chore(deps): bump the npm group with 3 updates

Bumps the npm group with 3 updates: [@vitest/coverage-v8](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/tree/HEAD/packages/coverage-v8), [prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) and [vitest](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/tree/HEAD/packages/vitest).


Updates `@vitest/coverage-v8` from 4.0.14 to 4.0.15
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commits/v4.0.15/packages/coverage-v8)

Updates `prettier` from 3.7.3 to 3.7.4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/compare/3.7.3...3.7.4)

Updates `vitest` from 4.0.14 to 4.0.15
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commits/v4.0.15/packages/vitest)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: "@vitest/coverage-v8"
  dependency-version: 4.0.15
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: npm
- dependency-name: prettier
  dependency-version: 3.7.4
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: npm
- dependency-name: vitest
  dependency-version: 4.0.15
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: npm
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v5
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@2028fbc5c25fe9cf00d9f06a71cc4710d4507903 # v6
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## 2.5.0
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+
+* feat: mark release as draft until all artifacts are uploaded by @dumbmoron in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/692
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+* dependency updates
+
 ## 2.4.2
 
 ## What's Changed
@@ -8,7 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Other Changes 🔄
 
-- dependency updates
+* dependency updates
 
 ## 2.4.1
 
@@ -189,7 +201,7 @@
 
 ## 2.0.0
 
-- `2.0.0`!? this release corrects a disjunction between git tag versions used in the marketplace and versions list this file. Previous versions should have really been 1.\*. Going forward this should be better aligned.
+- `2.0.0`!? this release corrects a disjunction between git tag versions used in the marketplace and the versions listed in this file. Previous versions should have really been 1.\*. Going forward this should be better aligned.
 - Upgrade action.yml declaration to node20 to address deprecations
 
 ## 0.1.15
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@
 
 ## 0.1.14
 
-- provides an new workflow input option `generate_release_notes` which when set to true will automatically generate release notes for you based on GitHub activity [#179](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/179). Please see the [GitHub docs for this feature](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes) for more information
+- provides a new workflow input option `generate_release_notes` which when set to true will automatically generate release notes for you based on GitHub activity [#179](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/179). Please see the [GitHub docs for this feature](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes) for more information
 
 ## 0.1.13
 
@@ -208,7 +220,7 @@
 
 ## 0.1.12
 
-- fix bug leading to empty strings subsituted for inputs users don't provide breaking api calls [#144](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/144)
+- fix bug leading to empty strings substituted for inputs users don't provide breaking api calls [#144](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/144)
 
 ## 0.1.11
 
@@ -225,7 +237,7 @@
 ## 0.1.8
 
 - address recent warnings in assert upload api as well as introduce asset upload overrides, allowing for multiple runs for the same release with the same named asserts [#134](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/134)
-- fix backwards compatibility with `GITHUB_TOKEN` resolution. `GITHUB_TOKEN` is no resolved first from an env varibale and then from and input [#133](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/133)
+- fix backwards compatibility with `GITHUB_TOKEN` resolution. `GITHUB_TOKEN` is now resolved first from an env variable and then from an input [#133](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/133)
 - trim white space in provided `tag_name` [#130](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/130)
 
 ## 0.1.7
@@ -238,14 +250,14 @@
 
 This is a release catch up have a hiatus. Future releases will happen more frequently
 
-- Add 'fail_on_unmatched_files' input, useful for catching cases were your `files` input does not actually match what you expect [#55](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/55)
+- Add 'fail_on_unmatched_files' input, useful for catching cases where your `files` input does not actually match what you expect [#55](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/55)
 - Add `repository` input, useful for creating a release in an external repository [#61](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/61)
-- Add release `id` to outputs, useful for refering to release in workflow steps following the step that uses this action [#60](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/60)
+- Add release `id` to outputs, useful for referring to release in workflow steps following the step that uses this action [#60](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/60)
 - Add `upload_url` as action output, useful for managing uploads separately [#75](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/75)
 - Support custom `target_commitish` value, useful to customize the default [#76](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/76)
-- fix `body_path` input first then fall back on `body` input. this was the originally documented precedence but was implemened the the opposite order! [#85](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/85)
+- fix `body_path` input first then fall back on `body` input. This was the originally documented precedence but was implemented in the opposite order! [#85](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/85)
 - Retain original release info if the keys are not set, useful for filling in blanks for a release you've already started separately [#109](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/109)
-- Limit number of times github api request to create a release is retried, useful for avoiding eating up your rate limit and action minutes do to either an invalid token or other circumstance causing the api call to fail [#111](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/111)
+- Limit number of times github api request to create a release is retried, useful for avoiding eating up your rate limit and action minutes due to either an invalid token or other circumstance causing the api call to fail [#111](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/111)
 
 ## 0.1.5
 
@@ -255,7 +267,7 @@ This is a release catch up have a hiatus. Future releases will happen more frequ
 
 - Added support for updating releases body [#36](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/36)
 - Steps can now access the url of releases with the `url` output of this Action [#28](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/28)
-- Added basic GitHub API retry support to manage API turbulance [#26](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/26)
+- Added basic GitHub API retry support to manage API turbulence [#26](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/26)
 
 ## 0.1.3
 
@@ -270,7 +282,7 @@ This is now fixed.
 
