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Summary

  • Remove secrets and the dev environment from the public Checks workflow.
  • Run full integration tests only for pushes and same-repository pull requests. Fork pull requests get a read-only hosted unit-test suite.
  • Restrict Docker, Morph, Convex sync, and release jobs to approved repository refs, and check out the immutable event commit.
  • Pin active non-Claude third-party actions to full commit SHAs and disable persisted checkout credentials.
  • Replace shell expression interpolation with environment handoff, safe arrays, and transient Git authentication.

Scope coordination

.github/workflows/claude.yml is owned by #1909. That PR pins checkout and anthropics/claude-code-action, removes persisted checkout credentials, and keeps repository permissions read-only apart from the OIDC token exchange required by the action. Merge it with this PR to remove the remaining scanner findings.

Verification

  • actionlint .github/workflows/*.yml
  • git diff --check
  • bunx tsgo --noEmit -p scripts/tsconfig.json
  • bun run check, lint and typecheck pass. The optional OpenAPI precheck reports missing local secrets and is non-fatal by design.
  • Fork-safe Vitest set, 23 files and 165 tests pass.
  • zizmor --min-severity medium .github/workflows, no medium or high findings outside claude.yml.

Trade-offs and residual risk

  • Same-repository pull request branches remain trusted for the full secret-backed test suite. Fork code runs without repository secrets or write permissions on GitHub-hosted runners.
  • Release jobs still accept generated release/v* branches and v* tags to preserve the current release flow. A repository writer can create such a ref, so environment approval and repository access remain part of the trust boundary.
  • Full SHA pins prevent tag movement but require deliberate update work when action releases change.

Summary by cubic

Hardens CI against untrusted fork code and supply-chain tampering: fork PRs now run a read-only unit-test suite without repository secrets, privileged jobs only run on protected refs, and third-party actions are pinned to full commit SHAs.

Security boundaries

  • Full secret-backed tests now run only for pushes and same-repository PRs; fork PRs get a deterministic read-only Vitest suite with no secrets or write permissions.
  • Docker, Morph, Convex sync, and release jobs now require main, release/v*, or v* refs and check out the immutable event commit.
  • Release PR workflow checks out main and verifies the event SHA before creating the release branch.
  • Workflow-wide permissions default to read-only, with write scopes granted only to jobs that need them.

Hardening mechanics

  • Pins non-Claude third-party actions to commit SHAs and disables persisted checkout credentials.
  • Moves secrets, digests, tags, and git auth out of shell interpolation into environment handoff and safe arrays.
  • release-pr.ts supplies transient git authentication via env config instead of CLI arguments.
  • Windows release builds now fail on non-zero exit codes.

Trade-offs: same-repo PR branches remain trusted for the full suite, and release refs can be created by repository writers so environment approval stays part of the trust boundary. SHA pins require deliberate updates when action releases change.

Written for commit f7cce53. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Security

    • Strengthened automated workflows with least-privilege access, secured checkouts, and pinned build tools.
    • Reduced credential and secret exposure during testing, releases, and image publishing.
  • Reliability

    • Improved validation for container image manifests and build artifacts.
    • Made automated checks more consistent, including safer testing for contributions from external repositories.
  • Release Management

    • Restricted publishing and snapshot operations to approved branches and commits.
    • Added safer authentication handling for release operations.

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Walkthrough

The PR hardens CI and release automation. It pins GitHub Actions, scopes permissions, restricts protected workflows, removes unnecessary secrets, improves Docker digest handling, adds isolated fork tests, and routes release Git operations through token-based authentication.

