-rev "$base_ref" "${args[@]}"
+}
+
+# ── comment ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cmd_comment() {
+  local repo="${1:?Usage: changed_crates.sh comment <repo> <pr_number> <check_result> [logs]}"
+  local pr_number="${2:?}"
+  local check_result="${3:?}"
+  local logs="${4:-}"
+
+  # Find existing comment with our marker
+  local comment_id
+  comment_id=$(gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/${pr_number}/comments" \
+    --jq ".[] | select(.body | contains(\"${MARKER}\")) | .id" | head -1)
+
+  echo "existing breaking change comment id $comment_id"
+
+  if [ "$check_result" = "success" ]; then
+    # Delete the comment if one exists
+    if [ -n "$comment_id" ]; then
+      echo "result is success, so deleting breaking change comment"
+      gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/comments/${comment_id}" --method DELETE
+    else
+        echo "result is success and no previous comment to delete"
+    fi
+  else
+    local body="${MARKER}
+Thank you for opening this pull request!
+
+Reviewer note: [cargo-semver-checks](https://github.com/obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks) reported the current version number is not SemVer-compatible with the changes in this pull request (compared against the base branch).
+
+<details>
+<summary>Details</summary>
+
+\`\`\`
+${logs}
+\`\`\`
+
+</details>"
+
+    if [ -n "$comment_id" ]; then
+        echo "comment already exists, updating content"
+      gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/comments/${comment_id}" \
+        --method PATCH --field body="$body"
+    else
+        echo "no comment with breaking changes, creating a new one"
+      gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/${pr_number}/comments" \
+        --method POST --field body="$body"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# ── main ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cmd="${1:?Usage: changed_crates.sh <changed-crates|semver-check|comment> [args...]}"
+shift
+
+case "$cmd" in
+  changed-crates) cmd_changed_crates "$@" ;;
+  semver-check)   cmd_semver_check "$@" ;;
+  comment)        cmd_comment "$@" ;;
+  *) echo "Unknown command: $cmd" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac