fix(ci): unbreak workflow YAML and add a complete actions.lock - #69
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Remediates GitHub Workflow Dependency Locking (public preview), which rejects runs at startup_failure with zero jobs and no logs. See hyperpolymath/standards#657. Five steps, in order, because each blocks the next: 1. Unbroke any workflow whose `permissions:` carried a scalar with an indented mapping under it - blind-permissions-insertion damage. This matters beyond the one file: gh actions-lock refuses to run when ANY workflow in the repo fails to parse, so the repo could never acquire a lockfile and could never self-heal. 2. Repinned hyperpolymath/standards reusables off commits that have no actions.lock. The rejection requires the CALLEE to be covered at the pinned SHA, which is unsatisfiable at a pre-lockfile commit. 3. Generated the lockfile with gh actions-lock. 4. Hand-added the reusable-workflow caller entries the tool omits, as '<path>': []. Measured across 218 repos: P(startup_failure | has lockfile) = 91.7% vs 15.8% without, because every workflow a lockfile OMITS is rejected. A PARTIAL lock is worse than none - running gh actions-lock and stopping there is how this outage spread. 5. Restored SPDX-License-Identifier to line 1, which the tool displaces with its own banner and which the workflow-security linter greps with head -1. Verified before push: 0 unparseable workflows, lockfile covers every workflow with no omissions, SPDX on line 1 in every file. Proven on hyperpolymath/anamnesis: 6 of 6 workflows dead -> 0 startup_failure, 13 running. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull Request Overview
The pull request is currently not up to standards according to Codacy, primarily due to the use of a mutable version tag instead of a commit SHA in the workflow configuration. While the PR aims to unbreak the workflow YAML and implement dependency locking, several issues persist.
First, there is a systemic redundancy across all 16 modified files where the header comment is duplicated on line 3. Second, while the PR description mentions fixing permissions: blocks, no such structural changes are present in the provided diff. Finally, the push-email-notify.yml file uses a version tag rather than a commit SHA, which fails the requirement for immutable dependency locking and introduces a potential security risk.
About this PR
- The PR description mentions fixing
permissions:blocks under scalar mappings, but no such changes appear in the diff hunks. Please ensure all intended YAML fixes are included in this PR. - A duplicate comment line '# This workflow is managed by gh actions-lock.' was added to line 3 of all 16 modified workflow files. This redundancy should be cleaned up across the repository.
Test suggestions
- Verify all GitHub workflow files are valid YAML
- Verify SPDX license header exists on the first line of all workflows
- Verify all reusable workflow calls are pinned to commit SHAs
- Verify actions.lock contains manual caller entries ('': [])
Prompt proposal for missing tests
Consider implementing these tests if applicable:
1. Verify actions.lock contains manual caller entries ('<path>': [])
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🔴 HIGH RISK
To ensure the action is immutable and follows the dependency locking requirements of this PR, use a full-length commit SHA instead of a version tag. This protects the workflow against supply chain attacks where a tag could be reassigned to a malicious commit.
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⚪ LOW RISK
Nitpick: This line is a duplicate of the comment on line 2. It should be removed to avoid redundancy in the workflow header.
Remediates GitHub Workflow Dependency Locking (public preview, no changelog entry), which rejects runs at
startup_failure— zero jobs, no logs, nothing in REST or GraphQL. Full analysis:hyperpolymath/standards#657.Proven on
hyperpolymath/anamnesis: 6 of 6 workflows dead → 0startup_failure, 13 running.Five steps, in order — each blocks the next
1. Unbreak the workflow YAML. Any
permissions:carrying a scalar with an indented mapping under it:This reaches past the one file:
gh actions-lockrefuses to run when any workflow in the repo fails to parse, so the repo can never acquire a lockfile and can never self-heal.2. Repin
standardsreusables off commits with noactions.lock. The rejection requires the callee to be covered at the pinned SHA — unsatisfiable at a pre-lockfile commit.3. Generate the lockfile with
gh actions-lock.4. Hand-add the reusable-caller entries the tool omits, as
'<path>': [].P(startup_failure | has lockfile) = 91.7%vs15.8%without — because every workflow a lockfile omits is rejected. A partial lock is worse than none. Runninggh actions-lockand stopping there is how this outage spread.5. Restore
SPDX-License-Identifierto line 1, which the tool displaces with its own banner and which the workflow-security linter greps viahead -1.Verified before this PR was opened
0unparseable workflows · lockfile covers every workflow, no omissions · SPDX on line 1 in every file. The script refuses to push if any of the three fails.🤖 Generated with Claude Code