ci: update CI for Drizzle ORM migration

- Update CI comments to reference Drizzle ORM + Prisma facade (not legacy Prisma runtime)
- Clarify that src/db/schema.ts is committed (no drizzle-kit generate needed in CI)
- Update release notes template: 'Prisma 7' -> 'Drizzle ORM'
- Rename release 'Generate Prisma Client' section to 'Generate Prisma Type Stubs (Dev Only)'
- Note that Prisma type stubs are for facade type-checking only (no runtime engine)

.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
           export REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:6379?connect_timeout=1"
           export BCRYPT_ROUNDS=4
           pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+          # Generate Prisma type stubs for facade type-checking (dev only).
           pnpm prisma:generate
+          # Run lint + typecheck + tests on the Drizzle-backed codebase.
           pnpm biome:lint
           pnpm typecheck
           pnpm test
@@ -139,9 +141,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "STAGE DATABASE_POOL_SIZE=${DATABASE_POOL_SIZE}"
 
           pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-          # prisma generate only needs DATABASE_URL to resolve the schema — no live DB connection.
-          # Use a placeholder so it doesn't fail if .env isn't loaded yet; db:migrate later
-          # will use the real DATABASE_URL from the live .env symlink.
+          # Generate Prisma type stubs (for facade type-checking) — no DB connection needed.
+          # Drizzle schema (src/db/schema.ts) is committed and does not require generation.
           export DATABASE_URL="mysql://placeholder:please@localhost/placeholder"
           pnpm prisma:generate
           unset DATABASE_URL
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf node_modules
           mv "${STAGE}/node_modules" node_modules
 
-          # Prisma client is gitignored — regenerate into live src/generated.
+          # Regenerate Prisma type stubs into live src/generated/ (gitignored build artifact).
           pnpm prisma:generate
 
           sudo chown -R "${DEPLOY_USER}:${DEPLOY_GROUP}" "${LIVE}" 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ jobs:
           {
             echo "# EpicNext-CMS ${VERSION}"
             echo ""
-            echo "> Modern, high-performance CMS for Habbo hotel emulators — built on Next.js 16, React 19 and Prisma 7. Integrates with Polaris / Arcturus Morningstar databases."
+            echo "> Modern, high-performance CMS for Habbo hotel emulators — built on Next.js 16, React 19 and Drizzle ORM. Integrates with Polaris / Arcturus Morningstar databases."
             echo ""
             echo "## Menu"
             echo "- [What is EpicNext-CMS?](#what-is-epicnext-cms)"
@@ -396,11 +397,13 @@ jobs:
             echo ""
             echo "Edit .env with at minimum: DATABASE_URL, AUTH_SECRET, HOTEL_NAME and APP_URL. See .env.example for RCON, email, Redis, OAuth and PayPal options."
             echo ""
-            echo "### 4. Generate Prisma Client"
+            echo "### 4. Generate Prisma Type Stubs (Dev Only)"
             echo '```bash'
             echo "pnpm prisma:generate"
             echo '```'
             echo ""
+            echo "Generates TypeScript types in src/generated/prisma/ for the Prisma compatibility facade (types only — no runtime Prisma engine in production). New code should use Drizzle ORM directly via '@/lib/db'."
+            echo ""
             echo "### 5. Run CMS Migrations"
             echo '```bash'
             echo "pnpm db:migrate"