GitNexus/.github/workflows/publish.yml

name: Publish

# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Sole publisher for the `gitnexus` npm package, GitHub Releases, and Docker
# images. Replaces the former two-workflow design — see issue #1609 for the
# double-publish race this unification closes.
#
# Two release modes, both routed through this file:
#   • Release candidate (rc)  — triggered by push to `main` or workflow_dispatch.
#       The RC path computes the next rc version, applies it in-CI, pushes a
#       detached release commit with v<X.Y.Z>-rc.<N> + rc/<SHA> marker
#       atomically, then publishes to npm with --tag rc and creates a GitHub
#       prerelease. RC-only docker.yml invocation follows.
#   • Stable                  — triggered by push of a v<X.Y.Z> tag (no -rc.*
#       suffix). Verifies package.json matches the tag, publishes to npm with
#       --tag latest, creates a stable GitHub Release. No docker (RC-only).
#
# ⚠️  SELF-TRIGGER INVARIANT — DO NOT WEAKEN ⚠️
# The `tags:` filter below uses a negative glob `'!v*-rc.*'` to prevent the
# workflow from re-triggering itself when the RC path pushes its own v-tag.
# Without this exclusion, every RC publish double-fires (the bug fixed by
# #1609). If a NEW prerelease channel is introduced (e.g. `-beta.N`,
# `-alpha.N`, `-next.N`), the negative-glob list MUST be extended in
# lock-step or self-trigger returns. The same invariant applies to the
# `Classify` step further below — its accepted-tag regex must align with
# the trigger filter's exclusion list.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths-ignore:
      - '**.md'
      - 'docs/**'
      - 'LICENSE'
    tags:
      # Negative-globbed exclusion of RC tags this workflow itself produces
      # (see the SELF-TRIGGER INVARIANT in the header comment).
      - 'v*'
      - '!v*-rc.*'
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      bump:
        description: >-
          Cycle policy. 'auto' (default) continues the active rc cycle on
          this branch if there is one, otherwise bumps patch from latest.
          Choose 'patch' / 'minor' / 'major' to explicitly start or reset
          an rc cycle.
        required: false
        default: 'auto'
        type: choice
        options:
          - auto
          - patch
          - minor
          - major
      force:
        description: 'Publish even when HEAD already has an rc marker'
        required: false
        default: 'false'
        type: choice
        options:
          - 'false'
          - 'true'
# Workflow-level deny-all; each job declares the minimum it needs.
permissions: {}

# Distinct refs (refs/heads/main, refs/tags/v*) run in parallel. The
# release-PR-skip in rc-guard is the load-bearing invariant that prevents
# an RC main-push and a stable tag-push colliding on the same release commit.
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  # ── Phase 1: classify the triggering event into a release mode ─────────────
  route:
    name: Classify release event
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 2
    permissions:
      contents: read
    outputs:
      mode: ${{ steps.classify.outputs.mode }}
      head_sha: ${{ steps.classify.outputs.head_sha }}
      bump_input: ${{ inputs.bump }}
      force_input: ${{ inputs.force }}
    steps:
      - name: Classify
        id: classify
        shell: bash
        env:
          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
          GH_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
          GH_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

          HEAD_SHA="${GITHUB_SHA}"
          echo "head_sha=${HEAD_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

          # Sanitize before logging (annotation-injection defense in depth).
          REF_SAFE="${GH_REF//::/__}"
          REF_NAME_SAFE="${GH_REF_NAME//::/__}"
          echo "event=${EVENT_NAME} ref=${REF_SAFE} ref_name=${REF_NAME_SAFE}"

          MODE=""
          case "${EVENT_NAME}" in
            workflow_dispatch)
              # Manual dispatch is only valid on main — that's the only ref
              # where a real publish makes sense.
              if [ "${GH_REF}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
                MODE="rc"
              else
                echo "::error::workflow_dispatch is only permitted on refs/heads/main (got ${REF_SAFE})."
                exit 1
              fi
              ;;
            push)
              case "${GH_REF}" in
                refs/heads/main)
                  MODE="rc"
                  ;;
                refs/tags/v*)
                  # The trigger filter already excluded v*-rc.* tags. Anything
                  # reaching here is either a stable semver or a malformed v*.
                  TAG="${GH_REF#refs/tags/}"
                  if [[ "${TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
                    MODE="stable"
                  else
                    echo "::error::malformed v* tag rejected: ${REF_NAME_SAFE}"
                    echo "::error::stable tags must match ^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\$"
                    exit 1
                  fi
                  ;;
                *)
                  echo "::error::unexpected push ref ${REF_SAFE} reached publish workflow."
                  exit 1
                  ;;
              esac
              ;;
            *)
              echo "::error::unsupported event ${EVENT_NAME}."
              exit 1
              ;;
          esac

          echo "mode=${MODE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          echo "Classified as mode=${MODE}"

