From 26476b8d0f6c09105253bf10023074bc0d0949bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yue Sun <yuesu@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 13:03:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(pipeline): use GitHub App for releases

---
 .pipelines/modelkit-release-github.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.pipelines/modelkit-release-github.yml b/.pipelines/modelkit-release-github.yml
index 766488b85..6f3a80e3d 100644
--- a/.pipelines/modelkit-release-github.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/modelkit-release-github.yml
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ extends:
         - task: GitHubRelease@1
           displayName: 'Create GitHub Release'
           inputs:
-            gitHubConnection: 'ModelKit'
+            # GitHub App-backed connection; avoids expiring and SAML-bound PAT credentials.
+            gitHubConnection: 'microsoft'
             repositoryName: 'microsoft/winml-cli'
             action: create
             target: '$(Build.SourceVersion)'