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The trusted publisher for @camp.dev/bones is registered against campdotdev/bones and release.yml, so the npm CLI exchanges the GitHub Actions OIDC token for a short-lived credential at publish time. Nothing expires and no secret sits in the repo. Drop NPM_TOKEN and NODE_AUTH_TOKEN. Drop NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE too, because trusted publishing generates provenance by default. Keep id-token: write, which is what mints the OIDC token, and keep actions/setup-node, which npm docs confirm works with OIDC even when NODE_AUTH_TOKEN is unset. The runner satisfies the requirements: npm 11.17.0 against a minimum of 11.5.1, and Node 24.19.0 against a minimum of 22.14.0. Changesets 2.31.0 runs `npm publish` directly with no `npm whoami` preflight, so nothing intercepts the OIDC exchange. No changesets are pending, so merging this publishes nothing. The next release is the first to authenticate through OIDC. To roll back, restore the three env lines and set the NPM_TOKEN secret again. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 28-31: Update the “Setup npm registry” step to use the
OIDC-compatible actions/setup-node version, upgrading the existing setup-node
action while preserving the registry-url configuration.
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actions/setup-node writes `_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}` into the
runner .npmrc. Through v6 it also exports a placeholder value when the
caller sets no token:
NODE_AUTH_TOKEN = process.env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN || 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'
The previous commit removed NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, so the publish step would
have run against an .npmrc holding that placeholder as a real
credential. v7 exports the variable only when the caller provides it,
which leaves the auth line unresolved and lets the npm CLI use OIDC.
v4, v5, and v6 all carry the placeholder. v7 is the first release that
does not. `registry-url` is still a valid input, and v7 also runs on a
supported Node runtime, which clears the deprecation warning that
earlier runs printed for actions/setup-node@v4.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@camp.dev/bones@0.2.0published with a granular access token. Now that the package exists on npm, it can use a trusted publisher instead, so there is no long-lived credential to rotate and nothing to expire.What changes
The npm CLI exchanges the GitHub Actions OIDC token for a short-lived credential at publish time. The trusted publisher is registered against
campdotdev/bones/release.yml.env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} - NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} - NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} - NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: trueNPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCEgoes because trusted publishing generates provenance by default, so the flag is redundant.Two things stay.
id-token: writeis what mints the OIDC token, so removing it would break the publish.actions/setup-nodekeeps itsregistry-url, which npm documents as working alongside OIDC even whenNODE_AUTH_TOKENis unset.I also renamed the setup step from "Setup npm for provenance publishing", since that step no longer has anything to do with provenance.
Why this works here
Changesets 2.31.0 runs
npm publishdirectly and has nonpm whoamipreflight, so nothing sits between the CLI and the OIDC exchange. I checked the installed CLI for both.Verification, and what is not verified
The published
0.2.0is healthy, so nothing here needed a package fix:publintreports All good!@arethetypeswrong/clireports 🟢 for.and/reactunder both ESM and bundler resolutiontsc --moduleResolution nodenextandbundlerboth compile against the published tarballThe remaining attw failures are all expected for an ESM-only package:
node10ignoresexports,node16-from-CJScorrectly reports dynamic-import-only, and/cssand/auto.csshave no type declarations because they are stylesheets.OIDC itself is not yet proven. No changesets are pending, so merging this publishes nothing. The next release is the first to authenticate through the trusted publisher. That was a deliberate choice over cutting a throwaway
0.2.1to test the pipeline.To confirm it worked after the next publish, check the registry metadata. A trusted-publisher release reports
username: "GitHub Actions"and atrustedPublisherblock, rather than a human maintainer.Rollback
Restore the three
envlines and rungh secret set NPM_TOKEN. I left the existing secret in place for exactly this reason. Delete it once a release has gone out through OIDC.Summary by CodeRabbit