  # ── Phase 2 (RC only): dedup marker + release-PR skip ──────────────────────
  rc-guard:
    name: RC guard (marker + release-PR skip)
    needs: route
    if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    permissions:
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
    outputs:
      should_run: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.should_run }}
      head_sha: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.head_sha }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          fetch-tags: true
          # rc-guard reads only — no git pushes from this job. Skip the
          # default extraheader credential persistence (artipacked audit).
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Decide
        id: decide
        shell: bash
        env:
          FORCE: ${{ inputs.force }}
          BUMP_INPUT: ${{ inputs.bump }}
          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
          echo "head_sha=$HEAD_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

          if [ "$FORCE" = "true" ]; then
            echo "Force flag set — running regardless of marker tag."
            echo "should_run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            exit 0
          fi

          # Explicit cycle reset on dispatch bypasses dedup.
          if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "workflow_dispatch" ] \
             && [ -n "${BUMP_INPUT:-}" ] \
             && [ "${BUMP_INPUT:-auto}" != "auto" ]; then
            echo "Explicit bump=$BUMP_INPUT — bypassing marker dedup."
            echo "should_run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            exit 0
          fi

          # ── Skip when the merge commit corresponds to a release ───────────
          # This skip is load-bearing: it prevents an RC build firing on the
          # release-PR commit from racing the imminent stable-tag push on the
          # same SHA. Two complementary checks:
          #   1. HEAD subject matches `chore: release vX.Y.Z` (the canonical
          #      release-PR title). Anchored to require the bare title or the
          #      squash-merge `(#NNNN)` suffix exactly. Case-insensitive so
          #      `Chore: Release v1.2.3` (IDE auto-capitalization) still
          #      matches — prior commit-author conventions left the door open.
          #   2. Squash-merged PR carries the `release` label.
          # Either match suppresses the rc build — stable releases publish on
          # the v-tag instead.
          HEAD_SUBJECT="$(git log -1 --pretty=%s HEAD)"
          # Sanitize GitHub-Actions annotation prefixes before logging — even
          # though %s strips newlines, a crafted subject containing `::error::`
          # could forge log annotations.
          HEAD_SUBJECT_SAFE="${HEAD_SUBJECT//::/__}"
          RELEASE_SUBJECT_RE='^chore:[[:space:]]*release[[:space:]]+v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([[:space:]]+\(#[0-9]+\))?$'
          shopt -s nocasematch
          if [[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" =~ $RELEASE_SUBJECT_RE ]]; then
            shopt -u nocasematch
            echo "HEAD commit subject matches a release commit — skipping rc."
            echo "  subject (sanitised): $HEAD_SUBJECT_SAFE"
            echo "should_run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            exit 0
          fi
          shopt -u nocasematch

          # Squash-merge commits include `(#NNNN)` at the end of the subject.
          if [[ "$HEAD_SUBJECT" =~ \(#([0-9]+)\)[[:space:]]*$ ]]; then
            PR_NUM="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
            echo "Detected squash-merge of PR #$PR_NUM — checking labels."
            if LABELS_JSON="$(gh pr view "$PR_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --json labels 2>/dev/null)"; then
              if printf '%s' "$LABELS_JSON" | jq -e '.labels[] | select(.name == "release")' >/dev/null; then
                echo "PR #$PR_NUM has the 'release' label — skipping rc."
                echo "should_run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
                exit 0
              fi
              echo "PR #$PR_NUM has no 'release' label — proceeding."
            else
              # Lookup failure is not fatal — fall through to dedup check.
              echo "::warning::Could not read labels for PR #${PR_NUM} — falling through."
            fi
          fi

          # Dedup: is there already an rc/<HEAD_SHA> marker pointing at HEAD?
          MARKER="rc/${HEAD_SHA}"
          if git rev-parse "refs/tags/$MARKER" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "HEAD already has marker $MARKER — skipping."
            echo "should_run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          else
            echo "No marker on HEAD — proceeding."
            echo "should_run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          fi

  # ── Phase 3: reusable CI gate ──────────────────────────────────────────────
  # Runs for both rc (when guard says go) and stable. No `secrets:` passed —
  # ci.yml and its entire reusable-workflow chain (ci-quality, ci-tests,
  # ci-e2e, ci-report) reference zero `secrets.*` values;
  # passing any would be unused surface. GITHUB_TOKEN is implicit.
  ci:
    needs: [route, rc-guard]
    if: ${{ always() && (needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable' || needs.rc-guard.outputs.should_run == 'true') }}
    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
    permissions:
      contents: read
      actions: read

