fix(ci): changelog job creates release to avoid race with build jobs

The changelog and build-* jobs all fan out from autotag in parallel.
Build jobs create the Gitea release with 'curl ... || true', but the
changelog job was trying to GET the release before any build job had
run, reliably failing with 'Could not find release for tag vX.Y.Z'.

Fix: changelog job owns release creation. It creates the release with
the git-cliff body if it does not exist, or patches the body if a
prior run already created it. Build jobs continue using their existing
create-or-skip + upload pattern unchanged.

.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "=== Release body preview ==="
           cat /tmp/release_body.md
 
-      - name: Update Gitea release body
+      - name: Create or update Gitea release
         env:
           RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.autotag.outputs.release_tag }}
@@ -148,18 +148,43 @@ jobs:
           set -eu
           TAG="${RELEASE_TAG}"
           API="http://172.0.0.29:3000/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
-          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf "$API/releases/tags/$TAG" \
+          RELEASE_BODY=$(cat /tmp/release_body.md)
-            -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" | jq -r '.id')
+
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ] || [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "null" ]; then
+          # Try to find an existing release for this tag
-            echo "ERROR: Could not find release for tag $TAG"
+          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -s "$API/releases/tags/$TAG" \
-            exit 1
+            -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" | jq -r '.id // empty')
-          fi
+
-          BODY=$(jq -n --rawfile note /tmp/release_body.md '{body: $note}')
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
-          curl -sf -X PATCH "$API/releases/$RELEASE_ID" \
+            # Release doesn't exist yet — create it with the changelog body.
+            # Build jobs run in parallel and rely on the release existing;
+            # creating it here ensures no race condition.
+            echo "Creating release $TAG..."
+            RELEASE_ID=$(jq -n \
+              --arg tag "$TAG" \
+              --arg name "TFTSR $TAG" \
+              --rawfile body /tmp/release_body.md \
+              '{tag_name: $tag, name: $name, body: $body, draft: false}' \
+              | curl -sf -X POST "$API/releases" \
                   -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" \
                   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "$BODY"
+                  --data @- \
+              | jq -r '.id')
+            echo "✓ Release created (id=$RELEASE_ID)"
+          else
+            # Release already exists (e.g. re-run) — patch the body only
+            echo "Updating existing release $TAG (id=$RELEASE_ID)..."
+            jq -n --rawfile body /tmp/release_body.md '{body: $body}' \
+              | curl -sf -X PATCH "$API/releases/$RELEASE_ID" \
+                  -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" \
+                  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                  --data @-
             echo "✓ Release body updated"
+          fi
+
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ] || [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "null" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: Failed to create or locate release for $TAG"
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Commit CHANGELOG.md to master
         env: