Fix release workflow 403 error by adding contents:write permission

[Copilot]

The release workflow failed with "Error 403: Resource not accessible by integration" when attempting to create GitHub releases via ncipollo/release-action@v1.

Changes

• Added contents: write permission to the publish-to-pypi job in .github/workflows/release.yml

The job already had id-token: write for PyPI publishing but lacked contents: write required by the release action to access the GitHub Releases API.

permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: write  # Added to enable release creation

Original prompt

in the make release step of the releases yml workflow I have the following error:

1s
Run ncipollo/release-action@v1
with:
tag: v1.0.1
generateReleaseNotes: true
prerelease: false
immutableCreate: false
makeLatest: legacy
omitBody: false
omitBodyDuringUpdate: false
omitDraftDuringUpdate: false
omitName: false
omitNameDuringUpdate: false
omitPrereleaseDuringUpdate: false
removeArtifacts: false
replacesArtifacts: true
skipIfReleaseExists: false
token: ***
updateOnlyUnreleased: false
env:
pythonLocation: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64/lib/pkgconfig
Python_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
Python2_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
Python3_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64/lib
Error: Error 403: Resource not accessible by integration - https://docs.github.com/rest/releases/releases#generate-release-notes-content-for-a-release
Run ncipollo/release-action@v1
with:
tag: v1.0.1
generateReleaseNotes: true
prerelease: false
immutableCreate: false
makeLatest: legacy
omitBody: false
omitBodyDuringUpdate: false
omitDraftDuringUpdate: false
omitName: false
omitNameDuringUpdate: false
omitPrereleaseDuringUpdate: false
removeArtifacts: false
replacesArtifacts: true
skipIfReleaseExists: false
token: ***
updateOnlyUnreleased: false
env:
pythonLocation: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64/lib/pkgconfig
Python_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
Python2_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
Python3_ROOT_DIR: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.13.7/x64/lib
Error: Error 403: Resource not accessible by integration - https://docs.github.com/rest/releases/releases#generate-release-notes-content-for-a-release

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