fix(release): repair release.yml — YAML syntax errors, wrong action versions, broken permissions and tokens#40
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…d actions, wrong action versions and tokens Co-authored-by: bashandbone <89049923+bashandbone@users.noreply.github.com>
Updated checkout action version from v4 to v6 across multiple steps in the release workflow.
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Pull request overview
Repairs the GitHub Actions release workflow so tagged releases (and manual runs) can execute reliably by fixing YAML structure/indentation, job permissions placement, and simplifying the release publication flow.
Changes:
- Fixes YAML indentation/tab issues and moves
permissionsinto individual jobs. - Updates the release flow to create a draft release, upload binaries, then publish via
softprops/action-gh-release. - Updates tooling used in the publish job (Rust toolchain action) and adjusts checkout configuration.
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| contents: write | ||
| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v4 | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v6 |
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This still uses actions/checkout@v6, but the PR description says the fix was to downgrade from a non-existent @v6 to @v4. If the intent is to use the current stable checkout action, update this to actions/checkout@v4 (and keep versions consistent across the workflow).
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| build-tool: cargo | |||
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| - uses: actions/checkout@v6 | |||
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actions/checkout@v6 here contradicts the PR description (which says @v6 was replaced with @v4). If @v6 is not intended/valid, switch this job to actions/checkout@v4 as well.
| contents: read | ||
| id-token: write | ||
| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v6 |
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This job still uses actions/checkout@v6, but the PR description indicates it should be actions/checkout@v4. Please align this with the intended version (and with other workflows that already use @v4).
| permissions: | ||
| contents: write | ||
| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v6 |
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This job still references actions/checkout@v6 despite the PR description stating @v6 should be replaced with @v4. Update to the intended checkout version to avoid unexpected workflow failures.
| - uses: katyo/publish-crates@v2 | ||
| with: | ||
| token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | ||
| args: --allow-dirty | ||
| ignore-unpublished-changes: true |
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The PR description says crates.io publishing should use a registry token (e.g. registry-token: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}), but this still passes secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN via token:. If this workflow is meant to publish to crates.io, update the action inputs to use the correct crates.io secret/input name.
| publish: | ||
| name: Publish to crates.io | ||
| needs: [build] | ||
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | ||
| environment: cratesio | ||
| permissions: | ||
| contents: read | ||
| id-token: write | ||
| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v6 | ||
| with: | ||
| submodules: recursive | ||
| - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1 | ||
| with: | ||
| toolchain: stable | ||
| override: true | ||
| - uses: katyo/publish-crates@v2 | ||
| with: | ||
| token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | ||
| args: --allow-dirty | ||
| name: Publish to crates.io | ||
| needs: [build] | ||
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | ||
| environment: cratesio | ||
| permissions: | ||
| contents: read | ||
| id-token: write |
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workflow_dispatch currently triggers real publish/github_release behavior, while the build job uses dry-run for dispatch. If dispatch is intended as a safe dry run, add an if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' guard (or a manual input) to prevent accidentally publishing to crates.io from a dispatch run.
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| github_release: | ||
| name: Publish GitHub Release | ||
| needs: [build, publish] |
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On workflow_dispatch, create-release skips creating the draft release and build runs in dry-run mode, but this job will still attempt to publish a GitHub Release. Consider guarding this job with if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' (or creating the draft release on dispatch) to avoid failures/partial runs.
| needs: [build, publish] | |
| needs: [build, publish] | |
| if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' |
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release.ymlhad multiple compounding issues causing the workflow to fail before any job could start (0 jobs run). The root cause was a YAML parse error from tab/space mixing; the rest were functional bugs that would have surfaced after.Changes
permissionsblock: Placed directly underjobs:outside any job (invalid); moved intocreate-releaseand fixed inbuild,github_release, andpublishactions/checkout@v6→@v4(v6 doesn't exist) in three jobsactions-rs/toolchain@v1→dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stableinpublishkatyo/publish-crateswas passedGITHUB_TOKENviatoken:— crates.io requires a registry token viaregistry-token: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}github_release: Job tried todownload-artifactand re-upload files that are never stored as Actions artifacts —taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-actionuploads directly to the draft release. Removed the dead steps; job now just publishes the existing draft viasoftprops/action-gh-releaseGITHUB_TOKENfrom top-levelenv:: Non-standard; token is referenced per-step where neededOriginal prompt
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