fix: use GITHUB_TOKEN instead of app token for tagging/releases

[gustavohstrassburger]

Problem

PR #695 broke the release.

The publish job was referencing GH_APP_POSTHOG_PYTHON_RELEASER_APP_ID and GH_APP_POSTHOG_PYTHON_RELEASER_PRIVATE_KEY — secrets scoped to the Release environment — to generate a GitHub App token for creating git tags and GitHub releases. Because the publish job intentionally has no environment: set (to avoid multiplying the approval gate across each matrix item), those secrets are unavailable and the job fails immediately.

Changes

Drop the Get GitHub App token step from the publish job and replace GH_TOKEN: \${{ steps.releaser.outputs.token }} with GH_TOKEN: \${{ github.token }} in the tag and release steps. The job already declares contents: write, so github.token has the permissions it needs. The app token is only required in version-bump, where it pushes commits directly to main bypassing branch protection.

How did you test this code?

No automated tests — this is a CI workflow change. The fix is straightforward: removing the app-token step and using the built-in github.token that already has the required contents: write permission.

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Publish to changelog?

No.

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posthog-python Compliance Report

Date: 2026-06-30 21:32:38 UTC
Duration: 175979ms

✅ All Tests Passed!

45/45 tests passed

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Capture Tests

✅ 29/29 tests passed

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Test	Status	Duration
Format Validation.Event Has Required Fields	✅	512ms
Format Validation.Event Has Uuid	✅	1506ms
Format Validation.Event Has Lib Properties	✅	1505ms
Format Validation.Distinct Id Is String	✅	1506ms
Format Validation.Token Is Present	✅	1506ms
Format Validation.Custom Properties Preserved	✅	1506ms
Format Validation.Event Has Timestamp	✅	1505ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 503	✅	9515ms
Retry Behavior.Does Not Retry On 400	✅	3506ms
Retry Behavior.Does Not Retry On 401	✅	3506ms
Retry Behavior.Respects Retry After Header	✅	9509ms
Retry Behavior.Implements Backoff	✅	23530ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 500	✅	7502ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 502	✅	7511ms
Retry Behavior.Retries On 504	✅	7509ms
Retry Behavior.Max Retries Respected	✅	23515ms
Deduplication.Generates Unique Uuids	✅	1505ms
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Deduplication.Preserves Uuid And Timestamp On Retry	✅	14514ms
Deduplication.Preserves Uuid And Timestamp On Batch Retry	✅	7514ms
Deduplication.No Duplicate Events In Batch	✅	1504ms
Deduplication.Different Events Have Different Uuids	✅	1505ms
Compression.Sends Gzip When Enabled	✅	1506ms
Batch Format.Uses Proper Batch Structure	✅	1505ms
Batch Format.Flush With No Events Sends Nothing	✅	1005ms
Batch Format.Multiple Events Batched Together	✅	1504ms
Error Handling.Does Not Retry On 403	✅	3508ms
Error Handling.Does Not Retry On 413	✅	3507ms
Error Handling.Retries On 408	✅	7511ms

Feature_Flags Tests

✅ 16/16 tests passed

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Test	Status	Duration
Request Payload.Request With Person Properties Device Id	✅	1002ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Uses V2 Query Param	✅	1005ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Hits Flags Path Not Decide	✅	1006ms
Request Payload.Flags Request Omits Authorization Header	✅	1005ms
Request Payload.Token In Flags Body Matches Init	✅	1005ms
Request Payload.Groups Round Trip	✅	1006ms
Request Payload.Groups Default To Empty Object	✅	1009ms
Request Payload.Person Properties Distinct Id Auto Populated When Caller Omits It	✅	1004ms
Request Payload.Disable Geoip False Propagates As Geoip Disable False	✅	1006ms
Request Payload.Disable Geoip Omitted Defaults To False	✅	1005ms
Request Payload.Flag Keys To Evaluate Contains Only Requested Key	✅	1005ms
Request Lifecycle.No Flags Request On Init Alone	✅	503ms
Request Lifecycle.No Flags Request On Normal Capture	✅	1505ms
Request Lifecycle.Two Flag Calls Produce Two Remote Requests	✅	1008ms
Request Lifecycle.Mock Response Value Is Returned To Caller	✅	1002ms
Side Effect Events.Get Feature Flag Captures Feature Flag Called Event	✅	1507ms

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