fix(ci): stop persisting a write-scoped git credential through npm ci

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Stops persisting a write-scoped git credential through npm ci (CWE-250).

The release job declares contents: write, which overrides this repo's
read-only default workflow permission — so actions/checkout's default
persisted credential was write-scoped and stayed live in .git/config
through dependency install, build and test, readable by any compromised
dependency lifecycle script during that window. persist-credentials: false
is semantic-release's own documented GitHub Actions recipe: it authenticates
its own pushes from GITHUB_TOKEN directly and never needed the persisted
credential.

Part of a pattern-set fix across WYRE-AI/node-*. Originally found and
fixed on 4 repos (node-spanning#46, node-domotz#48,
node-kaseya-quote-manager#16, node-alternative-payments#20), then a
propagation scope-check found the same pattern on 18 more repos. Full set
(18, this repo included) so reviewers can see membership:

node-axcient, node-blumira, node-clio, node-connectwise-cpq, node-datto-bcdr, node-datto-saas-protection, node-huntress, node-iqms, node-kaseya-bms, node-kaseya-vsa, node-mailprotector, node-mimecast, node-ncentral, node-proofpoint-essentials, node-rootly, node-scalepad, node-threatlocker, node-unitrends

Generated by warden's Gate-3 CWE-250 review, per boss's set-completeness ruling.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Updated the release process to use complete repository history.
  • Improved credential handling during automated releases by preventing credentials from being persisted locally while retaining secure release authentication.
  • Updated release installation to use npm install; release jobs no longer run tests.

• Documentation

  • Added the release workflow updates to the unreleased changelog.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release workflow now fetches full history and disables persisted checkout credentials. The changelog documents npm install, the absence of release-job tests, and direct GITHUB_TOKEN authentication.

Changes

Release credential handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release checkout credential update .github/workflows/release.yml, CHANGELOG.md	The checkout uses fetch-depth: 0 and persist-credentials: false. The changelog updates the release workflow details.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: asachs01

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0247c

The release workflow removes persisted checkout credentials while retaining direct semantic-release authentication. No merge-blocking risk remains.

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Peer review (comment-only, per the shared-identity self-approval gate).

Verdict: approve, no blockers.

Verified independently against the actual diff content (not just warden's filing summary), as part of the 18-PR CWE-250 follow-up set-review:

• release.yml: adds persist-credentials: false to the release job's actions/checkout step, with the same explanatory comment across all 18 PRs (CWE-250: the release job's contents: write permission makes checkout's default persisted credential write-scoped and live in .git/config through npm ci; persist-credentials: false is semantic-release's own documented recipe since it authenticates pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN directly). The core fix content is byte-identical across the batch -- raw diff size varies only where a repo's pre-existing checkout step used a different YAML style (inline vs multi-line map).
• CHANGELOG.md: entry added under this repo's existing Unreleased section, correct per this repo's own convention.
• No unrelated files touched -- scope is clean.

Full batch (all independently verified): node-axcient#2, node-blumira#41, node-clio#2, node-connectwise-cpq#2, node-datto-bcdr#55, node-datto-saas-protection#55, node-huntress#43, node-iqms#39, node-kaseya-bms#48, node-kaseya-vsa#50, node-mailprotector#2, node-mimecast#44, node-ncentral#4, node-proofpoint-essentials#1, node-rootly#27, node-scalepad#2, node-threatlocker#31, node-unitrends#51

[asachs01]

Review Summary — Verdict: Approve

Correctness: Diff is functionally identical to the same pattern-set fix applied across the other node-* repos — adds persist-credentials: false to the actions/checkout@v4 step in the release job, preventing the write-scoped credential (from the job's contents: write permission) from persisting through npm ci/build/test. semantic-release doesn't need the persisted credential since it pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN directly.

Security: This is the intended fix; correctly closes the CWE-250 exposure window without removing any required functionality.

Code quality: Minimal, well-commented diff consistent with the other repos in this pattern-set.

Tests: N/A — workflow-only change; fetch-depth: 0 behavior preserved.

Docs: CHANGELOG.md entry added and accurate.

Note: I see CodeRabbit flagged "Changes requested" on this PR — I checked the diff independently and it is functionally equivalent to the already-approved node-clio/node-blumira fixes with no apparent defect in this changeset itself. If CodeRabbit's concern is repo-specific (e.g. an existing lint/format rule), worth a quick check before merge, but from a correctness/security standpoint the change is sound.

Approving based on the diff content.

[asachs01]

Code Review Summary — Claude Code

Verdict: Approve

Critical

None

Warnings

• CodeRabbit marked "Changes requested" on this PR while approving the identical fix on node-clio/node-blumira — worth a quick check that it isn't flagging something repo-specific (e.g. an unrelated lint/CI issue) before merge, since the diff itself is functionally identical to the two already-approved sibling PRs.

Suggestions

• Consider pinning actions/checkout to a commit SHA (as done in node-blumira#41) rather than the @v4 tag, for consistency with the more hardened pattern used elsewhere in the org.

Looks Good

• Correct, minimal fix: persist-credentials: false on the actions/checkout step used by the release job.
• Root cause accurately diagnosed — contents: write on the release job upgrades the default checkout credential to write-scoped, persisting through npm ci, build, and test (CWE-250 exposure).
• Safe to disable since semantic-release authenticates its own push via GITHUB_TOKEN.
• Changelog entry accurately documents the change and rationale.

[asachs01]

Reviewed by Claude Code. Adds persist-credentials: false to actions/checkout in the release workflow so the write-scoped git credential (from contents: write) isn't live in .git/config during npm install; semantic-release pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN directly so no auth is lost. Correct, minimal, well-documented fix.

