From a092d2053ad073512c7ff407c2d8bf495c46777a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morgan <1342360+anoadragon453@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:19:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix deprecation warning in release script (#19080)

---
 changelog.d/19080.misc |  1 +
 scripts-dev/release.py | 16 +++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/19080.misc

diff --git a/changelog.d/19080.misc b/changelog.d/19080.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c738be3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/19080.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update deprecated code in the release script to prevent a warning message from being printed.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index c20237eab..111c184cc 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import attr
 import click
 import git
 import github
+import github.Auth
 from click.exceptions import ClickException
 from git import GitCommandError, Repo
 from github import BadCredentialsException, Github
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ def _publish(gh_token: str) -> None:
 
     if gh_token:
         # Test that the GH Token is valid before continuing.
-        gh = Github(gh_token)
+        gh = Github(auth=github.Auth.Token(token=gh_token))
         gh.get_user()
 
     # Make sure we're in a git repo.
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ def _publish(gh_token: str) -> None:
         return
 
     # Publish the draft release
-    gh = Github(gh_token)
+    gh = Github(auth=github.Auth.Token(token=gh_token))
     gh_repo = gh.get_repo("element-hq/synapse")
     for release in gh_repo.get_releases():
         if release.title == tag_name:
@@ -487,8 +488,13 @@ def _upload(gh_token: Optional[str]) -> None:
         click.echo(f"Tag {tag_name} ({tag.commit}) is not currently checked out!")
         click.get_current_context().abort()
 
+    if gh_token:
+        gh = Github(auth=github.Auth.Token(token=gh_token))
+    else:
+        # Use github anonymously.
+        gh = Github()
+
     # Query all the assets corresponding to this release.
-    gh = Github(gh_token)
     gh_repo = gh.get_repo("element-hq/synapse")
     gh_release = gh_repo.get_release(tag_name)
 
@@ -764,7 +770,7 @@ Ask the designated people to do the blog and tweets."""
 def full(gh_token: str) -> None:
     if gh_token:
         # Test that the GH Token is valid before continuing.
-        gh = Github(gh_token)
+        gh = Github(auth=github.Auth.Token(token=gh_token))
         gh.get_user()
 
     click.echo("1. If this is a security release, read the security wiki page.")
@@ -850,7 +856,7 @@ def check_valid_gh_token(gh_token: Optional[str]) -> None:
         return
 
     try:
-        gh = Github(gh_token)
+        gh = Github(auth=github.Auth.Token(token=gh_token))
 
         # We need to lookup name to trigger a request.
         _name = gh.get_user().name