From 91400c5b0be225b1ae0a8696cd84845cb7f9cf03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommaso Sciortino <sciortino@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:54:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] don't try to remove tags in dry run (#24356)

---
 .github/actions/publish-release/action.yml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
index 4496a7fe84..9a31142598 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ runs:
           --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
           --workspace="${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --no-tag
-        npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME} false
+        if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
+          npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME} false
+        fi
 
     - name: '🔗 Install latest core package'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
@@ -248,7 +250,9 @@ runs:
           --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
           --workspace="${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --no-tag
-        npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME} false
+          if [[ "${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
+            npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME} false
+          fi
 
     - name: '🔬 Verify NPM release by version'
       uses: './.github/actions/verify-release'