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The GitHub Action no longer needs a .env file. Without env-file, it exports every secret to GITHUB_ENV, so every later step of the job gets them as environment variables and nothing is written to the workspace. A new command input runs a single command with the secrets in its environment only, so later steps (including third-party actions) never see them. env-file becomes optional and keeps the previous behavior, so existing workflows, which always set it, are unchanged.

Changes

  • Job environment (new default): ExportSecretsToEnvironmentCommandHandler resolves the map file and GitHubEnvFileExporter appends every secret to GITHUB_ENV in one write, each with the multiline NAME<<DELIMITER form and a random delimiter, so a value cannot close its block and declare extra variables. New port IEnvironmentExporter and mode OperationMode.EXPORT_TO_ENVIRONMENT, routed through DispatchActionCommandHandler (DispatchActionCommand.forExport).
  • command input: runs the command through the existing exec handler with bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -c (the same shell as a run: step) and ends the step with the command's exit code. The action bundle now includes exec mode.
  • Fail-closed: both new modes export or start nothing when any secret is missing, empty or unreadable. The fail-closed resolution moved from ExecWithSecretsCommandHandler.prepare to a shared RequiredSecretsResolver (no behavior change for envilder exec).
  • Inputs: env-file is optional; env-file and command together fail with a clear message; the env-file-path output is empty without env-file.
  • Docs: github-action/README.md gains a "Choosing a mode" section explaining that the default mode applies to the whole job, command to one process, and env-file writes a file, plus an honest note on what avoiding the file protects against (accidental leaks via artifacts, caches, Docker build contexts, commits, self-hosted runners) and what it does not (malicious code in the same job). docs/github-action.md, the root README.md and docs/changelogs/gha.md are updated.
  • CI: test-action.yml now checks that the command sees the secrets, that they do not reach the next step, and that the default mode exports them without leaving files in the workspace. Its path filter now points at the existing e2e/gha.test.ts.

Testing

  • pnpm test passes (887 passed, 7 skipped)
  • pnpm lint passes (Biome, secretlint and tsc --noEmit run on the changed paths)
  • Manual verification: e2e/gha.test.ts against LocalStack runs the built bundle in all three modes (9 passed), including the command exit code and fail-closed export
  • github-action/dist/index.js and action.yml rebuilt with pnpm build:gha

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • GitHub Actions now exports mapped secrets to later steps in the same job by default, without creating an environment file. Alternatively, secrets can be limited to a command and its child processes or written to an optional environment file.
    • Command mode returns the command’s exit status and cannot be combined with environment-file mode. Missing or empty secrets, or prohibited variable names, prevent export; secrets are not partially exported.
  • Documentation
    • Updated examples and guidance explain the three modes, secret visibility, environment-file usage, and when the environment-file output is available.

Without env-file, the action now exports every secret to GITHUB_ENV so
later steps of the job get them as environment variables and no .env
file lands in the workspace. A new command input runs a single command
with the secrets in its environment only, so later steps never see
them. env-file is optional and keeps the previous behavior.

Both new modes are fail-closed: nothing is exported or started when a
secret is missing or empty. The fail-closed resolution is shared with
envilder exec.
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The GitHub Action now supports three secret-delivery modes: export to later job steps by default, run one command with secrets in its environment, or write an env file. The change adds shared secret resolution and GitHub environment-file export, updates action wiring and documentation, and adds unit and end-to-end coverage.

Changes: GitHub Action secret delivery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Secret resolution and environment export
src/envilder/core/application/secretResolution/*, src/envilder/core/application/exportSecretsToEnvironment/*, src/envilder/core/infrastructure/github/GitHubEnvFileExporter.ts, src/envilder/core/domain/ports/IEnvironmentExporter.ts, src/envilder/core/application/execWithSecrets/ExecWithSecretsCommandHandler.ts, tests/envilder/core/application/exportSecretsToEnvironment/*, tests/envilder/core/infrastructure/github/*
RequiredSecretsResolver handles mapping and secret validation for command execution and environment export. The new exporter appends encoded variables to a configured file or GITHUB_ENV.
Action mode selection and dispatch
src/envilder/apps/gha/*, src/envilder/core/application/dispatch/*, src/envilder/core/domain/OperationMode.ts, src/envilder/core/types.ts, tests/envilder/apps/gha/*, tests/envilder/core/application/dispatch/*
The action selects command, env-file, or export mode. Dispatch routes export commands to the new handler, and startup binds the required handlers and infrastructure.
Action inputs and usage documentation
action.yml, github-action/action.yml, docs/changelogs/gha.md, docs/github-action.md, github-action/README.md, README.md
Action metadata and documentation describe the optional env-file, the new command input, default environment export, and mode-specific behavior.
End-to-end mode coverage
e2e/gha.test.ts, .github/workflows/test-action.yml
End-to-end tests and workflow checks cover command-only access, later-step export, command exit codes, missing secrets, and workspace state.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Possibly related PRs

  • macalbert/envilder#613: Adds a CLI flow that writes variable-to-secret mappings to map files consumed by this Action.
  • macalbert/envilder#623: Changes Azure Key Vault name resolution used by the new Action secret-resolution paths.
  • macalbert/envilder#622: Fixes compiled map parsing behavior for an own __proto__ key, relevant to map files read by the Action.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 3f9f3

The action is functionally ready, but the guide should accurately describe the runner-side GITHUB_ENV file and its secret exposure.

