feat(preflight): probe release and ghcr push access

A caller can grant narrower permissions than the release job needs. The
release then fails at the end, when it creates the tag or pushes an
image.

The preflight job now declares the same contents and packages
permissions as the release job and probes with the real token. A git
push dry run checks that the token can create the tag and release. A
ghcr.io token request and a blob upload session check that the token can
push the image. The upload session creates no package.

The release-cgo workflow probes ghcr only when the GoReleaser config
builds ghcr.io images. The release workflow probes it when
docker-enabled is true and the registry is ghcr.io. A probe that cannot
reach a verdict warns and does not fail.
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2026-10-02 01:27:01 +01:00
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commit 9533a6518f
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@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ inputs:
required: false
default: "HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN"
release-write:
description: "Probe that GITHUB_TOKEN can push to this repository (needed to create tags and releases)"
required: false
default: "false"
ghcr-push:
description: "Probe push access to ghcr.io: true, false, or auto (only when the GoReleaser config builds ghcr.io images)"
required: false
default: "false"
ghcr-image:
description: "Image path (owner/name) for the ghcr probe. Default: first ghcr.io path in the GoReleaser config, else the repository"
required: false
default: ""
ghcr-token-env:
description: "Name of the env var that holds the ghcr token"
required: false
default: "GITHUB_TOKEN"
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
@@ -29,6 +46,10 @@ runs:
PF_SCAN: ${{ inputs.goreleaser-scan }}
PF_REPOS: ${{ inputs.repo-access }}
PF_TOKEN_ENV: ${{ inputs.repo-token-env }}
PF_RELEASE_WRITE: ${{ inputs.release-write }}
PF_GHCR: ${{ inputs.ghcr-push }}
PF_GHCR_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.ghcr-image }}
PF_GHCR_TOKEN_ENV: ${{ inputs.ghcr-token-env }}
run: |
missing=()
add_missing() { # name reason
@@ -81,6 +102,60 @@ runs:
fi
fi
if [ "$PF_RELEASE_WRITE" = "true" ]; then
out="$(git push --dry-run origin HEAD:refs/heads/preflight-probe 2>&1)" && rc=0 || rc=$?
if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then
if printf '%s' "$out" | grep -qiE 'denied|403|401|not permitted|could not read Username'; then
add_missing "contents:write" "The token cannot push to this repository, so it cannot create the tag or release. Grant 'contents: write' in the caller workflow permissions and check the repository Actions settings. Git said: $(printf '%s' "$out" | tail -n 1)"
else
echo "::warning title=Push probe inconclusive::$(printf '%s' "$out" | tail -n 1)"
fi
fi
fi
ghcr_wanted="$PF_GHCR"
cfg_found=""
for cfg in .goreleaser.yaml .goreleaser.yml goreleaser.yaml goreleaser.yml; do
[ -f "$cfg" ] && { cfg_found="$cfg"; break; }
done
if [ "$ghcr_wanted" = "auto" ]; then
ghcr_wanted=false
if [ -n "$cfg_found" ] && grep -qE '^(dockers|dockers_v2|docker_manifests):' "$cfg_found" && grep -q 'ghcr\.io' "$cfg_found"; then
ghcr_wanted=true
fi
fi
if [ "$ghcr_wanted" = "true" ]; then
gtoken="${!PF_GHCR_TOKEN_ENV:-}"
image="$PF_GHCR_IMAGE"
if [ -z "$image" ] && [ -n "$cfg_found" ]; then
image="$(grep -oE 'ghcr\.io/[A-Za-z0-9._/-]+' "$cfg_found" | head -n 1 | sed 's|^ghcr\.io/||')"
fi
image="${image:-$GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
image="$(printf '%s' "$image" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
if [ -z "$gtoken" ]; then
add_missing "$PF_GHCR_TOKEN_ENV" "ghcr push needs this token but it is empty."
else
tbody="$(mktemp)"
code="$(curl -sS -o "$tbody" -w '%{http_code}' -u "${GITHUB_ACTOR:-token}:$gtoken" \
"https://ghcr.io/token?service=ghcr.io&scope=repository:$image:push,pull")" || code="000"
btoken="$(sed -n 's/.*"token" *: *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$tbody" | head -n 1)"
rm -f "$tbody"
if [ "$code" = "200" ] && [ -n "$btoken" ]; then
ucode="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $btoken" \
"https://ghcr.io/v2/$image/blobs/uploads/")" || ucode="000"
case "$ucode" in
202) ;;
401|403) add_missing "packages:write" "The token cannot push ghcr.io/$image (HTTP $ucode). Grant 'packages: write' in the caller workflow permissions, and for an existing package allow this repository under Package settings, Manage Actions access." ;;
*) echo "::warning title=ghcr probe inconclusive::upload session for $image returned HTTP $ucode" ;;
esac
elif [ "$code" = "401" ] || [ "$code" = "403" ]; then
add_missing "packages:write" "ghcr.io refused the token for $image (HTTP $code). Grant 'packages: write' in the caller workflow permissions."
else
echo "::warning title=ghcr probe inconclusive::token request for $image returned HTTP $code"
fi
fi
fi
if [ "${#missing[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Preflight failed: ${missing[*]}"
exit 1
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@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ concurrency:
jobs:
preflight:
name: Preflight
permissions:
contents: write
packages: write
runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(startsWith(inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest', '{') && inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest' || toJSON(inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest')) }}
timeout-minutes: 5
steps:
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
uses: lukaszraczylo/shared-actions/.github/actions/preflight@main
with:
require: GITHUB_TOKEN,GORELEASER_KEY
release-write: "true"
ghcr-push: auto
repo-access: ${{ inputs.preflight-repos }}
repo-token-env: GITHUB_TOKEN
env:
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@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ concurrency:
jobs:
preflight:
name: Preflight
permissions:
contents: write
packages: write
runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(startsWith(inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest', '{') && inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest' || toJSON(inputs.runner || vars.SHARED_ACTIONS_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-latest')) }}
timeout-minutes: 5
steps:
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ jobs:
uses: lukaszraczylo/shared-actions/.github/actions/preflight@main
with:
require: GITHUB_TOKEN
release-write: "true"
ghcr-push: ${{ inputs.docker-enabled && inputs.docker-registry == 'ghcr.io' && 'true' || 'false' }}
repo-access: ${{ inputs.preflight-repos }}
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ Fail in seconds when a prerequisite is missing, instead of at the end of a long
HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
```
Optional probes use the real token, so they catch caller `permissions:` that are too narrow:
- `release-write: "true"` runs `git push --dry-run`, which fails when the token cannot push (no tag or release possible).
- `ghcr-push: true|auto` asks ghcr.io for a push token and opens a blob upload session (no package is created). `auto` probes only when the config has `dockers`/`dockers_v2`/`docker_manifests` and mentions `ghcr.io`. The image is the first `ghcr.io/...` path in the config, else the repository (`ghcr-image` overrides).
- A probe that cannot reach a verdict (network error, odd status) warns and does not fail.
It also scans `.goreleaser.y*ml` and requires every `{{ .Env.NAME }}` (comment lines ignored) to be set. All problems are listed in one run.
`go-release.yaml` and `go-release-cgo.yaml` run it in a first `preflight` job before tests. Set `preflight: false` to skip it, and `preflight-repos` to check access to a tap or helm-charts repo. An empty secret usually means the caller omitted `secrets: inherit`.