Add the Manual sol verify caller workflow - #570
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Every one of the five `sol-v0.1.9` deploys ran with `verify: false` — the verification retry loop was outlasting the deploy — so all five contracts are live on all seven networks with no source on any explorer. Re-dispatching `Manual sol artifacts` cannot repair that. The deploy is deterministic and therefore idempotent: a rerun against networks that already hold the code broadcasts nothing, `--verify` gets nothing to submit, and the run goes green having verified nothing. The `manual-sol-artifacts.yaml` `verify` input already points at `Manual sol verify` as the repair path; this is that workflow. Thin caller over `rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml`, matching the one in rain.deploy. `forge verify-contract` only talks to the explorer API, so it never broadcasts, never reads `DEPLOYMENT_KEY`, and is a no-op against an explorer that already has the source. The `networks` default spells FOUNDRY's chain names, which are not this repo's `[rpc_endpoints]` aliases on three of the seven — `base-sepolia`, `mainnet` and `hyperliquid` against `base_sepolia`, `ethereum` and `hyperevm`. The alias spellings are rejected outright, and they are exactly what the deploy's own `manual verification command:` line prints, so the input description says not to copy `--chain` from there. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a manual GitHub Actions workflow for source verification of deployed contracts. The workflow accepts contract, address, and network inputs, then calls the reusable Rainix verification workflow. ChangesManual source verification
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This workflow adds a manual verification path but currently delegates to a mutable external revision, passes repository secrets broadly, and leaves token permissions unrestricted; a future upstream change or permissive default could expose secrets or allow unintended repository writes. Merge should wait until the workflow is pinned and uses least-privilege permissions with explicit secret mappings. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In @.github/workflows/manual-sol-verify.yaml:
- Around line 52-54: Restrict the GITHUB_TOKEN used by the verify job to
read-only repository contents by adding a permissions block at the workflow or
job level alongside the reusable workflow reference in verify. Preserve the
existing rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml invocation.
- Around line 54-59: Update the reusable workflow reference in the manual
verification job to use a reviewed full commit SHA instead of the mutable main
branch, and replace secrets: inherit with explicit mappings for
CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN, EXPLORER_VERIFICATION_KEY, and each declared
CI_DEPLOY_*_ETHERSCAN_API_KEY secret consumed by the workflow.
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rg -n --hidden --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!dist' 'rainix-manual-sol-verify|manual-sol-verify|permissions:|actions/checkout' .
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In GitHub Actions, GITHUB_TOKEN permissions in reusable and nested workflows follow strict hierarchical rules to ensure security and prevent privilege escalation [1][2][3]. Permission Inheritance and Constraints: - Caller Control: When a caller workflow invokes a reusable workflow, it can specify permissions using the jobs.<job_id>.permissions key [1][3]. If not specified in the calling job, the called workflow inherits the default permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN [1][2]. - Downgrade Only: GITHUB_TOKEN permissions passed from a caller workflow can be downgraded (made more restrictive) but never elevated (made more permissive) by the called workflow [1][3]. - Nested Workflows: For nested workflows (e.g., A > B > C), permissions can only be maintained or further restricted at each subsequent level [4][5][3]. If workflow A has contents: read, then workflows B and C cannot have contents: write [1][2]. All workflows in the chain must be accessible to the initial caller workflow [4][2]. - Execution Context: A called workflow is automatically granted access to the GITHUB_TOKEN, but its effective permissions are bound by the constraints established by the caller [2][3]. Best Practices: - Least Privilege: As a security best practice, explicitly define the minimum required permissions in your workflow or job level to limit the scope of the GITHUB_TOKEN [6]. - Nested Access: Remember that nested reusable workflows require all workflows in the chain to be accessible to the top-level caller [4][2]. If a workflow in the chain lacks necessary permissions or accessibility, the entire job will fail [1][2]. For further details on specific permission configurations, refer to the official GitHub documentation on Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions and Reusing workflow configurations [1][4][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/reusing-workflow-configurations
- 2: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/actions/reference/reusable-workflows-reference
- 3: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/reusing-workflow-configurations.md
- 4: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/reuse-automations/reuse-workflows
- 5: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/actions/how-tos/reuse-automations/reuse-workflows.md
- 6: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/actions/tutorials/authenticate-with-github_token.md
Restrict the caller's GITHUB_TOKEN to contents: read.
