ci: update releases in place instead of delete-and-recreate

The same-day rerun path deleted and recreated the release tag within
seconds, which corrupted GitHub's release index (release 2026.07.05 was
hidden from the public list and floated to the top for maintainers).
Replace it with gh release create/edit: force-move the tag in place on
reruns so it matches the rebuilt Docker image, exclude today's tag when
collecting release notes so reruns cover the whole day, and pin the
created tag to the triggering commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -117,25 +117,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get current date
         id: date
         run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y.%m.%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Get commits since last release
         id: commits
+        env:
+          DATE: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
         run: |
-          # Fetch all tags
           git fetch --tags
-          
+
-          # Get the last tag (sorted by version, using date format YYYY.MM.DD)
+          # Exclude today's tag: on a same-day rerun the notes must cover the
-          LAST_TAG=$(git tag -l --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$' | head -n 1)
+          # whole day, not just the commits since the morning release.
-          
+          LAST_TAG=$(git tag -l --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$' | grep -v "^${DATE}$" | head -n 1)
+
           if [ -z "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
-            # No previous release, skip commits for first release
             COMMITS=""
             echo "has_commits=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            # Get commits since last tag
             COMMITS=$(git log ${LAST_TAG}..HEAD --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" --no-merges)
             if [ -z "$COMMITS" ]; then
               echo "has_commits=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -143,18 +145,13 @@ jobs:
               echo "has_commits=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             fi
           fi
-          
+
-          # Escape for use in YAML/multiline output
           {
             echo 'commits<<EOF'
             echo "$COMMITS"
             echo EOF
           } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
+
-          # Also output for debugging
-          echo "Last tag: ${LAST_TAG:-none}"
-          echo "Commits since last release:"
-          echo "$COMMITS"
       - name: Generate release body
         id: release_body
         env:
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
             echo '**GitHub Container Registry:**'
             echo "- \`${GHCR_REPO}:latest\`"
             echo "- \`${GHCR_REPO}:${DATE}\`"
-            
+
             if [ "$HAS_COMMITS" = "true" ] && [ -n "$COMMITS" ]; then
               echo ''
               echo '## Changes'
@@ -184,39 +181,28 @@ jobs:
               echo "$COMMITS"
             fi
           } > release_body.txt
-          
+
-          {
+      - name: Create or update GitHub Release (mark as latest)
-            echo 'body<<EOF'
-            cat release_body.txt
-            echo EOF
-          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Delete existing release if present
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
         run: |
-          # Check if release exists and delete it
+          if gh release view "$TAG_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          if gh release view "$TAG_NAME" &>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Release $TAG_NAME exists; updating."
-            echo "Release $TAG_NAME already exists, deleting it..."
+            # Force-move the tag in place so it matches the rebuilt Docker
-            gh release delete "$TAG_NAME" --yes || true
+            # image. Never delete+recreate the tag: that corrupts GitHub's
+            # release index (broke release 2026.07.05).
+            gh api -X PATCH "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs/tags/${TAG_NAME}" \
+              -f sha="$GITHUB_SHA" -F force=true
+            gh release edit "$TAG_NAME" \
+              --title "Release $TAG_NAME" \
+              --notes-file release_body.txt \
+              --latest
+          else
+            echo "Release $TAG_NAME does not exist; creating."
+            gh release create "$TAG_NAME" \
+              --target "$GITHUB_SHA" \
+              --title "Release $TAG_NAME" \
+              --notes-file release_body.txt \
+              --latest
           fi
-          
-          # Fetch tags to check remote
-          git fetch --tags
-          
-          # Check if tag exists (locally or remotely) and delete it
-          if git rev-parse "$TAG_NAME" &>/dev/null 2>&1 || git ls-remote --tags origin "$TAG_NAME" | grep -q "$TAG_NAME"; then
-            echo "Tag $TAG_NAME already exists, deleting it..."
-            git tag -d "$TAG_NAME" 2>/dev/null || true
-            git push origin ":refs/tags/$TAG_NAME" || true
-          fi
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-          name: Release ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-          body_path: release_body.txt
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}