From 7c4b12b65545449b936920118fc5e4f5fd2c85de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9sar=20Arroba=20Vico?=
 <19954079+cesararroba@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:23:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): fetch the release branch after creating it in
 prepare-release (#13050)

---
 .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 65809f15f0..b0b19b8872 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "Branch $BRANCH_NAME does not exist, creating it from master ($MASTER_SHA)..."
           gh api --method POST "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs" -f ref="refs/heads/${BRANCH_NAME}" -f sha="${MASTER_SHA}"
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" "$MASTER_SHA"
+          git fetch origin "+refs/heads/${BRANCH_NAME}:refs/remotes/origin/${BRANCH_NAME}"
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" "origin/$BRANCH_NAME"
         else
           echo "ERROR: Branch $BRANCH_NAME does not exist. For patch releases (X.Y.Z), the branch should already exist."
           exit 1