Upmerge workflow fails with error: refusing to allow a GitHub App to create or update workflow without workflows permission

[willdavsmith]

Repro: Run Upmerge docs to edge workflow

Example: https://github.com/radius-project/docs/actions/runs/11748635760/job/32733132931

Output:

Run export SOURCE_BRANCH=$(basename refs/heads/v0.39)
Upmerging docs from v0.39 to edge
From https://github.com/radius-project/docs
 * branch              v0.39      -> FETCH_HEAD
Auto-merging .github/workflows/upmerge.yaml
Merge made by the 'ort' strategy.
 .github/workflows/upmerge.yaml                                    | 2 +-
 CODEOWNERS                                                        | 2 ++
 docs/config.toml                                                  | 8 ++++----
 docs/content/getting-started/index.md                             | 2 +-
 .../providers/aws-provider/howto-aws-provider-irsa/index.md       | 2 +-
 docs/content/guides/operations/providers/overview/index.md        | 1 +
 docs/layouts/partials/hooks/body-end.html                         | 2 +-
 7 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CODEOWNERS
Pushing upmerge/[20](https://github.com/radius-project/docs/actions/runs/11748635760/job/32733132931#step:5:21)24-11-08-91d0 for PR to edge
To https://github.com/radius-project/docs
 ! [remote rejected]   upmerge/2024-11-08-91d0 -> upmerge/2024-11-08-91d0 (refusing to allow a GitHub App to create or update workflow `.github/workflows/upmerge.yaml` without `workflows` permission)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/radius-project/docs'
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

AB#13665

[ytimocin]

Can you update the issue on the progress @willdavsmith?

[willdavsmith]

fixed by #1278