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chore(deps): Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 8 - #23

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Bumps actions/download-artifact from 4 to 8.

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v8.0.0

v8 - What's new

[!IMPORTANT] actions/download-artifact@v8 has been migrated to an ESM module. This should be transparent to the caller but forks might need to make significant changes.

[!IMPORTANT] Hash mismatches will now error by default. Users can override this behavior with a setting change (see below).

Direct downloads

To support direct uploads in actions/upload-artifact, the action will no longer attempt to unzip all downloaded files. Instead, the action checks the Content-Type header ahead of unzipping and skips non-zipped files. Callers wishing to download a zipped file as-is can also set the new skip-decompress parameter to true.

Enforced checks (breaking)

A previous release introduced digest checks on the download. If a download hash didn't match the expected hash from the server, the action would log a warning. Callers can now configure the behavior on mismatch with the digest-mismatch parameter. To be secure by default, we are now defaulting the behavior to error which will fail the workflow run.

ESM

To support new versions of the @actions/* packages, we've upgraded the package to ESM.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: actions/download-artifact@v7...v8.0.0

v7.0.0

v7 - What's new

[!IMPORTANT] actions/download-artifact@v7 now runs on Node.js 24 (runs.using: node24) and requires a minimum Actions Runner version of 2.327.1. If you are using self-hosted runners, ensure they are updated before upgrading.

Node.js 24

This release updates the runtime to Node.js 24. v6 had preliminary support for Node 24, however this action was by default still running on Node.js 20. Now this action by default will run on Node.js 24.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: actions/download-artifact@v6.0.0...v7.0.0

v6.0.0

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Commits
  • 9000827 Merge pull request #493 from actions/tunc-d-prepare-download-v8-0-2
  • e455989 Prepare download-artifact v8.0.2
  • a00b90c Merge pull request #492 from actions/tunc-d-download-artifact-package-bump
  • 29bb7ce Update @​actions/artifact to 6.3.1
  • 484a0b5 Update the readme (#473)
  • 3e5f45b Add regression tests for CJK characters (#471)
  • e6d03f6 Add a regression test for artifact name + content-type mismatches (#472)
  • 70fc10c Merge pull request #461 from actions/danwkennedy/digest-mismatch-behavior
  • f258da9 Add change docs
  • ccc058e Fix linting issues
  • Additional commits viewable in compare view

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Gatehouse found no issues.

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Bumps [actions/download-artifact](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact) from 4 to 8.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](actions/download-artifact@v4...v8)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/download-artifact
  dependency-version: '8'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
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dependabot Bot force-pushed the dependabot/github_actions/actions/download-artifact-8 branch from 86e936e to fa92c58 Compare October 27, 2026 01:48

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Gatehouse found 3 issues (3 medium)

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- name: Download image artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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MEDIUM (Security Scan): actions/download-artifact is an external action referenced by the mutable major tag @v8. If that tag is moved, the workflow could execute a different action revision with the job's permissions.

Suggestion: Pin the action to a verified full commit SHA, optionally retaining v8 in a comment for readability.

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uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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not a bug: the fleet references actions/* at the major tag deliberately. Constitution XV rule 2 requires a Dependabot update path for the github-actions ecosystem and rule 4 auto-merges green minor/patch bumps — both of which need a moving semver tag, not a SHA. Every workflow in the org reads actions/checkout@v7 the same way. This PR does not introduce the pattern; it moves an existing @v4 reference to @v8 and leaves the pinning style alone. Switching the fleet to SHA pins is a constitution change, not a change to this Dependabot PR.

steps:
- name: Download image artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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MEDIUM (Security Scan): actions/download-artifact is an external action referenced by the mutable major tag @v8. If that tag is moved, the workflow could execute a different action revision with the job's permissions.

Suggestion: Pin the action to a verified full commit SHA, optionally retaining v8 in a comment for readability.

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uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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not a bug: the fleet references actions/* at the major tag deliberately. Constitution XV rule 2 requires a Dependabot update path for the github-actions ecosystem and rule 4 auto-merges green minor/patch bumps — both of which need a moving semver tag, not a SHA. Every workflow in the org reads actions/checkout@v7 the same way. This PR does not introduce the pattern; it moves an existing @v4 reference to @v8 and leaves the pinning style alone. Switching the fleet to SHA pins is a constitution change, not a change to this Dependabot PR.

# merely started from the same commit.
- name: Download image artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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MEDIUM (Security Scan): actions/download-artifact is an external action referenced by the mutable major tag @v8. If that tag is moved, the workflow could execute a different action revision with the job's permissions.

Suggestion: Pin the action to a verified full commit SHA, optionally retaining v8 in a comment for readability.

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uses: actions/download-artifact@v8

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not a bug: the fleet references actions/* at the major tag deliberately. Constitution XV rule 2 requires a Dependabot update path for the github-actions ecosystem and rule 4 auto-merges green minor/patch bumps — both of which need a moving semver tag, not a SHA. Every workflow in the org reads actions/checkout@v7 the same way. This PR does not introduce the pattern; it moves an existing @v4 reference to @v8 and leaves the pinning style alone. Switching the fleet to SHA pins is a constitution change, not a change to this Dependabot PR.

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