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fix: resolve "latest" CLI version using the action's own token, not an env var - #852

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Same root cause as game-ci/unity-test-runner#332: resolveLatestTag() only checked process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN/GH_TOKEN for authenticating the GitHub API call that resolves cliVersion: latest. GitHub Actions does not inject GITHUB_TOKEN into a JS action's process environment automatically — a calling workflow has to set it explicitly via env: — and essentially no consumer workflow had reason to do that before this action started making its own API calls. So this was unauthenticated for effectively every consumer, not just ones under unusual load.

Hit live via a unity-test-runner consumer's six-version test matrix, which failed simultaneously with GitHub API returned 403. This action shares the identical resolveLatestTag/downloadCli pattern — the original comments in both files reference each other — and is exposed to the exact same gap.

The fix

Unlike unity-test-runner, this action had no githubToken input at all, so there was no way for a consumer to hand it a token even deliberately. Added one, defaulting to ${{ github.token }} — populated by GitHub Actions on every run with no consumer action needed — and threaded it through downloadCliresolveLatestTag, ahead of the env var fallback (kept for the CLI/install.sh path, which has no Action input to read from).

+  githubToken:
+    required: false
+    default: '${{ github.token }}'
+    description:
+      'Token used to authenticate the GitHub API call that resolves cliVersion: latest to a concrete release tag. ...'
-    const cliPath = await downloadCli(cliVersion);
+    const githubToken = core.getInput('githubToken') || '';
+    const cliPath = await downloadCli(cliVersion, githubToken);

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2 new tests added to the existing suite (not replacing it), confirmed to catch the regression — reverting the parameter threading fails exactly those two and nothing else in the existing 12.

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  • New Features
    • Added an optional githubToken input to the Unity Builder GitHub Action, defaulting to the workflow’s GitHub token.
    • The token authenticates GitHub API requests when resolving cliVersion: latest.
    • An explicitly provided token takes priority over environment-based tokens; existing environment fallbacks remain available.
    • Explicitly selected CLI versions continue to work without requiring a token.

…n env var

`resolveLatestTag()` only checked `process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN`/`GH_TOKEN` for
authenticating the GitHub API call that resolves `cliVersion: latest`. GitHub
Actions does not inject GITHUB_TOKEN into a JS action's process environment
automatically - a calling workflow has to set it explicitly via `env:` - and
essentially no consumer workflow had reason to do that before this action
started making its own API calls. So this was unauthenticated for effectively
every consumer, not just ones under unusual load, and the unauthenticated
limit (60 req/hour, shared across every job on the runner's IP) is easy to
exhaust.

Hit live via game-ci/unity-test-runner#328's consumer, whose six-version test
matrix failed simultaneously with "GitHub API returned 403" - this action
shares the identical resolveLatestTag/downloadCli pattern (copy-pasted, per
the original comments referencing each other) and is exposed to the exact same
gap.

This action had no `githubToken` input at all, unlike unity-test-runner, so
there was no way for a consumer to hand it a token even deliberately. Added
one, defaulting to `${{ github.token }}` - populated by GitHub Actions on
every run with no consumer action needed - and threaded it through
downloadCli -> resolveLatestTag, ahead of the env var fallback (kept for the
CLI/install.sh path, which has no Action input to read from).

2 new tests, confirmed to catch the regression: removing the parameter
threading fails exactly "sends an Authorization header from the githubToken
parameter" and "forwards its githubToken parameter to resolveLatestTag", and
nothing else in the existing 12.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The action adds an optional githubToken input. Runtime code passes it to latest-release resolution, where it takes precedence over environment tokens. Tests cover authorization headers, environment fallback, and token forwarding.

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GitHub token resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Action token input and wiring
action.yml, src/index.ts
The action declares githubToken with a ${{ github.token }} default. run reads the input and passes it to downloadCli.
Authenticated latest-release resolution
src/download-cli.ts, src/download-cli.test.ts
resolveLatestTag prioritizes the explicit token over GITHUB_TOKEN and GH_TOKEN. downloadCli forwards the token when resolving latest. Tests verify the Bearer header, environment fallback, and forwarding behavior. The scriptPath construction is reformatted without a behavior change.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ActionInput
  participant run
  participant downloadCli
  participant resolveLatestTag
  participant GitHubAPI
  ActionInput->>run: Read githubToken
  run->>downloadCli: Pass cliVersion and githubToken
  downloadCli->>resolveLatestTag: Resolve latest with githubToken
  resolveLatestTag->>GitHubAPI: Request releases/latest with Bearer token
  GitHubAPI-->>resolveLatestTag: Return release tag
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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141-141: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test explicit-token precedence over environment tokens.

This test verifies only the GH_TOKEN fallback. Add a test that supplies an explicit token and an environment token at the same time. Assert that Authorization uses the explicit token. The separate tests do not verify the required precedence rule.

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In `@src/download-cli.test.ts` at line 141, Add a test covering resolveLatestTag
when both an explicit token and GH_TOKEN environment value are provided, and
assert that the fetch request’s Authorization header uses the explicit token
rather than the environment token.

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In `@src/download-cli.test.ts`:
- Line 141: Add a test covering resolveLatestTag when both an explicit token and
GH_TOKEN environment value are provided, and assert that the fetch request’s
Authorization header uses the explicit token rather than the environment token.

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Addresses a CodeRabbit nitpick on PR #852: the existing tests covered
the GITHUB_TOKEN and GH_TOKEN fallback paths individually but not the
precedence rule itself (githubToken > GITHUB_TOKEN > GH_TOKEN) when
more than one is present at once.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
webbertakken pushed a commit to game-ci/unity-activate that referenced this pull request Sep 16, 2026
GITHUB_TOKEN/GH_TOKEN are not automatically injected into a custom JS
action's process environment - a calling workflow has to set them
explicitly via env:, which essentially no consumer had reason to do.
So resolving cliVersion: latest hit the GitHub API unauthenticated for
effectively every consumer, exhausting the shared 60 req/hour rate
limit under any real concurrency (e.g. a multi-version test matrix).

Confirmed live via a Mirror Networking Actions run and the identical
bug already fixed in game-ci/unity-test-runner#332 and
game-ci/unity-builder#852.

Adds a githubToken input (default: ${{ github.token }}, populated by
Actions on every run with no consumer action needed) and threads it
through downloadCli -> resolveLatestTag ahead of the env-var fallback.

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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