# TagBot does not create a GitHub release from a tag

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** tagbot\
**Created:** [January 15, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845 "2024-01-15T21:23:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![garrek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/garrek/32/27937_2.png) [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/1 "2024-01-15T21:23:37Z")

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I’ve registered a new release which has been merged into the General Registry, but the Julia TagBot doesn’t seem to be able to make a GitHub release. On the first try, it claimed there is a permissions-related error, but I’m using the same DOCUMENTER\_KEY that I use to publish my documentation, which works correctly. TagBot does successfully get triggered and creates a tag with the changes from the last version.

When troubleshooting, I deleted the tag and ran TagBot manually. On the first run, I get the permissions error along with the new tag. When I run TagBot a second time, it says that since the tag already exists, there is no new version to release.

I can’t seem to pin down what the problem is or how to change my configuration. My TagBot.yml file follows exactly the same format as the [recommendation](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/TagBot) and I have checked my permissions on GitHub for this repo.

Error after the first run:

```julia
TagBot
GitHub returned a 403 permissions-related error.
                    Please check that your ssh key and TagBot permissions are up to date
                    https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/TagBot#setup

```

```julia
TagBot
Issue reporting failed

```

> <https://github.com/garrekstemo/TransferMatrix.jl/actions/runs/7534046481>

Result after the second run in **Run JuliaRegistries/TagBot@v1** :

```julia
Tag v1.1.0 already exists
No new versions to release

```

> <https://github.com/garrekstemo/TransferMatrix.jl/actions/runs/7527240207/job/20486998238>

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/2 "2024-01-15T22:55:18Z")

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Does the branch name match? I ran into similar problems before realizing that i now use main but tagbot was looking for master

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**Author:** ![garrek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/garrek/32/27937_2.png) [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/3 "2024-01-15T23:06:09Z")

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Yes, they match. And when I run it manually, I set it to the main branch. All of my other actions are set to look at main.

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**Author:** ![DenisTitov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/denistitov/32/23385_2.png) [@DenisTitov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DenisTitov)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/5 "2025-08-22T23:38:13Z")

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Did you ever figure it out? I think I have the same issue on the first release of the package and not sure what’s the problem as I have the same setting as other packages where things work fine.

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**Author:** ![garrek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/garrek/32/27937_2.png) [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/6 "2025-08-25T00:47:30Z")

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Actually I don’t remember if I figured it out or it just started working when I updated the versions of my GitHub workflow bots. In any case, it’s been working for a while now. Sorry that’s not much help.

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**Author:** ![DenisTitov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/denistitov/32/23385_2.png) [@DenisTitov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DenisTitov)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845/7 "2025-08-25T04:28:37Z")

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Thanks. I fixed it by removing restriction on my _main_ branch to require pull requests but to be honest I’m always confused by why GitHub Actions don’t work sometimes and I randomly fix it and then have no good sense why it started working 🫣