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fix: provenance-file takes precedence over OIDC auto-generated provenance - #9882
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…ance When publishing with an externally generated provenance bundle under OIDC trusted publishing, the auto-enable logic in the OIDC flow unconditionally set `provenance: true`, which caused libnpmpublish to silently discard the supplied `--provenance-file` bundle and publish its own generated provenance instead. Skip auto-enabling provenance when a provenance file is configured, so the explicitly supplied bundle is verified and published as documented. Fixes: npm#9879 Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
… set The two options are documented as mutually exclusive, but buildMetadata previously preferred generation when both were set, silently discarding the supplied bundle. Throw an EPROVENANCECONFLICT usage error instead of silently discarding a caller-supplied cryptographically meaningful artifact. Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
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…on (#99) ## Summary Adds ADR 0082, deciding that the **publish-stage** npm CLI is provisioned as an explicitly pinned, integrity-verified distribution selected from a reviewed allowlist, replacing the current floating node-24-bundled npm **on the publish job only**. Build-stage npm selection is unchanged and remains governed by ADR 0016/0017/0027. - What changed? - New ADR 0082: pin the publish-stage npm CLI version with integrity-verified provisioning (version + distribution SHA-256 in the publish job), a reviewed allowlist recorded in the specification, and a bump procedure requiring an npm-internals diff-review checklist (`oidc.js` flow, `buildMetadata()` branch structure, `@npmcli/config` exclusive enforcement, `publishConfig` flatten timing, sigstore-js major) plus per-version compatibility fixtures. - Publish-side contract change (implementation lands with the #97 fix): the publish job's npm validates against the allowlist pin, replacing the current exact-equality check against the build-time `runtime.npm_version` record, since build npm (toolchain, floating) and publish npm (pinned) diverge by design. Build continues recording its actual npm in `runtime.npm_version`. - Relations updates (frontmatter only; accepted ADR bodies untouched): `partially-supersedes ADR-0027` scoped to the publish-stage npm provisioning clause (reverse edge added), `see-also` ADR 0016/0017/0029/0081 (reverse edges added). - Index rows for 0082 in `docs/decisions/README.md` and `README.ko.md`. - Why is this needed? - The #97 remediation mechanism depends on npm internals that already vary across the currently allowed range (11.5.1 / 11.17.0 / 12.0.2: `oidc.js` structure, exclusive env carve-out, sigstore-js v3–v5). The fourth dogfood showed fail-closed read-back protects acceptance but not registry state (`@windlass/vers-js@0.1.2` is permanently burned). A floating toolchain under a source-dependent publish mechanism leaves the verification surface open, and a node-24 image update is a correlated-failure vector for all callers. The decision completes the builder-owned npm principle (ADR 0016/0017) and ADR 0027's recorded pinned-setup intent on the publish path, and makes the specification's per-version fixture obligation satisfiable. Upstream npm/cli#9882 adoption becomes a deliberate pinned bump. - Scope note (from review): an earlier draft pinned npm across all jobs; per reviewer decision the pin is publish-only, and a manifest-selected build npm option was considered and excluded from this ADR (build-stage selection may be revisited by a separate future decision). - How to test: documentation-only; `adr-relations-check` passes (83 ADRs, 184 edges, NO PROBLEMS); prettier and markdownlint clean. ## Related Issues - Related #97 (motivating defect), #30 (dogfood evidence) ## Change Type - [x] Documentation ## Changelog - Category: None - User-facing note: Architecture decision record; no runtime behavior change in this PR (spec amendments and provisioning changes follow in the #97 fix implementation). Changelog update: - [x] Not needed because this change is not user-facing ## Checklist ### General - [x] PR title follows [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) format: `type(scope): Summary` - [x] This PR does not expose backend/internal implementation details in a public repo. - [x] No secrets, tokens, keys, or private endpoints are included. - [x] Changes stay within this repository's intended scope. ### Protocol / Compatibility Impact - [x] No protocol/spec impact in this PR; ADR 0082's consequences (spec allowlist, publish-side pin validation, provisioning) land in the follow-up implementation PR. ## Testing - [x] Lint and format pass - [x] Manual verification performed Describe test evidence: `adr-relations-check` reports 83 ADRs / 184 edges / NO PROBLEMS; prettier and markdownlint clean on `docs/decisions/`; verified via git diff that existing ADRs changed only in frontmatter `relations` (bodies immutable per convention). ## Documentation - [x] Spec/docs updated (this PR is the ADR; index READMEs updated in both languages) - [x] Changelog decision completed above ## Rollout / Risk - Risk level: Low (documentation only) - Rollback plan: revert this branch. ## Reviewer Checklist - [x] Scope is clear and minimal - [x] Security and boundary checks passed - [x] Tests and docs are sufficient - [x] Compatibility impact is correctly handled --------- Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
