affaan-m/ECC · error

release lookup failed (${response.status})

Error message

release lookup failed (${response.status})

What it means

Thrown by releaseFromGitHub when the GitHub API release lookup returns a non-OK HTTP status (e.g. 404 for a missing tag, 401 for a bad token). The announcement cannot be built without the release payload.

Source

Thrown at scripts/discord/release-announce.mjs:47

async function githubGraphql(query, variables) {
  const response = await request('https://api.github.com/graphql', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables }),
  });
  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`GitHub GraphQL request failed (${response.status})`);
  const payload = await response.json();
  if (payload.errors) throw new Error('GitHub GraphQL returned errors');
  return payload.data;
}

async function releaseFromGitHub() {
  const [owner, repo] = env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split('/');
  const tag = env.RELEASE_TAG || env.GITHUB_REF_NAME;
  const response = await request(`https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases/tags/${encodeURIComponent(tag)}`, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`, Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json' },
  });
  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`release lookup failed (${response.status})`);
  return response.json();
}

async function createOrFindReleaseDiscussion() {
  const release = await releaseFromGitHub();
  const [owner, name] = env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split('/');
  const marker = releaseMarker(release.tag_name);
  const data = await githubGraphql(
    `query($owner:String!,$name:String!){repository(owner:$owner,name:$name){id discussionCategories(first:25){nodes{id name}}}}`,
    { owner, name },
  );
  const repository = data.repository;
  let cursor = null;
  let existing = null;
  for (let page = 0; page < 50 && !existing; page += 1) {
    const pageData = await githubGraphql(
      `query($owner:String!,$name:String!,$after:String){repository(owner:$owner,name:$name){discussions(first:100,after:$after,orderBy:{field:CREATED_AT,direction:DESC}){nodes{id title body url category{name}} pageInfo{hasNextPage endCursor}}}}`,
      { owner, name, after: cursor },

View on GitHub (pinned to 06c5e118c4)

Solutions

1. Inspect the underlying error detail in the message (stderr/log/HTTP status), fix the cause, and retry.

When it happens

Trigger: Triggered when release-announce.mjs rejects the current invocation: release lookup failed (<value>)

Common situations: Occurs while running scripts/discord/release-announce.mjs with invalid arguments, missing flags, or a failing external dependency; the guard at scripts/discord/release-announce.mjs:47 aborts the command with this message.

AI-assisted analysis of affaan-m/ECC@06c5e118c4 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9bad28b7370bcfa5. Report an issue: GitHub.