Error: Configuration file .github/release-drafter.yml is not found. The configuration file must reside in your default branch.

[keithhuster]

I am struggling to get the release-drafter action to work for a private repo within a GitHub Enterprise account. I am running this action as part of a custom GHA workflow. I am not sure where to go from here. I have also tested removing the Set GHE_HOST job step but the action fails with an Error: Validation Failed: {"resource":"Release","code":"invalid","field":"target_commitish"} error and a 422 HTTP status code when calling the https://api.github.com/repos/[MY_ORG]/[MY_REPO]/releases endpoint.

Steps I have taken so far:

• Added a .github/release-drafter.yml file to the repository and merged the file into the main (default) branch.

name-template: 'Test - v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
tag-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION-test'
categories:
  - title: '🚀 Major/Breaking Changes'
    labels:
      - '(MAJOR)'
  - title: '🐛 Minor Changes/Bug Fixes'
    labels:
      - '(MINOR)'
  - title: '🧰 Maintenance Patches'
    label: '(PATCH)'
change-template: '- $TITLE @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)'
change-title-escapes: '\<*_&' # You can add # and @ to disable mentions, and add ` to disable code blocks.
template: |
  ## Changes

  $CHANGES

• Created a new test branch and added the following steps to my GHA CI workflow.

      # Create/update a GitHub Release
      # Note: Setting the `GHE_HOST` variable is required for GitHub Enterprise accounts.
      - name: Set GHE_HOST
        run: |
          echo "GITHUB_SERVER_URL = '${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}'"
          echo "GHE_HOST=${GITHUB_SERVER_URL##https:\/\/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Update GitHub Release
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
        with:
          config-name: release-drafter.yml
          name: '${{ steps.create-tag-suffix.outputs.tag_suffix }} - v${{ steps.apply-semantic-version.outputs.version }}'
          prerelease: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && true || false }}
          tag: ${{ steps.apply-semantic-version.outputs.version_tag }}
          version: 'v${{ steps.apply-semantic-version.outputs.version }}'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

• Added the following permissions to the job that runs the above steps.

    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: read

• Created a pull request for the test branch (targeting the main branch) to trigger the CI workflow to run.

Expected Results

• The CI workflow should run and a new GitHub Release should be created.

Actual Results

• The CI workflow runs and the following error is reported in the GHA workflow log.

Warning: [MY_ORG]/[MY_REPO]: Invalid config file
{
  name: 'event',
  id: '463073[16](https://github.com/[MY_ORG]/[MY_REPO]/actions/runs/4630731678/jobs/8192704466#step:11:17)78',
  stack: 'Error: Configuration file .github/release-drafter.yml is not found. The configuration file must reside in your default branch.\n' +
    '    at getConfig (/runner/_work/_actions/release-drafter/release-drafter/v5/dist/index.js:1427[19](https://github.com/[MY_ORG]/[MY_REPO]/actions/runs/4630731678/jobs/8192704466#step:11:20):13)\n' +
    '    at async drafter (/runner/_work/_actions/release-drafter/release-drafter/v5/dist/index.js:142347:[20](https://github.com/[MY_ORG]/[MY_REPO]/actions/runs/4630731678/jobs/8192704466#step:11:21))\n' +
    '    at async Promise.all (index 1)',
  type: 'Error'
}
Error: Invalid config file

[keithhuster]

UPDATE: Oddly enough, I was able to get the release-drafter action to work by disabling the Set GHE_HOST step and then manually setting the commitish input arg within the Update GitHub Release step. My repo is definitely being hosted in a GHE environment so I am a bit confused as to why I had to skip this step.