Finalizing Patching End 2 End (#8906)

Co-authored-by: gemini-cli-robot <gemini-cli-robot@google.com>

.github/workflows/release-patch-2-trigger.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: 'boolean'
         default: false
+      force_skip_tests:
+        description: 'Select to skip the "Run Tests" step in testing. Prod releases should run tests'
+        required: false
+        type: 'boolean'
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   trigger-patch-release:
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       actions: 'write'
-      contents: 'read'
+      contents: 'write'
       pull-requests: 'write'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
@@ -62,5 +67,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME: '${{ github.event.repository.name }}'
           GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: '${{ github.event_name }}'
           GITHUB_EVENT_PAYLOAD: '${{ toJSON(github.event) }}'
+          FORCE_SKIP_TESTS: '${{ github.event.inputs.force_skip_tests }}'
         run: |
           node scripts/releasing/patch-trigger.js