chore: retire the machine-user release token - #520
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Retires this repo's use of the
MOMENTO_MACHINE_USER_GITHUB_TOKENorg secret, aclassic PAT on a shared machine user that had to be renewed by hand every 90 days.
short-lived installation token from the
momento-release-botGitHub App.A push or PR authored by the built-in
GITHUB_TOKENdeliberately does notstart a workflow run, so release automation needs an app token to keep CI firing.
MOMENTO_RELEASE_APP_IDandMOMENTO_RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEYare alreadyprovisioned org-wide, so there is no per-repo setup.