diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index bb9adf3..bc5df9c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -135,8 +135,15 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_URL="${SERVER_URL%/}"
           GITEA_OWNER="${REPOSITORY%%/*}"
           GITEA_REPO="${REPOSITORY#*/}"
-          echo "RELEASE_TOKEN=$GITEA_TOKEN"
+          printf '%s' "$GITEA_TOKEN" | sha256sum
           env | sort | grep -E '^(GITEA|GITHUB|RELEASE)_' || true
+          curl -sS -o /tmp/lightops-create-release-probe.json -w 'probe create release status: %{http_code}\n' \
+            -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"tag_name":"probe-v0-1-22","target_commitish":"main","name":"probe-v0-1-22","body":"probe","draft":false,"prerelease":true}' \
+            "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_OWNER}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases" || true
+          cat /tmp/lightops-create-release-probe.json || true
           cd lightops-src
           TAG="$(cat /tmp/lightops-release-tag)"
           TARGET_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"