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…ss build and publish stages (#100) ## Summary - What changed: three architecture decision records completing the npm CLI version-pinning decision chain for the JS/TS npm package profile: - **ADR 0083** — defer the npm M1 publish remediation (#97) to the upstream npm/cli#9882 fix; the first reviewed npm release containing the fix becomes the initial publish npm pin, with an explicit revisit trigger (unmerged close, materially different precedence semantics, or no merge by 12026-10-01). - **ADR 0084** — select the publish-stage npm provisioning mechanism: download the exact recorded registry tarball URL, verify the committed SHA-512 digest (SRI form, byte-identical to the registry-native `dist.integrity`) over the compressed bytes before extraction, and execute via a basename-`npm` launcher. Partially supersedes ADR 0082's SHA-256 designation; amends its open mechanism choice. - **ADR 0085** — pin the build-stage toolchain pair: the reusable workflow resolves Node.js to an exact 24 patch recorded together with the npm version that patch bundles, and each job that uses the bundled npm asserts `node --version`/`npm --version` equality with the recorded pair before the first npm invocation. Partially supersedes ADR 0027's floating toolchain resolution clause only. - Why is this needed: the fourth M1 dogfood (#97) showed a floating npm on the publish path can publish-then-reject and permanently burn version numbers. ADR 0082 pinned the publish npm and deliberately left two questions open — what the #97 fix is (settled by 0083), which mechanism provisions the pin (settled by 0084) — plus the build-stage version selection review (settled by 0085 with an escalation trigger toward an independently provisioned build npm). - How to test: documentation-only change. Validation evidence below. ## Related Issues - Related #97 — this PR records the remediation *decisions*; implementation lands when the fixed npm release ships (ADR 0083 deferral scope), so #97 stays open. - Related #30 — dogfood attempt evidence referenced by the ADRs. ## Change Type - [ ] Bug fix - [ ] Feature - [ ] Refactor - [x] Documentation - [ ] Test/CI - [ ] Breaking change - [ ] Other: <!-- describe --> ## Changelog - Category: None - User-facing note: Architecture decision records only — no user-facing behavior changes. The implementing specification, workflow, and Go changes land later under ADR 0083's deferral scope and ADR 0085's own schedule. Changelog update: - [ ] `CHANGELOG.md` `[Unreleased]` updated - [x] Not needed because this change is not user-facing ## Checklist ### General - [x] PR title follows [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) format: `type(scope): Summary` - [x] This PR does not expose backend/internal implementation details in a public repo. - [x] No secrets, tokens, keys, or private endpoints are included. - [x] Changes stay within this repository's intended scope. ### Protocol / Compatibility Impact - [x] No protocol/spec impact - [ ] Protocol/spec updated - [ ] Conformance tests updated - [ ] Breaking change is versioned and migration notes are included ADR texts only; no specification files are modified. Each ADR records which future specification amendments it governs. ## Testing - [ ] Unit tests added/updated - [ ] Integration or conformance tests added/updated - [ ] Tests pass - [x] Lint and format pass - [ ] Type check passes - [x] Manual verification performed Describe test evidence: - `prettier --write` on all touched files: clean. - `markdownlint-cli2 docs/decisions/**/*.md`: 89 files, 0 errors. - `python3 .agents/skills/adr-relations-check/scripts/check_relations.py`: **86 ADRs, 216 edges — NO PROBLEMS** (forward + reverse relation edges symmetric, status grammar valid). - Lefthook pre-commit (prettier, markdownlint) and commit-msg (dco-signoff) passed on all three commits. ## Documentation - [x] README updated — `docs/decisions/README.md` and `README.ko.md` sequence, inventory, and traceability tables (bilingual, same change). - [x] Spec/docs updated — three new ADRs; reverse relation edges added to ADR 0016/0017/0027/0067/0082/0083/0084; `docs/decisions/AGENTS.md` index updated. - [x] Changelog decision completed above ## Rollout / Risk - Risk level: Low — documentation-only; no runtime, workflow, or specification behavior changes. - Rollback plan: revert the merge commit; ADR 0065's immutability rule applies after acceptance, so any post-merge decision change would be a new ADR instead. ## Reviewer Checklist - [x] Scope is clear and minimal - [x] Security and boundary checks passed - [x] Tests and docs are sufficient - [x] Compatibility impact is correctly handled --------- Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
