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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 → 0 startup_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:

permissions: read-all
  actions: read        # <- mapping under a scalar. Unparseable.

This reaches past the one file: gh actions-lock refuses 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 standards reusables off commits with no actions.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>': [].

⚠️ 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. Restore SPDX-License-Identifier to line 1, which the tool displaces with its own banner and which the workflow-security linter greps via head -1.

Verified before this PR was opened

0 unparseable 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.

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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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⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (1)
  • .github/workflows/actions.lock is excluded by !**/*.lock
📒 Files selected for processing (19)
  • .github/workflows/codeql.yml
  • .github/workflows/distro-matrix.yml
  • .github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml
  • .github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml
  • .github/workflows/instant-sync.yml
  • .github/workflows/mirror.yml
  • .github/workflows/pages.yml
  • .github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
  • .github/workflows/quality.yml
  • .github/workflows/release.yml
  • .github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml
  • .github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml
  • .github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
  • .github/workflows/scorecard.yml
  • .github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
  • .github/workflows/security-policy.yml
  • .github/workflows/test.yml
  • .github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml
  • .github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Updated automated workflows to use current versions of checkout, security scanning, artifact, release, and notification actions.
    • Standardised workflow action version management across build, test, deployment, and policy checks.
    • Refreshed reusable security and mirroring workflow references.
    • Workflow validation, testing, release, and deployment behaviour remains unchanged.

Walkthrough

The pull request updates GitHub Actions workflow markers and action references across 18 workflow files. Most references change from commit SHAs to version tags. Several reusable workflows receive newer commit revisions.

Changes

GitHub Actions reference refresh

Layer / File(s) Summary
Checkout reference updates
.github/workflows/distro-matrix.yml, .github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml, .github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml, .github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml, .github/workflows/security-policy.yml, .github/workflows/test.yml, .github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml, .github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml
The workflows add gh actions-lock markers. Checkout references change to v7.0.1, except rsr-antipattern.yml, which uses the immutable v7.0.1 commit.
Specialised action and workflow updates
.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml, .github/workflows/instant-sync.yml, .github/workflows/mirror.yml, .github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml, .github/workflows/scorecard.yml, .github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
The workflows add management markers. Notification actions and reusable workflow references change to the specified release tags or commit revisions.
Multi-action workflow updates
.github/workflows/codeql.yml, .github/workflows/pages.yml, .github/workflows/quality.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml, .github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
The workflows add management markers and update CodeQL, Pages, quality, release, checkout, artifact, and Scorecard action references.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: metadatastician

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A rabbit checks each workflow line

Tags now mark the actions fine
SHA pins hop out of sight
Managed comments keep things right
CodeQL and Pages join the flight


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