When GitHub Actions Goes Silent: The Pending-Forever Bug I Hit Shipping My MCP Server to npm

I have an open-source MCP server . I tag a release, push, GitHub Actions builds, npm publishes, MCP Registry updates. That's the contract. It worked for v2.7.6 through v2.8.4. Then v2.8.5 didn't publish. Neither did v2.8.6. Or v2.9.0. Or v2.9.1. Or v2.9.2. Or v2.9.3. Six releases stuck. Not failing — stuck . Yellow dot. Forever. Here's what was actually happening. And how I got the releases out without GitHub Actions. The symptom that doesn't match any docs Every release event triggered the work