From 34f64f6e2e1e47ddc183f174aa27c197aa47f520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mateusz=20Burzy=C5=84ski?= <mateuszburzynski@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 08:48:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed an issue with GitHub releases not being created for
 successfully published packages when some packages failed to be published
 (#535)

* Fixed an issue with GitHub releases not being created for successfully published packages when some packages failed to be published

* Format

---------

Co-authored-by: Bjorn Lu <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
---
 .changeset/cold-melons-love.md |  5 +++++
 src/index.ts                   | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/run.ts                     |  6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/cold-melons-love.md

diff --git a/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md b/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa84516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue with GitHub releases not being created for successfully published packages when _some_ packages failed to be published to the registry.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f4e73cf..6c4549c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ const getOptionalInput = (name: string) => core.getInput(name) || undefined;
           JSON.stringify(result.publishedPackages),
         );
       }
+
+      if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+        core.error(
+          `Publish command exited with code ${result.exitCode}${
+            result.published
+              ? `, but some packages were published: ${result.publishedPackages
+                  .map((p) => `${p.name}@${p.version}`)
+                  .join(", ")}`
+              : ""
+          }`,
+        );
+        process.exit(result.exitCode);
+      }
       return;
     }
     case hasChangesets && !hasNonEmptyChangesets:
diff --git a/src/run.ts b/src/run.ts
index 818edfb..64d391d 100644
--- a/src/run.ts
+++ b/src/run.ts
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ type PublishResult =
   | {
       published: true;
       publishedPackages: PublishedPackage[];
+      exitCode: number;
     }
   | {
       published: false;
+      exitCode: number;
     };
 
 export async function runPublish({
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ export async function runPublish({
 }: PublishOptions): Promise<PublishResult> {
   let changesetPublishOutput = await getExecOutput(script, undefined, {
     cwd,
+    ignoreReturnCode: true,
     env: { ...process.env, GITHUB_TOKEN: githubToken },
   });
 
@@ -155,10 +158,11 @@ export async function runPublish({
         name: pkg.packageJson.name,
         version: pkg.packageJson.version,
       })),
+      exitCode: changesetPublishOutput.exitCode,
     };
   }
 
-  return { published: false };
+  return { published: false, exitCode: changesetPublishOutput.exitCode };
 }
 
 const requireChangesetsCliPkgJson = (cwd: string) => {