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ci: hard fallback to GITHUB_TOKEN for release publish #15

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32 changes: 19 additions & 13 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -225,20 +225,26 @@ jobs:
GH_APP_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
GH_WORKFLOW_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
run: |
SELECTED_TOKEN="${GH_APP_TOKEN}"
TOKEN_SOURCE="GitHub App"
if [ -z "${SELECTED_TOKEN}" ]; then
SELECTED_TOKEN="${GH_WORKFLOW_TOKEN}"
TOKEN_SOURCE="Workflow GITHUB_TOKEN"
publish_with_token() {
local token="$1"
GH_TOKEN="${token}" gh release view "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GH_REPO}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
GH_TOKEN="${token}" gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GH_REPO}" --title "${RELEASE_TAG}" --generate-notes
GH_TOKEN="${token}" gh release upload "${RELEASE_TAG}" dist/* --repo "${GH_REPO}" --clobber
}

# Prefer GitHub App token, but always fallback to workflow GITHUB_TOKEN if publish fails.
if [ -n "${GH_APP_TOKEN}" ]; then
echo "Publishing release using: GitHub App"
if publish_with_token "${GH_APP_TOKEN}"; then
exit 0
fi
echo "GitHub App token failed to publish release. Retrying with workflow GITHUB_TOKEN..."
fi

# If App token exists but has insufficient permissions (403), fallback to GITHUB_TOKEN.
if ! GH_TOKEN="${SELECTED_TOKEN}" gh api "repos/${GH_REPO}/releases?per_page=1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
SELECTED_TOKEN="${GH_WORKFLOW_TOKEN}"
TOKEN_SOURCE="Workflow GITHUB_TOKEN (fallback)"
if [ -z "${GH_WORKFLOW_TOKEN}" ]; then
echo "Workflow GITHUB_TOKEN is empty. Cannot publish release."
exit 1
fi

echo "Publishing release using: ${TOKEN_SOURCE}"
GH_TOKEN="${SELECTED_TOKEN}" gh release view "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GH_REPO}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
GH_TOKEN="${SELECTED_TOKEN}" gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GH_REPO}" --title "${RELEASE_TAG}" --generate-notes
GH_TOKEN="${SELECTED_TOKEN}" gh release upload "${RELEASE_TAG}" dist/* --repo "${GH_REPO}" --clobber
echo "Publishing release using: Workflow GITHUB_TOKEN"
publish_with_token "${GH_WORKFLOW_TOKEN}"