  # ── Phase 4: publish to npm + push refs (RC path) ──────────────────────────
  # INVARIANT: `timeout-minutes` MUST stay below the App-token TTL (~60 min
  # for actions/create-github-app-token installation tokens). The atomic
  # tag-push step relies on the token minted at job start; if the job ever
  # runs longer than the TTL, the push fails with an opaque 401. If you
  # need to raise the timeout, re-mint the token immediately before the
  # `Create and push rc tags` step instead.
  publish:
    name: Publish to npm
    needs: [route, rc-guard, ci]
    if: ${{ always() && needs.ci.result == 'success' && (needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable' || needs.rc-guard.outputs.should_run == 'true') }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 20
    permissions:
      # contents: write — RC path needs it for `git push --atomic` (v-tag +
      # marker). Stable path runs in the same job and inherits the grant; it
      # never invokes `git push`, so the elevated scope is unused there.
      # id-token: write — npm provenance attestation.
      contents: write
      id-token: write
    outputs:
      # Two distinct step IDs feed this output; exactly one fires per run.
      vtag: ${{ steps.rc-tags.outputs.vtag || steps.stable-vtag.outputs.vtag }}
    steps:
      # ── Mint short-lived GitHub App token (RC only) ──────────────────────
      # Industry direction (2025-2026): GitHub Apps with
      # `actions/create-github-app-token` over long-lived PATs for
      # workflow-touching tag pushes. Same fine-grained permission surface,
      # ~1h expiry, not tied to a user seat, organizationally auditable.
      # Replaces a prior fine-grained PAT.
      #
      # Required secrets (set in repo Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions):
      #   secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID         — the App's numeric ID
      #   secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY — the App's PEM private key
      # (The App ID is technically not sensitive — it's visible on the App's
      # settings page — but storing it as a secret is harmless and avoids
      # mixing storage classes for the same App.)
      # The App must be installed on this repository with:
      #   - Contents: write         (push the v-tag and rc marker)
      #   - Workflows: write        (because the v-tag's tree may touch
      #                              .github/workflows/**, which the default
      #                              GITHUB_TOKEN cannot author)
      #   - Metadata: read          (required for the `gh api /users/<slug>[bot]`
      #                              bot-identity lookup in the tag-push step)
      - name: Mint GitHub App token (RC)
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        id: app-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
        with:
          # `client-id` is the renamed input that supersedes the deprecated
          # `app-id` in v3.x. The action accepts the App's numeric ID or
          # its Client ID under this name. We pass the numeric App ID,
          # which the action resolves correctly.
          client-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      # ── Separate checkout steps per mode ─────────────────────────────────
      # Conditional `token:` expressions are footguns: empty string passed to
      # actions/checkout fails opaquely, and `|| github.token` silently
      # degrades a missing token to GITHUB_TOKEN, masking auth failures until
      # the eventual `git push`. Two distinct steps make the auth contract
      # explicit and fail loudly at checkout when the App token mint failed
      # on the RC path.
      - name: Checkout (RC)
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          fetch-tags: true
          # Short-lived GitHub App installation token. Required because the
          # v-tag push lands at a SHA whose tree may touch
          # `.github/workflows/**`, which the default GITHUB_TOKEN cannot
          # author.
          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          # Do not persist the token in .git/config (artipacked audit). The
          # RC tag push uses an inline `http.extraheader` at push time only;
          # the credential never lands on disk. See the
          # `Create and push rc tags` step below.
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Checkout (stable)
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable'
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        # No `token:` — actions/checkout uses GITHUB_TOKEN by default. Stable
        # path performs no git pushes; the default scope is sufficient.
        with:
          # No git pushes from the stable path either. Skip credential
          # persistence (artipacked audit).
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Working-tree sanity
        # Defense in depth (mirrors the vtag integrity gate, but on the input side):
        # if a route-mode regression skipped both checkout `if:` gates, all
        # downstream steps would run on a bare runner and produce confusing
        # ENOENT errors. Fail loudly and early here instead.
        shell: bash
        run: |
          if [ ! -f gitnexus/package.json ]; then
            echo "::error::no working tree at gitnexus/package.json — route classification likely failed silently."
            exit 1
          fi

