fix(fix-dependabot-alerts): refresh app token before creating PR#2393
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GitHub App installation tokens expire after 1 hour, but the build and verify phase routinely runs longer than that. The original app token minted at job start was expired by the time the `Create pull request` step ran, causing `gh pr list` / `gh pr create` to fail with 401 Bad credentials. The `git push` itself succeeded because actions/checkout uses the workflow's own GITHUB_TOKEN (valid for the full job lifetime), so the branch was pushed but no PR was opened. Mint a fresh app token immediately before the create-PR step. Repro: workflow_dispatch run 26475336645 (job duration 1h 14m). Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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GitHub App installation tokens expire after 1 hour, but the
fix-dependabot-alertsbuild/verify phase routinely runs longer than that. The original app token minted at job start was expired by the time theCreate pull requeststep ran, causinggh pr list/gh pr createto fail with 401 Bad credentials. Thegit pushitself succeeded becauseactions/checkoutuses the workflow's ownGITHUB_TOKEN(valid for the full job lifetime), so the branch was pushed but no PR was opened.This change mints a fresh app token immediately before the create-PR step.
Repro: workflow_dispatch run 26475336645 — job duration 1h 14m; app token minted at 21:10:02,
Create pull requeststep ran at 22:24:49 (~14 min past token expiry).The remediation branch from that run (
automated/fix-dependabot-alerts-20260526-63) is being opened as a separate PR manually.