[asachs01]

Code Review Summary (Reviewed by Hermes Agent)

Critical: None.

Warnings: None.

Suggestions:

• Correct, minimal fix: adds persist-credentials: false to the release job's actions/checkout step. This job declares contents: write (overriding the repo's read-only default), so without this flag the write-scoped token would have stayed live in .git/config through npm ci/build — readable by any compromised dependency lifecycle script (CWE-250).
• Confirmed semantic-release still authenticates its own push/API calls via GITHUB_TOKEN passed directly in the Release step's env, so removing the persisted credential does not break the release flow.
• No new leak introduced: nothing in the diff writes the token to a log, file, or artifact.

Looks Good: Sound, well-scoped credential-hardening fix.

[asachs01]

Reviewed against the verified fleet-wide fix pattern: this diff adds persist-credentials: false to the actions/checkout step in .github/workflows/release.yml (with matching CHANGELOG entry), preventing the write-scoped git credential from persisting through npm ci in the release job (CWE-250). semantic-release authenticates its own pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN directly, so this credential was unnecessary and its removal introduces no functional regression. Matches the pattern confirmed in WYRE-AI/node-unitrends#51. Approved.

Reviewed by Hermes Agent

[asachs01]

Review — headRefOid 0247ca597099a9ff290863b10d1f6cd94294d669

Critical

• None.

Warnings

• None. Same minimal, well-scoped fix as the sibling repos in this pattern-set (node-huntress#43, node-iqms#39, etc.).

Suggestions

• This repo still uses unpinned actions/checkout@v4 / actions/setup-node@v4 (tag refs, not pinned SHAs) unlike the huntress/iqms siblings which pin to a commit SHA. Not introduced by this PR, but since this batch is already touching the checkout step, worth a follow-up to pin action versions by SHA for supply-chain hardening consistency across the fleet.
• Same as sibling PRs: confirm no other workflow in this repo checks out with elevated permissions that could use the same treatment.

Looks Good

• Correctly identifies that contents: write overrides the read-only default, making the persisted checkout credential write-scoped and exposed during dependency install (CWE-250).
• persist-credentials: false is the correct, minimal fix.
• Changelog entry is accurate. Diff is small and low-risk.

Verdict: Approve

[asachs01]

Code Review Summary

Verdict: Approve

Correctness

Adds persist-credentials: false to the actions/checkout step in the release workflow. This is correct: the release job declares contents: write, which overrides the repo's read-only default GITHUB_TOKEN permission, so the checkout step's persisted credential was write-scoped and stayed live in .git/config for the whole job (dependency install, build, test) — readable by any compromised dependency lifecycle script (CWE-250). persist-credentials: false is semantic-release's own documented recipe; semantic-release authenticates its own push via GITHUB_TOKEN directly, so no functional regression is expected.

Security

This is the security fix — closes a credential-exposure window. No new secrets or credentials introduced. Scope is minimal (workflow file + changelog only).

Code Quality

Change is small, well-commented inline explaining the why, and consistent with the sibling fixes already merged in node-spanning#46 / node-domotz#48 / node-kaseya-quote-manager#16 / node-alternative-payments#20.

Tests

No test coverage for CI workflow YAML is expected/typical; nothing to add here. Recommend confirming the next automated release run on main still succeeds (semantic-release push, tag, npm publish) since that's the one behavior this touches at runtime.

Documentation

CHANGELOG.md entry accurately describes the change and rationale. Good.

Looks Good

• Root cause explanation is precise and matches GitHub Actions' documented permission-override behavior for job-level contents: write.
• No unrelated changes bundled in.

Reviewed SHA: 0247ca5

[asachs01]

Claude Code Review

Verdict: Approve

Looks Good

• Same well-established fix pattern as sibling repos: adds persist-credentials: false to the release job's actions/checkout step, closing the CWE-250 window where a write-scoped git credential stayed live in .git/config through dependency install/build.
• persist-credentials: false is semantic-release's documented recipe; no functional regression since semantic-release authenticates its own pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN directly.
• CHANGELOG entry documents the change accurately (also correctly notes the release step uses npm install, not npm ci, matching this repo's actual workflow).

Suggestions

• None. Minimal, correctly scoped, low-risk change.

[asachs01]

Claude Code Review

Verdict: Approve

Same pattern-set CI fix as the sibling node-* repos.

Looks Good

• persist-credentials: false added to actions/checkout in the release job — correctly prevents the write-scoped git credential (job declares contents: write) from persisting in .git/config through dependency install/build (CWE-250).
• Matches semantic-release's documented recipe; semantic-release authenticates its own pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN, so no functional regression expected.
• CHANGELOG updated appropriately, and correctly notes this repo's release job uses npm install (not npm ci) and no longer runs tests in that job — text is accurate to the diff.

Suggestions

• None of substance. Recommend a quick post-merge sanity check that the release workflow still runs/pushes as expected.

[asachs01]

Hermes Agent Review

Verdict: Approve

Correct, minimal fix for CWE-250 (write-scoped git credential left live in .git/config through npm ci). persist-credentials: false is the documented semantic-release recipe since it authenticates its own pushes via GITHUB_TOKEN — no functional regression, changelog entry included, scoped to the affected job only.

Looks Good

• Fix is correctly scoped (only the release job, which is the one declaring contents: write)
• Rationale comment inline explains the CWE and why persist-credentials: false is safe here
• Changelog entry present

No blocking issues.

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