From 66813a605dd853ce253293f6cca0e3932876890b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ilyakhd <14272298+IlyaKhD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 13:49:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(ci): switch from GITHUB_TOKEN to PAT

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e997db2..62f67bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     environment: release-branch
     permissions:
-      contents: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          # GITHUB_TOKEN cannot create or update files under .github/workflows --
+          # the `workflows` permission is not grantable to it. The release branch
+          # carries repository-check.yml, so the push needs a PAT that has it.
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BRANCH_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Setup PNPM
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@0977fd99725f1db4007ccb2928dbb4e90d06cc86 # v6.0.10

From d9050347f9f365c36d5e5a41880875b0d30479fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ilyakhd <14272298+IlyaKhD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 14:01:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat(ci): add an input for publishing commit message

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 7 +++++++
 scripts/publish-actions.sh    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 62f67bb..edc9172 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      message:
+        type: string
+        description: 'Overrides the publish commit subject. A publish is a snapshot, so when several commits piled up since the last run the newest subject alone undersells them.'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BRANCH: release
           SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+          MESSAGE: ${{ inputs.message }}
           GIT_USER_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}
           GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com
           WORKFLOW_FILES: repository-check.yml
diff --git a/scripts/publish-actions.sh b/scripts/publish-actions.sh
index 3d7c0c5..a5b74b9 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-actions.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-actions.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if git diff --cached --quiet; then
 fi
 
 # $SHA must already be a resolved commit hash, not a ref like "HEAD"
-git -c user.name="$GIT_USER_NAME" -c user.email="$GIT_USER_EMAIL" commit -m "publish: $(git log -1 --format=%s "$SHA")"
+git -c user.name="$GIT_USER_NAME" -c user.email="$GIT_USER_EMAIL" commit -m "publish: ${MESSAGE:-$(git log -1 --format=%s "$SHA")}"
 git push origin "$BRANCH"
 
 # An empty $TAGS would otherwise turn `git push origin --force $TAGS` into