From 68631487287630dfa06d00598d1a9884b2548deb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Pierce <davidapierce@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 18:07:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): handle npm dist-tag deletion failures on
 registries that forbid it (#28694)

---
 .github/actions/publish-release/action.yml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
index 63fbb22842..36ac640b97 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ runs:
           --workspace="${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --tag staging-tmp
         if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
-          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp
+          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp || echo "Warning: Failed to remove staging-tmp tag (this is normal on registries that forbid tag deletion, like Wombat)"
         fi
 
     - name: '🔗 Install latest core package'
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ runs:
           ${PUBLISH_TARGET} \
           --tag staging-tmp
         if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
-          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp
+          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp || echo "Warning: Failed to remove staging-tmp tag (this is normal on registries that forbid tag deletion, like Wombat)"
         fi
 
     - name: 'Get a2a-server Token'
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ runs:
           --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
           --workspace="${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --tag staging-tmp
-          if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
-            npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp
-          fi
+        if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
+          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME} staging-tmp || echo "Warning: Failed to remove staging-tmp tag (this is normal on registries that forbid tag deletion, like Wombat)"
+        fi
 
     - name: '🏷️ Tag release'
       uses: './.github/actions/tag-npm-release'