Fix Actions Running with Github Bot

[scurker]

In release/merge PRs github actions do not run with the github actions bot unless you close/reopen the PR manually. We should fix this so that actions run as expected without having to perform weird work arounds.

Unfortunately we either need to use a machine account or use a PAT as official workarounds.

[devndevs]

Hello @scurker

Thank you for sharing this issue with the community. I am just looking for some more specifics on how you are expecting GitHub Actions to run.

I understand that you want a "bot" to run to prevent you from doing manual work. Upon research I've found that the use of a PAT (not sure what a machine account is and would appreciate to learn what you mean by that) is by design from GitHub to prevent bots from abusing their action workflows and some users have found themselves needing to close or reopen a PR to get the action to trigger.

I was able to seeing the docs that some actions can be triggered by an event, i.e. push/pull etc. To help look more into this issue are you avle to answer some of these questions to help us narrow down the issue you are having?

1. Can you clarify the specific conditions under which the GitHub Actions fail to run?
2. What steps did you take to reproduce this issue?
3. Which version of the software are you using, and what is your operating environment?
4. Have you encountered any error messages or logs that could help diagnose the problem?
5. Is there a particular scenario or type of PR where this issue occurs most frequently?
6. What are the expected behaviors versus what actually happens when the actions don't run?

Thank you for your time and help with this.

Dev