[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm] release/23.x: github-upload-release: Create draft releases (#209876) (PR #225409)

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https://github.com/llvmbot created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/225409

Backport acd9cda52648d3acd68096697eba217226875930

Requested by: @tstellar

>From 7a3817508b78abc0e29a70001f9bd280878652c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Stellard <tstellar at redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:20:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] github-upload-release: Create draft releases (#209876)

https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-enabling-immutable-releases-v2/91180
(cherry picked from commit acd9cda52648d3acd68096697eba217226875930)
---
 llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py b/llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py
index 212fbfa085cd2..ebe169520f1d0 100755
--- a/llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ def create_release(repo, release, tag=None, name=None, message=None):
 
     prerelease = True if "rc" in release else False
 
-    repo.create_git_release(tag=tag, name=name, message=message, prerelease=prerelease)
+    repo.create_git_release(
+        draft=True, tag=tag, name=name, message=message, prerelease=prerelease
+    )
 
 
 def upload_files(repo, release, files):