Description

Please provide a description of your changes:

• What problem are you solving?

  • Stagger PyPI uploads: When releasing on a tag, all matrix jobs publish to PyPI around the same time, which can trigger 503s. A new “Stagger uploads” step adds a deterministic 0–90s delay per module (from cksum of the module name) so uploads are spread out and 503s are less likely.
  • Release log: The “Release” step was logging the literal RELEASE_VERSION instead of the variable. The echo was updated to echo "Using tag version: ${RELEASE_VERSION}" so the log shows the actual version.

• Any expected impact on downstream packages/services?

  • No functional change to what gets published or when releases are created. Release-to-PyPI may take up to ~90 seconds longer for the slowest matrix job due to the stagger; other jobs and branches are unchanged.

• Reference issue # if available.

Checklist

• I added a test to verify the new functionality.
• [ x] I verified this PR does not break soda-extensions.