fix(release): enable npm trusted publishing

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Upgrade npm to a trusted-publishing-capable version and remove the stale token fallback. This allows the configured getpaykit/paykit OIDC publisher to authenticate npm publish.\n\nMerging this PR will retry publication of the already-versioned paykitjs@0.2.0 release.

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Summary by cubic

Enables npm trusted publishing by upgrading npm to npm@11.19.1 and removing token-based auth (registry-url and NODE_AUTH_TOKEN). The getpaykit/paykit OIDC publisher can now authenticate npm publish; merging this retries publication of the already-versioned paykitjs@0.2.0 release.

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  • Updated the release publishing process to support trusted package provenance and current npm tooling.

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The release workflow now installs npm@11.19.1 for trusted publishing. The Changesets action keeps NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true and no longer receives NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from NPM_TOKEN.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
npm trusted publishing setup .github/workflows/release.yml	The workflow installs npm 11.19.1 globally. The Changesets action no longer uses NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and retains provenance configuration.

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Change: Bug fix

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The release workflow can fail authentication instead of publishing paykitjs@0.2.0, so the npm configuration should be corrected before merge.

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🟠 Major · Remove the token-auth entry before publishing. · release.yml:30-36

.github/workflows/release.yml:30-36
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Remove the token-auth entry before publishing.

When registry-url is configured, actions/setup-node@v4 writes //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN} to the npm user config. Without NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, npm 11.19.1 expands this value to empty, skips the OIDC exchange, and the reachable npm publish command can fail with ENEEDAUTH or E404.

Strip the _authToken line after setup-node, or remove registry-url.

Proposed fix

       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
         with:
           node-version: 22
           cache: pnpm
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"

+      - name: Remove token auth for trusted publishing
+        run: |
+          npmrc="${NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG:-$HOME/.npmrc}"
+          sed -i '/_authToken/d' "$npmrc"
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       - name: Upgrade npm for trusted publishing
         run: npm install --global npm@11.19.1

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In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 30 - 36, Remove the token-auth
configuration created by setup-node before the npm upgrade and publish flow.
Update the steps around the setup-node configuration and “Upgrade npm for
trusted publishing” so the user npm config no longer contains an _authToken
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Outside diff comments:
In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 30-36: Remove the token-auth configuration created by setup-node
before the npm upgrade and publish flow. Update the steps around the setup-node
configuration and “Upgrade npm for trusted publishing” so the user npm config no
longer contains an _authToken entry, while preserving the existing registry and
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[from Codex]: Addressed CodeRabbit’s outside-diff finding in the latest commit by removing registry-url from setup-node. npm defaults to the public registry, and this prevents setup-node from writing an empty _authToken entry that could override npm 11 OIDC trusted publishing.