Github actions version upgrades

Skill fabioc-aloha/Alex_Skill_Mall/plugins/devops-process/github-actions-version-upgrades

Older action versions trigger deprecation warnings and will eventually break:From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add fabioc-aloha/Alex_Skill_Mall --skill github-actions-version-upgrades

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SKILL.md

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GitHub Actions Version Upgrades

The Problem

Older action versions trigger deprecation warnings and will eventually break:

# Deprecated - old action majors and pre-24 Node runners
- uses: actions/checkout@vOLD
- uses: actions/setup-node@vOLD
  with:
    node-version: '<24'

The Solution

Proactively use current versions:

# Current ACT baseline
- uses: actions/checkout@v6
- uses: actions/setup-node@v6
  with:
    node-version: '24'

Version Reference

Action	Current	Node.js Runtime
actions/checkout	v6	Node 24
actions/setup-node	v6	Node 24
actions/upload-artifact	latest Node 24-compatible major	Node 24
actions/download-artifact	latest Node 24-compatible major	Node 24
actions/cache	latest Node 24-compatible major	Node 24
actions/github-script	latest Node 24-compatible major	Node 24

Migration Script

# Update core actions to the Node 24-compatible majors
sed -i 's/actions\/checkout@v[0-5]/actions\/checkout@v6/g' .github/workflows/*.yml
sed -i 's/actions\/setup-node@v[0-5]/actions\/setup-node@v6/g' .github/workflows/*.yml
sed -i 's/actions\/upload-artifact@v[0-3]/actions\/upload-artifact@v4/g' .github/workflows/*.yml
sed -i 's/actions\/download-artifact@v[0-3]/actions\/download-artifact@v4/g' .github/workflows/*.yml

Node.js Version Matrix

strategy:
  matrix:
    node-version: ['24']

# ACT baseline
node-version: '24'

Verification

# Check for old versions
grep -rn 'actions/.*@v[0-3]' .github/workflows/

# Should return nothing after upgrade

When to Apply

New repository setup
Quarterly maintenance
When seeing deprecation warnings
Before Node.js version EOL dates