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Title check Passed The title follows Conventional Commits: it uses the valid type and scope feat(gha), describes the main change, uses an acceptable subject, and is within the 100-character limit.
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Architecture Boundaries Passed No architecture-boundary violation found. The changed files under src/envilder/core/domain/ contain no imports. The changed files under src/envilder/core/application/ import only domain modules, other…
Tests Accompany Code Changes Passed The PR changes behavior in multiple non-test files under src/envilder/, including new export mode, command handling, secret resolution, and GITHUB_ENV export. It also changes test files under `tes…
Release Coherence Passed No version field changed in the reviewed PR. The only change in github-action/action.yml updates action metadata and inputs; the package version files are unchanged. The release-coherence condition …
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The PR changes behavior in multiple non-test files under src/envilder/, including new export mode, command handling, secret resolution, and GITHUB_ENV export. It also changes test files under tests/ and e2e/, including tests for export mode, command mode, missing secrets, dispatch, and the exporter. The explicit failure condition is not met.

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No version field changed in the reviewed PR. The only change in github-action/action.yml updates action metadata and inputs; the package version files are unchanged. The release-coherence condition therefore does not apply.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/test-action.yml:
- Line 108: Update the TOKEN_SECRET presence-check step to print only a fixed
success message; do not include the retrieved value in workflow logs, and keep
the presence check unchanged.
- Line 23: Update the action workflow’s path filter alongside the existing
end-to-end test entry so changes to GitHubEnvFileExporter and the other core
paths used by the action trigger the workflow.

Review comments at @docs/github-action.md:
- Around line 21-22: Update the environment-inheritance guidance in the GitHub
Actions documentation and README to distinguish later container actions and
steps running inside a job container, which can receive the step environment,
from containers started manually with docker run; do not make a blanket claim
that Docker containers do not inherit these values.

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- Around line 134-135: Update the README statement about workspace writes to
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test tools may persist environment-variable secrets in files that end up in
artifacts, caches, Docker build contexts, or commits.

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@src/envilder/core/application/exportSecretsToEnvironment/ExportSecretsToEnvironmentCommandHandler.ts:
- Around line 46-48: Keep secretMasker as a private field on
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Comment thread .github/workflows/test-action.yml Resolved
Comment thread .github/workflows/test-action.yml Resolved
Comment thread docs/github-action.md Resolved
Comment thread github-action/README.md Resolved
Export to GITHUB_ENV only after every value is registered for masking,
so a failed registration cannot leave later steps printing an unmasked
secret. Docs no longer claim containers never inherit the exported
variables or that artifacts cannot contain them. The action workflow
also runs on core changes and no longer echoes the test secret.
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112-112: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Check .env directly.

.env is ignored by Git, so git status --porcelain does not detect it. The existing E2E assertion checks a different temporary file, not the root workspace. Add an explicit absence check.

Suggested fix
           echo "✅ TOKEN_SECRET is available"
+          if [ -f .env ]; then
+            echo "❌ The export left .env in the workspace:"
+            exit 1
+          fi
           if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
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Update the workspace cleanliness check around the git status --porcelain
condition to explicitly verify that the root .env file is absent, since Git
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- Line 51: Update the GITHUB_ENV export flow used by
ExportSecretsToEnvironmentCommandHandler to reject NODE_OPTIONS,
case-insensitively, before the single write; propagate an error so the handler
does not report the secret as exported. Leave command and env-file modes
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- Line 112: Update the workspace cleanliness check around the git status
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The runner ignores NODE_OPTIONS in GITHUB_ENV but applies the other
variables, so the step reported a variable later steps never got.
Exporting now fails before writing anything, pointing to command or
env-file. The action workflow also checks for a stray .env directly,
since git status does not report gitignored files.
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- Line 9: Update the changelog entry to clarify that the NODE_OPTIONS check is
case-insensitive, so mapped names such as node_options and Node_Options are also
rejected.

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- Around line 31-47: Expand RUNNER_BLOCKED_NAMES to include the documented
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Comment thread docs/changelogs/gha.md Resolved
GitHub does not let GITHUB_ENV overwrite its documented default
GITHUB_* and RUNNER_* variables, so exporting GITHUB_SHA or RUNNER_OS
reported a variable later steps never got, as with NODE_OPTIONS. The
exact documented names are now refused too; other names with those
prefixes still export. The changelog states the check ignores case.
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Minor · Distinguish the workspace from the runner's GITHUB_ENV file. · github-action.md:32-35

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Distinguish the workspace from the runner's GITHUB_ENV file.

