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Pull Request Summary

While working on PR #44 , I noticed CI was failing for PRs created by contributors (and not me). After digging into this further, there were some security concerns pointed out. This branch fixes those issues and should unblock CI events for future contributor PRs.

Type of Change

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  • Bug fix
  • Performance improvement
  • Documentation update
  • Refactoring/code cleanup
  • Breaking change

Related Issues

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Testing

PostgreSQL Version Compatibility

Has this code been tested against the following PostgreSQL versions?

  • PostgreSQL 15
  • PostgreSQL 16
  • PostgreSQL 17
  • PostgreSQL 18

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Managed Database Platforms

Has this code been deployed and tested on the following platforms?

  • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
  • Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL (currently unable to test)
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL (currently unable to test)
  • Neon
  • Supabase
  • Self-managed PostgreSQL

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Updated pull request workflows to use pull_request_target with fork-safe guards, disabled credential persistence, and hosted runners where needed. Added security checks to verify these protections and keep external contributor CI safe.

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The workflows now use fork-safe pull_request_target guards before privileged runner assignment and disable persisted checkout credentials. A new hosted PR Safe Checks workflow runs targeted security tests. Release Drafter now uses a hosted runner. Workflow security tests verify these configurations. The repository also ignores the full docs/superpowers directory.

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The new safe-check workflow can execute mutable remote code and can report success using contributor-modified policy tests. These security boundaries should be fixed before merge.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 1 files. (8 skipped: 8 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the summary and change type and explains the CI security fix. Related issues, testing selections, and testing notes remain incomplete.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: securing CI for fork pull requests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Secure fork PR CI with guarded privileged workflows

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation ⚙️ Configuration changes 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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• Isolates fork PR checks from secret-backed workflows and persistent self-hosted runners.
• Guards privileged jobs before runner assignment and disables checkout credential persistence.
• Adds hosted contract checks that enforce CI security boundaries.
Diagram

graph TD
  PR["PR Event"] --> SAFE["Safe Checks"] --> TESTS["Contract Tests"]
  PR --> GATE{"Same Repository?"}
  GATE -->|Fork| SKIP["Skip Privileged"]
  GATE -->|Same repo| PRIV["Privileged Jobs"] --> SELF["Self-hosted Runner"] --> NEON["Neon Databases"]
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High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Keep pull_request for privileged workflows
  • ➕ Uses the lower-privilege event model
  • ➕ Keeps workflow execution tied directly to the submitted revision
  • ➖ Fork jobs still reach persistent self-hosted runners
  • ➖ Repository secrets remain unavailable, causing predictable failures
  • ➖ Untrusted fork code could inspect or modify persistent runner state
2. Use a workflow_run privileged stage
  • ➕ Creates an explicit boundary after safe PR validation
  • ➕ Can require successful unprivileged checks before privileged processing
  • ➖ Introduces a more complex two-workflow trust model
  • ➖ Artifact and checkout handling can create privilege-escalation risks
  • ➖ Still requires strict controls before executing contributor code
3. Move all validation to hosted runners
  • ➕ Provides ephemeral isolation for every execution
  • ➕ Eliminates persistent self-hosted runner compromise risk
  • ➖ Database secrets must still be withheld from untrusted forks
  • ➖ May require additional tooling, networking, and execution cost
  • ➖ Does not by itself solve unsafe pull_request_target checkout behavior

Recommendation: The PR's split model is appropriate: run useful secret-free checks for every contributor PR while skipping privileged workflows before self-hosted runner assignment. Retain the base-workflow repository guard, credential-free checkout, and contract tests; a workflow_run design would add complexity without enabling safe secret-backed fork execution.

Files changed (8) +161 / -22

Bug fix (4) +35 / -21
neon-before-after-validate.ymlGuard privileged Neon validation from fork PRs +9/-6

Guard privileged Neon validation from fork PRs

• Switches PR execution to pull_request_target and adds a same-repository job guard before runner selection. Disables persisted checkout credentials, supports manual-dispatch refs, and updates PR-specific reporting conditions.

