Make release job wait for stage integration tests

Add needs: [integration_test_stage, changelog] to release job override.
This ensures the tag (which triggers prod deploy) is only created after
stage integration tests pass, preventing race conditions between pipelines.

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ cve_sbom_analysis:
       when: never
     - when: on_success
 
+# Override release job to wait for stage integration tests before creating tag
+# This ensures the tag (which triggers prod deploy) is only created after stage passes
+release:
+  needs: [integration_test_stage, changelog]
+
 # Full integration test suite template (for feature/stage deployments)
 # Runs the complete pytest integration test suite against the deployed environment
 .integration_test_template: &integration_test_template