From c50869023dcfabe01aa65d28675317fad7bb37df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rcourtman <courtmanr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:24:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: use GitHub API directly for release creation

gh release create doesn't work properly when the tag already exists -
it creates an 'untagged' release instead of attaching to the existing tag.

Using the API directly with POST to /releases fixes this.
---
 .github/workflows/create-release.yml | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 0c3ca6e57..b50a6acf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -426,18 +426,17 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Creating draft release for ${TAG}..."
 
-          # Tag now exists, so gh release create will attach to it
-          gh release create "${TAG}" \
-            --draft \
-            --title "Pulse ${TAG}" \
-            --notes-file "$NOTES_FILE"
+          # Use GitHub API directly to create release with existing tag
+          # gh release create has issues when tag already exists
+          RELEASE_JSON=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases" \
+            -X POST \
+            -F tag_name="${TAG}" \
+            -F name="Pulse ${TAG}" \
+            -F body="$(cat $NOTES_FILE)" \
+            -F draft=true)
 
           rm -f "$NOTES_FILE"
 
-          # Get the release ID
-          echo "Fetching release details..."
-          RELEASE_JSON=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/${TAG}")
-
           RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.id')
           RELEASE_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.html_url')