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Provides an access token exposed as REPOSITORY_WRITE_TOKEN that grants group-wide access to repositories. This is expected by the maven-ci-components (to perform releases). The variable is only exposed to protected branches. So if the release job does not show up in your pipeline, make sure the pipeline branch (by default, the default branch) is protected.
The token has an expiration date. In case your pipeline fails due to denied access, please check if the token is still valid.