The called workflow runs the setup action with repository checkout enabled. Add a workflow- or job-level permissions block. Without it, the called workflow inherits repository or organization defaults, which may grant write access.
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[warning] 53-60: overly broad permissions (excessive-permissions): default permissions used due to no permissions: block
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[warning] 54-54: secrets unconditionally inherited by called workflow (secrets-inherit): this reusable workflow
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In @.github/workflows/manual-sol-verify.yaml around lines 52 - 54, Restrict the
GITHUB_TOKEN used by the verify job to read-only repository contents by adding a
permissions block at the workflow or job level alongside the reusable workflow
reference in verify. Preserve the existing rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml
invocation.
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Checked rather than assumed: gh api repos/rainlanguage/rainlang/actions/permissions/workflow reports default_workflow_permissions: write. So this is not spurious — with no block the called workflow really does get a write-scoped GITHUB_TOKEN, and contents: read really is all it needs (checkout, nix, forge verify-contract; the Actions cache uses ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN, not this one).
Not taking it in this PR, and not because it is wrong.
The cap belongs in rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml itself. A called workflow's own job-level permissions applies, and a caller can only downgrade from there, so one block upstream covers this repo, the other caller in rainlang, rain.deploy, and every future caller — instead of two of them. Put it in this one caller and the result is manual-sol-artifacts.yaml, which is the workflow that actually reaches DEPLOYMENT_KEY and the RPCs, sitting unrestricted directly beside a hardened workflow that never broadcasts anything. That is the wrong half to harden first, and the inconsistency would read as deliberate to whoever finds it next.
Flagged for upstream rather than dropped.
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@thedavidmeister, agreed. The reusable rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml workflow is the correct place for permissions: contents: read.
That change protects all current and future callers. The current PR does not include the upstream change, so I will keep this finding open.
Would you like me to create a GitHub issue for the Rainix follow-up?
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Repo: rainlanguage/rainlang PR: 570
File: .github/workflows/manual-sol-verify.yaml:52-54
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T10:20:31.816Z
Learning: For the shared GitHub Actions reusable workflow `rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml`, define the least-privilege `GITHUB_TOKEN` permissions in the reusable workflow itself. Its job-level permission cap applies to all callers, while callers can only further restrict the token.
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Filed as rainlanguage/rainix#361 — in rainix rather than here, since that is where the fix lands and where it covers rain.deploy and both callers at once.
Two things surfaced while writing it up that make the finding stronger than the version above:
- The pattern already exists in rainix.
rainix-vercel.yaml:69(contents: read+pull-requests: write),rainix-tag-release.yaml:163(contents: write) andrainix-autopublish.yaml:72(id-token: write+contents: write) all declare job-level permissions sized to what their steps do.rainix-manual-sol-verify.yamlsimply does not have one, and it is the reusable in that set with the smallest genuine need. So this is a gap in a convention, not a new convention. contents: readreally is sufficient: the composite does a checkout, the Actions cache authenticates withACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKENrather thanGITHUB_TOKEN, and the verify step reaches explorer APIs with theCI_DEPLOY_*keys. Nothing in the chain writes with the token.
Keeping the thread open here is the right call — this caller is write-scoped until that lands.
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@thedavidmeister, thanks for the detailed validation.
rainlanguage/rainix#361 is the correct follow-up location. The existing Rainix workflow convention and the token-use audit both support a job-level permissions: contents: read block in rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml.
This caller remains write-scoped until that upstream change lands. Keeping this thread open is correct.
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File: .github/workflows/manual-sol-verify.yaml:52-54
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Learning: For the shared GitHub Actions reusable workflow `rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml`, define the least-privilege `GITHUB_TOKEN` permissions in the reusable workflow itself. Its job-level permission cap applies to all callers, while callers can only further restrict the token.
