fix(ci): trust npm 12 Brev template

[cjagwani]

Outcome

Establish the base-branch trust needed for #11080's Node.js 24/npm 12 migration without changing this PR's reviewed runtime. This prerequisite keeps Node.js 22.23.2/npm 10.9.4 canonical and preserves fail-closed audit behavior.

Product decision

• Decision: Accept
• Reason: Preserve base-controlled trust for the npm 12 rollout in chore(deps): standardize Node 24 and npm 12 #11080.
• Placement: This PR owns the prospective npm archive/template trust and bootstrap contract; chore(deps): standardize Node 24 and npm 12 #11080 owns the consuming runtime migration.
• Accountable maintainer: @cjagwani
• Validation: Verify archive identities and embedded version, exercise bootstrap/receipt/cache behavior, and require exact-head CI and image qualification.

Changes

• Give reviewed npm installation one owner and verify the pinned archive by exact SHA-512 SRI, SHA-256, and embedded package version before an offline, scripts-disabled install.
• Bind audit receipts and both cache layers to the complete reviewed Node/npm identity; use cache schema v2 and fail closed on missing or mismatched identity while preserving the bounded legacy receipt contract.
• Prove the installed npm executable performs both npm audit and npm audit signatures, including trusted sparse-checkout and managed-image handoffs.
• Keep diagnostics and failure classification aligned on evidence-backed npm audit failures.
• Remove the stale point-in-time dependency-review report and prohibit equivalent generated review artifacts while preserving maintained component contracts.

Verification

• Final commit: 677317f822c1be2952c442389f8dfbea8b5126d4 (signed). No hook was skipped or waived.
• Consolidating duplicate bootstrap and workflow fixtures reduced the PR from 1,167 to 821 additions without removing a distinct behavior contract.
• Focused integration validation passed 129 tests with 78 platform/condition skips; the final touched suites passed 41 tests.
• npm run validate:pr, npm run typecheck:cli, npm run test:projects:check, and npm run test:changed passed.
• The trusted chore(deps): standardize Node 24 and npm 12 #11080 parser accepts the current ee86b418... template digest and rejects the superseded 9a30a7ea... digest.
• The previous exact head completed all CI and image qualification successfully. Exact-head validation for the reduced commit is running.
• The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

Review notes

• Carlos's feedback is addressed: source-shape tests are removed, the stale report is deleted, and the dependency-update skill now prohibits point-in-time reports while preserving maintained component contracts.
• Prekshi's feedback is addressed with behavior coverage that executes the trusted workflow-to-bootstrap handoff and with evidence-based failure classification.
• Ryan's base-trust feedback is addressed with the current template digest and an exact chore(deps): standardize Node 24 and npm 12 #11080 parser check.
• CodeRabbit's feedback is addressed: SHA-512 SRI shape is exact, the legacy receipt fixture covers legacy argv and registry together, and the retention regression asserts the operative prohibition.
• No review thread is unresolved. The remaining CHANGES_REQUESTED state is historical and needs human re-approval.

Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani cjagwani@nvidia.com

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds complete npm identity validation, verifies npm archives with SHA-512, SHA-256, and package-version checks, updates cache, receipt, and workflow wiring, strengthens bootstrap tests, and refines CI failure classification.

Changes

npm audit identity and receipt contracts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Identity validation and cache schema scripts/lib/reviewed-npm-audit.mts, scripts/audit-reviewed-npm-graph.mts, ci/reviewed-npm-audit.json	Adds structured npm identity parsing and carries archive SHA-256 through audit configuration and cache records.
Receipt schema and compatibility scripts/lib/npm-audit-receipt.mts, test/automation/releases/npm-audit-receipt.test.ts	Uses schema version 2 receipts with complete npm identity binding and bounded legacy receipt verification.

