Let's try using jupyterlab's galata snapshot updates workflow

.github/workflows/generate_api_docs.yaml

@@ -21,17 +21,45 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash -el {0}
     steps:
-      - name: "Install jq 📦"
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y jq
-
       - name: "Checkout repository 🛎️"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          # Must set the ref so that this works in github actions; see
-          # https://github.com/stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#example-workflow
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: "Get PR Info"
+        id: pr
+        env:
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          COMMENT_AT: ${{ github.event.comment.created_at }}
+        run: |
+          pr="$(gh api /repos/${GH_REPO}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER})"
+          head_sha="$(echo "$pr" | jq -r .head.sha)"
+          pushed_at="$(echo "$pr" | jq -r .pushed_at)"
+
+          if [[ $(date -d "$pushed_at" +%s) -gt $(date -d "$COMMENT_AT" +%s) ]]; then
+              echo "Updating is not allowed because the PR was pushed to (at $pushed_at) after the triggering comment was issued (at $COMMENT_AT)"
+              exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "head_sha=$head_sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Checkout the branch from the PR that triggered the job
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+
+      - name: Validate the fetched branch HEAD revision
+        env:
+          EXPECTED_SHA: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.head_sha }}
+        run: |
+          actual_sha="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+          if [[ "$actual_sha" != "$EXPECTED_SHA" ]]; then
+              echo "The HEAD of the checked out branch ($actual_sha) differs from the HEAD commit available at the time when trigger comment was submitted ($EXPECTED_SHA)"
+              exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: "Set up Miniconda 🐍"
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
@@ -48,7 +76,13 @@ jobs:
           mv docusaurus-docs/static/openapi.json.formatted docusaurus-docs/static/openapi.json
 
       - name: "Commit changes"
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-        with:
-          commit_message: 'Update REST API documentation (openapi.json)'
-          file_pattern: 'docusaurus-docs/static/openapi.json'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
+          git config user.email github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          git pull --no-tags
+          git add docusaurus-docs/static/openapi.json
+          git commit -m "Update REST API documentation (openapi.json)"
+          git config push.default upstream
+          git push