From 3f4141a9a67ec6227628774ffdc8ceb811fdcac3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pratyush Sharma <56130065+pratyush618@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:38:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): make GitHub release step idempotent

Tag-push reruns and pre-existing releases made gh release create fail
with 422, marking publish red after a successful PyPI upload. Skip when
the release already exists.
---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 9b92a67c..536fa746 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          gh release create "$VERSION" \
-            --title "v${VERSION}" \
-            --generate-notes
+          if gh release view "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "::notice::Release ${VERSION} already exists — skipping"
+          else
+            gh release create "$VERSION" \
+              --title "v${VERSION}" \
+              --generate-notes
+          fi