To fix the javadocs not being built when 1.36.0 was released, I had to commit CALCITE-6103 [1]. In order to force the javadocs to build on GitHub actions, I had to create a fake release for calcite-1.36.1 to trigger the job. The release/tag has since been deleted once the workflow was started.
Francis [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-6103