diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase-translations.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase-translations.yml
index 40799f6..b108906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase-translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase-translations.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # When a translation PR is merged, this workflow automatically rebases the
 # other open translation PRs against the updated main branch. It covers both
 # kinds this tool creates: `translation-sync-*` branches from the Action's sync
-# mode, and `resync/*` branches from the CLI's `forward --github`.
+# mode, and `resync/*` branches from the CLI's `translate forward --github`.
 #
 # This eliminates merge conflicts caused by multiple upstream PRs
 # modifying the same files. See: https://github.com/QuantEcon/action-translation/issues/63
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   rebase:
     # Only run when a translation PR is merged. Both prefixes must be listed:
-    # sync mode creates `translation-sync-*`, while the CLI's `forward --github`
+    # sync mode creates `translation-sync-*`, while the CLI's `translate forward --github`
     # creates `resync/*`, and a wave of resync PRs goes stale the same way.
     # Keep this in step with `isTranslationBranch` in the action's src/branch-naming.ts
     # — this `if` decides whether the job runs, that predicate decides which open PRs
@@ -46,4 +46,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           mode: rebase
           anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # PAT rather than the default GITHUB_TOKEN, deliberately: commits pushed
+          # with GITHUB_TOKEN trigger no workflows (GitHub's recursion guard), so a
+          # rebased branch ends up with a run-less head — force-pushed re-translated
+          # content lands unreviewed, and with required checks a run-less head blocks
+          # merging. Validated both ways on the test harness, 2026-07-21: zero runs
+          # under GITHUB_TOKEN, review triggered under the PAT.
+          # See QuantEcon/action-translation#125.
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.QUANTECON_SERVICES_PAT }}