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fix(ci): pin third-party actions to full commit SHAs

The account's Actions policy requires a full-length SHA ref. A tag or branch ref is refused at
startup — startup_failure, no jobs, "this workflow graph cannot be shown" — so these workflows
could not run at all. This resolves each ref to the commit it currently points at and records the
ref in a trailing comment, e.g. actions/checkout@<sha> # v4.

dtolnay/rust-toolchain takes its toolchain from the ref itself, so those steps also gained an
explicit with: toolchain: input; without it, a SHA ref would silently lose the channel.

No behaviour is intended to change beyond the pins.

The account's Actions policy requires a full-length SHA ref. A tag or branch ref is refused at
startup — `startup_failure`, no jobs, "this workflow graph cannot be shown" — so these workflows
could not run at all. This resolves each ref to the commit it currently points at and records the
ref in a trailing comment, e.g. `actions/checkout@<sha> # v4`.

`dtolnay/rust-toolchain` takes its toolchain from the ref itself, so those steps also gained an
explicit `with: toolchain:` input; without it, a SHA ref would silently lose the channel.

No behaviour is intended to change beyond the pins.
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  • Security
    • Pinned third-party workflow actions to specific immutable revisions across CI, verification, deployment, notification and analysis workflows.
    • Improved build and deployment reproducibility without changing workflow behaviour or triggers.

Walkthrough

This change replaces mutable GitHub Actions version tags with immutable commit SHAs across eight workflow files. Existing version comments, triggers, permissions, payloads, and workflow logic remain unchanged.

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Workflow action pinning

Layer / File(s) Summary
CI and verification action pins
.github/workflows/ci-benchmarks.yml, .github/workflows/krl-verification.yml
CI benchmark, dependency checkout, proof, and model-check steps now use commit-pinned actions.
Analysis and gate action pins
.github/workflows/codeql.yml, .github/workflows/read-only-api-gate.yml, .github/workflows/verification-image.yml
CodeQL, API gate, and verification image actions now use immutable commit SHAs.
Publishing and notification action pins
.github/workflows/pages.yml, .github/workflows/instant-sync.yml, .github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
Pages, repository dispatch, and SMTP notification actions now use commit-pinned references.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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🟠 Major · Call the reusable workflow at job level. · ci-benchmarks.yml:81

.github/workflows/ci-benchmarks.yml:81
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Call the reusable workflow at job level.

Line 81 invokes krl-verification.yml inside steps, but that file defines workflow jobs rather than a composite action. The job will fail before the KRL jobs run. Move the call to jobs.<job_id>.uses, for example uses: $/.github/workflows/krl-verification.yml, and ensure the called workflow declares workflow_call. GitHub requires reusable workflows to be called directly from a job. (docs.github.com)

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In @.github/workflows/ci-benchmarks.yml at line 81, Move the
krl-verification.yml invocation out of steps and into a dedicated job-level uses
entry in the workflow jobs section, preserving the existing workflow execution
intent. Ensure krl-verification.yml declares the workflow_call trigger so GitHub
can invoke it as a reusable workflow.

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In @.github/workflows/ci-benchmarks.yml:
- Line 81: Move the krl-verification.yml invocation out of steps and into a
dedicated job-level uses entry in the workflow jobs section, preserving the
existing workflow execution intent. Ensure krl-verification.yml declares the
workflow_call trigger so GitHub can invoke it as a reusable workflow.

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  • .github/workflows/pages.yml
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🔇 Additional comments (7)
.github/workflows/krl-verification.yml (1)

46-46: LGTM!

Also applies to: 81-81, 88-88, 95-95, 140-140, 179-179

.github/workflows/codeql.yml (1)

42-42: LGTM!

Also applies to: 45-45, 51-51

.github/workflows/read-only-api-gate.yml (1)

50-50: LGTM!

.github/workflows/verification-image.yml (1)

20-20: LGTM!

.github/workflows/pages.yml (1)

25-25: LGTM!

Also applies to: 27-27, 44-44, 57-57

.github/workflows/instant-sync.yml (1)

22-22: LGTM!

.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml (1)

44-44: LGTM!

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hyperpolymath merged commit 6276579 into main Sep 19, 2026
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hyperpolymath deleted the fix/sha-pin-actions branch September 19, 2026 23:20
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