Verified npm bootstrap implementation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Archive verification and installation .github/actions/ci-reviewed-npm-audit/verify-and-install-npm.sh, scripts/checks/extract-installer-pins.mts	Reads the audit configuration, verifies both archive digests and the embedded package version, then installs the archive.
Bootstrap and handoff coverage test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-bootstrap.test.ts, test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-audit-handoff.test.ts	Adds coverage for valid, invalid, offline, missing-bootstrap, and version-mismatch cases.

Workflow and cache wiring

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Action cache and installation flow .github/actions/ci-reviewed-npm-audit/action.yaml, test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-audit.test.ts	Uses identity-bound v2 cache keys and passes the audit configuration to the verification script.
Workflow labels and path coverage .github/workflows/*, test/inference/managed/*, test/e2e/support/base-image-publication.test.ts	Updates workflow terminology, cache-step expectations, and action path matching.

Audit classification and repository contract alignment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Failure classification .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-classify-ci-failure/scripts/classify-ci-failure.mts, .dsh/tools/e2e_root_cause_correlator/index.ts, test/automation/classify-ci-failure.test.ts	Classifies shared npm audit and bootstrap signatures while separating bootstrap failures from audit failures.
Repository records and command contracts .agents/skills/*, docs/security/advisory-early-warning.md, Dockerfile*, scripts/*, test/security/*	Updates npm audit terminology, repository policy, documentation, and legacy audit command options.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow
  participant NpmAuditAction
  participant VerifyAndInstallNpm
  participant NpmArchive
  participant AuditRunner
  Workflow->>NpmAuditAction: start npm audit with audit configuration
  NpmAuditAction->>VerifyAndInstallNpm: pass configuration file
  VerifyAndInstallNpm->>NpmArchive: download pinned npm archive
  VerifyAndInstallNpm->>VerifyAndInstallNpm: verify archive identity and package version
  VerifyAndInstallNpm->>NpmAuditAction: install verified npm
  NpmAuditAction->>AuditRunner: run dependency graph audit with identity

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The change hardens npm bootstrap, archive verification, offline installation, and audit provenance. Merge risk is low but not minimal because several tests can miss incorrect rejection or legacy-compatibility behavior.

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The overall line coverage in commit d575033 in the codex/npm12-base-tru... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit e98c281 in the main branch.

TypeScript / code-coverage/cli

The overall line coverage in commit d575033 in the codex/npm12-base-tru... branch remains at 83%, unchanged from commit 9e07bcf in the main branch.

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- Line 1042: Update parseReviewedNpmIdentityConfig to validate sha512 integrity
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All requested feedback is addressed on 3a71dfc70a. Exact-head CI, self-hosted qualification, and managed-image validation are green, with zero unresolved review threads. The Advisor rerun was non-evidentiary because its shared provider budget was exhausted; that external limitation is documented in the PR body. Ready for re-review.

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Following up on @prekshivyas's earlier trust finding: this still blocks the current revision. I ran this PR's trusted parser from 3a71dfc against #11080 at 8eca314. It rejects the current Brev template because this PR trusts 9a30f006, while #11080 now normalizes to ee86b418. Draft PR #11329 contains the current digest, but it has not landed. This PR therefore does not yet establish the base trust stated in its Outcome and accepted product decision. Independently validate and trust ee86b418 here, or make #11329 an explicit prerequisite. Remove 9a30f006 unless both templates remain supported, then rerun the trusted parser against #11080's latest PR commit.

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Addressed Ryan’s trust finding in 14e15b2. I independently ran #11117’s trusted parser against #11080 at 8eca314: the current template normalizes to ee86b418f29c48e4d4042cdb9bb5424eaaef0d89782134646c4b539e2849703e and now passes. The superseded template normalizes to 9a30f006ac59b6acdcef843bff62ce3fd0fe0d681df993ec1c6a24811690caf5 and now fails closed; I removed that digest because no current consumer requires it. Local evidence: installer-hash regression suite 88/88 passed and npm run validate:pr passed.

lgtm