HttpError: API rate limit exceeded for installation about action-gh-release

[kenorb]

I had to fix the branch name extraction which was used for the tag_name to not put spaces, e.g.

      - name: Get the current branch name
        shell: bash
        run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
        id: myref

then use: tag_name: ${{ steps.myref.outputs.branch }}-dev.

So this is basically duplicate of #52, happening when the tag name is invalid. Then the following jobs are basically rejecting further GitHub calls (sometimes without seeing "GitHub release failed with status" errors, because it's already invalid before the retrying loop even start).

[softprops]

The "right way" might not be the most accurate way of phrasing the question.

I believe the rate limit for a given token its tied to a workflow run so its shared amongst all other steps and jobs without more context it's difficult to provide more advice.

I can say that this action is used in many repositories successfully.

Can you narrow down your usecase and maybe provide a bit more context?

[kenorb]

More context which I've found in another job:

⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: 422, retrying...
👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag  v1.079-dev-beta...
⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: 422, retrying...
👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag  v1.079-dev-beta...
⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: 422, retrying...
👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag  v1.079-dev-beta...
⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: 403, retrying...
(and hundreds of more)
⚠️ Unexpected error fetching GitHub release for tag refs/heads/v1.079-dev: HttpError: API rate limit exceeded for installation ID 5238618.
##[error]API rate limit exceeded for installation ID 5238618.

I'm using softprops/action-gh-release@v1. See build 812351426.

I think it's looping and retrying too many times after 422 error.

[kenorb]

I think this is related to #52, but this time my release name is correct (I think).

    name: Development Release ( v1.079-dev)
    prerelease: true
    tag_name:  v1.079-dev-beta

Although there may be a whitespace before my tag, I'm going to check if I can remove it.

[softprops]

Thanks for the extra info. That's be my bet. Does that tag exist?