gh release create seems to not respect --latest=false
#10695
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Its interesting because clearly the api request has |
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Verified and each new release is marked as the latest. API: Create a release Tested with $ GH_DEBUG=api gh api \
--method POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
/repos/iamazeem/test/releases \
-f "tag_name=v1.0.0"\
-f "make_latest=false"According to its
Not sure if this sentence highlights this behavior or not:
Some clarification from the API side would definitely be helpful. |
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Hey y'all, thanks for this and the extra investigation. I'll do some internal investigation and get back to you |
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Alright, I've been able to reliably repro using these commands while on the main branch in the OWNER/REPO local repo: gh release create$ GH_DEBUG=api gh release create v0.0.5 --target main --generate-notes --latest=false
[git remote -v]
[git config --get-regexp ^remote\..*\.gh-resolved$]
* Request at 2025-03-31 15:19:49.334234 -0400 EDT m=+0.074124126
* Request to https://api.github.com/graphql
> POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token ████████████████████
> Content-Length: 401
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Graphql-Features: merge_queue
> Time-Zone: America/New_York
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.66.0
GraphQL query:
fragment repo on Repository {
id
name
owner { login }
viewerPermission
defaultBranchRef {
name
}
isPrivate
}
query RepositoryNetwork {
viewer { login }
repo_000: repository(owner: "OWNER", name: "REPO") {
...repo
parent {
...repo
}
}
}
GraphQL variables: null
< HTTP/2.0 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:19:50 GMT
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v4; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: C704:18AFE1:51A728E:A327747:67EAEAD5
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: delete_repo, gist, read:org, read:packages, read:project, repo, workflow
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1743451503
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: graphql
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 3
< X-Xss-Protection: 0
{
"data": {
"viewer": {
"login": "jtmcg"
},
"repo_000": {
"id": "R_kgDOMdKjQA",
"name": "REPO",
"owner": {
"login": "OWNER"
},
"viewerPermission": "ADMIN",
"defaultBranchRef": {
"name": "main"
},
"isPrivate": true,
"parent": null
}
}
}
* Request took 907.647333ms
[git tag --list v0.0.5 --format=%(contents)]
[git tag --list v0.0.5 --format=%(contents:signature)]
* Request at 2025-03-31 15:19:50.309235 -0400 EDT m=+1.049135459
* Request to https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases
> POST /repos/OWNER/REPO/releases HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token ████████████████████
> Content-Length: 132
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Time-Zone: America/New_York
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.66.0
{
"draft": false,
"generate_release_notes": true,
"make_latest": "false",
"prerelease": false,
"tag_name": "v0.0.5",
"target_commitish": "main"
}
< HTTP/2.0 201 Created
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Cache-Control: private, max-age=60, s-maxage=60
< Content-Length: 1786
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:19:50 GMT
< Etag: "11e493068a02c508246d91671207be04abcf18baedcfed1770a7a7a5a25bba25"
< Location: https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209431732
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept, Authorization, Cookie, X-GitHub-OTP,Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Api-Version-Selected: 2022-11-28
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v3; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: C704:18AFE1:51A761A:A327E5E:67EAEAD6
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: delete_repo, gist, read:org, read:packages, read:project, repo, workflow
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 15000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 14992
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1743451132
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: core
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 8
< X-Xss-Protection: 0
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209431732",
"assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209431732/assets",
"upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209431732/assets{?name,label}",
"html_url": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/releases/tag/v0.0.5",
"id": 209431732,
"author": {
"login": "jtmcg",
"id": 5891697,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjU4OTE2OTc=",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5891697?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg",
"html_url": "https://github.com/jtmcg",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/received_events",
"type": "User",
"user_view_type": "public",
"site_admin": true
},
"node_id": "RE_kwDOMdKjQM4Me6y0",
"tag_name": "v0.0.5",
"target_commitish": "main",
"name": "v0.0.5",
"draft": false,
"prerelease": false,
"created_at": "2025-03-31T19:19:39Z",
"published_at": "2025-03-31T19:19:50Z",
"assets": [],
"tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/tarball/v0.0.5",
"zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/zipball/v0.0.5",
"body": "**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/compare/v0.0.1...v0.0.5"
}gh api$ GH_DEBUG=api gh api \
→ --method POST \
→ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
→ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
→ /repos/OWNER/REPO/releases \
→ -f "tag_name=v0.6.0"\
→ -f "make_latest=false"
* Request at 2025-03-31 15:23:46.822775 -0400 EDT m=+0.073417376
* Request to https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases
> POST /repos/OWNER/REPO/releases HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github+json
> Authorization: token ████████████████████
> Content-Length: 43
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Time-Zone: America/New_York
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.66.0
> X-Github-Api-Version: 2022-11-28
{
"make_latest": "false",
"tag_name": "v0.6.0"
}
< HTTP/2.0 201 Created
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Cache-Control: private, max-age=60, s-maxage=60
< Content-Length: 1694
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:23:47 GMT
< Etag: "0b727a8020e7ce862a9a364f57a0d2048538f61884f1a6948c75ad3f5103a5e1"
< Location: https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept, Authorization, Cookie, X-GitHub-OTP,Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Api-Version-Selected: 2022-11-28
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v3; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: C75A:13E015:3351D64:6698F26:67EAEBC2
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: delete_repo, gist, read:org, read:packages, read:project, repo, workflow
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 15000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 14982
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1743451132
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: core
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 18
< X-Xss-Protection: 0
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"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594",
"assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594/assets",
"upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594/assets{?name,label}",
"html_url": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/releases/tag/v0.6.0",
"id": 209432594,
"author": {
"login": "jtmcg",
"id": 5891697,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjU4OTE2OTc=",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5891697?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg",
"html_url": "https://github.com/jtmcg",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/received_events",
"type": "User",
"user_view_type": "public",
"site_admin": true
},
"node_id": "RE_kwDOMdKjQM4Me7AS",
"tag_name": "v0.6.0",
"target_commitish": "main",
"name": null,
"draft": false,
"prerelease": false,
"created_at": "2025-03-31T19:19:39Z",
"published_at": "2025-03-31T19:23:47Z",
"assets": [],
"tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/tarball/v0.6.0",
"zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/zipball/v0.6.0",
"body": null
}
* Request took 489.196ms
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"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594",
"assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594/assets",
"upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/209432594/assets{?name,label}",
"html_url": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/releases/tag/v0.6.0",
"id": 209432594,
"author": {
"login": "jtmcg",
"id": 5891697,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjU4OTE2OTc=",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5891697?v=4",
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"url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg",
"html_url": "https://github.com/jtmcg",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/jtmcg/received_events",
"type": "User",
"user_view_type": "public",
"site_admin": true
},
"node_id": "RE_kwDOMdKjQM4Me7AS",
"tag_name": "v0.6.0",
"target_commitish": "main",
"name": null,
"draft": false,
"prerelease": false,
"created_at": "2025-03-31T19:19:39Z",
"published_at": "2025-03-31T19:23:47Z",
"assets": [],
"tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/tarball/v0.6.0",
"zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/zipball/v0.6.0",
"body": null
}
A few things to note:
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@nhtyy, this has been transferred to the team that owns the endpoint. Thanks for reporting the bug! I'm not sure when it will be fixed, but it's on their radar. I'll keep this issue open for discoverability in the mean time and we can close it once the fix is in. |
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Describe the bug
This command in my workflow always sets it to latest
gh release create ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.tag_name }} --target main --generate-notes --latest=falseAffected version
gh version 2.69.0 (2025-03-19)
Logs
Run GH_DEBUG=api gh release create v4.1.6 --target main --generate-notes --latest=false
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