Clean up failed releases (#546)

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             EXISTING_RELEASE: ${{ steps.release_flag.outputs.result }}
         steps:
             - name: Check for existing release tag
-              uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.3.0
+              uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.6.0
               id: check_tag
               with:
                   tag: ${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }}
@@ -174,10 +174,36 @@ jobs:
                   asset_name: ark-${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }}${{ env.DEBUG_FLAG }}-linux-arm64.zip
                   asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
+    cleanup:
+        name: Clean up Failed Releases
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs: [upload_release_binaries, get_version]
+        steps:
+            # `gh` operates on the git repo
+            - name: Checkout sources
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Check for existing release tag
+              uses: mukunku/[email protected]
+              id: check_tag
+              with:
+                  tag: ${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }}
+
+            - name: Delete failed release if any
+              if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'true'
+              env:
+                  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+              run: |
+                  TAG=${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }}
+                  gh release delete $TAG -y --cleanup-tag
+
+    # Keep this at the very end of the workflow tree and without any other
+    # steps to ensure we get a Slack report when something failed
     status:
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: [build_macos, build_windows, get_version]
+        needs: [cleanup, get_version]
         steps:
             - name: Notify slack if build fails
               uses: slackapi/[email protected]