ci(validate): unbreak Validate learner branches (git identity + gitleaks OSS) - #2
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The verify-deltas job runs `build-branches.mjs --check`, which applies the module delta patches with `git am`. On a fresh CI runner git has no committer identity, so `git am` aborts with "fatal: empty ident name", failing the job for any PR that touches course-build/. The sibling build-and-test job already configures an identity for the same reason; add the equivalent step to verify-deltas. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
gitleaks/gitleaks-action@v2 refuses to run without a paid GITLEAKS_LICENSE secret on organization repos, so the secret-scan gate failed on every PR with "missing gitleaks license". Download and run the pinned gitleaks OSS binary (v8.30.1) directly with `gitleaks git`, preserving the full commit-history secret scan (non-zero exit on any finding) without the license dependency. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes the Validate learner branches GitHub Actions workflow so it can run successfully on PRs that touch course-build/**, by addressing two environment/config failures on fresh runners (git identity for git am) and removing the dependency on a paid Gitleaks license.
Changes:
- Configure a git committer identity in
verify-deltasbefore running the delta application step that shells out togit am. - Replace
gitleaks/gitleaks-action@v2with a pinned download/run of the OSSgitleaksbinary to avoid requiringGITLEAKS_LICENSE.
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.github/workflows/validate-branches.yml |
Unblocks the workflow by setting git identity for git am and running Gitleaks OSS directly instead of the licensed action. |
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The learner-branch services default their SQLite DBs to /data/<svc>.db (overridable via *_DB_PATH), where /data is a mounted volume under docker compose. The build-and-test job runs `mvn test` / `dotnet test` / `pytest` directly on the runner, which has no such volume, so the Spring services (workforce/audit/auth) abort at context load with "path to '/data/workforce.db': '/data' does not exist", failing every module. Create a writable /data on the runner to mirror the runtime contract. The fix stays at the CI layer: touching the app config instead would alter the learner-branch trees that verify-deltas pins via manifest.expectedTreeSha. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
The build-and-test job failed with "No module named pytest": the Python step ran `python -m pytest` but only `pip install -e services/<svc>`, which omits pytest (declared in the service's `dev` extra). It also ran pytest whenever a tests/ dir existed, but early modules ship a tests/ dir with only a README, so pytest would exit 5 (no tests collected). Only run pytest when real test files (test_*.py / *_test.py) are present, and in that case install the dev extra (pins pytest/pytest-asyncio) with a direct pytest install as a fallback so `python -m pytest` is always available. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
The QR e2e (present from start-of-module-06) failed with "element not found": the asset detail page fetches assets-svc AND workforce-svc and hides its body (including the QR card) if either call throws. Playwright's webServer starts `npm run dev` (the whole stack) but only waits for the web app on :4321, so the slower JVM workforce-svc was usually still booting when the spec ran, and both retries lost the same race. Pre-start the stack, wait for web + assets-svc + workforce-svc /health, then run Playwright reusing the warm server (reuseExistingServer is true when CI is unset), keeping --retries=2. Only the services the current specs need are gated, so earlier modules whose specs never touch the backends are unaffected. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
Temporary diagnostics on Playwright e2e failure: dump the web /assets links, assets-svc responses, the rendered detail page's QR/error markers, and Playwright's error-context, to pinpoint why the QR spec fails with a warm stack. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
…context) Curl the actual first-by-tag asset id, its /qr endpoint, and dump the full Playwright error-context ARIA snapshot plus assets-svc stack log lines, all set -e safe, to pinpoint why the QR heading is absent with a warm stack. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
…heory) The QR e2e failure was misdiagnosed as dev-server watcher flakiness. It is actually a deterministic selector bug in the test itself (fixed separately in the module-05 delta). Revert validate-branch.sh's e2e block to the original CI=1 npm run test:e2e; the elaborate stack pre-start/health-gate and the temporary diagnostics were built on the wrong theory and add no value (YAGNI). The /data provisioning and pytest fixes are unaffected. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
…ssets/new
The QR Playwright spec (shipped in the module-05 delta, present in
start-of-module-06 and -07) used `page.locator('a[href^="/assets/"]').first()`.
On the assets list page the "+ New asset" button (href="/assets/new") renders
before the asset table rows, so `.first()` opened the create form -- which has
no "QR code" heading -- and the test failed deterministically on every run.
This is why start-of-module-06/07 were the only build-and-test jobs failing.
Scope the selector to the asset table body (`tbody a[href^="/assets/"]`) so it
selects the first real asset detail link. Verified deterministically with
Playwright against the page's DOM structure (old selector -> /assets/new, new
selector -> first asset), and the asset detail page is already confirmed to
render the QR card.
Because module deltas are cumulative, this changes the reconstructed trees for
start-of-module-06 and -07, so the two expectedTreeSha values in manifest.json
are updated to match. `build-branches.mjs --check` passes for all modules.
Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
Address CodeQL/Copilot review: the secret-scan job downloaded and executed a release tarball with no integrity verification, an avoidable supply-chain risk for the CI runner. Pin the upstream SHA256 (from gitleaks_8.30.1_checksums.txt) and verify the download with `sha256sum -c` before extracting or running it. The checksum was verified against the real release artifact. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 3750cefd-d322-4f02-9184-c8ac3eba2fff
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Description
The Validate learner branches workflow (runs on any PR touching
course-build/**) fails on every PR for two environment/config reasons that are independent of any code change. They surfaced on PR #1 (the first PR to exercise this workflow) and remain broken onmain. This PR fixes both so the gate can actually run.Related Issue
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Type of Change
Affected Services
web(Astro SSR + React)assets-svc(.NET 10)workforce-svc(Java 21 / Spring Boot 3)reporting-svc(Python FastAPI)notifications-svc(Python FastAPI)audit-svc(legacy Java 11 / Spring Boot 2.7)auth-svc(legacy Java 11 / Spring Boot 2.7)Changes Made
verify-deltas: configure a git identity beforegit am. The job applies the module delta patches viabuild-branches.mjs --check, which shells out togit am. On a fresh runner git has no committer identity, so it aborted withfatal: empty ident name. Added the same "Configure git identity" step the siblingbuild-and-testjob already uses.secret-scan: run the gitleaks OSS binary instead of the licensed action.gitleaks/gitleaks-action@v2refuses to run on organization repos without a paidGITLEAKS_LICENSEsecret (missing gitleaks license). Switched to downloading the pinned gitleaks OSS binary (v8.30.1) and runninggitleaks git ., which preserves the full commit-history secret scan (non-zero exit on any finding) with no license dependency. The scanner is not disabled or weakened.Testing
npm run test:e2e(Playwright) passesdotnet testinservices/assets-svcpassespytestinservices/reporting-svcand/orservices/notifications-svcpassesmvn testinservices/workforce-svcpassesmvn testinservices/audit-svcand/orservices/auth-svcpassesnpm run devordocker compose up --build) and the affected flow works at http://localhost:4321Verified the gitleaks change locally: downloaded
gitleaks v8.30.1and rangitleaks git .against this repo (scanned all commits, "no leaks found", exit 0). The git-identity fix mirrors the step thebuild-and-testjob already relies on for the samegit am. The workflow's ownverify-deltasgate (delta check +selftest.mjs) will exercise both changes on this PR.Checklist
main(I have not hand-edited generated learner branches or promoted refs — see CONTRIBUTING.md)exercises.md) if neededAdditional Notes
These two fixes were originally authored while landing PR #1 but arrived after that PR had already merged, so they never reached
main. This PR carries just those two commits (only.github/workflows/validate-branches.ymlchanges). Provisioning aGITLEAKS_LICENSEsecret and reverting to the action would also work if the org prefers the hosted action; the OSS-binary route was chosen to keep the gate running without a license dependency.