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• Releases run on short-lived TrogonStack Releaser tokens instead of a shared personal access token tied to one account.
• Once every repo has switched, the org-wide GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret can be deleted.

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Release and formula-bump automation depend on new GCP/GitHub App configuration; misconfiguration would block releases or PRs until fixed.

Overview
Autobump and Release Please no longer use the org-wide GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret. Both jobs now run in the github-app-releaser environment, request id-token: write, and mint short-lived tokens via Google Workload Identity → Secret Manager (app private key) → actions/create-github-app-token.

Autobump only runs that auth/token path when a bump is needed and the run is not a dry run; PR creation and closing superseded bump PRs use the app token instead of the PAT.

.gitignore adds gha-creds-*.json so credential files from google-github-actions/auth are not committed by create-pull-request steps.

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Walkthrough

Both release workflows now authenticate through Google Cloud, retrieve a GitHub App private key from Secret Manager, and create a GitHub App token. They use the generated token instead of the GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret.

Changes

GitHub App release authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release workflow authentication and token use .github/workflows/autobump.yml, .github/workflows/release-please.yml, .gitignore	Both workflows add OIDC authentication, retrieve the GitHub App private key, and create a GitHub App token. Autobump uses the token for pull-request creation and superseded-PR cleanup. Release Please passes the token to its action. .gitignore excludes gha-creds-*.json credential files.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow as Release workflow
  participant GoogleAuth as Google Cloud authentication
  participant SecretManager as Secret Manager
  participant GitHubApp as GitHub App token action
  participant ReleaseAction as Release operation
  Workflow->>GoogleAuth: Authenticate with OIDC
  GoogleAuth->>SecretManager: Retrieve private key
  SecretManager-->>Workflow: Return private key
  Workflow->>GitHubApp: Create token with private key
  GitHubApp-->>Workflow: Return GitHub App token
  Workflow->>ReleaseAction: Use token for release operation

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The workflows use short-lived app tokens and exclude generated credentials from commits. No concrete merge-blocking defect was established; deployment still requires the configured Releaser variables.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "chore(ci): release as the TrogonStack Releaser" matches the main change. The autobump and Release Please workflows now mint short-lived TrogonStack Releaser app tokens instead of using the …
Description check		The description states that releases now use short-lived TrogonStack Releaser tokens instead of a shared personal access token, and that the org-wide GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret can be deleted…
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title "chore(ci): release as the TrogonStack Releaser" matches the main change. The autobump and Release Please workflows now mint short-lived TrogonStack Releaser app tokens instead of using the shared GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret. The title is specific and concise, and it follows conventional commit style.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description states that releases now use short-lived TrogonStack Releaser tokens instead of a shared personal access token, and that the org-wide GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION secret can be deleted after every repo switches. The summary of the autobump and Release Please workflow changes and the .gitignore entry for gha-creds-*.json also matches the changeset. The description is related to the changeset.

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