I've created a "publish" workflow in new repository that publish my project on new release with this trigger
on: release: types: - created In my local machine I created a tag and pushed it:
git tag v0.0.1 main git push origin v0.0.1 Now I see that my repo contains 1 tag and 1 release, but the workflow did not run.
Why the release trigger did not fire when new release created with the tag?
This is confusing in the GitHub Actions documentation on the "Events that Trigger Workflows." https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#release
It states that Activity Types are "published," "unpublished," and "prerelease" but it doesn't tell you how to invoke these activities. You need to create a GitHub "Release" Event by either using the web portal or the gh CLI. Follow this documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository
If that link changes look for the Release button in the GitHub web portal. Just creating a git tag is not enough.
From the gh CLI the command is like: gh release create v1.3.2 --title "v1.3.2 (beta)" --notes "this is a beta release" --prerelease
In short git tag is not the event that triggers a GitHub Release event.
You're missing an indentation tab:
on: release: types: - created Otherwise, your trigger is valid. It should trigger as soon as you create a new release on the github.com console/ui (select a tag + create the release).
