ci: pin the Python packages the spec jobs install - #215
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The pin has to come from a resolution rather than a guess: a version invented to make a file look pinned is the same shape as the four ways of reaching green that this repository rules out. pip is not installed on the machine this was written from, so CI takes the measurement. Removed in the next commit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe specs CI job now installs OpenAPI validator dependencies in ChangesCI dependency resolution diagnostics
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change pins package versions for CI spec jobs, but the pinned file lacks hashes and installation does not enforce them, so an unexpected or compromised distribution could still be accepted. Merge should wait for hash-pinned, hash-checked installs or explicit security acceptance. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Three jobs ran `pip install pyyaml openapi-spec-validator` unpinned, and one of them holds `contents: write` and curls four third-party hosts. This repository pins all 34 `uses:` to a commit and gives CLAUDE.md a section on why a tag is a mutable pointer whoever owns the action can move. A floating PyPI resolution executing on the runner is the same pointer under a different name. The versions come from a resolution rather than a guess: run 32353300009 on this branch printed what those two names pull, in a fresh venv so the runner's preinstalled packages could not muddy it. That step is gone again. It resolved to **twenty-one** packages. Pinning only the two that are named — which is what the issue asked for and what I would have written — would have left nineteen floating, including jsonschema, pydantic and rpds-py. That is most of the surface, and it is the reason to measure rather than assume. One file for all three call sites, including the job that needs PyYAML alone. A second list is a second thing to keep in step, and the seconds it saves are not worth that. Not done: `--require-hashes`. It needs the hashes from the same kind of run and is a larger change to how the file is maintained; the pins close the moving target, which is what the issue was about. Closes #209 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Around line 87-94: Add hashes for every pinned distribution in
scripts/requirements.txt, using the resolved package artifacts, and update every
workflow pip installation site to pass --require-hashes. Remove the temporary
closure-generation step around “What that resolved to” after incorporating its
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| # TEMPORARY, for one run: the exact closure to write into | ||
| # scripts/requirements.txt. Removed in the next commit on this branch. | ||
| - name: What that resolved to | ||
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| python3 -m venv /tmp/pin | ||
| /tmp/pin/bin/pip install --quiet pyyaml openapi-spec-validator | ||
| echo "----- BEGIN CLOSURE -----" | ||
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pip freeze and the --require-hashes option serve different purposes in managing Python environments and ensuring security [1][2]. pip freeze The pip freeze command outputs installed packages in a requirements format [1][3]. It is primarily used to generate a list of packages and their exact versions, which can be saved to a file (traditionally named requirements.txt) to achieve reproducible environments [4][5][6]. By default, it omits essential bootstrap packages (such as pip itself) to keep the list focused on project dependencies [1][3]. It does not resolve dependencies or generate a lockfile; it simply reports the current state of the environment [1][3]. --require-hashes The --require-hashes flag is an option used with the pip install command, not pip freeze [7][8]. It enables Hash-checking Mode, a security feature that verifies the integrity of downloaded packages against pre-calculated hashes [2][9]. Key aspects of --require-hashes: - Purpose: It protects against remote tampering and network issues by ensuring that each installed package matches the hash specified in the requirements file [2][9]. - Behavior: When enabled, pip requires that every requirement in the file has an associated --hash option [2][9]. This is an all-or-nothing requirement; if any package includes a hash, hash-checking is automatically activated for all requirements [2][9]. - Usage: You can force this mode globally by passing the --require-hashes flag during installation [2][9]. This is often used in deployment scripts to verify that security hashes are present [2][9]. - Generating Hashes: Hashes can be generated using the pip hash command [10]. Note that if a package has multiple archives (e.g., source and binary distributions), you must provide hashes for all of them to avoid verification failures [2][10]. To disable the strict requirement for hashes while still verifying those that are provided, you can use the --no-require-hashes flag [2][9].
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- 1: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_freeze/
- 2: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/secure-installs/
- 3: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/_sources/cli/pip_freeze.rst.txt
- 4: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/
- 5: https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/python-pip-freeze-pip-list-difference
- 6: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18966564/pip-freeze-vs-pip-list
- 7: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_install.html
- 8: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/requirements-file-format/
- 9: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/secure-installs.html
- 10: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/cli/pip_hash/
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Add hashes to scripts/requirements.txt and enforce hash checking.
scripts/requirements.txt contains version pins but no --hash entries. The workflows also use pip install without --require-hashes. Add hashes for every resolved distribution and enable --require-hashes at each installation site.
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml around lines 87 - 94, Add hashes for every pinned
distribution in scripts/requirements.txt, using the resolved package artifacts,
and update every workflow pip installation site to pass --require-hashes. Remove
the temporary closure-generation step around “What that resolved to” after
incorporating its results.
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Closes #209.
Three jobs ran
pip install pyyaml openapi-spec-validatorunpinned, and one of them holdscontents: writeandcurls four third-party hosts. This repository pins all 34uses:to a commit and gives CLAUDE.md a section on why a tag is a mutable pointer whoever owns the action can move. A floating PyPI resolution executing on the same runner is that pointer under a different name.The versions came from a resolution, not a guess
pipis not on the machine this was written from, so the first commit on this branch had CI print the closure — in a fresh venv, so the runner's preinstalled packages could not muddy it. That step is gone again; the numbers are from run 32353300009.Writing a plausible-looking
==from memory would have been the same shape as the four ways of reaching green that CLAUDE.md rules out — and a wrong pin turns every spec job red for a reason unrelated to the change carrying it.It resolved to twenty-one packages
Pinning only the two that are named — which is what the issue asked for, and what I would have written — would have left nineteen floating, including
jsonschema,pydantic,referencingandrpds-py. That is most of the surface, and it is the whole argument for measuring rather than assuming.One file, three call sites
Including the job that needs PyYAML alone. A second list is a second thing to keep in step, and the few seconds it saves are not worth that. The file says how to move the pins when they need moving.
Not done
--require-hashes. It needs the hashes from the same kind of run and changes how the file is maintained. The pins close the moving target, which is what #209 was about.