Fix publish workflow: add NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and --provenance flag#1
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Fix publish workflow: add NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and --provenance flag#1
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The npm publish step was missing the NODE_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable needed to authenticate with the npm registry. The actions/setup-node action creates an .npmrc that references NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, but the publish step never set it from secrets. Also added --provenance flag since the workflow already has id-token: write permission configured for npm provenance support. Co-authored-by: CameronTofer <3507892+CameronTofer@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Fix publish actions failing issues
Fix publish workflow: add NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and --provenance flag
Mar 10, 2026
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All non-dry-run publish workflow runs fail because the
npm publishstep never setsNODE_AUTH_TOKEN. Theactions/setup-nodewithregistry-urlcreates an.npmrcreferencing${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}, but nothing populates it.NODE_AUTH_TOKENenv var fromsecrets.NPM_TOKENto the publish step--provenanceflag — the workflow already declaresid-token: writebut never uses itNote: The
NPM_TOKENrepository secret must be an npm automation token, not a "publish" token (which requires OTP and will always fail in CI — this was theEOTPerror seen in earlier runs).✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.