      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
        with:
          # Node 24 ships with npm >= 11.5.x, which is the minimum that
          # supports npm Trusted Publishing OIDC. Node 22 ships with npm
          # 10.9.x (no OIDC) and `npm install -g npm@latest` to self-upgrade
          # is fragile — it can crash the in-flight reify with
          # `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` on `promise-retry` etc. Bumping the Node
          # version is the clean fix; the package's `engines` field is
          # `>=22.0.0` so consumer-side compatibility is unaffected (this
          # Node version is only used during publish, not by package users).
          node-version: 24
          # `registry-url:` is intentionally OMITTED. Under npm Trusted
          # Publishing, OIDC only engages when no credential is configured.
          # Setting `registry-url:` would make setup-node write
          # `//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}` into the
          # runner's .npmrc AND export NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from its `token:`
          # input (default github.token). `npm publish` would then attempt
          # GITHUB_TOKEN as the npm token, get rejected with 404, and OIDC
          # would never be tried. See actions/setup-node#1440 and the GitHub
          # Community discussion #176761 for the upstream bug and consensus
          # workaround.
          #
          # Hermetic install for published artifacts — opt out of the v5+
          # default packageManager-based caching (clears the zizmor
          # cache-poisoning audit). ~30s slower per release; runs rarely.
          package-manager-cache: false

      - name: Install gitnexus dependencies
        run: npm ci
        working-directory: gitnexus

      # The published tarball ships the web UI (`files: [... "web"]`), built
      # by prepack during `npm publish`. Install its deps in their own step
      # so a slow install is visible here instead of dying inside build.js.
      - name: Install gitnexus-web dependencies
        run: npm ci
        working-directory: gitnexus-web

      # ── Stable-only: verify the tag and package.json agree ───────────────
      - name: Verify version consistency (stable)
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable'
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          TAG_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
          # Stable mode REJECTS prerelease suffixes — those are filtered at
          # trigger by the negative-glob filter, but defend at the bash layer too.
          if ! [[ "$TAG_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
            echo "::error::Stable tag must be ^v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$ — got v$TAG_VERSION"
            exit 1
          fi
          PKG_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
          if [ "$TAG_VERSION" != "$PKG_VERSION" ]; then
            echo "::error::Tag version (v$TAG_VERSION) does not match package.json version ($PKG_VERSION)"
            exit 1
          fi
          # Stable releases carry their version bump on main via the release
          # PR, so the manifest surfaces must already be in sync — refuse to
          # publish a stable whose manifests drifted (#2445).
          node scripts/sync-plugin-manifests.mjs --check
          echo "Version verified: $PKG_VERSION"

      # ── RC-only: compute the next rc version against the live registry ──
      - name: Resolve rc version (rc)
        id: rc-version
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        env:
          BUMP_INPUT: ${{ inputs.bump }}
          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
          PKG_NAME: gitnexus
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

          # 1. Current published `latest` — the floor for any new rc base.
          #    Only E404 ("never published") falls back to package.json; any
          #    other error (network, auth, malformed response) fails fast
          #    (retry-loud policy: never silently substitute on transient errors).
          NPM_STDERR_LATEST="$(mktemp)"
          if CURRENT_LATEST="$(npm view "$PKG_NAME" version 2>"$NPM_STDERR_LATEST")"; then
            :
          else
            if grep -qiE 'E404|not found' "$NPM_STDERR_LATEST"; then
              CURRENT_LATEST="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
              echo "Package not on registry (E404) — seeding from package.json: $CURRENT_LATEST"
            else
              echo "::error::npm registry unreachable for 'view version':" >&2
              cat "$NPM_STDERR_LATEST" >&2
              rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_LATEST"
              exit 1
            fi
          fi
          rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_LATEST"
          CURRENT_LATEST_CLEAN="${CURRENT_LATEST%%-*}"

          # 2. Full version list — needed for the counter and active-cycle
          #    inference. Same E404-only fallback.
          NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS="$(mktemp)"
          if VERSIONS_JSON="$(npm view "$PKG_NAME" versions --json 2>"$NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS")"; then
            :
          else
            if grep -qiE 'E404|not found' "$NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS"; then
              VERSIONS_JSON='[]'
              echo "No published versions for $PKG_NAME yet (E404)."
            else
              echo "::error::npm registry unreachable for 'view versions':" >&2
              cat "$NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS" >&2
              rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS"
              exit 1
            fi
          fi
          rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_VERSIONS"

