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This PR is required to comply with npm's new security standard. npm deprecated all classic tokens on December 9, 2025 and now mandates OIDC Trusted Publishing for CI/CD workflows.

This PR is required by #2976.

Changes proposed in this pull request:

⯈ Upgrade GitHub Actions to v6 and Node.js 24

  • Node.js 20 reaches end-of-life in April 2026
  • Updated actions/checkout from v4 to v6
  • Updated actions/setup-node from v4 to v6
  • Updated actions/github-script from v7 to v8 (uses Node 24 runtime)
  • All workflows now use node-version: current to target Node 24
  • Added explicit node-version: current to the features job which was missing it

⯈ Migrate npm publishing to OIDC Trusted Publishing

  • npm deprecated all classic tokens on December 9, 2025
  • Removed NPM_TOKEN environment variable
  • Authentication now uses OpenID Connect with short-lived, cryptographically-signed credentials
  • Provenance attestations are generated automatically by npm
  • Added id-token: write permission required for OIDC
  • Added registry-url to setup-node for npm authentication
  • Eliminates token management overhead and improves supply chain security

⯈ Add prerelease support and GitHub Release automation

  • Publish workflow now detects alpha, beta, rc versions and tags them appropriately on npm
  • Creates GitHub Releases automatically after successful publish (tag is created by the release action)
  • Generates changelogs from merged PRs using mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v6
  • Prereleases are marked correctly on both npm and GitHub

Migration steps required before merging:

  1. Configure Trusted Publisher on npmjs.com for each package:

    • Navigate to package settings → Trusted Publisher section
    • Select GitHub Actions as provider
    • Enter: Organization AssemblyScript, Repository assemblyscript, Workflow publish.yml
    • Repeat for @assemblyscript/loader and @assemblyscript/rtrace
    • Why: npm needs to know which GitHub workflow is authorized to publish without a token. Without this, the OIDC authentication will fail with a 404 error.

  2. Remove NPM_TOKEN from repository secrets

    • Why: OIDC authentication only works when no auth token is present. If NODE_AUTH_TOKEN is set, npm will try to use the token instead of OIDC and fail.

  3. Verify runners have npm 11.5.1+

    • Why: OIDC trusted publishing requires npm CLI 11.5.1 or later. Node 24 includes npm 11.x so this should be automatic with node-version: current.
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  • I've added my name and email to the NOTICE file

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Update GitHub Actions and add changelog file
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Upgraded various GitHub Actions to newer major versions in workflow files for improved reliability and features. Enhanced the publish workflow with changelog generation, improved release handling, and npm tag management. Added a CHANGELOG.md file for documenting project changes.
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CountBleck commented Jan 28, 2026

To implement OIDC, not much change should occur in this repo. I intend to implement this myself.

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BlobMaster41 commented Jan 28, 2026

To implement OIDC, not much change should occur in this repo. I intend to implement this myself.

Noted. Should I close this PR.?

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Don't do auto format, it make file hard to review

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why we need this file?

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Just for people to see what changed.. The CI in this PR automatically modifies it from the PR merged. Can be removed if not required.

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For my understanding, the file will not be automatically update when PR merged, because there are no git push operation in action. could you explain more about how to automatically modify it

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LGTM

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For my understanding, the file will not be automatically update when PR merged, because there are no git push operation in action. could you explain more about how to automatically modify it

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CountBleck commented Feb 5, 2026

I would advise against messing with the npm publishing, because that's mostly aspublish's job. If I'm reading the diff correctly, I see both aspublish and npm publish, which would be incorrect.

Sidenote: if LLMs were used to generate the changes to CI, I would check over it.

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