# X_RELEASE_FLAG_UNKNOWN

## Means

`scripts/release.ts` was passed a flag it does not declare

## Typical cause

a typo or an invented flag. It declares `--version`, `--bump`, `--check`, `--dry-run` and `--json` and nothing else, and refuses **before** anything is decided — the mistake this guard exists for rewrote 47 manifests

## Fix

`bun run scripts/release.ts --bump patch --dry-run --json`; the cause lists every flag the script knows

[CLI and verify](/error-codes#cli-and-verify)