ci: pin release workflow action refs

[lawrencecchen]

Pin every action used by the release workflow to a full commit SHA, including the PyPI publisher at verified upstream v1.14.2 commit dc37677b2e1c63e2034f94d8a5b11f265b73ba33.\nAdd scripts/test-release-workflow.sh to reject mutable refs and run a commit-pinned actionlint check in CI.\nThe release checksum step now writes through a temporary file so actionlint shellcheck validation is clean; release outputs and publish gates are unchanged. CLA workflow is not changed.\n\nVerification:\n- scripts/test-release-workflow.sh\n- actionlint .github/workflows/release.yml\n- shellcheck scripts/test-release-workflow.sh\n- bash -n scripts/test-release-workflow.sh\n- go test ./... (pass after one known flaky process_sampling_gap retry)\n- GitHub API reports valid commit signatures for all pinned action revisions.

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Summary by cubic

Pins all actions in the release workflow to immutable commit SHAs, preventing mutable tags from introducing untrusted code into releases. Release outputs and publish gates remain unchanged.

• Adds scripts/test-release-workflow.sh to validate action refs and run commit-pinned actionlint in CI.
• Pins the PyPI publisher to the verified upstream v1.14.2 commit.
• Writes checksums to a temporary file before replacing SHA256SUMS.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security

  • Improved release workflow security by pinning automation actions to immutable revisions.
  • Added validation to detect unpinned or malformed workflow action references.

• Reliability

  • Improved release checksum generation to avoid partially written checksum files.
  • Added automated workflow validation to CI, including syntax and configuration checks.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release workflow now pins GitHub Actions to immutable commits, writes checksums through a temporary file, and validates these rules with a new script run during CI.

Changes

Release workflow validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release workflow hardening .github/workflows/release.yml	Action references use commit SHAs. Checksum generation replaces SHA256SUMS through a temporary file.
Workflow validation script scripts/test-release-workflow.sh	The script validates action references, checks the expected PyPI publishing revision, and runs actionlint.
CI integration .github/workflows/ci.yml	CI runs the validation script after Go setup and before the build.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to caed6

The PR strengthens release security by pinning current workflow actions, but its validation can miss some valid YAML representations and may use an unpinned checker in certain environments, allowing future workflow changes to bypass the intended enforcement. It is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to close these bounded validation risks.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: pinning action references in the release workflow.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In `@scripts/test-release-workflow.sh`:
- Around line 45-48: Update the actionlint selection logic around ACTIONLINT_BIN
and actionlint so CI always uses the binary pinned by actionlint_revision,
rather than allowing the environment variable or PATH lookup to override it;
alternatively, validate any selected binary against the expected revision or
digest before execution. Preserve workflow validation while preventing
unverified actionlint binaries from being used.
- Around line 19-37: Update the action-reference scan in the workflow validation
script, including its awk extraction and uses_count validation, to recognize
YAML flow-style, quoted, and multiline uses values rather than only block-style
uses keys. Ensure every extracted action reference is still checked for a
40-character commit pin and counted consistently, and add regression coverage
for these YAML forms if the project’s existing test structure supports it.

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