fix: authenticate cassandra latest lookup

Author: dkropachev

Makefile

@@ -108,10 +108,15 @@ resolve-cassandra-version: .prepare-get-version
 		exit 0
 	fi
 
-	if [[ "${CASSANDRA_VERSION}" == "4-LATEST" ]]; then
-		CASSANDRA_VERSION_RESOLVED=$$(get-version -source github-tag -repo apache/cassandra -prefix "cassandra-" -out-no-prefix -filters "^[0-9]+$$.^[0-9]+$$.^[0-9]+$$ and 4.LAST.LAST" | tr -d '\"')
-	elif [[ "${CASSANDRA_VERSION}" == "3-LATEST" ]]; then
-		CASSANDRA_VERSION_RESOLVED=$$(get-version -source github-tag -repo apache/cassandra -prefix "cassandra-" -out-no-prefix -filters "^[0-9]+$$.^[0-9]+$$.^[0-9]+$$ and 3.LAST.LAST" | tr -d '\"')
+	if [[ "${CASSANDRA_VERSION}" == "4-LATEST" || "${CASSANDRA_VERSION}" == "3-LATEST" ]]; then
+		# Resolve latest Cassandra tags through the authenticated GitHub API to avoid
+		# anonymous rate limits when the integration matrix fans out.
+		major=$${CASSANDRA_VERSION%%-*}
+		CASSANDRA_VERSION_RESOLVED=$$(gh api repos/apache/cassandra/tags --paginate --jq '.[].name' \
+			| sed 's/^cassandra-//' \
+			| awk -F. -v major="$$major" '$$1 == major && $$2 ~ /^[0-9]+$$/ && $$3 ~ /^[0-9]+$$/ { print }' \
+			| sort -V \
+			| tail -n 1)
 	elif echo "${CASSANDRA_VERSION}" | grep -P '^[0-9\.]+'; then
 		CASSANDRA_VERSION_RESOLVED=${CASSANDRA_VERSION}
 	else