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Thanks for the contribution! This looks great, lets just add a new test and keep the error as EUSAGE
…lict Per review on npm#9882, reuse the existing EUSAGE convention instead of introducing a dedicated EPROVENANCECONFLICT error code, and align the message and README wording accordingly. Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
Cover both config sources for the provenance-file precedence regression without duplicating the test body: the CLI config case exercises the existing path through the config layer, and the publishConfig case exercises Publish.#getManifest() and its flatten(filteredPublishConfig, opts) call, which runs before oidc() decides whether to auto-enable provenance. The publishConfig case proves the value reaches opts.provenanceFile, the OIDC token exchange still occurs, automatic generation stays off, and the supplied bundle is verified and published byte-for-byte with sigstore.attest() never called. Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
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Thanks for the review! Both done:
Full libnpmpublish workspace suite stays at 100% coverage; the CLI publish suite, docs snapshot, and lint are all green. |
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The auto-enable path wrote the derived decision to the shared config at user scope. During npm publish --workspaces the config is reused across packages, so later workspaces inherited provenance: true; a later workspace with publishConfig["provenance-file"] then received both provenance and provenanceFile, tripping the new conflict check with EUSAGE and making publish success depend on workspace order. opts.provenance = true is sufficient on its own because the same opts object is passed through otplease to libnpmpublish. Explicit user configuration such as --provenance is unaffected. Refs: npm#9882 (comment) Signed-off-by: Yunseo Kim <git@yunseo.kim>
Publish two public workspaces in order: one without provenance-file, for
which OIDC automatically enables provenance, followed by one with
publishConfig["provenance-file"]. Assert each publish receives exactly
its own options ({ provenance: true } then { provenance: false,
provenanceFile }) and that the shared config stays at its default, so an
automatically derived package-specific decision cannot leak into
subsequent workspace publishes.
Extends mock-oidc with a times option on the GitHub id-token mock so a
single fixture setup can serve one token request per workspace.
Refs: npm#9882 (comment)
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Both requests from the second review are addressed:
Details in the respective thread replies. The PR body is updated accordingly. |
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…digest-verified provisioning (#131) ## Summary Implements ADR 0082/0083/0084 (publish-stage npm CLI pin) and ADR 0085 (build-stage Node.js toolchain pair pin), and completes the in-repo preparation for the M1 dogfood retry as vers-js v0.1.3. What changed: - **Pins (machine-readable, embedded):** `internal/toolchainpins/publish-npm.json` pins the publish npm CLI to **11.21.0** (tarball URL + SHA-512 SRI, byte-identical to the packument `dist.integrity`); `internal/toolchainpins/node-runtime.json` pins the build toolchain pair to **Node.js 24.21.0 / npm 11.19.0**. Both change only through the bump pull-request procedures those ADRs define (pin and digest or pair updated together in one commit, internals/changelog review, fixtures, full CI gate); a version bump does not require an ADR amendment. - **Publish-stage provisioning (ADR 0084):** new `npm-profile-provision-npm` subcommand downloads only the recorded URL through the hardened fetcher, verifies the compressed SHA-512 before creating any directory, extracts with the no-links archive policy, validates the extracted `package.json` version, and emits a private launcher named `npm`. Provisioning executes neither node nor npm; every failure is pre-mutation with registered diagnostics. - **Pair assertion (ADR 0085):** new `npm-profile-toolchain-assert` subcommand requires exact `node --version` / `npm --version` equality with the recorded pair before the first npm invocation (build/sign jobs; node-only mode in the publish job). - **Publish pin validation (ADR 0082):** the publish job's npm version must equal the allowlist pin, replacing the build/publish equality check; the observed version is recorded as `diagnostic_metadata.publish_npm_version` on every path reaching Publish, including same-run convergence. - **Static contract + drift gate:** `workflow-check` enforces the exact Node patch, assertion steps, provisioning ordering, and zero ambient npm in the publish job; new `pin-check` subcommand (wired into `lint.yml`) fails