From 724a9b786b90bb5b1203af531053866a5a318907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: busma13 <pluitjens@terascope.io>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:25:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] generate an app token to create a release

---
 .github/workflows/publish-master.yml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-master.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-master.yml
index 0f50f5c0288..a8598ba02aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-master.yml
@@ -84,11 +84,19 @@ jobs:
             echo "version_updated=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
+      - name: Generate a token
+        if: steps.version_check.outputs.version_updated == 'true'
+        id: generate-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.RELEASES_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - name: Create Release
         if: steps.version_check.outputs.version_updated == 'true'
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_RELEASE_PAT }}
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
           prerelease: true
           tag_name: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.tag }}
           name: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.tag }}