GitHub Actions disables workflow after 60 days despite tags being created

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GitHub Actions automatically disable workflows after 60 days of inactivity:
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-workflow-runs/disabling-and-enabling-a-workflow

This is a reasonable resource/cost saving approach on GitHub's part. However, currently only new commits qualify as "activity". Apparently, creating release tags does not quality.

Here's a real use case of a PHP package serving as a wrapper for the corresponding PHP extension:
https://github.com/upscalesoftware/ext-swoole
https://github.com/upscalesoftware/ext-openswoole

The package is implemented in such a way that it references the Git tag as self.version, so the same exact source code works for every version without having to modify & commit any files. The cron workflow checks for new versions and tags releases.

I'd like to request to consider tag/release creation a valid activity besides commits to prevent workflows from being disabled.

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