1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/release.rb b/app/models/release.rb
index c6c0920c4d0..ee5d7bab190 100644
--- a/app/models/release.rb
+++ b/app/models/release.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Release < ApplicationRecord
   validates :description, length: { maximum: Gitlab::Database::MAX_TEXT_SIZE_LIMIT }, if: :description_changed?
   validates_associated :milestone_releases, message: -> (_, obj) { obj[:value].map(&:errors).map(&:full_messages).join(",") }
   validates :links, nested_attributes_duplicates: { scope: :release, child_attributes: %i[name url filepath] }
+  validates :author_id, presence: true, on: :create, if: :validate_release_with_author?
 
   scope :sorted, -> { order(released_at: :desc) }
   scope :preloaded, -> {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class Release < ApplicationRecord
   MAX_NUMBER_TO_DISPLAY = 3
 
   def to_param
-    CGI.escape(tag)
+    tag
   end
 
   def commit
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ class Release < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  def validate_release_with_author?
+    Feature.enabled?(:validate_release_with_author, self.project)
+  end
+
   def set_released_at
     self.released_at ||= created_at
   end