softprops/action-gh-release

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📦 :octocat: GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases

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Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 30, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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114 open issues indexed

[Bug]: v3.0.2 fails to upload assets to an existing release with Resource not accessible by integration Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#836 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 13, 2026
[Bug]: v3.0.2 release lookup can time out on repositories with large release metadata Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#829 · Opened Jul 29, 2026
[Bug]: generate_release_notes: true duplicates release notes when release already exists on re-run Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#827 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
[Question] Are created tags signed? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#776 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2026
[Bug]: Regression on latest version, potentially related to PR #751 Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#770 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 17, 2026
Enable immutable releases on this project Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#769 · 3 comments · 13 reactions · Opened Mar 17, 2026
[Bug]: Files with the same name uploaded to the same tag from different workflows still can not overwrite each other Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#767 · Opened Mar 16, 2026
[Bug]: Given value of variable is not being included in the final release Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#766 · Opened Mar 16, 2026
Question: can you also exclude files in the glob Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#701 · Opened Dec 2, 2025
Question: extract only current release notes from `body_path` Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#673 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 9, 2025
Add dry-run option Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#661 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 19, 2025
How would you migrate from actions/upload-release-asset ...? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#652 · Opened Aug 26, 2025
Ability to add 'body' content to end of release notes Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#646 · Opened Aug 8, 2025
Force latest release commit update with same tag Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#644 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2025
[Pitch]: Update release workflow for compatibility with Immutable Releases Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#641 · 3 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Jul 21, 2025
[Question] Is there any way to get access to the auto generated release notes in a subsequent step? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#617 · Opened May 4, 2025
How to tell if the action actually did a release? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#610 · Opened Apr 18, 2025
Option to upload glob assets in reverse order Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#609 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 18, 2025
Wish: Generate signature files for assets (using GPG) Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#580 · Opened Jan 18, 2025
How to overwrite a release if it already exists ? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#578 · 1 comment · 19 reactions · Opened Jan 14, 2025
HELP: Action failing to publish release asset with: `Error: Resource not accessible by integration` Open

question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

softprops/action-gh-release#572 · 11 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 9, 2025
`files` option should be a list Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#570 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Add support for identifying a target release by release ID, not just tag name. Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#564 · Opened Dec 26, 2024
Anyway to exclude source code being uploaded as an asset Open

question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

softprops/action-gh-release#561 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 19, 2024
Including release body in the output? Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

softprops/action-gh-release#553 · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 6, 2024
Use `target_commitish` along with `repository`? Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#546 · Opened Nov 23, 2024
Make release without explicit tag Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#537 · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 30, 2024
Help with config file Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#530 · Opened Oct 26, 2024
Append Body feature not working(or i dont know how) Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#527 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Support for auto-generating hashes (ex. SHA256) Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#512 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 19, 2024
Feature request: Wait for all Asset uploads to complete before publishing release Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#511 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 18, 2024
Run softprops/action-gh-release@v2 Error: ⚠️ GitHub Releases requires a tag Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#508 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 11, 2024
Fixing workflow configuration file Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#504 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 28, 2024
Cannot set previous tag. Create release notes from [old latest till new latest] Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#465 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 19, 2024
how to release everything in a folder Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#461 · 5 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2024
File Pattern Negation Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#452 · 1 comment · Opened May 7, 2024
File pattern not matching file name when using " Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#440 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 14, 2024
files Add array type support Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#433 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 8, 2024
Unable to overwrite an existing draft release Open

feature

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softprops/action-gh-release#413 · 7 reactions · Opened Feb 27, 2024
Specify or auto-detect asset content type, especially for images Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#409 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 10, 2024
Is this action affected by the CVE-2023-45133 vulnerability Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#402 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 27, 2023
GitHub error 403 undefined Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#400 · 8 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Dec 22, 2023
[Feature request] Support asset properties `label`and `mime-type` Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#394 · 1 comment · 7 reactions · Opened Nov 8, 2023
it seems like release are always created from the default branch Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#392 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Set semver prerelease as pre-release Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#390 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 23, 2023
support deleting a release by name Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#388 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 20, 2023
Release notes not generated. Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#387 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 20, 2023
Add an option to choose the base tag for the diff Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#381 · 7 reactions · Opened Sep 8, 2023
[Question]Combined zip file generated instead of individual links Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#378 · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 10, 2023
Getting 403 on this workflow Open

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softprops/action-gh-release#366 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2023

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