fix(ci): include root action.yml in pinact and pre-commit checks

[ralphbean]

Summary

• Add action.yml to .pinact.yaml file patterns
• Add action\.yml$ to the pinact pre-commit hook's file regex

Context

PR #2508 pinned actions across .github/workflows/ and .github/actions/ but missed the root action.yml because neither pinact nor the pre-commit hook was configured to scan it. PR #2621 fixes the unpinned refs themselves; this PR closes the gap in the tooling so future unpinned refs are caught automatically.

Test plan

• pinact run --fix=false --no-api now flags unpinned refs in root action.yml
• make lint passes

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PR Summary by Qodo

Fix CI tooling to scan root action.yml with pinact and pre-commit
🐞 Bug fix ⚙️ Configuration changes 🕐 Less than 10 minutes

Description

• Extend pinact config to include the repository root action.yml.
• Update the pre-commit pinact hook to match root action.yml.
• Prevent future unpinned GitHub Action refs from bypassing checks.

Diagram

graph TD
  Dev["Developer"] --> PC(["pre-commit"]) --> Pinact(["pinact"]) --> Targets["YAML targets (incl. action.yml)"]
  PinactCfg[".pinact.yaml"] --> Pinact
  PCCfg[".pre-commit-config.yaml"] --> PC

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High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Broaden pinact patterns (e.g., **/action.yml) and remove hook regex filtering

• ➕ Automatically covers future nested action.yml files without additional config changes
• ➕ Avoids a split-brain configuration where both pinact and pre-commit must be kept in sync
• ➖ May scan unintended directories (vendored/test fixtures), increasing noise and runtime
• ➖ Larger blast radius for what is currently a targeted gap fix

2. Make pre-commit run pinact unconditionally (no file regex), rely solely on .pinact.yaml

• ➕ Single source of truth for what gets scanned
• ➕ Less chance of missing files due to regex drift
• ➖ Potentially slower pre-commit runs on large repos if pinact enumerates more files than necessary
• ➖ May require more careful pinact file targeting to keep local runs fast

Recommendation: Current approach is a good targeted fix: it closes the known gap (root action.yml) while keeping scan scope narrow and predictable. If scan targets are expected to evolve frequently, consider consolidating targeting into .pinact.yaml and minimizing pre-commit-side file filtering to reduce future drift.

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Other (2) +2 / -0

.pinact.yamlAdd root action.yml to pinact scan patterns +1/-0

Add root action.yml to pinact scan patterns

• Extends the pinact file pattern list to include the repository root action.yml so pinact can validate/pin refs there as well as in workflow and action directories.

.pinact.yaml

.pre-commit-config.yamlInclude root action.yml in pinact pre-commit file regex +1/-0

Include root action.yml in pinact pre-commit file regex

• Updates the pinact pre-commit hook file selector to match action.yml at the repository root, ensuring the hook triggers when it changes.

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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🐞 Bugs (2) 📘 Rule violations (0) 📜 Skill insights (0)

Context used

✅ Compliance rules (platform): 51 rules

✅ Skills: writing-user-docs, writing-adrs

1. Workflows .yaml not scanned 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

.pinact.yaml only matches .github/workflows/*.yml, but the repo contains
.github/workflows/fullsend.yaml, so pinact will never scan that workflow and unpinned uses: refs
in .yaml workflows can bypass the SHA-pin gate. This is especially risky because CI runs
pre-commit run --all-files, which will run pinact, but pinact itself still ignores .yaml
workflows due to the configured files: patterns.

Code

.pinact.yaml[R6-7]

  - pattern: ".github/workflows/*.yml"
  - pattern: "internal/scaffold/fullsend-repo/.github/workflows/*.yml"

Relevance

⭐⭐⭐ High

Team previously accepted that pinact files: overrides defaults; coverage gaps fixed via pattern
expansion in PR #2508.

PR-#2508
PR-#390

ⓘ Recommendations generated based on similar findings in past PRs

Evidence

The configured pinact file patterns only include *.yml, yet the repo contains an actual workflow
with a .yaml extension; therefore pinact won’t scan it under the current configuration. This
matches the prior accepted bug pattern that pinact files: must include all intended paths because
it overrides defaults.

.pinact.yaml[5-9]
.github/workflows/fullsend.yaml[22-49]
.pre-commit-config.yaml[60-73]
PR-#2508

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
`.pinact.yaml` scopes pinact to `*.yml` workflows only, but the repo contains at least one `.yaml` workflow. Because pinact v3+ treats `files:` as an override scope, `.yaml` workflows are skipped entirely, allowing unpinned `uses:` refs in those files to slip through.