          # 3. Base selection.
          #    - workflow_dispatch + bump != auto → explicit cycle reset.
          #    - Otherwise (push, or dispatch with bump=auto) → continue the
          #      highest active rc base > latest if any; else patch from latest.
          # Curated wrapper around `npx semver` — bare npx errors are noisy
          # and don't distinguish registry-unreachable from invalid-bump-spec.
          semver_bump() {
            local kind="$1" current="$2" stderr_file out
            stderr_file="$(mktemp)"
            if out="$(npx --yes -p semver@7 semver -i "$kind" "$current" 2>"$stderr_file")"; then
              rm -f "$stderr_file"
              printf '%s' "$out"
              return 0
            fi
            echo "::error::semver bump failed (kind=${kind}, current=${current}):" >&2
            cat "$stderr_file" >&2
            rm -f "$stderr_file"
            return 1
          }

          if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "workflow_dispatch" ] \
             && [ -n "${BUMP_INPUT:-}" ] \
             && [ "${BUMP_INPUT:-auto}" != "auto" ]; then
            BASE="$(semver_bump "$BUMP_INPUT" "$CURRENT_LATEST_CLEAN")"
            echo "Explicit bump=$BUMP_INPUT → BASE=$BASE"
          else
            cat > /tmp/active_base.mjs <<'NODESCRIPT'
          const latest = process.env.LATEST;
          let v;
          try { v = JSON.parse(process.env.VERSIONS_JSON); } catch { v = []; }
          if (!Array.isArray(v)) v = [v];
          const parse = s => s.split(".").map(n => parseInt(n, 10));
          const gt = (a, b) => {
            const [A, B] = [parse(a), parse(b)];
            for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) if (A[i] !== B[i]) return A[i] > B[i];
            return false;
          };
          const bases = new Set();
          for (const s of v) {
            const m = /^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-rc\.\d+$/.exec(s);
            if (m && gt(m[1], latest)) bases.add(m[1]);
          }
          if (!bases.size) { process.stdout.write(""); process.exit(0); }
          const sorted = [...bases].sort((a, b) => gt(a, b) ? 1 : -1);
          process.stdout.write(sorted[sorted.length - 1]);
          NODESCRIPT
            ACTIVE_BASE="$(LATEST="$CURRENT_LATEST_CLEAN" VERSIONS_JSON="$VERSIONS_JSON" node /tmp/active_base.mjs)"
            if [ -n "$ACTIVE_BASE" ]; then
              BASE="$ACTIVE_BASE"
              echo "Continuing active rc cycle → BASE=$BASE"
            else
              BASE="$(semver_bump patch "$CURRENT_LATEST_CLEAN")"
              echo "No active rc cycle → patch bump from latest → BASE=$BASE"
            fi
          fi

          # 4. Counter: 1 + max existing N for `${BASE}-rc.*`, else 1.
          cat > /tmp/next_rc.mjs <<'NODESCRIPT'
          const base = process.env.BASE;
          const prefix = base + "-rc.";
          let v;
          try { v = JSON.parse(process.env.VERSIONS_JSON); } catch { v = []; }
          if (!Array.isArray(v)) v = [v];
          const ns = v
            .filter(s => typeof s === "string" && s.startsWith(prefix))
            .map(s => parseInt(s.slice(prefix.length), 10))
            .filter(n => Number.isInteger(n) && n >= 0);
          process.stdout.write(String(ns.length ? Math.max(...ns) + 1 : 1));
          NODESCRIPT
          NEXT_N="$(BASE="$BASE" VERSIONS_JSON="$VERSIONS_JSON" node /tmp/next_rc.mjs)"
          RC_VERSION="${BASE}-rc.${NEXT_N}"
          echo "Computed rc: $RC_VERSION"

          # 5. Defensive: if the exact version already exists on the registry
          #    (race with another run), abort before re-publishing.
          NPM_STDERR_EXISTS="$(mktemp)"
          if npm view "$PKG_NAME@$RC_VERSION" version 2>"$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS" >/dev/null; then
            rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS"
            echo "::error::Version $RC_VERSION already exists on npm — aborting."
            exit 1
          else
            if grep -qiE 'E404|not found' "$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS"; then
              rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS"
              # Version doesn't exist — safe to proceed.
            else
              echo "::error::npm registry unreachable for existence check:" >&2
              cat "$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS" >&2
              rm -f "$NPM_STDERR_EXISTS"
              exit 1
            fi
          fi

          {
            echo "base=$BASE"
            echo "rc_n=$NEXT_N"
            echo "rc_version=$RC_VERSION"
          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Apply rc version in-CI
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          npm version "${{ steps.rc-version.outputs.rc_version }}" \
            --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version

      # ── Verify the plugin manifest surfaces synced (#2445) ───────────────
      # The npm `version` lifecycle script in gitnexus/package.json syncs all
      # four manifest surfaces whenever `npm version` runs (the step above,
      # and a maintainer's laptop alike). This step only verifies fail-closed
      # so a future removal of that wiring cannot ship a drifted RC again.
      - name: Verify plugin manifests (rc)
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        run: node scripts/sync-plugin-manifests.mjs --check

