From ff459a8da374a2401b2d8f177423a129535f40ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:44:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use PAT for release workflow to bypass branch protection

Replace GITHUB_TOKEN with RELEASE_TOKEN secret to allow
pushing directly to main branch during automated releases.
---
 .github/workflows/create-release.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 69e3847f..fe0cb61e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Use PAT with bypass permissions for pushing to protected branch
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Validate version format
         run: |