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Paul Nothaft e08a33d9ea fix(ci): enable release-PR auto-merge with the PAT, not GITHUB_TOKEN
Auto-merge enabled via GITHUB_TOKEN attributes the eventual merge commit to
github-actions[bot], so recursion prevention suppresses the resulting push to
main — the follow-up release-please run that cuts the tag/release never fires.
Net: the version PR merges but no release/tag/images are ever produced (#719).

Enable auto-merge with RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN instead (a real identity) so the
merge triggers the tag-cutting run. Approval stays on GITHUB_TOKEN because it
must be a different identity than the PR author (the PAT) to count as a review.

Observed on #723: merged 3.77.3-beta.0 but no run followed and no tag was cut.
2026-07-02 15:41:25 +02:00

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name: Release Please (Beta)
on:
push:
branches: [main]
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
jobs:
release-please:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
outputs:
release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
steps:
- name: Run Release Please
uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
id: release
with:
# A dedicated token (fine-grained PAT) makes the release PR run CI
# automatically (no "workflows awaiting approval") and lets it be
# merged without a manual review. Falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN so the
# workflow still works before the secret is added (#719).
token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
config-file: release-please-config-beta.json
manifest-file: .release-please-manifest-beta.json
target-branch: main
# Auto-approve + enable auto-merge on the open release PR so betas publish
# with no manual clicks. Approval uses GITHUB_TOKEN (github-actions[bot]) —
# a different identity than the PR author (RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN) — so it is
# a valid review (requires the org's "Allow GitHub Actions to approve pull
# requests" + the repo's "Allow auto-merge"). Only meaningful when a PAT is
# set: without it the PR is bot-authored and can't be self-approved, so we
# skip and leave today's manual flow. Best-effort — never blocks the run.
- name: Auto-approve and enable auto-merge on the release PR
if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created != 'true' }}
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
RELEASE_PAT: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
# This job has no checkout, so gh can't infer the repo from a git
# remote — set it explicitly (same pattern as whatsnew, 2a5f0a8).
GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
run: |
if [ -z "$RELEASE_PAT" ]; then
echo "RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN not set — skipping auto-merge (manual review still required)."
exit 0
fi
pr=$(gh pr list --head release-please--branches--main --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
if [ -n "$pr" ]; then
# Approve as github-actions[bot] (GITHUB_TOKEN) — a different identity
# than the PR author (the PAT) — so it counts as a valid review.
gh pr review "$pr" --approve --body "Automated approval — release-please version bump + changelog (#719)." || true
# Enable auto-merge as the PAT so the eventual merge commit is
# attributed to a real identity. If enabled via GITHUB_TOKEN the merge
# push is suppressed by recursion prevention and the follow-up run that
# cuts the tag/release never fires (#719).
GH_TOKEN="$RELEASE_PAT" gh pr merge "$pr" --squash --auto || true
else
echo "No open release PR to auto-merge."
fi
- name: Output Release Info
if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
run: |
echo "## Beta Release Created!" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "**Tag:** ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "**Version:** ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "Docker images will be built and tagged with this beta version." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
# Best-effort "What's New" highlights on the freshly-created release. Runs in
# this same workflow run (not a `release:` trigger) because release-please
# creates the release with GITHUB_TOKEN, which never starts new workflow runs.
whatsnew:
needs: release-please
if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
permissions:
contents: write # edit the release body
models: read # GitHub Models (free tier)
uses: ./.github/workflows/whatsnew-highlights.yml
with:
tag: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}