Update the releaser workflows

.github/workflows/prep-release.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
       post_version_spec:
         description: "Post Version Specifier"
         required: false
+      # silent:
+      #   description: "Set a placeholder in the changelog and don't publish the release."
+      #   required: false
+      #   type: boolean
       since:
         description: "Use PRs with activity since this date or git reference"
         required: false
@@ -22,15 +26,18 @@ on:
 jobs:
   prep_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
       - name: Prep Release
         id: prep-release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/prep-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version_spec: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_spec }}
+          # silent: ${{ github.event.inputs.silent }}
           post_version_spec: ${{ github.event.inputs.post_version_spec }}
           branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
           since: ${{ github.event.inputs.since }}

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -15,18 +15,23 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
     permissions:
-      # This is useful if you want to use PyPI trusted publisher
-      # and NPM provenance
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - name: Populate Release
         id: populate-release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/populate-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
           release_url: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_url }}
           steps_to_skip: ${{ github.event.inputs.steps_to_skip }}
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/finalize-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           release_url: ${{ steps.populate-release.outputs.release_url }}
 
       - name: "** Next Step **"