fix(github-actions): use robot PAT for release creation to trigger release notes (#18794)

.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ inputs:
   github-token:
     description: 'The GitHub token for creating the release.'
     required: true
+  github-release-token:
+    description: 'The GitHub token used specifically for creating the GitHub release (to trigger other workflows).'
+    required: false
   dry-run:
     description: 'Whether to run in dry-run mode.'
     type: 'string'
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       if: "${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' && inputs.skip-github-release != 'true' && inputs.npm-tag != 'dev' && inputs.npm-registry-url != 'https://npm.pkg.github.com/' }}"
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-token }}'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-release-token || inputs.github-token }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
         gh release create "${{ inputs.release-tag }}" \

.github/workflows/release-manual.yml

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.release_info.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           skip-github-release: '${{ github.event.inputs.skip_github_release }}'

.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.is_dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.nightly_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
           branch-name: 'release/${{ steps.nightly_version.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'
           pr-title: 'chore/release: bump version to ${{ steps.nightly_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}'
           pr-body: 'Automated version bump for nightly release.'
-          github-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           dry-run: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.is_dry_run }}'
           working-directory: './release'
 

.github/workflows/release-patch-3-release.yml

@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           gemini_api_key: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'

.github/workflows/release-promote.yml

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.PREVIOUS_PREVIEW_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -390,7 +392,7 @@ jobs:
           branch-name: '${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}'
           pr-title: 'chore(release): bump version to ${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}'
           pr-body: 'Automated version bump to prepare for the next nightly release.'
-          github-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
 
       - name: 'Create Issue on Failure'