From 673fa88a58d7a8fc46e466bd9a9961cf3a85ad87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:27:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ci: temporary tag creation probe

---
 .github/workflows/tag-probe.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/tag-probe.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..778ce7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: tag-probe
+on: pull_request
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+jobs:
+  probe:
+    runs-on: blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      R: ${{ github.repository }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Probe tag creation with the built-in token
+        run: |
+          probe() { # $1 label, $2 sha
+            echo "== $1 ($2)"
+            out=$(gh api -i -X POST "repos/$R/git/refs" -f ref="refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" -f sha="$2" 2>&1)
+            echo "$out" | grep -iE '^HTTP/|x-accepted-github-permissions|"message"' || true
+            gh api -X DELETE "repos/$R/git/refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "deleted"
+          }
+          probe release-commit 50e819a65a4b39fa7a198860e1c9f3039fc0cbab
+          probe v1210-commit {"message":"Not Found","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/git/tags#get-a-tag","status":"404"}c0f78436b74682e0961c09e9e79c06613eb51fd2

From 791f9a97787a734a812d50198f95499609818dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:27:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ci: fix probe sha

---
 .github/workflows/tag-probe.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
index 778ce7f4..f4bdc075 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
             gh api -X DELETE "repos/$R/git/refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "deleted"
           }
           probe release-commit 50e819a65a4b39fa7a198860e1c9f3039fc0cbab
-          probe v1210-commit {"message":"Not Found","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/git/tags#get-a-tag","status":"404"}c0f78436b74682e0961c09e9e79c06613eb51fd2
+          probe v1210-commit c0f78436b74682e0961c09e9e79c06613eb51fd2

From 4649c2751433af7d47cef253ea2aceb3ecd3f6e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:28:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] ci: keep the probe running after a failed call

---
 .github/workflows/tag-probe.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
index f4bdc075..8c1b16e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           probe() { # $1 label, $2 sha
             echo "== $1 ($2)"
-            out=$(gh api -i -X POST "repos/$R/git/refs" -f ref="refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" -f sha="$2" 2>&1)
+            out=$(gh api -i -X POST "repos/$R/git/refs" -f ref="refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" -f sha="$2" 2>&1) || true
             echo "$out" | grep -iE '^HTTP/|x-accepted-github-permissions|"message"' || true
             gh api -X DELETE "repos/$R/git/refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "deleted"
           }

From 33094f00123dd37b63496ff2baf59ff5cbe93f0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <justinwlin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:28:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] ci: keep the probe running when there is nothing to
 delete

---
 .github/workflows/tag-probe.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
index 8c1b16e2..604b2a14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-probe.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "== $1 ($2)"
             out=$(gh api -i -X POST "repos/$R/git/refs" -f ref="refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" -f sha="$2" 2>&1) || true
             echo "$out" | grep -iE '^HTTP/|x-accepted-github-permissions|"message"' || true
-            gh api -X DELETE "repos/$R/git/refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "deleted"
+            gh api -X DELETE "repos/$R/git/refs/tags/probe-$1-$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "deleted" || true
           }
           probe release-commit 50e819a65a4b39fa7a198860e1c9f3039fc0cbab
           probe v1210-commit c0f78436b74682e0961c09e9e79c06613eb51fd2