ci: use RELEASE_TOKEN PAT for release workflow#2
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Swaps secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN for secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN on actions/checkout and the changesets/action env. PRs created with GITHUB_TOKEN don't trigger downstream workflows (GitHub's recursion guard); using a PAT restores normal pull_request CI triggering. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Swaps
secrets.GITHUB_TOKENforsecrets.RELEASE_TOKENonactions/checkoutand thechangesets/actionenv in.github/workflows/release.yml.Why
PRs created by workflows authenticated with the default
GITHUB_TOKENdon't trigger downstreampull_requestevents (GitHub's recursion guard). That means the requiredbuildstatus check fromci.ymlnever runs on the auto-generated "chore: version packages" PR, and the PR can't be merged.A fine-grained PAT acts like a real user, so PRs it creates trigger CI normally.
Setup required
Repo secret
RELEASE_TOKENmust be set to a fine-grained PAT scoped togaia-react/lintwith: Contents R/W, Pull requests R/W, Workflows R/W.🤖 Generated with Claude Code