build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7#337
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Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 6 to 7. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](actions/checkout@v6...v7) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: '7' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
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Overview
- Package: actions/checkout 6 → 7 (major: v7.0.0)
- Dependency type: Development dependency (GitHub Actions / CI)
- Version change: Major
Key Findings
- Breaking Changes: Yes. In v7.0.0, checkout now refuses to check out fork PR code when triggered by
pull_request_target/workflow_run(actions/checkout#2454; opting in requires the new inputallow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true). However, this does not affect this repository (see "Impact Scope" below). There is also a change to convert the module to ESM and update dependencies (actions/checkout#2463), but it has no impact on the consuming workflows. - Security: None. No open Dependabot alert matches actions/checkout, so this PR is driven by a version bump, not a security fix. Note that #2454 in v7.0.0 is itself a security-hardening-oriented change that prevents fork PR checkout.
- Supported versions: The execution runtime is Node 24 (migrated in v5.0.0; v7 is the same). GitHub-hosted runners already support it, so there is no issue.
- CI status: Pass (actionlint / codeql / dependency_review / test all succeeded. CodeQL, pushover, and add-assignee are "skipping" as normal).
- Cascading updates: None. The diff is only the
@v6→@v7change in.github/workflows/release.yml(2 places) and.github/workflows/test.yml(1 place). No other dependency changes.
Impact Scope
All three changes in the diff are tag updates from actions/checkout@v6 to @v7. The impact of the breaking change (blocking fork PR checkout) was verified for each usage site:
test.yml: Triggered bypull_request. The block only targetspull_request_target/workflow_run, so it is out of scope.release.yml: Triggered byworkflow_run(a block target), but it is limited tobranches: mainand only fires when Test completes on the base repository's main branch. The checkout does not specify a fork PR ref / repository (the tagpr job uses a token, and the release job only usesfetch-tags: true), so it checks out the default branch and therefore does not fall under "checking out fork PR code" and is not blocked.
In all cases, fork PR code is not explicitly checked out, so no behavioral change from the v7.0.0 breaking change occurs. There is no impact on the application code (Go) either.
Conclusion
No issues (safe to merge).
Although this is a major version bump, the diff is only three tag updates, and the main breaking change (blocking fork PR checkout) does not apply to how this repository uses the action. All CI checks pass, and there is no associated security alert.
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Bumps actions/checkout from 6 to 7.
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Commits
9c091bbupdate error wording (#2467)1044a6dgetting ready for checkout v7 release (#2464)f028218Bump the minor-npm-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates (#2462)d914b26upgrade module to esm and update dependencies (#2463)537c7efBump@actions/coreand@actions/tool-cacheand Remove uuid (#2459)130a169Bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 (#2461)7d09575Bump flatted from 3.3.1 to 3.4.2 (#2460)0f9f3aaBump actions/publish-immutable-action (#2458)f9e715ablock checking out fork pr for pull_request_target and workflow_run (#2454)Dependabot will resolve any conflicts with this PR as long as you don't alter it yourself. You can also trigger a rebase manually by commenting
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