npm packages are made from each published release and staged for approval by donislawdev · Pull Request #225 · donislawdev/TestingFilesGenerator

donislawdev · 2026-11-09T16:53:36Z

What changes

When a release is published, .github/workflows/npm.yml puts it on npm as six packages: testing-files-generator and one per system carrying the tfg binary of that release (@testing-files-generator/{win32-x64,win32-arm64,linux-x64,linux-arm64,darwin-arm64}). The workflow never publishes. It stages the packages, and each one goes live only when the owner approves it on npmjs.com with two-factor authentication. The five system packages come first and testing-files-generator last.

which: the release must be published, not a draft. A release that is not the latest is refused, because npm would move latest back. A prerelease goes under next.
assemble: checks out the tagged commit, so the JavaScript and the binaries come from one commit. Each archive is held to verify-SHA256SUMS.txt and to the SBOM attestation attest-release.yml made of the downloaded files. That is the only attestation that fits every archive, because the Windows archives are signed and the macOS one notarised after release.yml built them. Then release/assemble.js lays out the six packages, and npm pack packs them on Linux.
try: one runner per system. Each installs testing-files-generator and its own system's package from the tarballs, checks that npx tfg version is the release, and checks that the installed binary hashes to the binary in the archive. It then writes a set through fileSet and checks every file. On macOS it also runs codesign --verify --deep --strict on the installed app.
stage: runs only on a release or a run by hand, after every try has passed. It uses OIDC once the packages trust the workflow. The first release on npm, when no package exists yet, needs an NPM_TOKEN secret. A package already published or staged at this version is skipped, so a run that stopped half way can be run again.
rehearse: on a pull request, npm stage publish --dry-run instead of staging.

On macOS the package carries the whole tfg.app, and lib/binary.js looks for tfg.app/Contents/MacOS/tfg. The binary taken out of the app is killed on start (exit 137), because its signature covers the app's Info.plist. Copied whole, the app still passes codesign and Gatekeeper after npm has packed and unpacked it.

release/assemble.js takes the list of systems from lib/binary.js, which a guard already holds to the release targets. It names each archive from that list rather than keeping a second one. It refuses a symbolic link, which npm drops from a package without a word. The repository's package.json stays at 0.0.0-development with no optionalDependencies, and the version comes from the tag.

A new guard, TestEverySystemThePackageKnowsIsTriedBeforeAnythingIsStaged, holds two things: the try matrix matches lib/binary.js, and stage waits for try. It comes with three mutation entries.

The package README no longer says it is not on npm. The main README and CHANGELOG.md say how to install it.

Sets in the system's temporary directory. When neither TFG_CACHE_DIR nor node_modules gives the package a place for its sets, it used a fixed name in the system's temporary directory, which every user shares on Linux. It now uses testing-files-generator-<uid>, made with mode 0700. It refuses a directory there that belongs to another user, that others can write to, or that is a link or a file, and says to set TFG_CACHE_DIR or cacheDir. The plan and error files of runToFile are opened with 'wx' and mode 0600. This answers code scanning alerts 23 and 24 (js/insecure-temporary-file).

Every error of npm.yml and assemble.js now says what to do.

How it was checked

The v0.5.0 archives: all five pass their checksum and the SBOM attestation from attest-release.yml. The control fails as expected: the Windows archive against release.yml, and a tampered archive.
The workflow's own run: blocks, executed in Docker:
- assemble and try for linux-x64 on node:22;
- the dry-run staging on node:26 (npm 11.20.0);
- staging with no token, which stops with the message about NPM_TOKEN.
This found two places where npm reads a relative path such as tarballs/x.tgz or packages/win32-x64 as a GitHub repository. Both now use absolute or ./ paths.
The packed v0.5.0 packages, installed from their files with fileSet writing and checking 21 files on each:
- Windows;
- Linux in node:22;
- a Mac with Node 22, where codesign reported the app as valid and Gatekeeper accepted it as notarised.
node --test of the package: 43 passed, 1 skipped (the signal test on Windows). assemble.test.js also passes on Linux in node:22, where it checks the executable bit. 11 hand mutants of assemble.js were all caught.
Lint: actionlint passes on npm.yml.
The temporary directory change: tested on Windows (45 passed, 2 skipped) and on Linux as a user that is not root (47 of 47). 7 hand mutants of the directory and file checks were all caught.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added an npm package for using tfg with Playwright, Vitest, and node:test, including generated test files and explanations of expected outcomes.
- Added support for Windows and Linux on x64 and Arm, and macOS on Apple silicon. The package includes the matching tfg binary.
Documentation
- Updated installation guidance and added an example of using the package with a Playwright upload form.
- Clarified that the bundled Windows binary is signed and the macOS app is signed and notarised.

