diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 0d21804..04b69cb 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_URL="${SERVER_URL%/}"
           GITEA_OWNER="${REPOSITORY%%/*}"
           GITEA_REPO="${REPOSITORY#*/}"
+          echo "RELEASE_TOKEN length: $(printf '%s' "${GITEA_TOKEN:-}" | wc -c)"
+          curl -sS -o /tmp/lightops-user.json -w 'user status: %{http_code}\n' \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/user"
+          cat /tmp/lightops-user.json
+          curl -sS -o /tmp/lightops-release-list.json -w 'release list status: %{http_code}\n' \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_OWNER}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases"
+          cat /tmp/lightops-release-list.json
           cd lightops-src
           TAG="$(cat /tmp/lightops-release-tag)"
           TARGET_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"