on drift between the records and the spec tables. - **Workflow:** all three jobs set up Node.js **24.21.0**; the publish job provisions the pinned npm 11.21.0 before any npm invocation, diagnostics included. - **Fixtures:** PURL compatibility fixtures for npm 11.21.0 and 11.19.0 (scoped + unscoped), cross-checked live against both real CLIs' own `npm-package-arg.toPurl` provenance-subject code path. - **Docs:** spec amendments (allowlist + review note, provisioning, pin validation, auth path finalization per ADR 0083, pair table, `npm invocation` definition), dogfood runbook retargeted to v0.1.3, README (English/Korean) publish-stage nuance, CHANGELOG `[Unreleased]` entries, and the attempt-4 dogfood evidence record with forward metadata retargeted. Why: the fourth M1 dogfood published `@windlass/vers-js@0.1.2` with npm-generated provenance because npm silently discarded the supplied `--provenance-file` bundle (#97). The upstream fix (npm/cli#9882) shipped in npm 12.1.0 and 11.20.0; ADR 0083 selects the fixed release as the initial publish pin, and the operator selected npm 11.21.0, the latest 11-line release carrying the fix. Pinning both toolchains converts toolchain drift into reviewed bump events. The pinned 11.21.0 passed the ADR 0082 internals checklist and ADR 0084 registry cross-checks (recorded in the spec's allowlist review note, including the documented deviation that npm/cli published no git tag or GitHub Release for v11.21.0, so the `gitHead` cross-check resolves at the release-commit level). How to test: `go test ./...`, `go test -race ./...`, `golangci-lint run ./...`, `actionlint .github/workflows/*.yml`, `pnpm exec prettier --check .`, `pnpm exec markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md"`, `fixture-check`, `workflow-check`, `pin-check`, and the gated live evidence `SLSA_BUILDER_LIVE_TOOLCHAIN=1 go test -run 'TestProvisionNpmLive|TestNPMPURLCLICompatibilityLive' ./internal/npmprofile/ -v`. ## Related Issues - Related #30 - Related #97 ## Change Type - [ ] Bug fix - [x] Feature - [ ] Refactor - [ ] Documentation - [ ] Test/CI - [ ] Breaking change - [ ] Other: <!-- describe --> ## Changelog - Category: Added - User-facing note: the JS/TS npm profile now pins the publish-stage npm CLI (initially npm 11.21.0, carrying the upstream npm/cli#9882 `--provenance-file` fix) provisioned from a digest-verified registry tarball, and pins the build-stage Node.js/npm toolchain pair (currently Node.js 24.21.0 / npm 11.19.0) asserted before first use; publish-side npm validation compares against the allowlist pin and records `publish_npm_version` outcome evidence; a `pin-check` CI gate fails on drift between the machine-readable pin records and the specification tables. Changelog update: - [x] `CHANGELOG.md` `[Unreleased]` updated - [ ] Not needed because this change is not user-facing ## Checklist ### General - [x] PR title follows [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) format: `type(scope): Summary` - [x] This PR does not expose backend/internal implementation details in a public repo. - [x] No secrets, tokens, keys, or private endpoints are included. - [x] Changes stay within this repository's intended scope. ### CI/Workflow Changes (if applicable) If this PR modifies GitHub Actions workflows or CI/CD configuration, it must comply with our [Supply Chain Integrity requirements](SECURITY.md#supply-chain-integrity): - [x] All `uses:` references are pinned to full 40-character commit SHAs (with `# vX.Y.Z` comment) - [x] `step-security/harden-runner` is included as the first step in every job - [x] Job-level `permissions` are used instead of top-level `permissions` ### Protocol / Compatibility Impact - [ ] No protocol/spec impact - [x] Protocol/spec updated - [x] Conformance tests updated - [ ] Breaking change is versioned and migration notes are included If impacted, describe compatibility impact: The publish-side npm version contract changes from exact equality with the build-time npm record to allowlist pin validation (ADR 0082); the diagnostics report schema gains the optional closed `diagnostic_metadata.publish_npm_version` member following the `package_manifest` extension precedent; new conformance fixtures cover the PURL compatibility family for both pinned npm versions. The project is pre-release and the profile workflow is referenced by SHA, so no caller observes any change until it re-pins to a SHA carrying this merge; no versioned migration is required. ## Testing - [x] Unit tests added/updated - [x] Integration or conformance tests added/updated - [x] Tests pass - [x] Lint and format pass - [x] Type check passes - [x] Manual verification performed Describe test evidence: - `go test ./...` and `go test -race ./...` green (all 16 packages); `golangci-lint run ./...