The release PR (authored by github-actions[bot] via GITHUB_TOKEN) sat open
forever: its workflows were held behind 'awaiting approval' and the required
review could not be satisfied by the bot. Both release-please workflows now:
- Use a dedicated ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }} (fine-grained PAT) with a
GITHUB_TOKEN fallback. A PAT-authored PR runs CI automatically (no 'awaiting
approval') and can be merged without a human.
- Auto-approve (as github-actions[bot], a different identity than the PR
author) and enable auto-merge on the open release PR, so it publishes once
checks pass. Skipped when no PAT is configured — falls back to today's manual
flow, nothing breaks.
A PAT also un-suppresses the tag-push and release-published triggers on
docker-build (GITHUB_TOKEN suppressed them), so add a concurrency group there
to collapse the duplicate same-version builds into one.
Requires (repo/org settings, one-time):
- Create fine-grained PAT RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN (contents:write, pull-requests:write).
- Enable 'Allow auto-merge' on the repo (currently off).
- 'Allow GitHub Actions to approve pull requests' — already enabled.
Paul Nothaft
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