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Bumps actions/github-script from 8 to 9.

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v9.0.0

New features:

  • getOctokit factory function — Available directly in the script context. Create additional authenticated Octokit clients with different tokens for multi-token workflows, GitHub App tokens, and cross-org access. See Creating additional clients with getOctokit for details and examples.
  • Orchestration ID in user-agent — The ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID environment variable is automatically appended to the user-agent string for request tracing.

Breaking changes:

  • require('@actions/github') no longer works in scripts. The upgrade to @actions/github v9 (ESM-only) means require('@actions/github') will fail at runtime. If you previously used patterns like const { getOctokit } = require('@actions/github') to create secondary clients, use the new injected getOctokit function instead — it's available directly in the script context with no imports needed.
  • getOctokit is now an injected function parameter. Scripts that declare const getOctokit = ... or let getOctokit = ... will get a SyntaxError because JavaScript does not allow const/let redeclaration of function parameters. Use the injected getOctokit directly, or use var getOctokit = ... if you need to redeclare it.
  • If your script accesses other @actions/github internals beyond the standard github/octokit client, you may need to update those references for v9 compatibility.

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Full Changelog: actions/github-script@v8.0.0...v9.0.0

Commits
  • 3a2844b Merge pull request #700 from actions/salmanmkc/expose-getoctokit + prepare re...
  • ca10bbd fix: use @​octokit/core/types import for v7 compatibility
  • 86e48e2 merge: incorporate main branch changes
  • c108472 chore: rebuild dist for v9 upgrade and getOctokit factory
  • afff112 Merge pull request #712 from actions/salmanmkc/deployment-false + fix user-ag...
  • ff8117e ci: fix user-agent test to handle orchestration ID
  • 81c6b78 ci: use deployment: false to suppress deployment noise from integration tests
  • 3953caf docs: update README examples from @​v8 to @​v9, add getOctokit docs and v9 brea...
  • c17d55b ci: add getOctokit integration test job
  • a047196 test: add getOctokit integration tests via callAsyncFunction
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@dependabot dependabot Bot force-pushed the dependabot/github_actions/actions/github-script-9 branch 6 times, most recently from 4bd53f7 to 986d310 Compare May 1, 2026 13:19
Bumps [actions/github-script](https://github.com/actions/github-script) from 8 to 9.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/github-script/releases)
- [Commits](actions/github-script@v8...v9)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/github-script
  dependency-version: '9'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

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Review summary

Verdict: safe to merge as-is. No code changes pushed.

What changed

Bumps actions/github-script from v8 to v9 in 4 workflow steps:

  • .github/workflows/publish-static-bundle.yml (3 steps)
  • .github/workflows/release.yml (1 step)

Relevant v9 breaking changes

  1. require('@actions/github') no longer works (v9 is ESM-only).
  2. getOctokit is now an injected script-context function — declaring const getOctokit = ... or let getOctokit = ... produces a SyntaxError.
  3. Other non-standard @actions/github internals may need updating.
  4. New (additive): ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID is appended to the user-agent.

Audit of every actions/github-script script body in this repo

Step Uses Affected by v9?
publish-static-bundle.yml:76 "Assert preview package" core.setFailed() only No
publish-static-bundle.yml:118 "Prepare cloudfront payload" (preview) Pure JS string/array, returns object No
publish-static-bundle.yml:230 "Prepare cloudfront payload" (live) Pure JS string/array, returns object No
release.yml:22 "get-package-name" process.env.RELEASE_TAG + string slicing No

None of the scripts:

  • call require('@actions/github')
  • declare const/let getOctokit
  • access @actions/github internals
  • make any Octokit/API calls (so user-agent changes are irrelevant)

Security / performance

  • v9 published by the same official actions/ org as v8.
  • Diff is a pure version bump; no script bodies modified.
  • No new permissions or secrets required.

CI

All 17 checks on this branch are green.

No edits required — merging this PR is safe.


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