[Gitlab-ci] Release error in CI/CD
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### Summary
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I use the docker image at `registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli:latest` to run my release job, however I keep getting error.
### Environment
As mentioned earlier, I'm running a self-hosted Gitlab Community Docker instance (`gitlab/gitlab-ce:18.6.2-ce.0`), using a runner with Docker executor (other jobs with docker run ok).
My Gitlab instance is behind a reverse proxy (using Nginx Proxy Manager) for both Gitlab and Gitlab registry (`gitlab.my-domain-name` and `registry.my-domain-name` respectively).
Here is my omnibus config for gitlab:
```yaml
GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG: |
registry_external_url "${EXTERNAL_URL}"
gitlab_rails['gitlab_shell_ssh_port'] = "${HOST_SSH_PORT}"
nginx['listen_port'] = "${CONTAINER_HTTP_PORT}"
nginx['listen_https'] = false
registry_nginx['listen_port'] = "${CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PORT}"
registry_nginx['listen_https'] = false
registry_nginx['proxy_http_version'] = 1.1
registry_nginx['proxy_set_headers'] = {
"X-Forwarded-Proto" => "https",
"X-Forwarded-Ssl" => "on"
}
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "${USERNAME}"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "${PASSWORD}"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "smtp.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_tls'] = false
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'peer'
```
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Though I haven't done any particular config on my external Nginx, here is my setup
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### Steps to reproduce
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Both build and package jobs run successfully, and package registry has the file. Here is my release job:
```yaml
release:
stage: release
image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli:latest
rules:
- if: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
script:
- echo "Running the release job."
release:
tag_name: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
name: 'Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}'
description: "Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} at ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${CI_COMMIT_TAG}/${PACKAGE_NAME}.exe"
```
Note that I first ran with assets instead of linking the package in the description, but that fails as well.
### What is the current _bug_ behavior?
The release job fails, no release created.
### What is the expected _correct_ behavior?
The release job should be successful and the release is created.
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
I got the following error:
```
Executing "step_script" stage of the job script 00:00
Using docker image sha256:54b05805f30401108ba5c40adfb1f056e7733554874958c3cabfa219b69db8e7 for registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli:latest with digest registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli@sha256:3015164b5a7d16288d3ac7c48d6685e30071603b3b519a8fb3cc177ba22ef40f ...
$ echo "Running the release job."
Running the release job.
Executing "step_release" stage of the job script 00:02
$ if command -v glab &> /dev/null; then # collapsed multi-line command
• Creating or updating release repo=###/############# tag=########
ERROR
Json: cannot unmarshal array into Go value of type gitlab.Release.
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables 00:01
ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1
```
I saw this behaviour similar to another issue in `release-cli`, but I don't know if it is related to my Nginx: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli/-/issues?sort=created_date&state=closed&search=cannot+unmarshal&first_page_size=20&show=eyJpaWQiOiIxMzYiLCJmdWxsX3BhdGgiOiJnaXRsYWItb3JnL3JlbGVhc2UtY2xpIiwiaWQiOjEwMDM4MzAzMX0%3D
I can't seem to see any workaround on that issue, however. Using `release-cli` also creates a similar bug.
### Possible fixes
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