…oval - .github/workflows/npm.yml runs when a release is published. It downloads the five command line archives, holds each to the release's checksums and to the attestation of the files people download, and lays out six packages: testing-files-generator and one per system with its tfg binary. Each system's package is installed from its file and run on that system, and only then are all six staged on npm. Nothing is published until the owner approves each one with two-factor authentication. A pull request that touches the packages tries them against the latest release and stages nothing. - On macOS the package carries the whole tfg.app, because the binary only runs inside the app it was signed and notarised in, and the package looks for it there. - npm/testing-files-generator/release/assemble.js lays the packages out from the list of systems in lib/binary.js, at the version of the release, with every binary at exactly that version. It refuses a directory that is not empty and a symbolic link, which npm would leave out of a package. - A guard holds the systems the workflow tries to the ones the package installs a binary for, and staging to waiting for that try. - The package README no longer says it is not on npm. The main README and the changelog say how to install it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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The change adds npm package assembly for supported platforms and a workflow that selects releases, verifies archives, tests packages, and stages eligible releases. It also adds package documentation and checks that workflow platform coverage matches the package’s platform list.

Changes: npm package release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Platform package assembly `npm/testing-files-generator/lib/binary.js`, `npm/testing-files-generator/release/assemble.js`, `npm/testing-files-generator/test/*`, `npm/testing-files-generator/README.md`, `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, `internal/guard/npmpackage_test.go`	The package resolves the macOS executable inside its app bundle. The new assembler builds platform and aggregate packages from release binaries. Tests cover generated contents, metadata, and validation. Documentation describes npm installation, supported platforms, and package signing.
Release selection and package build `.github/workflows/npm.yml`	The workflow handles published releases, manual runs, and pull requests. It validates release tags and archives, then builds and packs platform packages.
Platform checks and staging guard `.github/workflows/npm.yml`, `internal/guard/npmpackage_test.go`, `internal/guard/mutation/entries.py`	The workflow installs and tests packages on matching platform runners, verifies generated files, and rehearses publishing for non-staging runs. The guard checks package coverage and staging dependencies.
npm staging `.github/workflows/npm.yml`	Release and manual runs stage packages that are not already published or staged. Staging uses provenance and records package names in the workflow summary.

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubRelease
  participant npmWorkflow
  participant assembleJS
  participant PlatformRunners
  participant npmRegistry
  GitHubRelease->>npmWorkflow: Provide release tag and archives
  npmWorkflow->>npmWorkflow: Verify checksums and attestations
  npmWorkflow->>assembleJS: Build platform and aggregate packages
  assembleJS-->>npmWorkflow: Return package paths
  npmWorkflow->>PlatformRunners: Install and test package tarballs
  npmWorkflow->>npmRegistry: Stage packages with provenance

Possibly related PRs

donislawdev/TestingFilesGenerator#220: Adds the npm package and platform map that this change extends with macOS app-bundle binary resolution.

Suggested labels: enhancement, packaging, security

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 9740a

The mutation-testing CI workflow currently fails because its entries file cannot be parsed. Fix the three multi-line string literals before merging. The npm release workflow itself shows no verified blocking issue.

Pre-merge checks: 11 · 3

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Check name	Explanation	Resolution
Safe File Parsing	`.github/workflows/npm.yml:145-147` uses `unzip` and `tar -xzf` without extraction size or entry limits. A highly compressed release archive can fill the runner disk and stop assembly. The checksum an…	Replace the unbounded extraction with a bounded extractor, such as `zipfile` and `tarfile` with streamed byte and entry limits. Reject unsafe paths and links before writing files, and stop when a limit is exceeded.
Clear User-Facing Text	The new workflow shows error annotations that explain the failure but do not tell the operator what to do. For example, `.github/workflows/npm.yml:75` reports an unpublished release, line 82 reports a…	Add an action to each affected error. For example: “$tag is not published. Publish the release, then rerun this workflow.” “$tag is not the latest release. Run the workflow for $latest instead.” “This runner is $here; $PACKAGE needs a diffe…
Scope, Duplication And Docs	The new npm release process has no release-operator documentation. `.github/workflows/npm.yml` requires an `NPM_TOKEN` for the first release, trusted publisher setup for later releases, and owner appr…	Add a release guide that covers the first-release token, trusted publisher setup, staged package approval order, and rerun procedure. Fix the workflow references to that guide.

