Fix release workflow to exit 1 on conflicting tag state #428
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…here Co-authored-by: thomasturrell <1552612+thomasturrell@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Address feedback on release process error indication
Fix release workflow to exit 1 on conflicting tag state
Nov 25, 2025
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Description
Addresses feedback from #427: when a tag already exists pointing to a different commit than the target branch head, the workflow should fail with
exit 1rather than silently succeed withexit 0.The previous behavior caused the job to exit successfully and skip all subsequent steps (Maven release, tag push, GitHub release publish), leaving the release in a permanent draft state.
Changes:
exit 0toexit 1to indicate error state::warning::to::error::for annotation consistencyResolves feedback from #427 (comment)
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