## Issue Context
CI runs `make lint-all` which executes `pre-commit run --all-files`. The pinact hook runs, but pinact only scans files matched by `.pinact.yaml`’s `files:` list.

## Fix Focus Areas
- .pinact.yaml[5-9]
 - Add an additional pattern for `.github/workflows/*.yaml` (and consider the same for the internal scaffold workflows for consistency), or replace with a glob that matches both extensions if supported (e.g., two explicit patterns).

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2. New scan breaks lint-all 🐞 Bug ☼ Reliability

Description

By adding root action.yml to pinact’s scan scope, CI (make lint-all) will now fail because
action.yml currently contains tag-based uses: references (e.g., actions/setup-go@v6) that
pinact flags as unpinned. This change introduces a new failing lint gate unless those references are
SHA-pinned (or explicitly ignored).

Code

.pinact.yaml[R8-9]

  - pattern: ".github/actions/*/action.yml"
+  - pattern: "action.yml"

Relevance

⭐⭐⭐ High

Repo enforces SHA-pinning via pinact hook; historically they accept fixes that prevent
lint/pre-commit failures from unpinned uses:.

PR-#2509
PR-#2508

ⓘ Recommendations generated based on similar findings in past PRs

Evidence

The PR explicitly adds action.yml to pinact’s files: scope, and CI runs lint-all which
executes pre-commit (including the pinact hook). The current action.yml contains multiple unpinned
uses: entries, so enabling scanning of that file will cause pinact to report failures.

.pinact.yaml[5-9]
action.yml[230-235]
action.yml[281-284]
action.yml[424-427]
Makefile[76-81]
.github/workflows/lint.yml[13-46]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The PR expands pinact coverage to include the repository root `action.yml`. That file currently contains unpinned `uses: owner/repo@vX` references, which will cause `pinact run --fix=false` (invoked by pre-commit in CI) to fail.

## Issue Context
CI runs `make lint-all` → `pre-commit run --all-files`, and the pinact hook executes `pinact run --fix=false --no-api`.

## Fix Focus Areas
- action.yml[230-235]
- action.yml[281-284]
- action.yml[424-427]
 - Replace tag-based refs with SHA-pinned refs (optionally retaining the tag in a trailing comment, consistent with other workflows in the repo).
- .pinact.yaml[5-9]
 - Keep `action.yml` in scope once the file is compliant.

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1. Workflows .yaml not scanned 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

.pinact.yaml only matches .github/workflows/*.yml, but the repo contains
.github/workflows/fullsend.yaml, so pinact will never scan that workflow and unpinned uses: refs
in .yaml workflows can bypass the SHA-pin gate. This is especially risky because CI runs
pre-commit run --all-files, which will run pinact, but pinact itself still ignores .yaml
workflows due to the configured files: patterns.

Agent Prompt

## Issue description
`.pinact.yaml` scopes pinact to `*.yml` workflows only, but the repo contains at least one `.yaml` workflow. Because pinact v3+ treats `files:` as an override scope, `.yaml` workflows are skipped entirely, allowing unpinned `uses:` refs in those files to slip through.

## Issue Context
CI runs `make lint-all` which executes `pre-commit run --all-files`. The pinact hook runs, but pinact only scans files matched by `.pinact.yaml`’s `files:` list.

## Fix Focus Areas
- .pinact.yaml[5-9]
  - Add an additional pattern for `.github/workflows/*.yaml` (and consider the same for the internal scaffold workflows for consistency), or replace with a glob that matches both extensions if supported (e.g., two explicit patterns).

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2. New scan breaks lint-all 🐞 Bug ☼ Reliability

By adding root action.yml to pinact’s scan scope, CI (make lint-all) will now fail because
action.yml currently contains tag-based uses: references (e.g., actions/setup-go@v6) that
pinact flags as unpinned. This change introduces a new failing lint gate unless those references are
SHA-pinned (or explicitly ignored).

Agent Prompt

## Issue description
The PR expands pinact coverage to include the repository root `action.yml`. That file currently contains unpinned `uses: owner/repo@vX` references, which will cause `pinact run --fix=false` (invoked by pre-commit in CI) to fail.

## Issue Context
CI runs `make lint-all` → `pre-commit run --all-files`, and the pinact hook executes `pinact run --fix=false --no-api`.