      - name: Build gitnexus
        run: npm run build
        working-directory: gitnexus

      - name: Dry-run publish
        # Cheap verification that the tarball assembles before the real publish.
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        env:
          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' && 'rc' || 'latest' }}
        run: npm publish --dry-run --tag "$NPM_TAG"

      # ── Acquire the "rc lock" BEFORE publishing (idempotency anchor) ─────
      # We create two refs and push atomically:
      #   v<RC_VERSION>  → annotated tag on a detached release commit whose
      #                    tree contains the rewritten package.json, so the
      #                    tag's source matches the npm tarball.
      #   rc/<HEAD_SHA>  → lightweight tag on HEAD; the guard's dedup key.
      # Push fails → nothing published. Push succeeds, npm fails → marker
      # blocks retries until manual cleanup (see Rollback Runbook in plan).
      - name: Create and push rc tags
        id: rc-tags
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        env:
          RC_VERSION: ${{ steps.rc-version.outputs.rc_version }}
          HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.rc-guard.outputs.head_sha }}
          # Short-lived GitHub App token. Auth is supplied inline at push
          # time via `http.extraheader` (per GitHub's documented
          # x-access-token Basic pattern). It is NOT persisted in
          # .git/config (artipacked audit) — checkout above ran with
          # `persist-credentials: false`.
          PUSH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          # App's slug from create-github-app-token (e.g. `gitnexus-release-bot`).
          # Used to attribute the release commit to the App identity rather
          # than the generic github-actions[bot]. The bot's numeric user-id
          # is resolved at runtime via the GitHub API (the action does not
          # expose it directly as of v3.2.0).
          APP_SLUG: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          VTAG="v${RC_VERSION}"
          MARKER="rc/${HEAD_SHA}"

          # Resolve the App's bot user-id and construct the noreply email
          # in the GitHub-canonical `<id>+<slug>[bot]@users.noreply.github.com`
          # shape. `[bot]` is part of the actual login on GitHub.
          #
          # The lookup is wrapped in a bounded retry because the first RC
          # after App installation may hit propagation delay (404), and
          # transient api.github.com 5xx during heavy org activity is a real
          # failure class. Without retry, every transient blip aborts the
          # entire release after CI has already succeeded.
          BOT_LOGIN="${APP_SLUG}[bot]"
          BOT_USER_ID=""
          api_stderr="$(mktemp)"
          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
            if BOT_USER_ID="$(gh api "/users/${BOT_LOGIN}" --jq .id 2>"$api_stderr")" \
               && [[ "${BOT_USER_ID}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
              break
            fi
            BOT_USER_ID=""
            if [ "$attempt" -lt 3 ]; then
              echo "::warning::bot user-id lookup attempt ${attempt} failed; retrying in $((attempt * 5))s"
              sleep $((attempt * 5))
            fi
          done
          if ! [[ "${BOT_USER_ID}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
            echo "::error::Could not resolve bot user-id for ${BOT_LOGIN} after 3 attempts."
            echo "::error::gh api stderr:"
            cat "$api_stderr" >&2 || true
            echo "::error::Common causes: (a) newly-installed App — user record still propagating to /users/ (wait ~5min, redispatch with force=true); (b) App lacks Metadata: read permission; (c) transient api.github.com 5xx (redispatch)."
            rm -f "$api_stderr"
            exit 1
          fi
          rm -f "$api_stderr"
          git config user.name  "${BOT_LOGIN}"
          git config user.email "${BOT_USER_ID}+${BOT_LOGIN}@users.noreply.github.com"

          # Detached release commit with the version bump — main stays
          # pristine, but the v-tag's tree matches the published package
          # exactly (release-integrity).
          git add package.json package-lock.json 2>/dev/null || git add package.json
          # The synced manifest surfaces (#2445) belong in the same detached
          # release commit so the tag's tree passes its own version contract.
          git add ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json \
            ../.claude-plugin/marketplace.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/.codex-plugin/plugin.json \
            ../.agents/plugins/marketplace.json \
            ../gitnexus-factory-plugin/.factory-plugin/plugin.json \
            ../gitnexus-factory-plugin/mcp.json \
            ../.factory-plugin/marketplace.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-plan/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-work/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-review/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-lfg/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-guide/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-cli/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-debugging/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-exploring/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-impact-analysis/mcp.json \
            ../gitnexus-claude-plugin/skills/gitnexus-refactoring/mcp.json
          git commit -m "release: ${VTAG}" --allow-empty
          RELEASE_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
          echo "Detached release commit: $RELEASE_SHA"

          git tag -a "$VTAG" "$RELEASE_SHA" -m "$VTAG"
          git tag "$MARKER" "$HEAD_SHA"