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Every one of the five
sol-v0.1.9deploys ran withverify: false— the verification retry loop was hanging the runs — so all five contracts are live on all seven networks with no source on any explorer:parsersrc/concrete/RainlangParser.sol:RainlangParser0x0030FF8D5386EF3AdDD5CcaCc6DdB9c3D0C5adaAstoresrc/concrete/RainlangStore.sol:RainlangStore0x1Aa775533E28B1D843e1A589034984E3a62005DCinterpretersrc/concrete/RainlangInterpreter.sol:RainlangInterpreter0x4c52eee7Fb6aeD0F1a30130d96d02409D9d886cfexpression-deployersrc/concrete/RainlangExpressionDeployer.sol:RainlangExpressionDeployer0xb90c299a8321fbdd8D0F367e560f5341F840dA3Frainlangsrc/concrete/Rainlang.sol:Rainlang0x820FB8ae43350f6F4F60117955751b0a6777aC54Each address is the
DEPLOYED_ADDRESSin the matchingsrc/generated/0_1_9/snapshot; each artifact path is the matchingartifactPathinsrc/abstract/RainlangDeploySuites.sol.Re-dispatching
Manual sol artifactscannot repair this. The deploy is deterministic and therefore idempotent: a rerun against networks that already hold the code broadcasts nothing,--verifygets nothing to submit, and the run goes green having verified nothing.manual-sol-artifacts.yaml's ownverifyinput description already namesManual sol verifyas the repair path — this PR is that workflow, which the repo did not have.What
One file. A thin
workflow_dispatchcaller overrainlanguage/rainix/.github/workflows/rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml@main, the same shape as the one inrainlanguage/rain.deploy. It never broadcasts and never readsDEPLOYMENT_KEY—forge verify-contracttalks to the explorer API and nothing else — so it is safe to re-run and is a no-op against an explorer that already holds the source.The
networksdefault is FOUNDRY chain names, not the RPC aliasesforge verify-contract --chaintakes foundry's own chain names. Three of this repo's seven[rpc_endpoints]aliases are spelled differently and are rejected outright:[rpc_endpoints]alias--chainnamebase_sepoliabase-sepoliaethereummainnethyperevmhyperliquidThe other four (
arbitrum,base,flare,polygon) are spelled the same in both.This is a live trap, not a theoretical one: the
manual verification command:lineLibRainDeployprints after each broadcast emits--chainwith the alias it broadcast under — e.g.forge verify-contract --chain hyperevm 0x820FB8ae43350f6F4F60117955751b0a6777aC54 src/concrete/Rainlang.sol:Rainlang. Copying that line's--chainvalue into this input is the exact mistake that gets rejected, so the input description says not to.Dispatching it
After merge, once per contract:
networksdefaults to all seven, so it is only passed to narrow a run.Not merged by me. It deploys nothing, but it is the thing that gets pointed at seven explorers, so it wants a human on the button.
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rainix-manual-sol-verify.yaml, which refuses a blankcontract/address/networksrather than looping zero times and exiting green. What this file can get wrong is its data — the artifact paths and thenetworksdefault — so both were checked against an independent oracle instead: (1)arbitrum base base-sepolia mainnet flare hyperliquid polygonare all seven accepted byforge verify-contract --chain(foundry nightly43923a4, fromrainix#sol-shell); (2)base_sepolia,ethereumandhyperevmare all three rejected by that same binary witherror: invalid value '<name>' for '--chain <CHAIN>', before any network call — so the default is not merely plausible, the alias spellings it avoids are demonstrably fatal; (3) the file parses (yq).manual verification command:lines, printed byLibRainDeployfrom the values it actually broadcast under, read out of the run logs linked in the table above. (2) The committedsrc/generated/0_1_9/*.solDEPLOYED_ADDRESSconstants and theartifactPathfields insrc/abstract/RainlangDeploySuites.sol. All five artifact-path/address pairs match across both. For the chain names the oracle is foundry's own--chainparser, as above — not the docs, and not the rain.deploy template this was copied from.Manual sol verifycaller, (b) get thenetworksdefault onto FOUNDRY chain names rather than the RPC aliases. Covered a, b — (a) is the file, (b) is the default plus the input description that stops the next person copying--chainoff the deploy's printed line. Nothing else in the ask; no contract is verified by this PR, only made verifiable.Summary by CodeRabbit