From c96671c5eb6eeccb64f97ca1460ccb99f32606e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: void <1711810+taraxvoid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:09:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ci: publish via OIDC exclusively - related to #172

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 40 ++--------------------------
 RELEASING.md                         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index cbe1cba..0027c56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ name: Release Please
 # RELEASE_BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY are org-level secrets shared with the sibling
 # repos.
 #
-# npm publishing uses trusted publishing (OIDC), with an NPM_TOKEN secret as a
-# fallback (see the publish steps). The trusted publisher entries on npmjs.com
-# must name this repo, this workflow file (release-please.yml) and the `npm`
-# environment for both packages; a version that fell back to the token shows
-# as a "trust downgrade" on npmx.dev.
+# npm publishing uses trusted publishing (OIDC)
+#
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main, next, "release/**"]
@@ -199,18 +196,8 @@ jobs:
           npm install --no-save --no-package-lock --ignore-scripts @playwright/test
           npx --yes jsr publish "${flags[@]}"
 
-      # npm (>= 11.5.1) tries the OIDC token exchange first and only uses
-      # NODE_AUTH_TOKEN (granular token scoped to both packages, stored on the
-      # `npm` environment) if the exchange fails. The token was added for
-      # npm/cli#9969 (immutable OIDC subjects), but the scoped package has
-      # exchanged fine with this repo's immutable subject on every release; from
-      # 0.8.3 on only the unscoped mirror failed, with "404 package not found",
-      # because its trusted publisher entry on npmjs.com was removed (re-add it).
-      # Once both packages show "GitHub Actions <npm-oidc-no-reply@github.com>"
-      # as publisher, delete the NPM_TOKEN secret and these NODE_AUTH_TOKEN lines.
       - name: Publish @taraxvoid/voidflow to NPM (scoped canonical package)
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           DIST_TAG: ${{ needs.channel.outputs.dist_tag }}
           DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
         run: |
@@ -231,7 +218,6 @@ jobs:
       # scoped package so the npm page reads as intentional.
       - name: Publish voidflow (unscoped mirror)
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           DIST_TAG: ${{ needs.channel.outputs.dist_tag }}
           DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
         run: |
@@ -248,28 +234,6 @@ jobs:
           cp scripts/mirror-readme.md README.md
           npm publish --tag "$DIST_TAG" --loglevel verbose "${flags[@]}"
 
-      # A token-fallback publish still succeeds, so flag it here rather than
-      # finding out from npmx.dev's "trust downgrade" banner. Warns only: the
-      # version is already published either way.
-      - name: Check both packages were trusted-published
-        if: inputs.dry-run != true
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          VERSION=$(jq -r .version package.json)
-          for pkg in "@taraxvoid/voidflow" voidflow; do
-            publisher=""
-            for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
-              publisher=$(npm view "${pkg}@${VERSION}" _npmUser.email 2>/dev/null || true)
-              [ -n "$publisher" ] && break
-              sleep 10
-            done
-            if [ "$publisher" = "npm-oidc-no-reply@github.com" ]; then
-              echo "${pkg}@${VERSION}: trusted publishing"
-            else
-              echo "::warning::${pkg}@${VERSION} was not trusted-published (publisher: ${publisher:-unknown}); check its trusted publisher entry on npmjs.com."
-            fi
-          done
-
   # Stable releases only: v<major> (v0 until 1.0) follows the newest stable
   # release. Prereleases and maintenance releases never move it. Immutable
   # vX.Y.Z tags are untouched.
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index a58a744..072066c 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 voidflow uses release channels mapped to branches, driven by
 [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) and Conventional
-Commits ([`release-please.yml`](.github/workflows/release-please.yml)).
+Commits ([`release-please.yml`](.github/workflows/release-please.yml)). Trusted publishing is configured on NPM using this repo name, the `release-please.yml` release job name, and the GitHub environment `npm`.
 
 | Branch | Channel | Version | npm dist-tag | GitHub release |
 |---|---|---|---|---|