.github/workflows/neon-before-after-validate.yml

neon-integration-pg-matrix.ymlProtect the secret-backed PostgreSQL matrix +8/-4

Protect the secret-backed PostgreSQL matrix

• Uses pull_request_target with a same-repository guard so fork code cannot reach the NixOS runner or database secrets. Checkout credentials are no longer persisted.

.github/workflows/neon-integration-pg-matrix.yml

nixos-local-test.ymlSkip fork jobs before NixOS runner assignment +10/-10

Skip fork jobs before NixOS runner assignment

• Moves PR triggering to pull_request_target and adds an early repository-origin guard. Updates security comments and disables checkout credential persistence.

.github/workflows/nixos-local-test.yml

neon-before-after-validate.ymlHarden the distributed Neon workflow template +8/-1

Harden the distributed Neon workflow template

• Adds the same fork-origin job guard and credential-free checkout behavior to the reusable workflow template. Documents that fork SQL cannot execute with the Neon API key.

workflows/neon-before-after-validate.yml

Tests (1) +81 / -0
test_workflow_security.pyEnforce CI trust-boundary contracts +81/-0

Enforce CI trust-boundary contracts

• Adds tests ensuring privileged workflows use guarded pull_request_target jobs, safe checkout settings, and manual dispatch support. Also verifies that safe PR checks and Release Drafter remain on hosted runners without secrets or excess permissions.

testing/test_workflow_security.py

Documentation (1) +5 / -0
README.mdDocument trusted PR workflow boundaries +5/-0

Document trusted PR workflow boundaries

• Explains that fork PRs skip privileged jobs before runner assignment. Clarifies that only same-repository PRs and owner-triggered dispatches can access self-hosted runners and Neon secrets.

.github/workflows/README.md

Other (2) +40 / -1
pr-safe-checks.ymlAdd secret-free checks for all pull requests +39/-0

Add secret-free checks for all pull requests

• Introduces a GitHub-hosted pull_request workflow with read-only permissions and credential-free checkout. It runs workflow security contracts and pure pgTAP coverage checks without repository secrets.

.github/workflows/pr-safe-checks.yml

release-drafter.ymlMove release drafting to a hosted runner +1/-1

Move release drafting to a hosted runner

• Runs Release Drafter on ubuntu-latest instead of the persistent self-hosted NixOS runner, reducing unnecessary exposure to PR-triggered code paths.

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

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1. Fork authors can cancel trusted CI 🐞 Bug ⛨ Security
Description
Changing these workflows to pull_request_target makes their existing github.ref concurrency keys
resolve to the shared base branch rather than a pull-request-specific ref. Any fork update matching
the path filters can therefore cancel an in-progress same-repository or manual validation run before
the fork job is skipped, and repeated updates can prevent trusted checks from completing.
Code

.github/workflows/neon-integration-pg-matrix.yml[22]

+  pull_request_target:
Evidence
Both converted workflows trigger for fork pull_request_target events but group runs by
github.ref with cancellation enabled; their job guards are evaluated only after workflow-level
concurrency handling. Under this event, github.ref identifies the base branch, so fork, trusted
PR, and manual runs on that branch can occupy the same cancellation group.

.github/workflows/neon-integration-pg-matrix.yml[20-40]
.github/workflows/nixos-local-test.yml[44-70]

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## Issue description
The `pull_request_target` conversion causes `github.ref` concurrency groups to be shared by every pull request targeting the same base branch, allowing fork events to cancel trusted or manually dispatched runs before the job guard applies.
## Fix Focus Areas
- .github/workflows/neon-integration-pg-matrix.yml[22-34]
- .github/workflows/nixos-local-test.yml[44-70]
## Recommended Fix
Build each workflow-level concurrency group from `github.event.pull_request.number` for pull-request events, falling back to `github.ref` for manual dispatches. Apply the same pull-request-specific key to the NixOS job-level matrix concurrency group while retaining the PostgreSQL version suffix.

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In @.github/workflows/pr-safe-checks.yml:
- Line 28: Replace the piped uv installer command in the workflow with the
commit-pinned astral-sh/setup-uv action, specifying both version and checksum
inputs so the release and downloaded executable are verified.

In `@testing/test_workflow_security.py`:
- Line 25: Run workflow-policy verification from trusted base-branch content
rather than the pull request checkout, and inspect proposed workflow changes as
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