We use approval feature of CircleCI to optionally execute release job. This makes all builds look like they are hanging and unfinished (pita when reporting PR status to GH). Trying to change the config so release will be done if tag is specified.

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ workflows:
   main:
     jobs:
       - build-and-test
-      - hold:
-          type: approval
-          requires:
-            - build-and-test
       - circleci-maven-release-orb/run-maven-release:
           filters:
             branches:
-              only: master
+              ignore: /.*/
+            tags:
+              only: /.*/
           requires:
-              - hold
+              - build-and-test
           executor: new-java-maven-executor
-