Preserve page creation outcomes through recovery

internal/gitea/release.go

@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ type Release struct {
 }
 
 type Result struct {
-	Release Release
-	Created bool
+	Release        Release
+	Created        bool
+	WriteAttempted bool // a create request was issued, including reconciled creates.
 }
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -150,7 +151,12 @@ func (c Client) EnsureRelease(ctx context.Context, request Request) (Result, err
 	}
 	created, postStatus, postErr := c.postRelease(ctx, client, request.Destination.Token, apiRoot+"/releases", body)
 	if postErr == nil {
-		return acceptCreated(created, request)
+		result, verifyErr := acceptCreated(created, request)
+		if verifyErr == nil {
+			result.WriteAttempted = true
+			return result, nil
+		}
+		postErr = verifyErr
 	}
 	if !shouldReconcileWrite(postStatus, postErr) {
 		return Result{}, postErr
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ func (c Client) EnsureRelease(ctx context.Context, request Request) (Result, err
 	if retryErr == nil {
 		result, matchErr := acceptExisting(retry, request)
 		if matchErr == nil {
+			result.WriteAttempted = true
 			return result, nil
 		}
 		return Result{}, failure(FailureConflict, "resolve release creation", postStatus, matchErr)