Add ACTIONS_UPDATE_TOKEN to GitHub Actions workflows (#6530)

* Add ACTIONS_UPDATE_TOKEN to GitHub Actions workflows

* Add release notes for PR #6530

* Update category for release notes

Changed category from Enhancements to Maintenance.

* Remove ACTIONS_UPDATE_TOKEN from GitHub Actions workflows for release notes generation

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Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/generate-release-pr.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create PR
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_UPDATE_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: '🔖 (${{ steps.bump_package_versions.outputs.version }})'
           title: '🔖 (${{ steps.bump_package_versions.outputs.version }})'
           body: 'Generated by [generate-release-pr.yml](../tree/master/.github/workflows/generate-release-pr.yml)'

packages/docs/docs/contributing/releasing.md

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ For example:
 
 - [ ] Run [this GitHub Action](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/actions/workflows/generate-release-pr.yml) to generate a release PR (for a regular monthly release, leave the arguments set to their default values).
 - [ ] Open the generated PR and ensure the release notes workflow has started to collate the release notes into a comment in the PR. You may need to push an empty commit in order to trigger CI.
-
-### Docs
-
-- [ ] Open the release PR `release/vYY.MM.xx`
 - [ ] After the release notes workflows in the PR has been run, copy the collated notes into a new blog post using a previous release as a template. The release notes will also need adding to the `docs/releases.md` file.
 - [ ] Fix spelling as needed.
 

upcoming-release-notes/6530.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MatissJanis]
+---
+
+Add token-based authentication to GitHub Actions for PR creation and release notes generation.