          # Inline auth header. The base64-encoded form is masked as well
          # as the raw token, because GitHub's secret-masker only masks the
          # raw value — any subsequent `set -x` / GIT_TRACE line would
          # otherwise expose the encoded credential.
          #
          # `set +x` wraps the compute+mask pair so that if an operator
          # enables ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG=true for triage (which turns on
          # `set -x` globally), the assignment is NOT traced for the one
          # line between compute and mask-registration. Without this wrap,
          # debug mode would log `+ auth_header='Authorization: Basic <encoded>'`
          # exposing a still-valid (~1h) App token.
          { set +x; } 2>/dev/null
          auth_header="Authorization: Basic $(printf 'x-access-token:%s' "${PUSH_TOKEN}" | base64 -w0)"
          echo "::add-mask::${auth_header}"
          # Re-enable tracing only when explicitly requested via step-debug.
          if [ "${ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG:-false}" = "true" ]; then set -x; fi

          # Atomic push of both refs. If either would clobber an existing
          # remote ref, the push fails and we stop before npm publish.
          git -c http.extraheader="${auth_header}" \
              push --atomic origin "refs/tags/$VTAG" "refs/tags/$MARKER"

          {
            echo "vtag=$VTAG"
            echo "marker=$MARKER"
            echo "release_sha=$RELEASE_SHA"
          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Set vtag (stable)
        id: stable-vtag
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable'
        shell: bash
        # github.ref_name flows in via env to avoid templating into the
        # shell source (template-injection audit). Even though refs are
        # constrained by git naming rules, the env-passthrough pattern
        # makes injection structurally impossible.
        env:
          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
        run: |
          echo "vtag=${REF_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      # ── vtag integrity gate ──────────────────────────────────────────────
      # Fail closed before any artifact-producing step (npm publish, Release,
      # Docker) runs against an empty or mode-mismatched vtag. Prevents the
      # silent "Release named main" / "Docker tagged from ref fallback"
      # failure modes that the previous draft was vulnerable to.
      - name: vtag integrity gate
        id: vtag-gate
        shell: bash
        env:
          MODE: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode }}
          VTAG: ${{ steps.rc-tags.outputs.vtag || steps.stable-vtag.outputs.vtag }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

          if [ -z "$VTAG" ]; then
            echo "::error::vtag is empty — refusing to create GitHub Release or trigger Docker."
            exit 1
          fi

          case "$MODE" in
            rc)
              if ! [[ "$VTAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
                echo "::error::vtag '${VTAG}' does not match rc shape ^v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc.[0-9]+$"
                exit 1
              fi
              ;;
            stable)
              if ! [[ "$VTAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
                echo "::error::vtag '${VTAG}' does not match stable shape ^v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$"
                exit 1
              fi
              ;;
            *)
              echo "::error::unknown mode '${MODE}' at vtag integrity gate."
              exit 1
              ;;
          esac

          echo "vtag verified: ${VTAG} (mode=${MODE})"
          echo "vtag=${VTAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      # npm Trusted Publishing (GA'd 2025-07-31). OIDC authentication only
      # engages when no npm credential is configured anywhere — the absence
      # is the signal. Two upstream behaviors had to be neutralized for
      # this to work:
      #
      #   1. setup-node's `registry-url:` is omitted (see the setup-node
      #      step above). With it, setup-node writes
      #      `//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}` into
      #      .npmrc and exports NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from `token:` (defaulting
      #      to github.token). npm publish then sends GITHUB_TOKEN as the
      #      bearer credential and the registry returns 404. OIDC is never
      #      tried because npm thinks it already has a credential.
      #   2. The runner's bundled npm (10.9.x on Node 22) has no OIDC
      #      support; the upgrade step above pins it to >= 11.5.1.
      #
      # Provenance is auto-attached by the registry on trusted-publisher
      # publishes — no --provenance flag needed.
      #
      # Prerequisite: register the package as a trusted publisher at
      # https://www.npmjs.com/package/gitnexus/access (Publishing access →
      # Trusted Publishers → GitHub Actions):
      #   Owner:       abhigyanpatwari
      #   Repository:  GitNexus
      #   Workflow:    publish.yml
      #   Environment: (none)
      - name: Publish to npm
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        env:
          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' && 'rc' || 'latest' }}
        run: npm publish --access public --tag "$NPM_TAG"