 - Add support for newline-delimited asset list [#18](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/18)
 
-GitHub actions inputs don't inherently support lists of things and one might like to append a list of files to include in a release. Previously this was possible using a comma-delimited list of asset path patterns to upload. You can now provide these as a newline delimieted list for better readability
+GitHub actions inputs don't inherently support lists of things and one might like to append a list of files to include in a release. Previously this was possible using a comma-delimited list of asset path patterns to upload. You can now provide these as a newline delimited list for better readability
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Release

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
 ```
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Generate Changelog
         run: echo "# Good things have arrived" > ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
       - name: Release

__tests__/github.test.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe('github', () => {
       getReleaseByTag: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
       createRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
       updateRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
+      finalizeRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
       allReleases: async function* () {
         yield { data: [mockRelease] };
       },
@@ -254,11 +255,12 @@ describe('github', () => {
               name: 'test',
               body: 'test',
               target_commitish: 'main',
-              draft: false,
+              draft: true,
               prerelease: false,
               assets: [],
             },
           }),
+        finalizeRelease: async () => {},
         allReleases: async function* () {
           yield {
             data: [

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "action-gh-release",
-  "version": "2.4.2",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
     "@actions/github": "^6.0.1",
     "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^8.0.3",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^11.0.3",
-    "glob": "^11.0.3",
+    "glob": "^13.0.0",
-    "mime-types": "^3.0.1"
+    "mime-types": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/glob": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/mime-types": "^3.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "^20.19.24",
+    "@types/node": "^20.19.25",
     "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.4",
-    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.0.6",
+    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.0.15",
-    "prettier": "3.6.2",
+    "prettier": "3.7.4",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "typescript-formatter": "^7.2.2",

src/github.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ export interface Releaser {
     make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
 
+  finalizeRelease(params: {
+    owner: string;
+    repo: string;
+    release_id: number;
+  }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
+
   allReleases(params: { owner: string; repo: string }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }>;
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +166,15 @@ export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
     return this.github.rest.repos.updateRelease(params);
   }
 
+  async finalizeRelease(params: { owner: string; repo: string; release_id: number }) {
+    return await this.github.rest.repos.updateRelease({
+      owner: params.owner,
+      repo: params.repo,
+      release_id: params.release_id,
+      draft: false,
+    });
+  }
+
   allReleases(params: { owner: string; repo: string }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }> {
     const updatedParams = { per_page: 100, ...params };
     return this.github.paginate.iterator(
@@ -303,7 +318,6 @@ export const release = async (
       body = workflowBody || existingReleaseBody;
     }
 
-    const draft = config.input_draft !== undefined ? config.input_draft : existingRelease.draft;
     const prerelease =
       config.input_prerelease !== undefined ? config.input_prerelease : existingRelease.prerelease;
 
@@ -317,7 +331,7 @@ export const release = async (
       target_commitish,
       name,
       body,
-      draft,
+      draft: existingRelease.draft,
       prerelease,
       discussion_category_name,
       generate_release_notes,
@@ -345,6 +359,45 @@ export const release = async (
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Finalizes a release by unmarking it as "draft" (if relevant)
+ * after all artifacts have been uploaded.
+ *
+ * @param config - Release configuration as specified by user
+ * @param releaser - The GitHub API wrapper for release operations
+ * @param release - The existing release to be finalized
+ * @param maxRetries - The maximum number of attempts to finalize the release
+ */
+export const finalizeRelease = async (
+  config: Config,
+  releaser: Releaser,
+  release: Release,
+  maxRetries: number = 3,
+): Promise<Release> => {
+  if (config.input_draft === true) {
+    return release;
+  }
+
+  if (maxRetries <= 0) {
+    console.log(`❌ Too many retries. Aborting...`);
+    throw new Error('Too many retries.');
+  }
+
+  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split('/');
+  try {
+    const { data } = await releaser.finalizeRelease({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      release_id: release.id,
+    });
+
+    return data;
+  } catch {
+    console.log(`retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`);
+    return finalizeRelease(config, releaser, release, maxRetries - 1);
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Finds a release by tag name from all a repository's releases.
  *
@@ -385,7 +438,6 @@ async function createRelease(
   const tag_name = tag;
   const name = config.input_name || tag;
   const body = releaseBody(config);
-  const draft = config.input_draft;
   const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
   const target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
   const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
@@ -401,7 +453,7 @@ async function createRelease(
       tag_name,
       name,
       body,
-      draft,
+      draft: true,
       prerelease,
       target_commitish,
       discussion_category_name,

src/main.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { setFailed, setOutput } from '@actions/core';
 import { getOctokit } from '@actions/github';
-import { GitHubReleaser, release, upload } from './github';
+import { GitHubReleaser, release, finalizeRelease, upload } from './github';
 import { isTag, parseConfig, paths, unmatchedPatterns, uploadUrl } from './util';
 
 import { env } from 'process';
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ async function run() {
       },
     });
     //);
-    const rel = await release(config, new GitHubReleaser(gh));
+    const releaser = new GitHubReleaser(gh);
+    let rel = await release(config, releaser);
     if (config.input_files && config.input_files.length > 0) {
       const files = paths(config.input_files, config.input_working_directory);
       if (files.length == 0) {
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ async function run() {
       const assets = results.filter(Boolean);
       setOutput('assets', assets);
     }
+
+    console.log('Finalizing release...');
+    rel = await finalizeRelease(config, releaser, rel);
+
     console.log(`🎉 Release ready at ${rel.html_url}`);
     setOutput('url', rel.html_url);
     setOutput('id', rel.id.toString());