From 492f59e58683def2c13590846faebe6b9eadee5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:32:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci(release): preserve candidate JSON parse cause

---
 scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs b/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
index 40fa26a719b..a2e5b983157 100644
--- a/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-candidate-checklist.mjs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ function readJson(path, label) {
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(
       `${label} is invalid JSON: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+      { cause: error },
     );
   }
 }