      # ── Stable-only: pull CHANGELOG body if present ──────────────────────
      - name: Extract release notes from CHANGELOG (stable)
        id: changelog
        if: needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable'
        shell: bash
        run: |
          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
          NOTES=$(awk "/^## \\[$VERSION\\]/{found=1; next} /^## \\[/{if(found) exit} found" gitnexus/CHANGELOG.md)
          if [ -z "$NOTES" ]; then
            echo "::warning::No CHANGELOG entry found for v$VERSION, falling back to auto-generated notes"
            echo "fallback=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          else
            echo "$NOTES" > /tmp/release-notes.md
            echo "fallback=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          fi

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@efb35369e0ad2afab669f228072c1b0d510eae64 # v2
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.vtag-gate.outputs.vtag }}
          name: >-
            ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
                && format('Release Candidate {0}', steps.vtag-gate.outputs.vtag)
                || steps.vtag-gate.outputs.vtag }}
          prerelease: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' }}
          make_latest: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable' && 'true' || 'false' }}
          # Stable: prefer CHANGELOG body, fall back to auto-generated.
          # RC: always auto-generated + the prerelease body block below.
          body_path: >-
            ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'stable' && steps.changelog.outputs.fallback == 'false'
                && '/tmp/release-notes.md' || '' }}
          generate_release_notes: >-
            ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc'
                || steps.changelog.outputs.fallback == 'true' }}
          body: >-
            ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' && format(
              'Automated release candidate build from `main`.{0}{0}**npm:** `npm install gitnexus@rc`{0}**Version:** `{1}`{0}**Target base:** `{2}` (rc #{3}){0}**Source commit (main):** {4}{0}**Release commit (versioned tree):** {5}{0}{0}Release candidates are pre-stable builds intended for early testing. Stable releases remain on the `latest` dist-tag.',
              '\n',
              steps.rc-version.outputs.rc_version,
              steps.rc-version.outputs.base,
              steps.rc-version.outputs.rc_n,
              needs.rc-guard.outputs.head_sha,
              steps.rc-tags.outputs.release_sha
            ) || '' }}

      # ── RC partial-failure cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────
      # If anything after the atomic tag-push step failed (npm publish
      # blew up, GitHub Release call timed out, etc.), the v-tag and
      # rc/<SHA> marker are already on origin. External consumers
      # (Renovate, Dependabot, Releases RSS) can ingest a phantom tag for
      # a version that was never published to npm. This step deletes them
      # automatically so the operator's recovery is just "redispatch with
      # force=true on the next commit", not a manual ref cleanup.
      #
      # Scoped strictly to RC + real (non-dry-run) + the rc-tags step
      # actually produced a vtag (otherwise nothing to clean up). The
      # App token is still valid (~1h TTL, job timeout 20min).
      - name: Cleanup pushed tags on partial failure
        if: ${{ failure() && needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' && steps.rc-tags.outputs.vtag != '' }}
        shell: bash
        working-directory: gitnexus
        env:
          VTAG: ${{ steps.rc-tags.outputs.vtag }}
          MARKER: ${{ steps.rc-tags.outputs.marker }}
          PUSH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
        run: |
          set -uo pipefail
          echo "::warning::Publish step failed after tag push. Cleaning up remote refs to prevent phantom-version ingestion by downstream consumers."

          { set +x; } 2>/dev/null
          auth_header="Authorization: Basic $(printf 'x-access-token:%s' "${PUSH_TOKEN}" | base64 -w0)"
          echo "::add-mask::${auth_header}"
          if [ "${ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG:-false}" = "true" ]; then set -x; fi

          # Delete v-tag and marker. Each delete is best-effort — if one
          # is already absent (atomic push partially rejected, or earlier
          # cleanup ran), the other still gets attempted.
          for ref in "refs/tags/${VTAG}" "refs/tags/${MARKER}"; do
            if git -c http.extraheader="${auth_header}" push origin --delete "${ref}" 2>&1; then
              echo "deleted origin ${ref}"
            else
              echo "::warning::could not delete origin ${ref} — may already be absent or protected. Manual cleanup may be required."
            fi
          done

          echo "::notice::Cleanup complete. To retry the release, redispatch the workflow with force=true on the same SHA, or push a new commit to main."

  # ── Phase 5 (RC only): Docker images ───────────────────────────────────────
  # R6: Docker remains RC-only. Stable Docker builds are explicitly deferred.
  # Secrets are passed explicitly (not via `secrets: inherit`) so the
  # callee's secret surface is auditable from the caller's source.
  docker:
    name: Build & Push RC Docker images
    needs: [route, publish]
    if: ${{ needs.route.outputs.mode == 'rc' && needs.publish.outputs.vtag != '' }}
    uses: ./.github/workflows/docker.yml
    secrets:
      DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
      DOCKERHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
      id-token: write
      attestations: write
    with:
      tag: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.vtag }}