fix(ci): debug and re-fetch tag object for release notes extraction

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: jlia0

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -118,22 +118,41 @@ jobs:
         id: release_notes
         run: |
           VERSION="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
-          # Use git cat-file to read the raw annotated tag object directly,
-          # bypassing %(contents) which can dereference to the commit message
-          TAG_OBJ=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/$VERSION" 2>/dev/null)
-          TAG_TYPE=$(git cat-file -t "$TAG_OBJ" 2>/dev/null)
+
+          # Debug: show what git sees for this tag
+          echo "=== Tag ref debug ==="
+          git rev-parse "refs/tags/$VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "rev-parse failed"
+          git cat-file -t "refs/tags/$VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "cat-file -t failed"
+          git for-each-ref --format='%(objecttype)' "refs/tags/$VERSION" || echo "for-each-ref failed"
+
+          # Try to get the annotated tag message via cat-file
+          TAG_TYPE=$(git cat-file -t "refs/tags/$VERSION" 2>/dev/null)
+          echo "Tag type: $TAG_TYPE"
+
           if [ "$TAG_TYPE" = "tag" ]; then
-            # Annotated tag: extract message body (everything after the blank line)
-            git cat-file -p "$TAG_OBJ" | sed '1,/^$/d' > release_notes.md
+            git cat-file -p "refs/tags/$VERSION" | sed '1,/^$/d' > release_notes.md
+          elif [ "$TAG_TYPE" = "commit" ]; then
+            # Lightweight tag or dereferenced — try fetching the actual tag object
+            git fetch origin "refs/tags/$VERSION:refs/tags/$VERSION" --force 2>/dev/null
+            TAG_TYPE2=$(git cat-file -t "refs/tags/$VERSION" 2>/dev/null)
+            echo "Tag type after re-fetch: $TAG_TYPE2"
+            if [ "$TAG_TYPE2" = "tag" ]; then
+              git cat-file -p "refs/tags/$VERSION" | sed '1,/^$/d' > release_notes.md
+            fi
           fi
+
           if [ ! -s release_notes.md ]; then
+            echo "::warning::Could not extract annotated tag message, using fallback"
             cat > release_notes.md <<EOF
           ## TinyClaw $VERSION
 
           See commits since last release for detailed changes.
           EOF
           fi
 
+          echo "=== release_notes.md preview ==="
+          head -5 release_notes.md
+
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'