` 0 issues; `actionlint` clean; Prettier and markdownlint clean. - Executable contract gates green: `fixture-check`, `workflow-check --profile npm-only`, and the new `pin-check` (repo-state GREEN; a spec copy with one flipped SRI character fails exit 1 with `toolchain-pin-drift`). - Live evidence (gated, non-CI): `TestProvisionNpmLive` downloads the recorded npm 11.21.0 tarball, verifies its SHA-512 against the pinned SRI, and reports npm 11.21.0 from the provisioned launcher; `TestNPMPURLCLICompatibilityLive` exercises both pinned CLIs' own `npm-package-arg.toPurl` provenance-subject code path for all four fixtures (4/4 pass). - TDD throughout: RED outputs captured before every behavior change (pin validation divergence/mismatch cases, convergence metadata, drift table mutations, checker contract fixtures). - Independent review: local cubic review (2 findings triaged as design-consistent fail-closed tradeoffs) and an adversarial reviewer pass that cited 4 blockers (setup-node version logging, fixture CLI evidence, tag-less release cross-check, convergence metadata); all 4 resolved, including two by explicit operator decision recorded in the spec, and the delta re-review approved. ## Documentation - [x] README updated - [x] Spec/docs updated - [x] Changelog decision completed above ## Rollout / Risk - Risk level: Medium - Rollback plan: revert the merge commit. Callers pin the reusable workflow by SHA, so merging changes no caller behavior until the caller is re-pinned; the fail-closed post-publish read-back remains the permanent safety net for anything outside the pinned surface. The remaining rollout steps are external: bump the vers-js caller pin to a main SHA carrying this work, then dispatch the v0.1.3 dogfood per `docs/dogfood/npm-m1-verification-procedure.md` phases 1-6. ## Reviewer Checklist - [x] Scope is clear and minimal - [x] Security and boundary checks passed - [x] Tests and docs are sufficient - [ ] Compatibility impact is correctly handled <!-- This is an auto-generated description by cubic. --> --- ## Summary by cubic Pins the publish-stage npm CLI and the build-stage Node.js/npm toolchain pair with digest-verified provisioning. Previously the publish job used the npm bundled with Node.js 24 and required the publish npm version to equal the build-time npm version; the latest dogfood attempt published npm-generated provenance because npm discarded the supplied `--provenance-file` bundle. The publish stage now provisions npm 11.21.0, the latest 11-line release carrying the upstream fix, from a digest-verified registry tarball before any npm invocation. **Provisioning and assertion** - New `npm-profile-provision-npm` downloads only the recorded tarball, verifies the SHA-512 SRI, extracts with the no-links archive policy and explicitly bounded copies, and emits a private launcher; it never executes node or npm, and every failure stays pre-mutation. - The publish execution boundary accepts exactly the provisioned private launcher layout and rejects every sibling layout. - New `npm-profile-toolchain-assert` requires exact `node --version`/`npm --version` equality with the pinned pair (Node.js 24.21.0 / npm 11.19.0) before first npm use; the publish job asserts node only. - Publish now validates npm against the allowlist pin instead of equality with the build record, and records the observed version as `publish_npm_version` on every path that reaches publish, including same-run convergence. - New `pin-check` CI gate fails on drift between the machine-readable pin records and the spec tables. **Workflow, fixtures, and rollout** - All three workflow jobs set up Node.js 24.21.0; the publish job provisions npm 11.21.0 before any npm invocation including diagnostics, and ambient npm resolution is gone from the job. - The static checker rejects skippable assertions, ambient or hardcoded executable rebinding, spoofed `--npm-executable` arguments, and any preflight-report path binding other than the uploaded outcome report; preflight failures persist typed reports to the outcome path. - Added PURL compatibility fixtures for both pinned npm versions, cross-checked live against each CLI's own provenance-subject derivation; diagnostic metadata now rejects null members at any depth. - Callers pin the workflow by SHA, so no behavior changes until they re-pin; remaining steps are the vers-js caller pin bump to a main SHA carrying this work (now verified against the caller's `uses:` reference via a `?ref=main` fetch) and the v0.1.3 dogfood dispatch. <sup>Written for commit f69846e. 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Why Needed
When publishing with an externally generated provenance bundle under OIDC trusted publishing
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npm publish <tarball> --provenance-file=<bundle>), npm silently discarded the supplied bundle and publishedits own auto-generated provenance instead. Three layers interacted:
lib/utils/oidc.jsauto-enabled provenance (opts.provenance = true) whenever theprovenanceconfig was atits default, without checking whether a
provenance-filewas supplied.libnpmpublish'sbuildMetadata(), the innerprovenance === truebranch then rangenerateProvenance(),so the
verifyProvenance(subject, provenanceFile)branch, the only code path that reads the supplied file,never executed.