## Fix Focus Areas
- action.yml[230-235]
- action.yml[281-284]
- action.yml[424-427]
  - Replace tag-based refs with SHA-pinned refs (optionally retaining the tag in a trailing comment, consistent with other workflows in the repo).
- .pinact.yaml[5-9]
  - Keep `action.yml` in scope once the file is compliant.

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Review

Findings

High

• [protected-path] .pre-commit-config.yaml — This PR modifies a protected path (.pre-commit-config.yaml) without a linked issue. Protected infrastructure and governance files require human approval regardless of the change's nature. The PR description references PRs chore(ci): pin all GitHub Actions to full-length commit SHAs #2508 and fix(ci): pin third-party actions in root action.yml to commit SHAs #2621 as context, but no tracking issue is linked to authorize the change.
  Remediation: Link a tracking issue that authorizes this tooling configuration change, or have a maintainer with CODEOWNERS authority approve the PR directly.

Previous run

Review

Findings

High

• [protected-path] .pre-commit-config.yaml — This PR modifies a protected path (.pre-commit-config.yaml) without a linked issue. Protected infrastructure and governance files require human approval regardless of the change's nature. The PR description references PRs chore(ci): pin all GitHub Actions to full-length commit SHAs #2508 and fix(ci): pin third-party actions in root action.yml to commit SHAs #2621 as context, but no tracking issue is linked to authorize the change.
  Remediation: Link a tracking issue that authorizes this tooling configuration change, or have a maintainer with CODEOWNERS authority approve the PR directly.

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Labels: PR modifies CI tooling configuration (pinact and pre-commit hooks) to fix a coverage gap.

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[waynesun09]

LGTM. Patterns are correctly scoped — pinact glob matches only root action.yml, pre-commit regex is properly anchored by ^(...). No over-matching or under-matching.

[ralphbean]

Rebased onto main and pushed 52f61ba.

CI fix: The unpinned uses: refs in action.yml were from branch divergence — main already has them SHA-pinned from #2621. Rebase resolves it.

.yaml coverage: qodo flagged that .github/workflows/fullsend.yaml wasn't matched by the *.yml-only pinact patterns. Added *.yaml patterns for both workflow directories in 52f61ba. (The pre-commit files: regex was already a directory prefix match so the hook triggered correctly, but pinact itself would have skipped the file.)

Protected path: The fullsend-ai-review bot flagged .pre-commit-config.yaml as a protected path without a linked issue. This is a 2-line config fix closing a gap identified in #2621 and #2508 — Wayne already approved.

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Retro: PR #2622 — fix(ci): include root action.yml in pinact and pre-commit checks

Timeline: Human-authored PR by ralphbean, created 17:49 UTC, merged 21:06 UTC (~3h17m). 4 lines added across 2 files (.pinact.yaml and .pre-commit-config.yaml).

What happened

1. 17:52–18:02 — Review agent ran, issued CHANGES_REQUESTED for a [protected-path] finding on .pre-commit-config.yaml. Its own remediation said: "have a maintainer with CODEOWNERS authority approve the PR directly."
2. 17:54 — qodo-code-review bot provided useful inline feedback (.yaml extension gap, potential lint-all breakage).
3. 18:26 — Human reviewer (waynesun09) approved: "LGTM. Patterns are correctly scoped."
4. 20:53 — Author rebased onto main (incorporating fix(ci): pin third-party actions in root action.yml to commit SHAs #2621 fixes) and addressed qodo feedback.
5. 21:05 — Review agent re-ran and issued CHANGES_REQUESTED again with the identical protected-path finding, despite a human maintainer having already approved — satisfying the agent's own remediation criteria.
6. 21:06 — PR merged.

Assessment

The main friction point was the review agent re-issuing CHANGES_REQUESTED after a human maintainer had already approved, which is the exact remediation the agent itself suggested. This created unnecessary noise on a small, well-scoped CI fix.

Existing coverage

All improvement opportunities identified are already tracked by open issues:

• #1583 — Review agent should recognize human-resolved protected-path findings and stop re-flagging (direct match)
• #1922 — Review bot should not override human approval with stale findings (direct match)
• #1551 — Downgrade protected-path severity for human-authored PRs
• #1500 — Review agent should not re-request changes for unchanged findings
• #1068 — Should not file CHANGES_REQUESTED for governance-only findings the fix agent cannot resolve

No new proposals filed — the improvements are well-covered. Resolving #1583 and #1922 would directly eliminate the friction observed on this PR.