From 5bef01f72f0bb29b9ffc6b38c7a179e2d1a0fce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 22:51:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] github action: publish the release as draft first (#530)

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d2a9356..6aeb6af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
           # Write and read notes from a file to avoid quoting breaking things
           echo "$ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY" > $RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt
 
-          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
+          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --draft --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
 
   announce:
     needs: