From 9d9f95961d9a5122cc5318f137eabe7aa9aeff35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:29:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ci: fix secrets context not allowed in if conditional (#4726)

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7da796e6b..18f230a2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ jobs:
   github-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [prepare-build-info, release-google, release-fdroid]
+    env:
+      INTERNAL_BUILDS_HOST: ${{ secrets.INTERNAL_BUILDS_HOST }}
     permissions:
       contents: write
       id-token: write
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create or Update internal GitHub Release
         continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ secrets.INTERNAL_BUILDS_HOST != '' }}
+        if: ${{ env.INTERNAL_BUILDS_HOST != '' }}
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           repository: ${{ secrets.INTERNAL_BUILDS_HOST }}