POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases

Users with push access to the repository can create a release.

[!NOTE] If the commit identified by target_commitish (or, when target_commitish is omitted, the latest commit on the default branch) adds or modifies any file under .github/workflows/ relative to the repository's default branch, the authenticating token must be authorized to modify workflows. Otherwise, this endpoint returns 404 Not Found; some authentication paths surface 403 Resource not accessible by integration instead.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the workflow scope when the resolved target commit modifies workflow files. Fine-grained access tokens and GitHub App installation tokens also need the "Workflows" repository permission (write). The GITHUB_TOKEN available to GitHub Actions cannot be authorized for this; for more information, see "Automatic token authentication".

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

Servers

https://api.github.com

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`repo`	String	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`owner`	String	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

Request headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	The media type of the request body. Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`target_commitish`	String	No	Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch.
`draft`	Boolean	No	`true` to create a draft (unpublished) release, `false` to create a published one. Default value: false
`make_latest`	String	No	Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Defaults to `true` for newly published releases. `legacy` specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version. Valid values: `"false"` `"legacy"` `"true"` Default value: "true"
`tag_name`	String	Yes	The name of the tag.
`name`	String	No	The name of the release.
`generate_release_notes`	Boolean	No	Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release. If `name` is specified, the specified name will be used; otherwise, a name will be automatically generated. If `body` is specified, the body will be pre-pended to the automatically generated notes. Default value: false
`body`	String	No	Text describing the contents of the tag.
`prerelease`	Boolean	No	`true` to identify the release as a prerelease. `false` to identify the release as a full release. Default value: false
`discussion_category_name`	String	No	If specified, a discussion of the specified category is created and linked to the release. The value must be a category that already exists in the repository. For more information, see "Managing categories for discussions in your repository."

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