Changes

CI and release workflow hardening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Baseline workflow hardening
.github/workflows/checks.yml, .github/workflows/cmux-*.yml, .github/workflows/global-proxy.yml, .github/workflows/native-core.yml, .github/workflows/host-screenshot-collector.yml
Workflows pin actions to commit SHAs, use read-only permissions, disable persisted checkout credentials, pin runtime versions, restrict selected jobs to main, and remove test-job secrets.
Container build and manifest workflows
.github/workflows/docker.yml, .github/workflows/sandbox.yml
Container jobs restrict publishing refs, pin Docker actions, pass values through environment variables, validate digest files, and build manifest arguments with shell arrays.
Trusted and untrusted test paths
.github/workflows/tests.yml
The full test job excludes fork pull requests. A separate read-only job runs deterministic Vitest suites for fork pull requests.
Snapshot and release workflow execution
.github/workflows/morph-snapshot.yml, .github/workflows/release-pr.yml, .github/workflows/release-updates.yml
Snapshot and release jobs use scoped write permissions, protected refs, exact commit checkouts, SHA-pinned actions, explicit environment inputs, safer .env generation, explicit Windows exit checks, and improved macOS artifact handling.
Release script Git authentication
scripts/release-pr.ts
The release script propagates environment options and uses runGit() to apply token-based Git authentication to fetch, remote checks, branch deletion, and push operations.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f7cce

This PR substantially reduces CI exposure for forked code, but same-repository pull requests can still run secret-backed tests; compromise or misuse of an authorized repository identity could therefore expose that privileged path. The risk is bounded and intentional, so the PR is mergeable with owner awareness.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main changes: isolating untrusted CI and pinning GitHub Actions for security.
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Greptile Summary

This PR hardens CI and release automation by separating trusted and fork pull-request tests, narrowing permissions and secret exposure, pinning third-party actions, checking out immutable commits, and replacing unsafe expression interpolation and persistent Git credentials.

  • Fork pull requests now run a read-only deterministic test suite, while full secret-backed integration tests remain limited to pushes and same-repository pull requests.
  • Docker, sandbox, Convex synchronization, Morph snapshot, and desktop release jobs are restricted to approved refs.
  • Release and image workflows use scoped write permissions, SHA-pinned actions, safe shell arrays, environment handoff, and transient Git authentication.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; no concrete blocking or independently actionable non-blocking defect remains in the changed CI and release paths.

The configured event paths retain their required tests and publication operations while reducing secret exposure, constraining privileged jobs to approved refs, and supplying explicit transient authentication wherever persisted checkout credentials were removed.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
.github/workflows/checks.yml Removes the development environment and secrets from broad checks, pins setup actions, and makes parallel process failure collection robust under set -e.
.github/workflows/tests.yml Separates full trusted tests from a read-only deterministic suite for fork pull requests using complementary repository-identity predicates.
.github/workflows/release-updates.yml Restricts release jobs to approved refs, scopes write permissions per publishing job, checks out event commits, and safely passes build and signing values.
.github/workflows/release-pr.yml Restricts release-PR generation to main, disables persisted checkout credentials, and safely passes the generated branch to workflow dispatch.
scripts/release-pr.ts Adds transient bearer-header authentication to every Git network operation without embedding credentials in the remote or command arguments.
.github/workflows/docker.yml Restricts Docker Hub publication to main and replaces shell-expanded metadata and digest arguments with validated arrays.
.github/workflows/sandbox.yml Restricts GHCR publication to main, pins actions, and safely constructs the multi-architecture manifest arguments.
.github/workflows/morph-snapshot.yml Moves write permissions to the publishing job, restricts execution to main, and uses transient Git authentication for snapshot branches.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  Event[Push, pull request, schedule, or manual dispatch] --> Trust{Trusted repository ref?}
  Trust -->|Fork pull request| ForkTests[Read-only deterministic unit tests]
  Trust -->|Same-repository PR or main push| FullTests[Full checks and secret-backed tests]
  Trust -->|Approved publication ref| Publish[Build or release job]
  Publish --> Immutable[Checkout immutable event commit]
  Immutable --> Scoped[Grant job-scoped write permissions]
  Scoped --> Outputs[Images, snapshots, synced services, or installers]
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In @.github/workflows/release-pr.yml:
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  • .github/workflows/docker.yml
  • .github/workflows/global-proxy.yml
  • .github/workflows/host-screenshot-collector.yml
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