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Title check		The title says npm packages are created from each published release and staged for owner approval. The changeset adds a workflow that does this: it builds packages from the tagged release, tests them,…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Tests For Changed Behavior		The PR adds tests for package assembly and updates the binary-path test for macOS. The existing test assertions remain in place. The new guard also checks platform coverage and the staging dependency.
No Secrets Or Debug Leftovers		The diff adds no private agent files, `.env` files, hardcoded secrets, private addresses, local paths, or debug leftovers. Token values come from GitHub context or secrets. The new console output repo…
No Hardcoded Ui Styling		The PR changes the npm workflow, package assembly, tests, and documentation. It does not change GUI code.
No Obvious Performance Problems		The changes introduce no clear performance problem covered by this check. The release workflow processes five platform packages and one main package. The assembly script walks package files without qu…
Desktop Robustness		The PR does not introduce a listed desktop robustness issue. The npm binary uses package resolution, and the release assembly script takes its input and output paths explicitly. The new network calls …
System Changes Are Reversible		The PR adds npm packaging, release staging, and tests. It does not add or change code that modifies the system state covered by this check.
No Resource Leaks		The changed runtime code only changes binary path resolution. The new assembly code uses synchronous filesystem operations, and the test fixtures register cleanup. The release workflow runs bounded jo…

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The title says npm packages are created from each published release and staged for owner approval. The changeset adds a workflow that does this: it builds packages from the tagged release, tests them, and stages them with provenance. The title is specific and matches the main change. It does not name the workflow file or the test guard, but it does not need to.

Full details: No Secrets Or Debug Leftovers

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The diff adds no private agent files, .env files, hardcoded secrets, private addresses, local paths, or debug leftovers. Token values come from GitHub context or secrets. The new console output reports workflow test results and errors.

Full details: No Obvious Performance Problems

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The changes introduce no clear performance problem covered by this check. The release workflow processes five platform packages and one main package. The assembly script walks package files without quadratic collection processing.

Full details: Desktop Robustness

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The PR does not introduce a listed desktop robustness issue. The npm binary uses package resolution, and the release assembly script takes its input and output paths explicitly. The new network calls are part of the documented release workflow.

Full details: No Resource Leaks

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The changed runtime code only changes binary path resolution. The new assembly code uses synchronous filesystem operations, and the test fixtures register cleanup. The release workflow runs bounded jobs. The diff does not introduce a resource leak or unbounded resource accumulation.

Full details: Safe File Parsing

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.github/workflows/npm.yml:145-147 uses unzip and tar -xzf without extraction size or entry limits. A highly compressed release archive can fill the runner disk and stop assembly. The checksum and attestation verify the archive's identity, not its expanded size.

Resolution

Replace the unbounded extraction with a bounded extractor, such as zipfile and tarfile with streamed byte and entry limits. Reject unsafe paths and links before writing files, and stop when a limit is exceeded.

Full details: Clear User-Facing Text

Explanation

The new workflow shows error annotations that explain the failure but do not tell the operator what to do. For example, .github/workflows/npm.yml:75 reports an unpublished release, line 82 reports an older release, and line 221 reports a runner mismatch. The new assembly command also reports a nonempty output directory without an action (npm/testing-files-generator/release/assemble.js:125-129).

Resolution

Add an action to each affected error. For example: “$tag is not published. Publish the release, then rerun this workflow.” “$tag is not the latest release. Run the workflow for $latest instead.” “This runner is $here; $PACKAGE needs a different runner. Select a runner for $PACKAGE and rerun the workflow.” “$dir is not empty. Use an empty output directory and rerun assemble.” Review the other new error messages and add recovery instructions where they are missing.

Full details: Scope, Duplication And Docs

Explanation

The new npm release process has no release-operator documentation. .github/workflows/npm.yml requires an NPM_TOKEN for the first release, trusted publisher setup for later releases, and owner approval of staged packages. The README and CHANGELOG describe installation, not these requirements. The workflow points to docs/NPM-PUBLISH-2026-11-09.md, but that file is not in the reviewed tree.

Resolution

Add a release guide that covers the first-release token, trusted publisher setup, staged package approval order, and rerun procedure. Fix the workflow references to that guide.

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Review comments at @internal/guard/mutation/entries.py:
- Around line 16891-16917: The three new mutation entries in MUTATIONS contain
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parsing. Replace those line breaks with \n escapes in the multiline patterns,
preserving the exact indentation, text, and trailing newlines so the patterns
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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Safe File Parsing:
Replace the unbounded extraction with a bounded extractor, such as `zipfile` and
`tarfile` with streamed byte and entry limits. Reject unsafe paths and links
before writing files, and stop when a limit is exceeded.

- Clear User-Facing Text:
Add an action to each affected error. For example: “$tag is not published.
Publish the release, then rerun this workflow.” “$tag is not the latest release.
Run the workflow for $latest instead.” “This runner is $here; $PACKAGE needs a
different runner. Select a runner for $PACKAGE and rerun the workflow.” “$dir is
not empty. Use an empty output directory and rerun assemble.” Review the other
new error messages and add recovery instructions where they are missing.

- Scope, Duplication And Docs:
Add a release guide that covers the first-release token, trusted publisher
setup, staged package approval order, and rerun procedure. Fix the workflow
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