Default mode does not write a workspace .env file, but it does write every secret to the runner's per-step GITHUB_ENV file. The current wording can cause users to treat default mode as file-free, including on self-hosted runners where runner-temp cleanup can fail because of permissions. This correction is separate from github-action/README.md.

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-Because the action writes no `.env` file, there is no secrets file to leak by accident through
-artifacts, caches, Docker build contexts, commits or files left on self-hosted runners. Later
-tools can still write the variables to files, and it does not protect against malicious code
-running in the same job, which can read environment variables as easily as a file. For the
-smallest exposure, use `command`.
+Because the action writes no `.env` file to the workspace, it does not create a workspace file
+for artifacts, caches, Docker build contexts or commits to pick up. In default mode, however,
+the action writes the secrets to the runner's per-step `GITHUB_ENV` file, which the runner uses
+to populate later steps. Treat the runner's temporary files as sensitive, especially on
+self-hosted runners. Later tools can still write the variables to files, and malicious code
+running in the same job can read environment variables as easily as a file. For the smallest
+exposure, use `command`.
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Review comment at @docs/github-action.md around lines 32 - 35:
Update the security wording near the workspace `.env` explanation to distinguish
the workspace from the runner’s per-step `GITHUB_ENV` file: state that default
mode writes secrets to `GITHUB_ENV`, advise treating runner temporary files as
sensitive, and limit the no-file claim to workspace files. Preserve the existing
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- Around line 32-35: Update the security wording near the workspace `.env`
explanation to distinguish the workspace from the runner’s per-step `GITHUB_ENV`
file: state that default mode writes secrets to `GITHUB_ENV`, advise treating
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The docs implied the default mode writes no file at all. It writes no
workspace file, but the runner's per-step GITHUB_ENV file holds the
secrets in the runner's temporary directory until the job ends, so
self-hosted runners should treat it as sensitive.
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Minor · Update the missing-secret troubleshooting advice. · en.ts:1358

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Update the missing-secret troubleshooting advice.

In default job-environment and command modes, a missing secret now fails the Action step before export or command execution. This existing advice still says the step succeeds and tells users to check the secret in a later step, which cannot run after that failure. Distinguish these modes from env-file mode. Update the corresponding text in src/website/src/i18n/ca.ts Line 1373 and src/website/src/i18n/es.ts Line 1375.

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Update the missing-secret troubleshooting text in the English, Catalan, and
Spanish translations to distinguish default job-environment and command modes,
where a missing secret fails the Action step before export or command execution,
from env-file mode, where the step succeeds with fewer secrets. Remove advice to
check for a missing value in a later step for modes where failure prevents that
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Review comments at @e2e/gha.test.ts:
- Around line 471-473: Update the GITHUB_ENV parser’s delimiter-reading loop to
check whether the index has reached the end of lines before adding another
value. Throw an error for an unterminated block so parsing terminates instead of
looping indefinitely.

Review comments at @src/website/src/i18n/en.ts:
- Around line 254-255: Update the modeJobDesc text in the English, Catalan, and
Spanish translations to clarify that no .env file is written and that secret
values are appended to GITHUB_ENV.

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- Line 1358: Update the missing-secret troubleshooting text in the English,
Catalan, and Spanish translations to distinguish default job-environment and
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The job-environment mode text said no file is written, but the runner
keeps the values in its GITHUB_ENV file until the job ends. The
missing-secret troubleshooting still described the env-file warning
for every mode; the default mode and command fail the step instead.
The e2e GITHUB_ENV parser now throws on an unterminated block instead
of looping.
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Minor · Fix the default-mode row in the modes table. It says no file is… · github-action.md:12-16

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Fix the default-mode row in the modes table. It says no file is written, but the default mode writes the runner's GITHUB_ENV file.

The table's Writes a file column shows No for the default mode. The same guide says the default appends secrets to the runner's GITHUB_ENV file. The guide also says that file is in the runner's temporary directory and is emptied at job end. A reader who uses the table for a quick security decision will conclude that the default leaves no secret-bearing file on the runner. The column should show the GITHUB_ENV file for this row and the workspace .env file for the .env row.

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-| Mode | Inputs | Who can read the secrets | Writes a file |
+| Mode | Inputs | Who can read the secrets | Writes to disk |
 |------|--------|--------------------------|---------------|
-| Job environment (default) | `map-file` only | Every later step of the job | No |
+| Job environment (default) | `map-file` only | Every later step of the job | Yes: runner `GITHUB_ENV` file, emptied at job end |
 | Command | `command` | Only that command and the processes it starts | No |
-| `.env` file | `env-file` | Any step or tool that reads the file | Yes |
+| `.env` file | `env-file` | Any step or tool that reads the file | Yes: `.env` file in the workspace |
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Update the modes table’s “Writes a file” entries: identify the runner’s
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