--provenance-file(config-layer mutual exclusivity error, env carve-out, or publishConfig flatten timing).
What Changes
lib/utils/oidc.js: skip auto-enabling provenance when a provenance file is configured (opts.provenanceFile).optsalready carriesprovenanceFilefrom every config source (CLI/env/npmrc/publishConfig) by the time theOIDC flow runs, so this covers all entry paths. The supplied bundle is now verified via
verifyProvenance()andpublished, as documented.
Automatic provenance is also no longer written to the shared config; it is set only on the current publish's
opts(which reaches libnpmpublish viaotplease). Previously theuser-scoped config write leakedprovenance: trueinto later workspace publishes duringnpm publish --workspaces, where a workspace withpublishConfig["provenance-file"]would then hit the conflict check below.libnpmpublish:buildMetadata()now throwsEPROVENANCECONFLICTEUSAGE(updated per review) whenboth
provenance: trueandprovenanceFileare provided.provenance/provenance-fileand the libnpmpublish README now state theprecedence rule.
New error code (feedback requested)Resolved: reusesEUSAGEThis PR introduces
EPROVENANCECONFLICTin libnpmpublish, thrown when bothprovenance: trueandprovenanceFileare provided programmatically.Rationale: the README already documents the two as mutually exclusive, and silently preferring either direction
discards a cryptographically meaningful artifact. Note the CLI's config layer reports the same conflict as a
TypeErrorwithout an error code (pre-existing). Happy to align onEUSAGEor another convention perreview.
Update: per review, the conflict reuses the existing
EUSAGEcode instead of introducing a new one(
Object.assign(new Error('provenance and provenanceFile cannot be used together'), { code: 'EUSAGE' })),and the README documents
EUSAGEaccordingly.Testing
provenance-fileconfigasserts the published packument'ssigstore attachment deep-equals the supplied bundle (and that sigstore generation is never invoked).
Update: parameterized per review to cover both
provenance-filesources, CLI config andpublishConfig;the latter proves
publishConfig["provenance-file"]is flattened intoopts.provenanceFileviaPublish.#getManifest()beforeoidc()decides whether to enable automatic provenance.EPROVENANCECONFLICTEUSAGE, no registry PUT,generation not invoked.
auto-enables provenance, then one with
publishConfig["provenance-file"]), and asserts each publish receivesexactly its own options (
{ provenance: true, provenanceFile: null }then{ provenance: false, provenanceFile }) and that the shared config stays at its default(
npm.config.isDefault('provenance') === true). Verified to fail on the pre-fix code for exactly the leakreason, and to pass after the fix.
mock-oidcgained atimesoption on the GitHub id-token mock to serveone token request per workspace.
References
Fixes #9879
Out of scope (noted for follow-up)
publishConfig.provenance: falsedoes not block the OIDC auto-enable (publishConfig flattens intooptsonly,so
config.isDefault('provenance')stays true). A separate behavioral question aboutisDefaultsemantics.config.setitself against bypassing load-time exclusivity is an@npmcli/configsemver-majorconversation; this flow no longer writes
provenanceto the config at all.