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What

Run all six tool-installing workflows inside the nix dev shell, so CI and local
development share one toolchain definition.

Closes #441

Why

CI installed kind/kubectl/helm by curl, Go via setup-go, helm via
azure/setup-helm, and sed-grepped the Go version out of flake.nix — while the
flake already pinned all of them. The nix preamble comes from dev-kit's setup-nix
action (dev-kit#30, v2.2.0),
proven in solution-arsenal#792.

Testing

  • make test green on dev-kit's sideload script — 6 suites, 67 specs. This
    needed real verification: ARC's own script was 43 lines behind and had never run
    that code path.
  • kind spike — nixpkgs kind v0.32.0 stood up a real kindest/node:v1.36.1
    cluster and scheduled a pod. kubectl v1.36.3 vs a v1.36.1 server is inside skew.
  • actionlint clean (one pre-existing SC2086 in untouched docker.yaml);
    update-action-pins passes; dev shell resolves go/kind/kubectl/helm/shellcheck.
  • Needs this PR's CI: test-e2e (it is workflow_call, driven by docker.yaml)
    and cachix cold-start cost.

Notes for reviewers

Two developer-visible changes.

  • Committing no longer runs an osv-scanner scan — inherited from dev-kit v2.0.0's
    feat!: disable osv-scanner pre-commit hook by default. Its condition holds here:
    osv-scanner.yml still scans every PR, every push to main, and weekly. make scan
    runs it locally.
  • kubectl moves off floating stable.txt to the nixpkgs pin (1.36.3).
    Unavoidable when sourcing from nix, and better than a version that can drift ahead
    of the server. helm is a true no-op — v4.2.4 both before and after.

cosign is unchanged. pkgs.cosign is dropped from the flake because it was unused
and would have shadowed cosign-installer under a nix shell, silently changing which
cosign signs releases. The installer stays in all three signing workflows, one pin,
Renovate-managed — matching solution-arsenal, whose flake also has no cosign.

Go caches are new, not scope creep. setup-go warmed GOMODCACHE/GOCACHE
implicitly; dropping it without a replacement would regress. Keys are per-job and
trust-scoped (pr/trusted). release.yaml deliberately gets none — privileged
signing job, preserving the old setup-go cache: false.

Both dev-kit pins now agree at v2.2.0. The flake input was floating on a commit
older than v1.0.15. Adopting dev-kit's envtest sideloading needed the
DEV_KIT_VERSION bump anyway, since common.mk now provides the
envtest-binaries-sideload target ARC carried locally.

Non-goal: on.paths gating. golang.yaml keeps its path filters. protect-main
requires only check and CodeQL, and codegen.yaml has no filters, so nothing can
fail to report today — but if lint/test are ever made required, they must move to
a changes job first or a docs-only PR will never report.

Scope was six workflows, not four — codegen.yaml and helm-publish.yaml also
called setup-go/setup-helm.

Three corrections for the issue text: test-e2e.yaml installs no yq and no
flux (only kind, kubectl, helm); there is no apt-get anywhere in
.github/workflows/; golangci-lint comes from tools.lock, not nix.

Checklist

  • Tests added/updated
  • No breaking changes (or upgrade path documented above)
  • Readable commit history (squashed and cleaned up as desired)
  • AI code review considered and comments resolved

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Updated development tooling to version 2.2.0.
    • Standardized CI workflows on a Nix-based development environment with shared caching.
    • Improved Go module and build cache restoration for linting and tests.
    • Updated workflow change detection and diff validation.
    • Consolidated lint execution through the project’s Makefile.
    • Removed the local environment-test binary sideloading step.

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CI workflows now run through the pinned Nix development environment. Shared Cachix setup replaces workflow-specific tool installation. Go caches use trust-scoped keys, and the dev-kit is pinned to version 2.2.0.

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Nix CI toolchain migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pin the shared toolchain
Makefile, flake.nix
The dev-kit version is pinned to v2.2.0. The Makefile removes the envtest sideload target.
Migrate Go and codegen workflows
.github/workflows/codegen.yaml, .github/workflows/golang.yaml
Codegen, lint, and test jobs run inside Nix, use Cachix, and restore Go caches. Go workflow triggers include flake.lock.
Migrate platform and release workflows
.github/workflows/helm-lint.yaml, .github/workflows/helm-publish.yaml, .github/workflows/release.yaml, .github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
Helm, release, and E2E jobs use Nix-provided tools. E2E adds Go cache restoration and tool version reporting.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9fb62

This CI migration can cause releases from valid slash-containing tags to fail while writing the provenance asset. Sanitize the tag or otherwise ensure the destination path is valid before merging.

Suggested reviewers: dermorz

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The PR includes changes beyond the linked issue's sourcing migration, including changing dev-kit and kubectl versions, removing cosign from the flake, and inheriting the disabled osv-scanner pre-commi… Limit the PR to migrating workflow tool sourcing and required cache setup, or update issue #441 to explicitly approve the dev-kit and kubectl version changes, cosign removal, and osv-scanner hook behavior change. Provide separate justificat…
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: running CI workflows inside the Nix development shell.
Description check ✅ Passed The description follows the required template. It explains the change, motivation, testing, reviewer notes, and checklist status.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR addresses issue #441 by migrating the relevant workflows to the Nix development shell, removing redundant tool installation, adding Nix caching, and running workflow commands through the shared…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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The PR includes changes beyond the linked issue's sourcing migration, including changing dev-kit and kubectl versions, removing cosign from the flake, and inheriting the disabled osv-scanner pre-commit hook.

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Limit the PR to migrating workflow tool sourcing and required cache setup, or update issue #441 to explicitly approve the dev-kit and kubectl version changes, cosign removal, and osv-scanner hook behavior change. Provide separate justification for each additional change.

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.github/workflows/release.yaml (1)

77-77: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Sanitize the tag before using it as an asset filename.

Line 77 uses GITHUB_REF_NAME directly in a path. A valid tag such as v1/release makes the destination bin/arc-v1/release.intoto.jsonl. That parent directory does not exist, so cp fails and stops the release job.

Proposed fix
-        run: cp "${BUNDLE}" "bin/arc-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.intoto.jsonl"
+        run: |
+          asset_tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}"
+          cp "${BUNDLE}" "bin/arc-${asset_tag}.intoto.jsonl"
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In @.github/workflows/release.yaml at line 77, Sanitize GITHUB_REF_NAME before
constructing the destination asset path in the release workflow, replacing path
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.github/workflows/release.yaml (1)> 77-77: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Sanitize the tag before using it as an asset filename.
Line 77 uses GITHUB_REF_NAME directly in a path. A valid tag such as v1/release makes the destination bin/arc-v1/release.intoto.jsonl. That parent directory does not exist, so cp fails and stops the release job.

Proposed fix

-        run: cp "${BUNDLE}" "bin/arc-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.intoto.jsonl"
+        run: |
+          asset_tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}"
+          cp "${BUNDLE}" "bin/arc-${asset_tag}.intoto.jsonl"

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@coderabbitai: Fixed. Pre-existing from #472 rather than introduced here, but the branch needed another
pass anyway. Low practical risk — our tags are semver from release-drafter — so it is
hygiene.

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@AlexHardAtWork Confirmed. The workflow replaces / with - before it builds the provenance asset filename. A tag such as v1/release now produces bin/arc-v1-release.intoto.jsonl. This resolves the reported cp failure condition.

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lgtm

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