From b83bf69b2b8087783ba1ed2b94349ddd221a079c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Piotr Galar <piotr.galar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:25:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci(release): fix the create release issue workflow (#12826)

ci: fix the create release issue workflow
---
 .github/workflows/create-release-issue.yml | 4 +++-
 cmd/release/main.go                        | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-issue.yml
index ba9ea1decb6..ef9eb984e8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-issue.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ on:
       rc1-date:
         description: "What's the expected shipping date for RC1?"
         required: false
+        default: "TBD"
       stable-date:
         description: "What's the expected shipping date for the stable release?"
         required: false
+        default: "TBD"
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           go run cmd/release/main.go create-issue \
-            --create-on-github true \
+            --create-on-github=true \
             --type "${{ github.event.inputs.type }}" \
             --tag "${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}" \
             --level "${{ github.event.inputs.level }}" \
diff --git a/cmd/release/main.go b/cmd/release/main.go
index 2b2cdfdc8b0..b55d7f0000a 100644
--- a/cmd/release/main.go
+++ b/cmd/release/main.go
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ func main() {
 						}
 					}
 
-					rc1Date := c.String("rc1-date")
 					releaseDateStringRegexp := regexp.MustCompile(releaseDateStringPattern)
+
+					rc1Date := c.String("rc1-date")
 					if rc1Date != "TBD" {
 						matches := releaseDateStringRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(rc1Date)
 						if matches == nil {