GraphQL API Bug: "PublishablePublish access denied" write_publications scope not available

[seandkendall]

When running the mutation publishablePublish, you will get back an error: 

PublishablePublish access denied.

This is due to the missing App scope 'write_publications'. In the Shopify App Permissions console, write_publications is not a permission that can be added.

due to this limitation, when adding/modifying a product by the GraphQL API, you cannot add the product to channels - all products will need to be manually applied to channels via the shopify admin UI

I've seen workarounds on the forums that state to use the deprecated methods - but the deprecated methods do not allow the modification of channels besides "online store"

[Holm]

This is quite frustrating. It seems weird to me that you cannot publish to the channel of the app you are authenticated as.

[laltracitta]

I second that.

Is there anybody at Shopify listening?

This sounds crazy.