# Error when using tag new release feature

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-using-tag-new-release-feature/72080>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [November 25, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-using-tag-new-release-feature/72080 "2021-11-25T19:50:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-using-tag-new-release-feature/72080/1 "2021-11-25T19:50:13Z")

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I tried to use the tag new release feature in VSCode and got the error below. Not familiar with forking the registry, didn’t think this was necessary to tag a new release.

```julia
ERROR: You need to have a fork of the registry in your github account.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(s::String)
   @ Base ./error.jl:33
 [2] tag_internal(package_name::String, pkg_uuid::String, pkg_path::String, version::Symbol; registry::Nothing, release_notes::Nothing, credentials::String, github_username::String)
   @ PkgDev ~/.julia/packages/PkgDev/7hlxi/src/tag.jl:106
 [3] tag(package_path::FilePathsBase.PosixPath, version::Symbol; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol, String, Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:credentials, :github_username), Tuple{String, String}}})
   @ PkgDev ~/.julia/packages/PkgDev/7hlxi/src/tag.jl:37
 [4] top-level scope
   @ ~/.vscode/extensions/julialang.language-julia-1.5.6/scripts/packagedev/tagnewpackageversion.jl:29
FINISHED

```

running Julia language extension for vscode 1.5.6.

System and version info:

```julia
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.4
Commit 35f0c911f4 (2021-11-19 03:54 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  CPU: AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core Processor
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-11.0.1 (ORCJIT, znver2)
Environment:
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 64
  JULIA_EDITOR = code

```