feat(ci): SDK publish via Trusted Publishing (OIDC)

[mabry1985]

Summary

• Drops `env: NODE_AUTH_TOKEN` from both publish + dry-run steps in `.github/workflows/sdk-release.yml` — npm exchanges the GitHub OIDC token (`id-token: write` already at job level) for a short-lived publish credential. `--provenance` continues to attest the build to this workflow run.
• `release.yml` (`@protolabsai/proto`) is already on Trusted Publishing; this finishes the migration for `@protolabsai/sdk`.

Roadmap: E5 (split — protoCLI half) from protoWorkstacean `docs/roadmap/2026-06.md`.

⚠️ Required UI step before next sdk-v* tag

The next `sdk-v*` tag push will fail at "Publish to npm" unless the trusted publisher is configured on npm first:

1. https://www.npmjs.com/package/@protolabsai/sdk/access → Trusted Publishers → Add → GitHub Actions
   • repository: `protoLabsAI/protoCLI`
   • workflow filename: `sdk-release.yml`
   • environment: (none)
2. Merge this PR.
3. `NPM_TOKEN` may be removed from repo/org secrets at leisure (verify no other workflow still uses it first).

Test plan

• UI prerequisite landed before merge
• Trigger `workflow_dispatch` with `dry_run: true` after merge — confirm publish step succeeds via OIDC
• Cut next real sdk-v* tag, confirm `npmjs.com/package/@protolabsai/sdk` shows fresh provenance

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[mabry1985]

QA Audit — PR #283 | feat(ci): SDK publish via Trusted Publishing (OIDC)

VERDICT: PASS

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CI Status

• No CI checks yet (brand new PR) — not a blocker for workflow-only changes

Diff Review

• .github/workflows/sdk-release.yml: Drops NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from both publish + dry-run steps; adds job-level id-token: write permission; adds --provenance flag. Clean, well-commented — aligns with the existing pattern in release.yml.

Observations

• LOW / process: The npm UI trusted-publisher configuration (documented in the PR body + inline comment) is a required pre-condition before the next sdk-v* tag. Merge should be coordinated with that setup.
• LOW / clawpatch: Tool returned HTTP 500 on this repo — skipped structural analysis. Diff is straightforward enough that this gap is immaterial.

Checks: 2
Passed: 2 (diff correctness, permissions)
Failed: 0
Gaps: 0

— Quinn, QA Engineer

[mabry1985]

Submitted COMMENT review on #283.

[mabry1985]

Findings from the parallel CLI OIDC attempt (release.yml) — read before relying on this

We just spent a long session trying the identical OIDC trusted-publishing conversion on release.yml (@protolabsai/proto). Net result: OIDC never engaged — npm publish went straight to ENEEDAUTH with zero OIDC negotiation, from both a feature branch and main. Same wall as #255. Flagging so this PR doesn't ship believing it's fixed.

What we proved is NOT the problem (workflow side is correct)

A diagnostic step on the CLI run confirmed, at publish time:

ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL set?   yes      ← id-token: write is effective
ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN set? yes
NODE_AUTH_TOKEN set?                NO
npm version:                        11.15.0  ← OIDC-capable (>= 11.5.1)
npm config registry:                https://registry.npmjs.org

Trusted publisher was configured correctly on the npm side (GitHub Actions / protolabsai / protocli / release.yml / publish action allowed / no environment). Despite all of that, npm did not attempt the exchange.

Gotcha this PR still has

This diff keeps actions/setup-node's registry-url:. That writes a temp .npmrc with //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN} + always-auth=true and surfaces a placeholder NODE_AUTH_TOKEN=XXXXX-XXXXX-…. In our first CLI attempt (kept registry-url, same as here) that placeholder was used and the publish failed E404 (not OIDC). Removing registry-url got us past the placeholder — but then OIDC still didn't engage (ENEEDAUTH). So neither shape worked. If you keep registry-url here, expect the E404 placeholder path.

The actual blocker (npm account/org side)

The smoking gun: every CI credential failed for the CLI — token-with-disallow-tokens (E404), OIDC (ENEEDAUTH), and token-after-setting-flip (E404) — but an interactive npm publish with OTP succeeds every time (that's how 0.40–0.45 shipped). An interactive session carries full org membership + 2FA; CI credentials don't. That points at an org/package publishing policy that rejects non-interactive credentials, not at workflow YAML.

Two npm-side things still unverified that would each explain it:

1. Package "Publishing access" change actually saved ("Update Package Settings" clicked + persisted — it silently reverts otherwise; this is gotcha feat(telemetry): comprehensive Langfuse tracing across all providers #1 in sdk-release: npm publish fails through both OIDC and static-token paths #255).
2. The granular token / trusted publisher actually authorizes — for OIDC specifically, the registry-side exchange returns no negotiation at all, which suggests the trusted-publisher match or org policy is silently rejecting.

Recommendation

Before merging #283, dry-run it (the workflow has a dry_run input) and confirm the OIDC exchange actually happens — don't assume --provenance + id-token is sufficient; we proved it isn't, by itself. If it ENEEDAUTHs, this is an npm-support / org-admin issue (same as #255), and the reliable path remains interactive publish until npm engagement is sorted.

Happy to share the full run logs (CLI runs 26386349271 with the OIDC env diagnostic, 26387203428 from main). cc #255.

[mabry1985]

Superseded by #290. We proved OIDC's workflow side was fully correct for the CLI but npm never engaged the exchange (ENEEDAUTH, no negotiation) — same wall as #255. Rather than carry the same non-functional OIDC shape here, #290 standardizes both CLI + SDK on token auth, which has verifiable/fixable blockers (package 'Publishing access' must allow bypass-2fa tokens + NPM_TOKEN scoped to @protoLabsAI org). See #290 for the npm-side runbook.