Fix Scorecards analysis: replace expired SCORECARD_READ_TOKEN with GITHUB_TOKEN - #5477
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…THUB_TOKEN The Scorecards job was failing with "401 Bad credentials" because the SCORECARD_READ_TOKEN secret was expired/invalid. For public repositories, GITHUB_TOKEN is the recommended approach - it's automatically provided, never expires, and has the necessary read permissions. Signed-off-by: Alan Jowett <alanjo@microsoft.com>
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[WIP] Fix failing GitHub Actions job Scorecards analysis
Fix Scorecards analysis: replace expired SCORECARD_READ_TOKEN with GITHUB_TOKEN
Jul 30, 2026
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The "Scorecards analysis" CI job was failing with
401 Bad credentialsbecauseSCORECARD_READ_TOKEN(a PAT) had expired.Description
Replaces
secrets.SCORECARD_READ_TOKENwithsecrets.GITHUB_TOKENin.github/workflows/scorecards-analysis.yml.For public repositories,
GITHUB_TOKENis the recommended authentication method forscorecard-action— it's automatically provisioned per-run and never expires. The job already declares all required permissions (contents: read,security-events: write,actions: read,id-token: write).Testing
No code changes; CI-only fix. The Scorecards workflow will validate on next push to
main.Documentation
No documentation impact.
Installation
No installer impact.