fix: configure npm authentication for trusted publishing with semantic-release

Author: strausr

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '20'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          always-auth: true
 
       - run: npm ci
 
@@ -96,6 +97,25 @@ jobs:
           echo "=== Git tags ==="
           git tag
 
+      - name: Debug npm auth
+        run: |
+          echo "=== NPM Config ==="
+          cat ~/.npmrc 2>/dev/null || echo "No ~/.npmrc found"
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== NPM Token from env ==="
+          echo "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN is set: $([ -n "$NODE_AUTH_TOKEN" ] && echo 'yes' || echo 'no')"
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== NPM whoami ==="
+          npm whoami --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org || echo "npm whoami failed"
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== Setting NPM_TOKEN from NODE_AUTH_TOKEN for semantic-release ==="
+          if [ -n "$NODE_AUTH_TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "NPM_TOKEN=$NODE_AUTH_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "NPM_TOKEN set from NODE_AUTH_TOKEN"
+          else
+            echo "Warning: NODE_AUTH_TOKEN not found"
+          fi
+
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.releaserc.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     [
       "@semantic-release/npm",
       {
-        "npmPublish": true
+        "npmPublish": true,
+        "tarballDir": false
       }
     ],
     [