feat: add GitHub Release step to release workflow, bump node to 20

Author: lakhansamani

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ on:
 jobs:
     release:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Setup Node.js
               uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: "18"
+                  node-version: "20"
                   registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
             - name: Install dependencies
@@ -32,3 +34,11 @@ jobs:
                   fi
               env:
                   NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+            - name: Create GitHub Release
+              run: |
+                  gh release create "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+                    --title "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+                    --generate-notes
+              env:
+                  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}