Can a Personal Access Token be used in place of github.token?

[devmasx]

Can a Personal Access Token be used in place of github.token?

[shadoath]

When you use the repository's GITHUB_TOKEN to perform tasks on behalf of the GitHub Actions app, events triggered by the GITHUB_TOKEN will not create a new workflow run. This prevents you from accidentally creating recursive workflow runs. For example, if a workflow run pushes code using the repository's GITHUB_TOKEN, a new workflow will not run even when the repository contains a workflow configured to run when push events occur.

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[CWSites]

If I remember correctly it also has to do with permissions, your regular github.token has read only permissions, you need to setup a REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN which has write permissions for an action like this.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication