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Summary

  • Switches the Documentation workflow from pull_request_target to pull_request so fork PRs no longer trigger the checkout security block from actions/checkout@v4
  • For pull_request events, builds docs and a11y tests then uploads results as artifacts (no secrets needed)
  • Adds a new documentation-deploy.yml workflow triggered by workflow_run that downloads the artifacts and deploys to Surge using repo secrets
  • issue_comment and workflow_call paths are unchanged — they still build and deploy directly since they have access to secrets
  • Preserves the is-release workflow_call input from fix(workflow): fix release deploy #12598 for the Release workflow

Replaces #12621, which was based on 6.6.x instead of main.

Closes #12601

Test plan for when after this merges to main can be found here #12626

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  • Documentation
    • Improved documentation preview and deployment workflows.
    • Pull requests now receive documentation and accessibility artifacts without unnecessary preview uploads.
    • Documentation deployments run only after successful workflow completion.
    • Added more reliable pull request identification and validation.
    • Prevented accessibility uploads from running after canceled workflows.

…eckout block

Rebased onto main and merged with the is-release workflow_call changes from
#12598. PR builds use pull_request (artifact upload); deploy uses workflow_run.

Closes #12601

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The documentation workflow now uses pull_request, publishes pull-request documentation and accessibility artifacts, and triggers deployment only after successful completion. Deployment resolves the pull request from workflow metadata or the pull requests API.

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Documentation preview deployment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Workflow event routing
.github/workflows/documentation.yml
Pull requests use the pull_request event. Permission checks run only for issue_comment events. Approval, checkout, and deployment conditions distinguish comment events from other runs.
Pull-request artifact publication
.github/workflows/documentation.yml
Pull-request runs upload documentation and accessibility artifacts. Preview uploads exclude pull requests. The pull-request number artifact upload was removed.
Completed workflow deployment
.github/workflows/documentation-deploy.yml
Deployment runs after successful Documentation workflow completion. It resolves the pull request from workflow metadata or the pull requests API, validates the result, and avoids accessibility uploads after cancellation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to a58f7

The new pull-request deployment flow improves security, but comment-triggered documentation deployments still run pull-request-controlled code with deployment credentials available. A compromised or malicious pull request could expose those credentials, and token permissions are not explicitly restricted, so this PR is not ready to merge until the privileged path is isolated and permissions are hardened.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DocumentationWorkflow
  participant GitHubActionsArtifacts
  participant DocumentationDeploymentWorkflow
  participant PullRequestsAPI
  participant PreviewUploader
  DocumentationWorkflow->>GitHubActionsArtifacts: Upload documentation and accessibility artifacts
  GitHubActionsArtifacts-->>DocumentationDeploymentWorkflow: Start after successful workflow completion
  DocumentationDeploymentWorkflow->>PullRequestsAPI: Resolve pull request if metadata is unavailable
  DocumentationDeploymentWorkflow->>PreviewUploader: Upload documentation and accessibility results
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Suggested reviewers: nicolethoen, kmcfaul, thatblindgeye

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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately describes the main change: splitting the documentation workflow to avoid the pull_request_target checkout restriction for fork pull requests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The workflow changes address issue #12601 by using pull_request for fork-safe documentation and accessibility builds, uploading artifacts without secrets, and moving Surge deployment to a separate wor…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the linked issue scope. Permission updates, event handling, artifact flow, checkout selection, deployment gating, and cancellation checks all support safe fork pull request C…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Explanation

The workflow changes address issue #12601 by using pull_request for fork-safe documentation and accessibility builds, uploading artifacts without secrets, and moving Surge deployment to a separate workflow_run workflow. The deployment validation also fails closed when the commit does not map to exactly one pull request.

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Explanation

The changes remain within the linked issue scope. Permission updates, event handling, artifact flow, checkout selection, deployment gating, and cancellation checks all support safe fork pull request CI and deployment.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/documentation-deploy.yml:
- Line 10: Update the workflow trigger condition to require
github.event.workflow_run.conclusion to equal 'success' before deployment,
replacing the current check that only excludes 'cancelled'; preserve the
pull_request event filter.
- Around line 24-32: Remove the pr-number artifact download and Set PR number
steps; derive GH_PR_NUM from the workflow_run event metadata, using its
pull_requests value and a head_sha API lookup fallback when that list is empty,
then validate the resolved pull request number from the trusted API response
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I don't know a lot about this. the CodeRabbit stuff sounds like things we want to fix. I also have a question about whether we need always() and !cancelled().

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@dlabaj The coderabbit callouts seem like they're worth investigating. Maybe we can limit the surge deployments to just PF team member /deploy-preview comments, if it ends up being tricky to safely pass PR for the workflow?

- Deploy only when the Documentation workflow succeeds
- Resolve PR number from workflow_run metadata with head_sha API fallback
- Remove untrusted pr-number artifact from the build workflow
- Upload PR artifacts only on successful build steps

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In @.github/workflows/documentation-deploy.yml:
- Line 34: Update the PR_NUM lookup in the documentation deployment workflow to
accept the fallback only when the commits-to-pulls API returns exactly one pull
request; when it returns none or multiple matches, fail the deployment instead
of selecting the first result. Preserve the existing source-run metadata path
and prevent ambiguous matches from determining the preview URL or comment.
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Require a unique pull request before deploying previews, and drop redundant always() checks in favor of !cancelled().

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@kmcfaul The remaining CodeRabbit callout is addressed in a58f796: deploy now fails if the source commit maps to zero or more than one PR, instead of taking the first match.

I think that keeps automatic PR previews without needing to limit Surge to /deploy-preview from PF team members. We can still add that restriction later if we'd rather fail closed on fork PRs.

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)
.github/workflows/documentation.yml (1)

3-3: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-522): Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate

Keep deployment secrets out of the pull-request build.

The job checks out PR code and runs PR-controlled setup, build, and accessibility commands while SURGE_LOGIN, SURGE_TOKEN, and GH_PR_TOKEN are job-scoped. Move the secrets to deployment steps, or split the untrusted build from the privileged deployment.

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In @.github/workflows/documentation.yml at line 3, Restrict SURGE_LOGIN,
SURGE_TOKEN, and GH_PR_TOKEN so they are unavailable during pull-request
checkout, setup, build, and accessibility commands. Scope these secrets only to
the deployment steps, or split the untrusted PR build from the privileged
deployment while preserving the existing deployment behavior.
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In @.github/workflows/documentation.yml:
- Line 3: Restrict SURGE_LOGIN, SURGE_TOKEN, and GH_PR_TOKEN so they are
unavailable during pull-request checkout, setup, build, and accessibility
commands. Scope these secrets only to the deployment steps, or split the
untrusted PR build from the privileged deployment while preserving the existing
deployment behavior.

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Again, not an expert, but the questions I had seem resolved.

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