From 33d7621dc3ee5ebb1ac9fbe175d48258f5b7a12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Lamb Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:50:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Minor: Add docs to release/README.md about rate limits --- dev/release/README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md index 264982091b1e..d9bab521fa5a 100644 --- a/dev/release/README.md +++ b/dev/release/README.md @@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ To generate the changelog, set the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable and then providing two commit ids or tags followed by the version number of the release being created. For example, to generate a change log of all changes between the `50.3.0` tag and `branch-51`, in preparation for release `51.0.0`: +> [!NOTE] +> +> If you see errors such as the following, it is likely due to not setting +> the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable. +> +> ``` +> Request GET ... failed with 403: rate limit exceeded +> ``` + ```shell export GITHUB_TOKEN= ./dev/release/generate-changelog.py 50.3.0 branch-51 51.0.0 > dev/changelog/51.0.0.md