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CI breaks when tagging a release, requiring a manual PR to fix

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
ci-cd, release

Research direction

Start with the failing release-tag workflow and compare the examples in pull requests 2175 and 2172, including the linked discussion. Trace why tagging a release breaks unrelated work. Done means the failure reason is more transparent and, if feasible, the release process no longer requires a manual PR.

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Description

Problem

For example: https://github.com/apache/buildstream/pull/2175

Breaks unrelated work: https://github.com/apache/buildstream/pull/2172#issuecomment-5316243544

Definition of Done

Dominant language
Python
Stars
144
Forks
45
Avg merge
3d 5h
Merged PRs (30d)
6

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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