Fix 422 pagination error when generating release notes

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The action fails with a 422 Unprocessable Entity when paginating GitHub issues because github-changelog-generator v0.0.8 double-encodes the cursor from the Link response header — the = in the base64 cursor gets %3D-encoded, then the whole value gets encoded again, producing an invalid after parameter rejected by the GitHub REST API.

Changes

• Dockerfile: Bump RELEASE_NOTE_GENERATOR_VERSION v0.0.8 → v0.0.13
  • v0.0.12 fixed "Processing next links may result in double-encoding and a 422 response"
  • v0.0.13 is the latest, adds NPE fix for ported issues with no body
• Dockerfile: Bump base image eclipse-temurin:11-alpine → eclipse-temurin:17-alpine
  • v0.0.13 uses Spring Boot 4.0.1 which requires Java 17+

Original prompt

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<issue_title>Error when generating release notes</issue_title>
<issue_description>I run into an interesting issue, perhaps someone can help/take a look?

Since the code is not available, I have to guess that the plugin fails due to pagination issues? Regardless, any help is appreciated.

I have verified the token works, and I can query issues with it.

I am using the action as following:

jobs:
  create-release-notes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Create Release Notes
        uses: docker://decathlon/release-notes-generator-action:3.0.1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          OUTPUT_FOLDER: temp_release_notes
          USE_MILESTONE_TITLE: "true"

This results in:

2026-03-06T10:48:26.5031305Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker run --name decathlonreleasenotesgeneratoraction301_c54f06 --label f0152d --workdir /github/workspace --rm -e "GITHUB_TOKEN" -e "OUTPUT_FOLDER" -e "USE_MILESTONE_TITLE" -e "HOME" -e "GITHUB_JOB" -e "GITHUB_REF" -e "GITHUB_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" -e "GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR_ID" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" -e "GITHUB_HEAD_REF" -e "GITHUB_BASE_REF" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -e "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" -e "GITHUB_API_URL" -e "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL" -e "GITHUB_REF_NAME" -e "GITHUB_REF_PROTECTED" -e "GITHUB_REF_TYPE" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_ID" -e "GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -e "GITHUB_ACTION" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REF" -e "GITHUB_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ENV" -e "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" -e "GITHUB_STATE" -e "GITHUB_OUTPUT" -e "RUNNER_OS" -e "RUNNER_ARCH" -e "RUNNER_NAME" -e "RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT" -e "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE" -e "RUNNER_TEMP" -e "RUNNER_WORKSPACE" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN" -e "ACTIONS_CACHE_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL" -e "ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp":"/github/runner_temp" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands" -v "/home/runner/work/Dune-II---The-Maker/Dune-II---The-Maker":"/github/workspace" decathlon/release-notes-generator-action:3.0.1
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2026-03-06T10:48:27.0280482Z �[0mGetting Action Information
2026-03-06T10:48:27.2905496Z Checking for custom configuration...
2026-03-06T10:48:27.2906234Z Configuring the action using .github/release-notes.yml
2026-03-06T10:48:27.2906835Z Creating release notes for Milestone 4 into the v0.8.0.md file
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2026-03-06T10:48:28.1125810Z  :: Spring Boot ::                (v2.4.1)
2026-03-06T10:48:28.1126404Z 
2026-03-06T10:48:28.2093819Z 2026-03-06 10:48:28.205  INFO 152 --- [           main] i.s.g.Application                        : Starting Application v0.0.6-SNAPSHOT using Java 1.8.0_212 on f0bf8bc54508 with PID 152 (/github-release-notes-generator.jar started by root in /github/workspace)
2026-03-06T10:48:28.2096762Z 2026-03-06 10:48:28.208  INFO 152 --- [           main] i.s.g.Application                        : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2026-03-06T10:48:28.9606449Z 2026-03-06 10:48:28.959  INFO 152 --- [           main] i.s.g.Application                        : Started Application in 1.241 seconds (JVM running for 1.665)
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- Fixes Decathlon/release-notes-generator-action#47

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