Releasing a plugin fails due to using an older version of the image

[josegonzalez]

I have a github run here that is configured to use the latest release of this bot but ends up using an older image.

The step is run as follows:

      - name: Update new version in krew-index
        uses: rajatjindal/krew-release-bot@v0.0.47
        env:
          GITHUB_REF: refs/tags/${{ needs.bump.outputs.new_version }}

And the code is checked out at the tag, but I still get the following error:

time="2026-02-22T07:25:41Z" level=fatal msg="GITHUB_REF expected to be of format refs/tags/<tag> but found \"refs/heads/main\""

I believe this is because the change allowing GITHUB_REF to be set - fixed in 0.0.47 - isn't being respected due to using the 0.0.46 image somehow:

/usr/bin/docker run --name ghcriorajatjindalkrewreleasebotv0046_921673 --label c4d833 --workdir /github/workspace --rm -e "GITHUB_REF" -e "INPUT_WORKDIR" -e "INPUT_KREW_TEMPLATE_FILE" -e "HOME" -e "GITHUB_JOB" -e "GITHUB_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" -e "GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR_ID" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" -e "GITHUB_HEAD_REF" -e "GITHUB_BASE_REF" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -e "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" -e "GITHUB_API_URL" -e "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL" -e "GITHUB_REF_NAME" -e "GITHUB_REF_PROTECTED" -e "GITHUB_REF_TYPE" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_ID" -e "GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -e "GITHUB_ACTION" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REF" -e "GITHUB_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ENV" -e "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" -e "GITHUB_STATE" -e "GITHUB_OUTPUT" -e "RUNNER_OS" -e "RUNNER_ARCH" -e "RUNNER_NAME" -e "RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT" -e "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE" -e "RUNNER_TEMP" -e "RUNNER_WORKSPACE" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN" -e "ACTIONS_CACHE_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL" -e "ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp":"/github/runner_temp" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands" -v "/home/runner/work/kubectl-eso/kubectl-eso":"/github/workspace" ghcr.io/rajatjindal/krew-release-bot:v0.0.46

Thoughts on how I can resolve this issue?

[rajatjindal]

Thank you for reporting this issue. it seems like we didn't update action.yml when releasing v0.0.47. I have now tagged a new release v0.0.48.

could you please try that and let me know if that fixes the problem?

[rajatjindal]

nevermind, the release failed. working on a fix.

[rajatjindal]

Hi @josegonzalez

Thanks again for reporting this issue. I have now (I think) fixed the release related issues and latest version v0.0.50 should fix the original discrepancy you reported as well.

Kindly try it out and pls do let me know if that does not fix the issue.

Many thanks

[josegonzalez]

Might be good to try out dependabot for the workflow/dependency automation.

Testing this out now btw, will report back :)

[rajatjindal]

I see it failed again. I will check later today and report back to you.

[josegonzalez]

Yeah it looks like it couldn't find a release? I wonder if maybe I'm missing workflow permissions or something?

[rajatjindal]

opened #87 as a potential fix. I will sleep on the fix tonight and will publish a release tomorrow.

[josegonzalez]

That may have worked but now i get this:

time="2026-03-29T05:55:36Z" level=fatal msg="failed to find a release on this specific commit \"0a74cadfd5e2e816541306c246010c599262d827\""

https://github.com/josegonzalez/kubectl-eso/actions/runs/23702532429/job/69049296864

Thoughts? Maybe I'm missing a github permission on the workflow?