From 254bd4fbc326531ee16957d5e1ab7e08196062e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gandalf-the-greybeard[bot]"
 <gandalf-the-greybeard[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 06:20:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add tag-exists guard to release workflow

Fail fast when a release tag already exists instead of running the
full build+package cycle only to fail at git push. Saves CI time on
duplicate workflow_dispatch triggers.
---
 .github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml
index 89c8fd8..67dd650 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Check tag does not already exist
+        run: |
+          if git tag -l "v${{ inputs.version }}" | grep -q "v${{ inputs.version }}"; then
+            echo "::error::Tag v${{ inputs.version }} already exists. Skipping duplicate release."
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4