Shields: Release shields aren't working

[ruimaciel]

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:beetle: Description

Release shields don't work, although link was created with template.

:link: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/ruimaciel/mropes/total
:link: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/ruimaciel/mropes/v0.0.2.0/total

[chris48s]

Hello. The reason its not working is because the things listed on https://github.com/ruimaciel/mropes/releases are tags, not releases.
Your project has 2 tags: https://api.github.com/repos/ruimaciel/mropes/tags
but zero releases: https://api.github.com/repos/ruimaciel/mropes/releases

Unfortunately, this is a frequent source of confusion for users.

There's a recent thread on this with more detail at: https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/2785

[ruimaciel]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

That's strange, because my project has two releases, which are also created with tags:
https://github.com/ruimaciel/mropes/releases

The two releases are also listed in the project's main page.

Is this a bug I need to report to github?

edit: I've just noticed my mistake. although GitHub lists tags as releases, they are actually just release placeholders. In order to actually create a release, project maintainers need to go through all the steps of what amounts to promoting a release tag to a release.