Github Release and tag is not created when merging the release PR using the Github CLI

[nils1k]

Describe the error

Neither a tag, nor a release, is being created when merging the release PR using the Github CLI.

Steps to reproduce

1. Push a commit so that a release PR is generated
2. Merge the PR manually so that a release and tag are created
3. Push a commit so that a new release PR is generated
4. Use the Github CLI to merge the release PR, e.g. gh pr merge <pr_number> --squash
5. The release PR is merged, but neither a release, nor a tag, is a created

Please refer to the sample code that reproduces the issue.

[nzakas]

I've also been fighting with this for the past week. It seems like the release four months ago broke a lot of the functionality as I've had several projects now broken in the same way. As a result, my release processes are all broken.

[nzakas]

Additionally, now one project just keeps creating PRs every time I merge one:

humanwhocodes/mentoss#17
humanwhocodes/mentoss#16
humanwhocodes/mentoss#15

[dy0gu]

Additionally, now one project just keeps creating PRs every time I merge one:

humanwhocodes/mentoss#17 humanwhocodes/mentoss#16 humanwhocodes/mentoss#15

The infinite PR bug is a new thing and it's GitHub that broke, release-please can't create the labels for the PR because GitHub seems to have broken token permissions on label creation.

It's happening to all new repositories that use release-please, not just you.

See here: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/149877#discussioncomment-11952379

And here for specific release-please workarounds by manually creating the labels: #1074

[nzakas]

Thanks. To make it easier for anyone else finding this issue: the solution is to manually create the labels in your issues list:

• autorelease: pending
• autorelease: tagged
• autorelease: snapshot
• autorelease: published