Backport PRs must be created with personal access tokens (#16276)

chrisvest · web-flow · commit ca2564131d88 · 2026-02-13T18:22:47.000-08:00
Motivation: When creating a PR using a workflow GITHUB_TOKEN, then no additional workflows are triggered. This means our CI build is not started on automatic backport PRs: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/github_token#when-github_token-triggers-workflow-runs Modification: Use a personal access token when creating the backport PR, instead of GITHUB_TOKEN. Result: Backport PRs should now have CI triggered.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-41.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-41.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.cherry-pick.outcome == 'success'
         uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN_READ_WRITE_PR }}'
           script: |
             const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.create({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
